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A continuation of the Frontiersman, The Free Press, Sauk Rapids Sentinel and St. Cloud Sentinel.

Rice woman’s death under investigation The name has been released of a woman who allegedly died of injuries sustained from a gunshot wound Oct. 14., located within a Rice mobile home park.

According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Department, Tammra Baker, 44, was the victim who was pronounced dead at the scene as authorities responded to a call made for medical attention in Rockwood Estates. An autopsy has been performed, but the final determination of Baker’s death

has yet to have been released.

The investigation of Baker’s death remains open and active.

Information discovered within the investigation continues to indicate there is no threat to the general public.

Anyone with information about this crime or the suspects is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office (320) 968-7201 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers (800) 255-1301, www.tricountycrimestoppers. org or by texting TRITIP to 274637.

City approves franchise fees for ECE and Xcel to be raised

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – With the absence of Mayor Brad Gunderson and city council member Ellen Thronson, the city of Sauk Rapids approved an amendment of the utility franchise fees at the regular meeting Oct. 13.

Franchise fees will increase on East Central Energy and Xcel bills for community members, but will remain a set amount for the maximum length of an agreement, which is 10 years.

According to city administrator Ross Olson, franchise fees are charged by the utility bill collectors who then cut a check back to the city for those amounts. This allows the city to collect from all property owners and spreads costs including those properties which are otherwise tax exempt. The money collected goes into the city’s general fund, but is more often than not used for road maintenance and reconstruction.

The fees will increase by 1 percent for electrical customers and $1-$2 each month for gas customers dependent

on their residential or commercial/industrial status. The amendment has been approved, but the summary of publication will be approved at the next city council meeting due to the need for a 4/5 approval.

In other council news: • A public hearing was held and an on-sale liquor license with Sunday liquor sales was approved for John Doughs Pizza located at 319 North Benton Drive.

• Approved a bid for raising the electrical transformer at Bob Cross Park.

• Approved appointment of Mr. Alexander Wegner to police officer position.

• Approved the purchase of a single axle snowplow truck.

• Approved a fire department tanker unit for fire vehicle No. 3.

• The council was advised to review a resolution in support of law enforcement which was adopted by the city of Red Wing. Council member Kurt Hunstiger brought the resolution to the attention of the council in light of recent society backlash of law enforcement.

School district enrollment increases by 200 students

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District continues to attract students with their open enrollment, and recently, enrollment saw a large increase.

Over the summer, the district attracted over 200 new students.

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Daniel Bittman, superintendent, believes that this pattern will continue.

With this much of a jump in enrollment, the district receives more funding, bringing in over three million dollars a year for the district’s programming and staff.

“The district benefits from open enrollment. If there was ever a time where the cost would be more than what we would receive, then the board would look at open enrollment more seriously,” Dr. Bittman said.

Despite the constant increase in district-wide enrollment, class sizes are the lowest they’ve been in 10 years.

“As long as we have strong enrollment, we continue to make class sizes a priority. We are trying to keep those class sizes as low as possible and we continue to decrease class sizes,” Dr. Bittman said.

The district has been fortunate that the increase in students has been across all grade levels. Programming and building can continue,

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without any cuts.

“Because they aren’t all on one grade level, it would have a huge financial impact to our district if we closed enrollment,” Dr. Bittman said. “If they were on one grade level, we would have to cut teachers.”

The district has worked hard to keep programming by reducing or eliminating activity fees, providing free busing to and from school, and offering free breakfast across the district.

“We couldn’t offer the same types of programming if we closed open enrollment,” Dr. Bittman said.

“We are able to continue programming and building because of the kids coming to us.”

Currently, the district is undergoing a facility study, evaluating the buildings to ensure that there is enough space for schooling. The architect will present to the school board in November with his preliminary findings.

“The money the district receives from open enrollment will pay for that,” Dr. Bittman said.

Each meeting, the school board members review enrollment numbers and continue to evaluate space. The facility study will help in these efforts, and will ultimately help the students throughout the district.

“It helps us make sure we are doing what we need to do for the kids,” Dr. Bittman said.

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Three women tell of their battle with breast cancer

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER SAUK RAPIDS – October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer hits home for a lot of families, some more than others. It is said that one in eight women have the potential to develop some form of breast cancer during their lives. Look around, one in eight. Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It can affect anyone, at any age.

But although the women who battle this disease may be different in many ways, they all have one common bond.

They’re strong. No matter if they survive their cancer battle or lose their fight, they all remain strong throughout their journey. These are the stories of three women in one community who found their strength.

Strength in knowledge: one year cancer free Jill Pundsack had her normal yearly mammogram on Dec. 30, 2013 without suspecting there would be anything abnormal in the results. At age 60, she had been diligent about her yearly appointments. Her grandmother, two aunts, sister and first cousin had all battled breast cancer. In 2012, her mammogram had come back clean without any hints of suspicion.

This was routine, but there was nothing routine about what the doctors found that day.

Doctors immediately decided to take a closer look.

Through ultrasounds and biopsies they detected three different tumor sites – two of which were cancerous, one which had the potential to become. Pundsack was diagnosed with Stage 2B TZN1AMO invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma. Before undergoing treatment, Pundsack had a sentinel lymph node biopsy to detect whether the cancer had spread throughout her lymphatic system.

“We [Jill’s husband, Jim, and her] thought I was finding out that day whether or not the lymph nodes were cancerous,” Pundsack said. “When I asked the nurse how it looked and she said everything is perfect, I took that to mean I didn’t have lymph node involvement. I put it on my Facebook. I put it on my Caring

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Marianne Steichen’s husband, Gary, went to every appointment she had during her breast cancer treatment. Gary passed away suddenly in June 2014.

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Breast cancer runs in Jill Pundsack’s family. A regular yearly mammogram saved her life.

Bridge. I let those praying for me know. I went home, scheduled my plastic surgery and was prepared until my doctor called Jan. 6 to tell me the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes and it would change the course of my treatment.”

The miscommunication between the nurse and the Pundsacks had left them believing there was no need to worry, when in reality the nurse had simply meant the procedure had went well.

“I had a horrible anxiety attack. My heart rate spiked to 280. I had to go to the doctor to have medication to get my heart rate down. I felt like I was stuck in a shell and I couldn’t get myself out of it. I was afraid of what might be a death sentence,” Pundsack said.

The diagnoses meant Pundsack would not only undergo a bilateral mastectomy, but would

a l s o n e e d chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

“When you find out cancer is advanced, it puts a different spin on how you think about it. You either sink or swim,” Pundsack said. “You either go into the abyss and let everyone do everything for you or you go 100 percent in and learn everything you can about it and participate in every program and opportunity they offer for you. I went 100 percent in. I used all the people at the Coborn’s Cancer Center as a resource.”

As Pundsack underwent her breast cancer treatment, Cancer Care Coordinator Julie Sanner, RN, OCN, CBCN, a team of numerous resources and classes helped her understand everything she wanted to know.

“It was so reassuring to me to be so well taken care of,”

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Sue Baron found her breast cancer after she noticed an area on her upper chest that felt as if it was a bruise. She has been cancer free for four years.

Pundsack said. “Every part of your mind and body is taken care of without you even knowing you need that help. You have so many emotions and feelings that it’s really hard to describe what they are when you go through this, but with the cancer center you don’t have to sweat it. They’re already going to know how you feel. They are

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New pizzeria to open John Dough’s aims to make memories

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – Community members will have a new place to sit down and enjoy a family meal this week as John Dough’s, a pizza restaurant, opens its doors on North Benton Drive.

Leon and Dina Pierskalla, of Melrose, have been working hard for months to open the second location of their family pizzeria. Eight years ago the two opened a location in Melrose that has been booming ever since.

“People ask me all the time when we are going to expand,” Pierskalla said. “It turns out this was a no-brainer.”

Pierskalla had browsed for potential locations, but until he stumbled upon the building in Sauk Rapids, he had always tabled the idea of opening another restaurant.

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Leon Pierskalla, owner, stands outside his new location next to a vehicle which resembles an old ambulance to go along with John Dough’s slogan, “Pizza to Die For.”

“I love the fact that we are on North Benton Drive.

The traffic is unbelievable and we’re not tucked away,” Pierskalla said. “I had looked at multiple locations in the

area. This building snuck up has a completely different on my realtor and I; it was a look and ambiance than the perfect fit. It has the right car Melrose location. It doesn’t count and the right commuJohn Dough’s nity surroundings.” continued on pg. 3 The Sauk Rapids location

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Breast cancer continued from front perceptive enough to know who you need to visit with whether that be a dietician or spiritual care. It’s not until it is all over with, that you realize how good they’ve taken care of you.”

Strength through perseverance: four years cancer free The Friday of President’s Day weekend 2011, Sue Baron, wife of Duane and mother of Jordan, 15, and Colin, 12, drove home from the gym and noticed a tender spot on her upper right chest area.

The spot felt like a bruise.

Baron had a mammogram three months before that day, but her heightened awareness caused her to question the area. Baron’s birth mother’s recent fight against breast cancer just the fall beforehand caused Baron to take this bruise seriously. When she got home, she investigated a little more closely and could feel a slight bump.

“Because I am adopted, I know very minimal of my family history,” Baron said. “But knowing she had just gone through it, I was probably a little more cautious than I would have normally been. Even though we do have contact, she is very closed about the health issues of the family.”

A week later Baron went in for another mammogram. The doctor called her back, and they performed an ultrasound the very same day. An additional biopsy returned and showed Baron’s cancer was stage 2A, invasive ductal cancer.

“By the time they told me, it wasn’t a surprise. It was devastating. Stage 2 isn’t as life threatening as stage 4 but I was still very concerned and it was hard to digest. But by the time they told me it was cancer, I pretty much knew in my gut,” Baron said.

Due to the family history and that the cancer had broken through the ducts, doctors didn’t feel Baron had any other choice than to undergo a single mastectomy.

“I spent Colin’s 8th birthday in the hospital, having the mastectomy. His only experience with cancer had been people who had died and his personality regressed. We went through a period of time where he would wake up from having dreams that I was dying. He was very clingy. Jordan didn’t understand, but was able to be reassured that I was going to be okay even though I’d be sick.”

Baron, 45 at the time who unfortunately lost her job due to staffing cuts made the same day as she found the lump, was determined to stay active and busy for her children’s and her own sake. She continued volunteering at Mississippi Heights.

Baron began eight rounds of two different types of

draft bylaws and submit the application to become a non-profit.

The county has commitRICE – Benton County Administrator Monty Headley ted $75,000 in 2016 to help the addressed the Rice City Council infant organization attract an Oct. 19 in hopes to gain the city executive director who would of Rice support – both in par- be in charge of writing grants ticipation and financial – as the and seeking funds to attract new newborn Benton County Eco- businesses to areas in Benton nomic Development Organiza- County. Headley said this is tion looks to hire an executive about half the amount the organization believes it needs. director in 2016.

Rice was the first city counBenton County has been without an Economic Develop- cil Headley connected with, but ment Authority since 2011. At he said he had reached out to that time, the county decided St. Cloud, Foley and Sauk Rapto not replace the position and ids as well. Benton County has used a consultant instead. The referred to Carol Anderson, exconsultant has since resigned ecutive director of the Morrison and the county remains with no County Economic Development economic development organi- Organization throughout these beginning stages. zation.

Headley urged the council Headley informed the council that the new organiza- to consider whether or not this tion would seek a 501.3c to would be a valuable asset to the claim itself as a non-profit and city and said he didn’t expect board members would be made to walk away from the meeting up of mainly private sector with a definitive answer. The representatives with one repre- council did not take action at sentative each from the county, this meeting.

In other council news: townships and cities.

• Unanimously denied the Numerous people have been working to get approval of the Two Rivers Bapthis organization off tist Church’s ongoing rental of the ground since the Lions building. The council this past Febru- recommended the church review ary, including the space in the Old Village Hall an attorney, or possibly contact Independent which is School District No. 47 for use of w o r k - a space at Rice Elementary.

• Approved a large gathering pro b o n o ing permit for the Rice Firet o fighter Association Turkey Bingo on Nov. 20 at the Old Village Hall.

• Approved the quote from Burski’s Excavating, Inc., to continue to perform winter street maintenance. Burski’s will submit rate • Farm • Home changes in September at which time the city • Business • Life will have a 60-day • Auto • Health opt-out period to prepare if they should request additional quotes.

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Jill Pundsack learned as much as she could about her cancer, so she could fight her cancer with positivity and hope.

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Marianne Steichen’s family was her support system throughout her battle with breast cancer. Here she stands with daughters Tori, 10, (front) Sami, 16, (left) and Ellie, 20. chemotherapy which would continue over four months.

“I found one of the best ways for me to cope with things was to keep moving. I got up and got going as fast as I could and the comeback was a lot better that way. With two young boys, it was kind of hard to rest,” Baron said, laughing. “There were days that were difficult to force myself to get up. But as a mom, you know you have to be there for your children, and knowing what Colin was already going through with the fear of losing me, I had to take an extra step to show him I was okay. Even if I didn’t feel like going out and playing ball, as a mom I had to show him I could.”

The Baron family chose laughter as their best medicine.

“We allowed my boys to shave my head. I’ve never seen my kids laugh so hard,” Baron said. “It was our way to make Colin see we can laugh through this whole experience. And what would help us get through it would be to laugh together.

As summer began and school let out, Baron had a tougher time with her battle.

Depression set in, until she was able to continue volunteering

again in the fall.

“The best thing to do is to keep yourself surrounded by people all the time. When school let out and I could no longer volunteer, I sunk hard. I had more time to think. I looked at my hair, my breasts, and the way my body felt and I started to feel like less of a woman,” Baron said. “I think as a mom, I was so worried about my kids that it took longer for the feelings to hit me.

I didn’t think about my feelings until I knew they were okay. I think when people no longer see the effects of the treatment, they think mentally you heal up right away. I didn’t. It takes a long time.”

Strength through family: six years cancer free “He was put here to help you get through your cancer.”

Those were the words a friend of Marianne Steichen’s offered, after her husband, Gary, passed away suddenly June 26, 2014.

Gary had been her biggest supporter throughout her bout with breast cancer. He took her to every appointment and was by her side, hand in hand, through it all.

Six years ago on Oct. 15, Steichen, a senior patient repre-

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sentative at CentraCare Family Health Center, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Steichen, a mother of three daughters, had just turned 42 when a lump was found during a routine mammogram. Steichen had a biopsy done which determined the small tumor was indeed cancerous. Along with doctors, Steichen decided to have a lumpectomy to remove the cells. But when Steichen woke up to her husband in her hospital room, she could tell something was wrong.

During surgery, doctors had found two more tumors much too large to remove. Because Steichen was anesthetized, she was unable to give the doctors permission or further instruction.

“It was devastating to hear the news from Gary. It was hard on him. He was upset and scared,” Steichen said. “I was a little shocked. I hadn’t felt anything because the tumors were positioned deep into my chest wall.”

Now diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, Steichen returned to surgery three days after her initial visit to remove both breasts and lymph nodes.

“It was a huge relief to know that it was gone. I never regretted any of the decisions I made,” Steichen said.

Although Steichen’s tumors had been removed, the cancer had reached her lymphatic system. Because of this, she needed to undergo chemotherapy and radiation to ensure her treatment killed all the cancerous cells in her body. Steichen’s first round of chemotherapy was Dec. 7, and the treatment lasted through June.

“Chemo just about killed me,” Steichen said. “It was the absolute worst in the world. I would have loved to quit chemotherapy, but Gary wouldn’t let me. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. I would have a mammogram every day for the rest of my life compared to going through chemo.”

When the time came and Steichen began losing her hair, she scheduled an appointment with her regular hair dresser to have her head shaved. Gary had known the intentions of the appointment, but when Steichen returned home, he kept on with what he was doing, not stopping to review her new look. This confused Steichen.

“I asked him, ‘Well aren’t you going to check out how I look,’” Steichen said. “He told me, ‘I know how you look – you’re beautiful.’”

Steichen’s family was her rock throughout her cancer treatments. Without the support from them she believes, hands down, she couldn’t have done it.

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CORRECTION Last week we printed an article titled “Unguard, ready, fence.” It became known to us after we had gone to print that the correct title should have read, “En garde, ready, fence.” En garde is a French term used in fencing which means on guard; warning the fencer to assume the preparatory position. The Sauk Rapids Herald regrets this error.

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John Dough’s continued from front reflect Italian, but more of an American feel.

The building has been in renovation for months because the team has literally gutted the previous building and built the inside up from scratch. The atmosphere features salvaged materials including a bowling alley high top seating area, old barn doors and barn wood/tin that brings décor to the ceiling.

“I’m excited how it turned out,” Pierskalla said.

“I hope people like it. It took a long time. It was a lot more work than I had thought, but I had to do it right.”

John Dough’s will have seating for up to 68 customers. The restaurant will provide a full service wait staff and meals will be available as dine-in, delivery and take out.

The menu offers pizza, wings and grinders/hoagies.

In addition, John Dough’s has been granted a full liquor license and will offer beer and wine to its eligible customers.

The pizzeria has the potential to offer 20 more jobs in the city. It will be open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day, they will have a lunch buffet. Their pizzas are

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John Dough’s is a new dine-in pizza restaurant located on 319 North Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. This is a second location, an addition to the original in Melrose.

made in a deck oven and John Dough’s specializes in thin crust pizza.

“You need to come in and try it. It’s top of the line ingredients and our pizzas are very generous,” Pierskalla said.

“The meat lover’s is the bomb,” said Steve “Dirt” Derdoski, manager of the Sauk Rapids John Dough’s location. “The pizza weighs about 10 pounds.”

Derdoski has worked with pizza nearly all his life and has known Pierskalla for 30 years.

“There’s a photo hanging in Sammy’s Pizza with Leon and me sitting back to back

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“I want to offer a place to take your family. I feel like I’m filling a void.”

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from when we both worked there, even though we didn’t know each other at the time,” Derdoski said.

Pierskalla hopes his restaurant can be a spot that families and friends make memories.

“I want to offer a place to take your family. I feel like I’m filling a void,” Pierskalla

said. “Sauk Rapids is lacking in sit down restaurants. Everybody has that pizzeria they went to in high school, and I’m hoping we become that place. We’ll also be a great date night place, or a place to wind down after a hard day’s work.”

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Sauk Rapids Women of Today, 7 p.m., SR American Legion 3rd TuesdayBenton Cty Historical Society, 7 p.m., Museum Building, 218 1st St. No. 4th WednesdayCentral MN Deer Hunters Assoc., 8 p.m., SR American Legion Minden-Sauk Rapids Joint Planning Board, 6 and 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center 1st & 3rd ThursdayRice Lions Club, 8 p.m.

2nd & 4th TuesdaySauk Rapids Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign War Post No. 6992, 6:30 p.m.

4th ThursdaySauk Rapids Chamber, noon luncheon, call 251-2940 to pre-register.

2nd & 4th MondaySR Council meeting, 6 p.m., Government Center, 250 No. Summit Ave. District 47 School Board, 7 p.m., High School Board Conference Room Sauk Rapids Township Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Every MondayBright Beginnings AA Support Group, 9 a.m., Harvest Fellowship Church – AA Assistance line: (320) 202-1895, aameetinglocator.org Every ThursdaySauk Rapids AA Group, Living Waters Lutheran Church 7 p.m. – AA Assistance line: (320) 202-1895, aameetinglocator.org Every SundayDivorce Care, Seminar and Support Group meets at 5:30 p.m. at Harvest Fellowship, Sauk Rapids October, December, March, and MaySacred Heart Church St. 2nd ThursdayTrinity Ladies Aid, 1 p.m., Monica Society meets after 5:30 Trinity Lutheran Church. p.m.

Sauk Rapids Women of 1st MondayPlanning Commission, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center SR Green, 5 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center Rice Senior Citizens Club, 12:30 p.m., Rumor’s 1st TuesdayWatab Township Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall.

Mayhew Lake Township Board, 8:45 p.m., Lawrence Thell residence Housing and Redevelopment Authority, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Development Center 1st WednesdayRecreation Board, 7:30 p.m., 19 North Benton Drive.

Rice Area Sportsmen’s Club 1st ThursdaySauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 and Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids VFW SR Jaycees, 7 p.m. Sauk Rapids VFW 2nd MondaySauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club.

3rd MondayTinville Lions Club, 7 p.m., Rollie’s Redneck Bar, Hwy. 23 East Saint Cloud Area Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., St. Cloud Library, call Independent Lifestyles (320) 529-9000.

2nd TuesdayPleasantview Elementary PTA meeting, 7 p.m., Pleasantview Elementary Minden Town Board, 8 p.m., Minden Town Hall Sauk Rapids Fire Department, 8 p.m., Fire Hall Sauk Rapids Sportsmen, Sauk Rapids Legion, 8 p.m.

Rice Women of Today at 7 p.m. at the Rice Lions Building.

2nd WednesdaySauk Rapids V.F.W. Post 6992, 8 p.m.

Sauk Rapids V.F.W. Post 6992 Auxiliary, 7 p.m.

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9 Assists landowners in planning conservation measures for their property to meet landowner and conservation goals.

9 Provides coordination for various local, state and federal programs as assigned.

9 Designs and supervises the installation of conservation practices. Examples include: Àlter strips, water and sediment control basins, diversions, animal waste control facilities, pasture management, tree and grass plantings, shore land buffers, urban and residential best management practices and other conservation practices.

9 Assists with implementation of the Local Water Plan.

9 Assists in delivering educational programs to students and adults in the county.

9 Assist with numerous other assigned duties.

A Four-year degree in Natural Resources or related Àeld, or applicable work experience is required. A vehicle and a valid Minnesota Drivers’ License are also required. To apply submit an employment application, letter of introduction and resume to Benton SWCD, 14 2nd Ave W. Foley, MN 56329 by 4:00 pm, Thursday, October 29, 2015. Application materials and a complete job description are available on the Benton SWCD website at www.soilandwater.org or can be picked up at 14 2nd Ave W. Foley, MN. Individuals needing reasonable accommodations to complete an application or attend an interview should contact Gerry Maciej, District Manager at (320) 968-5300, ext. 3 for arrangements.

Benton SWCD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will be considered without discrimination for any non-merit reason such as race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or familial status or membership or nonmembership in an employee organization.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

OPINION Letter to the Editor

Every summer in Minnesota, we hear about children and dogs getting sick from ingesting water polluted with toxic urban and agricultural runoff. It is a frustrating reminder of the fragility of our water supplies and the importance of taking every step to protect our families.

One way to keep our water safe for drinking, fishing and swimming is by protecting its source. The new Clean Water Rule issued by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now reinstates Clean Water Act protections for the sources of drinking water for one in every five Minnesota residents.

Just a reminder to plant or keep buffer zones around ponds, wetlands, lakes and streams. Undisturbed (unmowed) vegetation along streams and drainage pathways will capture nutrients that wash off your lawn or driveways before they are discharged to the waterways. Also, remember that it’s only rain down the storm drain by cleaning away grass clippings, leaves, litter and debris from the storm sewer grates, so that we and our families can enjoy clean water for many, many years.

Jean Schotl, Minden Township Supervisor

Technology use Te c h n o l o g y e-mail and online has changed teachhas become the ing and learning norm.

Students throughout the have school e-mail world, and the way addresses and inwe live our daily teract with others lives. In Sauk Raproutinely. These ids-Rice, we see e-mails allow for this each and evefficient, effective ery day as students by Dr. Daniel Bittman c o m m u n i c a t i o n are more engaged Superintendent’s Corner between teachers and in control of and students and their own learning. between students.

For our students in grades Other formats of communi5 through 8, iPads are used cating via technology, such in classrooms as an instruc- as online learning systems, tional tool, while students in are also part of many stugrades 9 through 12 utilize dents’ education. School oflaptops. ficials expect all communiTechnology engages cation, regardless of its form, and empowers today’s learn- be respectful, responsible ers, supporting them as they and productive. Parents also excel. However, along with should be aware of how their those opportunities come children are communicating cautions of which we must via technology and are enbe aware and involved. couraged to talk with them Teachers and adminis- about appropriate use. Partrators in Sauk Rapids-Rice ents are encouraged to ask have always worked well what their child is doing with with parents and families to the technology and how it is help students become good being used as a learning tool. citizens. That role must now While technology use is expand into helping students increasing, it needs to be balbecome good digital citizens. anced with other aspects of a Digital citizenship refers to healthy life. At school, techdemonstrating responsible, nology use in the classroom appropriate behavior with re- is only a part of the teachgard to technology use. It is ing and learning that takes the combination of technical place. At home, work to help and social skills that enable a children select creative alterperson to be successful and natives to excessive digital safe in the information age. media consumption. Charge In today’s world, these skills phones and other electronics are essential. Technology in a common family location must be used wisely and re- such as the kitchen so they spectfully. do not interrupt sleep. Keep Students need to be family time media free. aware of the digital footprint Having conversations they are creating. Unlike about technology use is imwhen most of us grew up, portant. This website (www. personal information today commonsensemedia.org/ tends to be permanent on- educators/educate-families/ line, and thus, can be a last- tip-sheets) has tip sheets on ing reflection. Thinking be- numerous topics ranging fore posting and considering from digital drama, cyberwhat the posting says about bullying, and online security. oneself or others is a good Tip sheets are written for stupractice. Remind students to dents at various grade levels. be careful and to thoughtful- Please use these to talk with ly consider what they post. your children to assure that Communicating through they stay safe.

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Spending your time in ways that have meaning forever There are examples of spending your time of food and serving others. meaningfully that instantly come to mind; volWe do not need to worry and fret that unteering, playing catch with children and visour time is short, however, as Psalm tell us, iting grandparents in the nursing home. They “Teach us to number our days, that we may sound obvious and of quality, and they absolutegain a heart of wisdom.” 90:12. ly are, but how often do we actually do them?

Pastor Andy Stanley once said, “Your We can fill our social media with pictures of us greatest contribution may not be something doing elaborate things, but it’s how we operate you do. It may be someone you raise.” A very

By Mercy Nygaard in the daily monotonous activities where we can similar quote that is a little more thought prowork in more meaning and life, right here and voking came from author and blogger Ann Life by Faith right now.

Voskamp, “Your greatest contribution to the I personally want to remind myself that my kingdom of God may not be the big things time here is short because that encourages me to invest my that you do – but the one little person you love.” time into being authentic, edifying and serving. It all starts Because childhood is but a moment of our lives, it’s so as simple as showing love, love and more love. I start to easy to gravitate towards children when time becomes a get a headache and entirely forget all that I just mentioned, topic. But what about the friend or relative you know who or run late for an appointment and I become short, cranky is suffering from cancer or another illness, or the elderly and unloving. living out their last days? The New Living translation of In the evenings, I am completely guilty of spending Psalm 90:12 is, “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so too much time on anything and not slowing down to get that we may grow in wisdom.” The most beneficial way the kids involved. When I do things, I like to do them thor- you can support someone who’s days have been numbered oughly. I do not like interruptions. This is probably why I due to an ailment or age is to love, spend time and pray am more lax about starting anything. with them and share the truth. Not the world’s conventionPapers form stacks here and there before I take 10 al truths such as live life as you want with momentary and consecutive hours to file them in their exact designated cheap thrills, but the unhindered, life breathing truth in the locations. When I’m trying out a new recipe, I follow the gospel of Jesus. This does not mean preaching at them bedirections intensely and shush the kids and tell my hus- cause people are not projects. But loving them enough to band I’m focused, versus sweetly asking my five-year-old have a conversation with them and asking, “Can I pray if he would like to pour in the chicken stock. These are op- with you?” This will leave a legacy and this will contribute portune moments when we can share the responsibilities towards eternity. of filing and paying bills, or thankfulness for the provision

Vikings waiting for offense to click

has in the past, he’s still putting up elite numbers Despite starting the season with a reasonably against some pretty good defenses. He’s on pace solid 3-2 record, the Minnesota Vikings still are for 1,400 yards and 10 touchdowns this year; not ready to be categorized as legitimate playoff which are Pro Bowl-level statistics. The Chiefs contenders. The offense has shown brief flashes and Broncos (the Vikings’ last two opponents) of competence, but Teddy Bridgewater and comhave elite defensive fronts that overwhelmed the pany have quite a bit of work to do before teams Vikings’ piecemeal offensive line and limited like Green Bay and New England are going to be Peterson’s opportunities for big plays. Hopefully shaking in their boots.

First, the good news. The Vikings’ defense by ANDY THAYER the Chiefs game opened the eyes of the Vikings’ has been fine. They rank second overall in points SPORTS COLUMNIST offensive staff, because the key for the team moving forward will be finding ways to create allowed per game and eighth overall in total yards running room for their superstar. Giving him the allowed per game. While those numbers look fantastic on the surface, don’t get carried away. The Vikings ball flat-footed in shotgun formations against blitzing defenhaven’t faced any well-rounded, explosive offensive teams sive fronts simply is not an effective way to move the ball.

I think the offense has become too enamored with shotjust yet. I don’t want to rain on the defense’s parade, though.

I think they are good enough to keep the team in games even gun and pistol snaps in general. Teddy Bridgewater has been when facing the so-called juggernauts. The team’s young merely mediocre this season, so why utilize sets that cater to defensive line and line backing groups have made major the passing game when you have a running back that has a strides and have been able to consistently generate pressure track record of putting up historically good numbers in tradion opposing quarterbacks through the team’s first five games. tional sets with the quarterback under center? There’s no need That’s a major step in the right direction, and young talent to reinvent the wheel here, Norv Turner. Put fullback Zach like Anthony Barr, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, Sharrif Line in front of Peterson in the I-formation, pound the ball Floyd and Everson Griffen are going to continue to wreak and watch the yardage pile up. Run some play action passes, get Stefon Diggs and Mike Wallace the ball in space and see havoc in opposing backfields for years to come.

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows with this team, how- if defenses can stop that. It isn’t rocket science.

The Vikings have entered a soft portion of their schedule. ever, even though they are off to a strong start from a win/loss perspective. To put it simply, the Vikings still have work to do With their next four games against, Detroit (1-5), Chicago (2on the offensive side of the ball. The running game has been 4), St. Louis (2-3) and Oakland (2-3), the Vikings have a great inconsistent, and it’s still unclear whether quarterback Teddy opportunity to make some hay and bank some wins before a Bridgewater can put the team on his back and carry them to huge game with Green Bay Nov. 22. The Vikings’ defense is already good enough to contend. If the offense can get on victory if need be.

I’m not worried about Adrian Peterson. While he hasn’t track, this team’s ceiling is dangerously high. exploded for massive chunks of yardage as consistently as he

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LOCAL NEWS

Crime rates in five-year decrease

Benton County Sheriff presents at Little Rock Lake Association

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

Little Rock Lake has dozens of residents surrounding its shores, but residents who attended the Little Rock Lake Association meeting Oct. 10 learned that crime rates in this area, and across Benton County, have been steadily decreasing over the past five years.

Troy Heck, Benton County Sheriff, was invited to speak at the meeting, and shared the current crime rates and how residents can reduce crime in their neighborhoods and communities.

The current crime rates reflect those of the 1980s, Heck said.

“I believe the economic downturn contributed significantly to the downturn in crime. Although this seems paradoxical on the surface, most research has shown that crime does generally go down in poor economic times,” Heck said.

Heck said, through his recent research, that crimes have occurred most frequently on or near major roadways.

Within the Little Rock Lake area, the Highway 10 corridor sees the most crime.

“Given the trend, the Little Rock Lake area has a higher than average chance of becoming a victim of property crime,” Heck said.

The top three general victim crimes in the Little Rock Lake area for 2015 to date are theft, criminal damage to property and burglary. Heck said there were less than 10

occurrences for each of these crimes so far this year.

Another wide-known crime is IRS and lottery scams, which are targeting citizens throughout the county. The latest scam threatens victims with arrest if they don’t send money.

“It upsets me whenever I see a report indicating that another person in the county has been victim to these criminals,” Heck said. “It also upsets me when criminals usurp law enforcement’s authority and use it to extort money from people, such as the latest scam. Whenever I can, I tell people that law enforcement will not call you on the telephone and demand money. The general rule people should live by when it comes to telephone or e-mail contact is that if they were not expecting this person to contact them, they should automatically be skeptical of anything the person claims.”

In his presentation to the association, Heck also talked about preventative strategies against crime. One of those is writing down serial numbers.

“If we are given a serial number for a stolen piece of property, we can enter that serial number and property information into the national database, National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

Once entered, any officer coming across this piece of property can see the serial number and learn that it is stolen property,” Heck said.

“However, it depends upon people documenting the serial number on their property before it is stolen.”

“I believe the economic down turn contributed significantly to the downturn in crime. Although this seems paradoxical on the surface, most research has shown that crime does generally go down in poor economic times.”

- Troy Heck, Benton County Sheriff

Other prevention strategies Heck shared were to lock homes, cars and outbuildings at night, making sure you remove keys and valuables from vehicles. He also recommends upgrading the security of locks and doors and securing all doors when away, especially ones away from view.

Changing your routine and being aware is another recommendation.

“Be unpredictable.

Change your routines occasionally to make it harder to track your patterns,” Heck said. “Be aware of your electronic presence and what it says about you.”

Heck also recommends keeping homes and buildings well-lit and to consider a security system. Yard lights or motion-activated outdoor lights are great deterrents, but lighting alone will not prevent crime.

“Make it as difficult as possible for a thief or burglar to take your property. If a person takes steps to make it more difficult to access their property and more likely that the criminal will be seen while committing the crime, it increases the likelihood that

the criminal will move on to an easier target,” Heck said.

“Security systems will not and cannot guarantee owners will not be a victim of crime, but they are an excellent deterrent.”

With winter coming, many people will have fish houses set up on area lakes, particularly Little Rock Lake.

Heck recommends taking all valuables with when leaving a fish house.

“I have a fish house that I leave out on an area lake and understand the convenience of not having to haul your gear in and out. However, the motto I live by is that the only things I leave in my fish house are things that I would be able to easily replace. Fish houses are easy targets for thieves as they generally are out in remote areas and frequently unoccupied. Leaving expensive gear in a fish house and in plain sight is an invitation for trouble,” Heck said.

If you are ever a victim of crime or see a crime occurring, report it to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office by calling their non-emergency number, (320) 968-7201.

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Benton County to form substance use coalition Benton County has taken the first steps toward addressing the issue of substance use in our communities. Currently a group of people are in the process of forming the Benton County Substance Use Prevention Coalition.

The coalition is comprised of dedicated individuals including youth, parents, business community, media, school, law enforcement, religious organizations, civic and volunteer groups, health care professionals and youth serving organizations. The mission of the coalition is to empower Benton County youth to make safe and healthy choices to be substance free through prevention, education and promotional efforts.

Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs ranked as one of the top three most important community health issues based on data from the 2013 Community Health Survey. According

to the 2013 MN Students Survey of Benton County, grades 8, 9 and 11 during the past 30 days: one of six students reported drinking; one out of 10 reported tobacco use; one of 13 reported marijuana use; and one out of 25 reported prescription drug misuse.

The Benton County Substance Use Prevention Coalition plans to apply for a multiyear federally funded grant to assist in efforts to reduce those numbers. The intention is to create a sustainable community-organized coalition and gain support and help from others in the community so that together it can create a positive culture where Benton County youth can live substance free.

For more information on how to become involved or for questions please call Julie Willman at (320) 968-5147 or Jennifer Brenny at (320) 9685275.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH 130 1st Ave NE Rice Fr. Tom Becker Saturday Mass: 5pm Sunday Mass: 8am CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART 2875 10th Ave. NE Sauk Rapids Father Ralph G. Zimmerman Saturday Mass: 5pm Sunday Masses: 8 & 10am Monday: 8am;Tuesday: 5:30pm; Wednesday-Friday: 8am LIVING WATERS LUTHERAN 1911 4th Ave N Sauk Rapids

RICE COMMUNITY CHURCH 205 Main St. E Rice, 393-2203 Pastor Emil Williams Sunday Worship: 10am Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm at Pine Country Bank 750 County Road 21 NE THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 325 11th St. N Sauk Rapids Pastor Donald Wilke Sunday Service: 10am LC-MS Wednesday Service: 10am LC-MS PETRA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1049 1st Ave. N Sauk Rapids Pastor Bryan Prell; 252-0120 Sunday Worship: 8 & 10:30am Sunday/Bible School 9:15am K-8 Day School: M-F 7:45am-2:15pm ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN 6855 Golden Spike Rd Sauk Rapids

Rev. Timothy Rehwaldt Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School 9:30am

Pastor Kirk Knudsen, 252-2960 Sunday Contemporary: 10am Children Promiseland: 10am (Sept-May)

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 2163 Mayhew Lk Rd. NE Sauk Rapids Pastor Paul Cloeter Sunday Service: 8 & 10:30am Sunday Bible Study 9:15am Sunday Radio 8am WVAl Monday Service: 6pm

HARVEST FELLOWSHIP 400 2nd Ave. N Sauk Rapids Pastor Larry Siekawitch; 529-8838 Associate Pastor: Jim Wiebolt Pastor of Discipleship: Dan Gordon Sunday Worship: 9:00, 10:45am Children’s Church: 10am Youth Ministries: Wed. 6:30pm

NEW HOPE CHURCH An Evangelical Church 1970 15th ST NE Sauk Rapids Rev. Michael Jarrett; 656-5234 www.newhopenow.net Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 9:30am ST. CLOUD SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Box 323 Benton Cty. Rd. 45 Sauk Rapids Saturday Bible Study: 9:25am Saturday Worship: 11am BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1702 W Highview Dr. Sauk Rapids

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CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 (1) The exact name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Create My Image Salon (2) The address of the principal place of business is: 726 South Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 (3) The name and registered street address of the entity conducting business under the above Assumed Name is: Amy’s, LLC, 120 1st Ave NE, Rice, MN 56367 (4) I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities.

I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

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ISD 47 SAUK RAPIDS-RICE SCHOOLS CALL FOR BIDS SURPLUS ITEMS The Sauk Rapids-Rice Board of Education has authorized the sale, by submitted bid, of used surplus equipment which can be viewed on our website at: http://www.isd47.org/surplus Bids will be accepted until Monday November 16, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. All bids are subject to Minnesota Sales Tax, calculated at 7.375%. Items for sale include: • All equipment sold “as is” For more information, or to view the equipment, please visit our website or contact Greg Robbins, Director of Buildings and Grounds, at Sauk Rapids-Rice Schools (320) 258-1990. All bids must be submitted electronically through our website at: http:// www.isd47.org/surplus All bids must state the bid price and State Sales Tax will be added to the submitted bid. The District reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all bids.

Bids will be accepted until 9:00 a.m. CDT, November 16, 2015, and the successful bidder shall be notified by November 20, 2015. Equipment details, payment information, and bid submission forms are available at: http://www.isd47.org/surplus Kim Eisenschenk Business Manager R-42-2B

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Date: October 2, 2015 AND EXCEPT THE 11. THE TIME YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT: SOUTHERLY 5.00 FEET ALLOWED BY LAW 1. Default has occurred THEREOF IN BLOCK FOR REDEMPTION BY in the conditions of the THIRTEEN (13), IN THE THE MORTGAGORS, Mortgage dated May 21, 2004, VILLAGE (NOW CITY) THE MORTGAGORS’ executed by James D. Carr OF SAUK RAPIDS, P E R S O N A L and Linda J. Carr, husband ACCORDING TO THE R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S and wife, as Mortgagors, to MAP OR PLAT THEREOF OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE Liberty Savings Bank, fsb, ON FILE OR OF RECORD REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS as Mortgagee, and filed for IN THE OFFICE OF THE IF A JUDICIAL ORDER record June 16, 2004, as COUNTY RECORDER IS ENTERED UNDER Document No. 315497, in the IN AND FOR BENTON MINNESOTA STATUTES, Office of the County Recorder COUNTY, MINNESOTA SECTION 582.032, of Benton County, Minnesota. will be sold by the County DETERMINING, AMONG The land described in the Sheriff of Benton County, OTHER THINGS, THAT THE Mortgage is not registered Minnesota, at public auction MORTGAGED PREMISES land. on November 24, 2015, at ARE IMPROVED WITH A 2. The Mortgage has 10:00 a.m., at the Benton RESIDENTIAL DWELLING not been assigned.

County Sheriff’s Department, OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, 3. The original principal located at 581 Highway 23, ARE NOT PROPERTY amount secured by the Foley, Minnesota.

USED IN AGRICULTURAL Mortgage was $104,000.00.

8. To the best of PRODUCTION, AND ARE 4. No action or Mortgagee’s information, the ABANDONED. proceeding at law is now property being foreclosed has THE PURPOSE OF THIS pending to recover the debt a property address of 104 3rd COMMUNICATION IS secured by the Mortgage, or Avenue North, Sauk Rapids, TO COLLECT A DEBT any part thereof.

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3:12pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 5:58pm: Civil Problem on the 100 block of 15th St. Ct. 6:05pm: Assist Public 6:58pm: Welfare Check on the 1400 block of 2nd Ave. N 8:10pm: Civil Problem on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. 11:22pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist Two traffic stops, verbal warnings issued.

Friday, Oct. 9 1:43am: Unwanted 3:54am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 4:15am: Criminal Damage to Property 8:30am: Hit and Run Traffic Accident on Benton Dr. N 9:51am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 12:37pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 12:58pm: Lost/Missing Property on the 6800 block of Riverview Loop NW 1:32pm: Escort 3:11pm: Theft on the 900 block of 1st St. S. 4:51pm: Welfare Check on the 900 block of 2nd Ave. S. 5:10pm: Juvenile Problem on the 100 block of 15th St. Ct. 9:10pm: Suicidal Person on 2nd St. N 9:11pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 9:18pm: Juvenile Problem on the 1000 block of 7 ½ Ave. N 9:21pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. Two traffic stops, verbal warnings issued.

Saturday, Oct. 10 12:56am: Open Door 1:40am: Suspicious Activity 3:00am: Suspicious Activity on the 1900 block of Circle Dr. NW 9:39am: Domestic Dispute on the 600 block of 3rd Ave. S. 11:36am: Suspicious Activity on the 1100 block of 1st Ave. N 12:57pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 1:29pm: Warrant Arrest on the 700 block of Broadway Ave. S. 2:40pm: Domestic Dispute on the 800 block of Summit Ave. S. 3:27pm: Harassment in St. Cloud 3:31pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 3:34pm: Assist Other Agency 4:06pm: Ordinance Violation 6:59pm: Civil Problem on the 100 block of 15th Ct. 7:40pm: Animal Complaint on the 1400 block of 3rd Ave. S. 8:00pm: Fireworks on 4th Ave. N 9:45pm: Juvenile Problem on the 800 block of 9th Ave. N 10:03pm: Suspicious Activity on the 200 block of 9 ½ St. N 10:22pm: Suspicious Activity on Golden Spike Rd. 10:22pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1900 block of Benton Dr. N 10:22pm: Suspicious Activity on the 200 block of 13th St. N Five traffic stops, one citation and four verbal warnings issued.

Sunday, Oct. 11 2:00am: Assist Other Agency 3:15am: Assist Other Agency 6:35am: Traffic/Driving Complaint 10:22am: Theft on the 1200 block of 2nd Ave. N 2:17pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 2:40pm: Assist Other Agency 3:56pm: Animal Bite on the 800 block of 10th Ave. N 4:34pm: Assist Other Agency 5:30pm: Suspicious Activity on 6th Ave. S. 8:20pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1600 block of Perennial Dr. NE 8:45pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1400 block of Fieldstone Dr. 9:13pm: Assist Other Agency 9:36pm: Theft on the 1100 block of Garden Brook Dr. Two traffic stops, verbal warnings issued.

PUBLIC NOTICES REGULAR MEETING SAUK RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL SAUK RAPIDS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 250 Summit Ave N. Monday, September 28, 2015 MINUTES 6:00 P.M. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Gunderson called the meeting to order at 6:00p.m. All members present.

Additions or Changes to the Agenda Ross Olson noted that he wanted to clarify that agenda item 9-B should read “Accept Tom Roy’s Retirement” not Resignation as it was stated on the Request For Action (RFA). Perry Beise requested to include Adding an Additional Animal Control Officer as agenda item 9-I. Beise also noted that the retirement letter from Sergeant Tom Roy was placed on the dais prior to the start of the meeting, which should accompany agenda item 9-B. 3. Approve the Agenda Motion: Moved by Councilperson Heinen and seconded by Councilperson Hunstiger to approve the Agenda as amended.

Motion carried unanimously.

4. Approve Minutes A. 9-14-15 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Motion: Moved by Councilperson Sauer and seconded by Councilperson Thronson to approve the 9-14-15 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

5. Receive and File NONE 6. Mayor’s Communications • Swearing in of Sauk Rapids Police Officer, Charles Swiggum—Mayor Gunderson administered the oath of office for newly hired Sauk Rapids Police Officer, Charles Swiggum.

• 20 Years of Dedicated Service to the Sauk Rapids Police Department, Dan Falk-Chief Beise and Mayor Gunderson recognized Dan Falk for his 20 years of dedicated service on the Sauk Rapids Police Department.

• 15 Years of Dedicated Service to the City of Sauk Rapids, Ross Olson—Mayor Gunderson recognized Ross Olson, City Administrator, for his 15 years of dedicated service to the City of Sauk Rapids.

• Second Street Up The Hill Update—Mayor Gunderson asked Ross Olson to provide an update on the Second Street Up

Dads on duty WatchDOGS keep schools safer

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

Sauk Rapids-Rice elementary schools are secured by a monitoring system, but what happens when someone unauthorized gets into the building? This is where the WatchDOGS can help.

The Watch Dads of Great Students (WatchDOGS) is a donation-run program where fathers, grandfathers, or father-figures of students volunteer within the school. During a typical day, WatchDOGS watch the school entrances and hallways, may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, assist with traffic flow, mentor students and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own children, but other students as well.

There are many benefits to having a WatchDOG in the building, but one benefit that stands out is the addition of a positive role model in the building. Many students do not have a father-figure present in their home and students benefit when a positive male role model is present.

“It helps the kids feel good about themselves, and they want someone here every day,” said Tara Prom, social worker and WatchDOGS coordinator at Mississippi Heights Elementary School (MHES).

At MHES, as well as the other schools, the goal is to have a WatchDOG on school

grounds each day that school is in session.

For Sophia, 7 and Addison, 6, Frank, having a WatchDOG at school means they get to see their dad, Zack, more often. Zack is one of over 100 registered WatchDOGS at MHES. When Zack is at school, everyone recognizes that he is the WatchDOG on duty by his blaze orange T-shirt and his disposable dog tag.

“Having a WatchDOG helping out around the school is awesome,” Addison said.

For Sophie, recess is her favorite time, because it’s another chance to see her dad and play with him on the playground.

“He pushes me and my friends on the swings,” Sophie said.

Zack enjoys spending more time with his girls and hopes to continue volunteering with the program. He started volunteering with Sophie when she was in kindergarten last year and was in the classroom approximately once a month. Now, he spends half of a school day with each of his daughters.

“I get to see my kids a little more often during the week and its neat interacting with some of the other kids in the community. It makes an impact on the other students, too. They see a dad in the classroom or walking the hallways, and they are always giving high-fives. They love it,” Zach said. “It’s been really fun.”

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Josh Langerman is in his second year as a WatchDOG and spends a full day with each of his kids, Tucker, 5 and Ava, 10.

DOGS program is keeping the school safe, and Zach enjoys being able to walk the hallways and make sure the school entrances are secure.

“The free lunch and recess are pretty cool, too,” Zack said with a smile.

Josh Langerman is another WatchDOG that helps at MHES with his two kids – Tucker, 5, and Ava, 10 – at the school. When Josh goes to the school, he sets out one full day for each of his kids, rather than splitting one day between the two of them.

“They always want to know when I’m going to be there next. It makes you feel good,” Josh said.

Josh was a WatchDOG last year, but was only able to volunteer at the school once.

This year, Josh has already done so twice.

“It’s been fun to see what a day is like in an elementary school,” Josh said. “Just to be with my kids and see what they go through in a day, to see who their friends are and what their classes are like, to see a day through the eyes of an elementary student is fun.”

With over 100 WatchDOGS, Prom and her staff have been able to achieve their goal of having a WatchDOG in the school each day.

“It’s been a big success,” Prom said.

State grant for Child Advocacy Center received schools and numerous community representatives.

Families in Central Minnesota currently have access to multidisciplinary child abuse investigations and forensic interviews, but must travel to the Twin Cities for specialized medical assessment and diagnosis. These OJP funds will help develop local expertise to increase access to medical care plus coordinate immediate support services to families in crisis, including medical health, counseling interventions and advocacy services.

Rice Police Department Activity 7:25pm: Accident on Cty. Rd. 13 The grant will fund a full Monday, Oct. 5 7:45pm: Trespassing on the 200 time director of the advocacy

The Stearns County Attorney’s Office and CentraCare Health have created a partnership that was awarded a $130,950 grant from the Minnesota Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to open a child advocacy center that will serve abused children and their families in Stearns, Sherburne, Benton and surrounding counties starting in 2016.

The Child Advocacy Center will house a multi-dis-

ciplinary team of professionals working together under one roof to provide coordinated, family-friendly services to child victims of violence.

Partners in the development of this one-stop investigation and medical service delivery model include medical professionals, child protection, law enforcement agencies and domestic violence and sexual assault advocates as well as the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce, District 742

Rice Police Department Activity

8:41am: Residential Lockout 10:25am: Criminal Damage to Property on the 300 block of 2nd Ave. NE Tuesday, Oct. 6 11:35am: Records Check 1:03pm: Theft/Gas Drive Off on the 2000 block of Pine Rd. NE Wednesday, Oct. 7 10:12am: Fraud on the 700 block of 25th Ave. NW Thursday, Oct. 8 9:02pm: Traffic Stop on River Rd. NE Friday, Oct. 9

block of 3rd Ave. NE 9:54pm: Theft/Gas Drive Off on the 2000 block of Pine Rd. NE 10:11pm: Permit to Purchase Gun 10:18pm: Permit to Purchase Gun 10:21pm: Vehicle Lockout Saturday, Oct. 10 6:26pm: Stray Animal on 115th St. NE 10:14pm: Suspicious Activity on Cty. Rd. 2 Sunday, Oct. 11 1:09am: Assist Other Agency 1:58am: Disturbance/Noise Complaint on 2nd Ave. NE

The Hill project.

Ross Olson noted that Second Street North (CSAH 3) is a Benton County road. Olson said that residents may be hearing that the project currently slated for 2016 construction might get delayed to 2017. He explained that it can take years to get a project through the necessary planning and funding stages. Olson said that the City has been working closely with Benton County on this project.

Olson said that the City has readied itself for its portion of the project, which pertains to aquiring Right-Of-Way. He noted that this is a complex project where things need to happen incrementally. He said that people might question why the City moved ahead on acquiring the properties if the project is going to now be pushed off until 2017, but the truth is that the vast majority of the residents were ready and willing to move in anticipation of this road project.

Olson explained that the City of Sauk Rapids has continued to move forward with the 2016 start date in mind. He said that the City is hearing that the County might be looking at pushing this project back to 2017 in hopes of securing bonding, but the City is continuting to encourage the County to communicate with its elected officials about the probability of obtaining bonding dollars. The City has also encouraged the County to consider the increased project costs that come with pushing this project back to 2017. Olson said that the County has mentioned possibly doing a split project where the project would be split into two construction seasons. This idea is not a poplular one with the City and its consultants.

Mayor Gunderson thanked Olson for the update.

7. Audience Items/Visitors Total Time Limit 2 Minutes for Items NOT on the Agenda NONE 8. Public Hearings NONE 9. Consent Agenda A. Approve Laserfiche Training B. Accept Tom Roy’s Resignation Retirement and Post Internally the Promotion from Police Officer to Sergeant C. Approve Staff Placing on Public Auction the Surplus of Police Vehicles—Pulled for Discussion D. Approve Change Order #2 to the 2015 Benton Drive Improvement Project E. Approve Refunding of 2005B Bonds F. Approve Solar Moratorium on Solar Electric Generating in Sauk Rapids

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3:28pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 3:43pm: Assist Fire on the 1500 block of 2nd Ave. N 4:38pm: Theft on the 900 block of Rosewood La 7:29pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 8:51pm: Welfare Check on the 300 block of 2nd Ave. N 11:28pm: Criminal Damage to Property on the 100 block of Industrial Blvd.

Two traffic stops, one citation and one verbal warning issued.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 1:20am: Disturbance/Noise Complaint on the 100 block of 15th Ct. 2:38am: Detox 3:01am: Disturbance/Noise Complaint on the 700 block of 2nd Ave. N 9:35am: Assault on the 1000 block of N River Ave. 12:03pm: Assist Public 12:26pm: Suspicious Activity 12:53pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 1:10pm: Juvenile Problem on the 1100 Hillside Dr. 1:39pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 2:04pm: Found Property on the 800 block of Summit Ave. S. 2:51pm: Civil Problem on the 1400 block of 2nd Ave. S. 3:55pm: Theft on the 1400 block of 2nd St. N 4:03pm: Assist Public 4:27pm: Assist Fire on the 200 block of 13th St. N 9:00pm: Welfare Check on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. 10:28pm: Trespassing on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. One traffic stop, verbal warning issued.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 3:00am: Assist Other Agency 4:32am: Assist Other Agency 9:06am: Juvenile Problem on the 1000 block of 4th St. S. 9:55am: Welfare Check on the 1200 block of Broadway Ave. S. 11:32am: Escort 12:40pm: Assist Other Agency 3:41pm: Civil Problem on the 400 block of 13th Ave. S. 6:50pm: Burglary on the 300 block of 6th Ave. N 9:29pm: Civil Problem on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. 10:38pm: Unwanted 11:11pm: Suspicious Activity on the 200 block of 4th Ave. N 11:51pm: Suspicious Activity on the 100 block of 1st St. S. Two traffic stops, citations issued.

Thursday, Oct. 8 12:50am: Assist Other Agency 2:38am: Unwanted 4:03am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 8:31am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 11:33am: Assist Public 12:30pm: Suspicious Activity on the 200 block of 3rd Ave. S. 12:39pm: Warrant Arrest on the 1100 block of 3rd Ave. S. 2:16pm: Juvenile Problem on the 900 block of 1st St. S. 2:32pm: Found Property on the 1400 block of 2nd St. N

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G. Authorize Staff to Complete Solar Assessment of its Public Buildings H. Approve a Resolution Ordering the Preparation of a Feasibility Report for the 3rd Avenue North Improvements I. Approve Addition of Animal Control Personnel Motion: Moved by Councilperson Hunstiger and seconded by Councilperson Sauer to approve agenda items 9A-9B and 9D-9I. Motion carried unanimously.

9-C. Approve Staff Placing on Public Auction the Surplus of Police Vehicles Motion: Moved by Councilperson Hunstiger and seconded by Councilperson Heinen to approve staff placing on public auction the surplus of police vehicles. Motion carried unanimously.

10. Regular Agenda A. Donations for Rescue Airboat Motion: Moved by Councilperson Thronson and seconded by Councilperson Hunstiger to approve the resolution accepting donations with the intent to purchase a rescue airboat for the Sauk Rapids Fire Department with the understanding that if the necessary funds are not generated, then the City will use the funds raised to purchase Fire Department equipment. Motion carried unanimously.

11. Other Staff Items A. Reminder, Next City Council Meeting is on Tuesday, October 13th Due to Observation of Columbus Day Mayor Gunderson noted that with the City offices being closed on Monday, October 12th in observation of Columbus Day, the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 13th at 6:00pm.

B. 9-29-15 Joint Area Cities Meeting Reminder Mayor Gunderson reminded the Council and residents that the next St. Cloud Area Joint Cities meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow evening in St. Joseph.

12. Other Council Items and Communications NONE 13. Approve List of Bills and Claims Motion: Moved by Councilperson Sauer and seconded by Councilperson Heinen to approve the List of Bills and Claims. Motion carried unanimously.

14. Adjournment Motion: Moved by Councilperson Thronson and seconded by Councilperson Hunstiger to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Mayor Gunderson adjourned the meeting at 6:34p.m.

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Gypsy Lea’s hosts Business After Hours

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

Lights created a faint glow as hundreds of Sauk Rapids entrepreneurs crowded into a downtown hotspot Oct. 15.

Gypsy Lea’s sponsored a Business After Hours event, hosted by none other than Jami “Gypsy” Lea Lewison and her staff.

The event had a cheery atmosphere, with a nightlong musical performance by Harbor Drive Hookup. Their upbeat songs had people, including Gypsy, dancing on the dance floor. Drinks were provided by Old Capital Tavern PHOTO BY ANNA SALDANA and food by Smoke-In-D’s Gypsy greets some event guests, talking about a piece they are BBQ. Representatives from interested in. several area businesses were in attendance for the gettogether, including Digital Magic, Rapids Alterations and New Century Reality, among others.

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Don Jones, owner of Smoke-In-D’s BBQ, and Gypsy are all smiles as they host the Business After Hours event.

Saluting great accomplishments in the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

Sydney Bitz Parents: Dan Bitz and Jen & Eric Carlson Grade: Senior Accomplishment: Is the co-president of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Student Council.

What do you like most about student council? I like student council because it lets me be in control of my high school experience. I get to make every dance, spirit week, fundraiser or activity night what I want it to be. I like being able to look back on a fun event we did and say, I made that happen. Looking back, if I have any regrets it will only be because I personally didn’t do something, and not because someone else made a choice not to.

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Berni Halaas (left) of New Century Reality and Cindy Battleson of Rapids Alterations enjoy each other’s company at Gypsy Lea’s. The event brought dozens of Sauk Rapids area entrepreneurs together for food, drinks, music and conversation.

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We just don’t have enough time to do everything we want to do this year. We are trying to do at least one community outreach event per month, as well as plan all of our normal school activities, and plan a state convention to be held at our school in April.

What event do you look forward to most during the remainder of the school year? I am seriously looking forward to planning our state convention. I also have a seat on the Minnesota Association of Student Councils Executive Board as conference co-coordinator, as well as Sauk Rapids junior Luke Vannurden, and we are currently working on a Dr. Seuss theme, “Leadership: Oh The Places You’ll Go.” It’s going to be a lot of work but I think my council is up for the challenge.

What has been your favorite high school class to date?

My favorite high school class I’ve taken would either be Honors Modern World History as a sophomore or AP US History as a junior, both of which were fun for me because the teachers were phenomenal. History is something I enjoy learning about because there are so many sides to every story.

Tell us about a skill you possess that most people don’t know. I’m super good at coming up with Instagram captions. My sisters will be like, “Hey Syd what should I caption this?” and boom, I have a perfectly witty and also a little sarcastic caption ready.

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DUELM – If you picked up a pumpkin from a Coborn’s store this year, there’s a good chance it was grown not far from Sauk Rapids at Stoney Brook Farms Inc. The large wholesale distributor is located less than 20 minutes away near Duelm and supplies pumpkins, squash and other decorative harvest bins to Coborn’s, SuperValu [Cub Foods], Target, Menard’s and even distributors such as Nash Finch Company and Russ Davis Wholesale.

There’s nothing small about this small-town farm.

Stoney Brook Farms is hoping to distribute 225,000 carving pumpkins this year. “Every year we just keep getting bigger. I don’t know when it’s going to stop,� said Brad Chmielewski, who works on the family farm. “Last year we sold about 3,300 bins with 45 pumpkins in each. We ran out of pumpkins by Oct. 15 because we solely didn’t plant enough for the demand. This year we planted an additional 50 acres and we probably could have used 10 to 20 more.�

Stoney Brook Farms got its start from Brad’s grandparent’s, Jerry and Shirley Chmielewski, who had owned Jerry’s Farm Market on Hwy 23 for 30 years. The market closed over 10 years ago, but before then, the family had started building a wholesale company to supply grocery stores and large franchises.

Brad’s parents, Mark and

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Brad Chmielewski works on Stoney Brooks Farm for his parents, Mark and Pam. The farm is a family business which had once been owned by Brad’s grandparents, Jerry and Shirley Chmielewski, who also owned Jerry’s Farm Market.

Pam, purchased the wholesale business from Mark’s mom in 2006. Brad has grown up and worked there all his life.

The Chmielewski’s plant around 700 acres of land, which they rotate between sweet corn, fall acreage (pumpkins, gourds, squash and other decorative harvest items) and soy beans.

They’ve shipped close to one million pounds of squash this year, and would like to see about 5,000 bins of pumpkins

Planting to harvesting‌

leave their warehouse. Stoney Brook Farms has yielded roughly 1,100 marketable pumpkins per acre this year. “We only pick the ideal size which is about the size of a basketball or bigger,�

Chmielewski said. “The rest of the pumpkins typically are disced under, but this year Gordy’s market out of Wisconsin took 240 bins of volleyball size pumpkins so that helped us clean up our fields.�

Mark and Brad hit the fields to plant as soon as they can in the spring. The ground temperature needs to warm to at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit before planting, so they typically need to wait until April.

The fall acreage is all planted

by seed. “It’s a lot of manual labor,� Chmielewski said. “After we plant, we usually spray with an herbicide to keep the weeds down until the plants are a foot tall. About that time, the second flush of weeds arrives, and we take care of them by cultivating and hoeing, trying to keep as many weeds down as possible. Usually by the third flush of weeds the fruit is set on the vine and it’s not going to hurt the yield to let the weeds grow.�

They watch for insects like cucumber beetles and plant disease such as yellow zucchini mosaic and powdery mildew. “We haven’t had much problems with insects and try to keep as many insecticides and chemicals away from the fruit,� Chmielewski said. “These pumpkins are nonGMO.�

They hire 20 seasonal workers when it comes time to harvest their crops. In late August or early September, the staff uses garden shears to clip the pumpkins and roll them into rows for quicker picking. “There’s no machine for this. Just a lot of manual labor. The guys here put in about 70-80 hours a week,�

Chmielewski said. “It’s all done by hand. Bins and pallets are loaded onto a trailer pulled by a tractor. There are a couple guys on each side of the trailer with a few others riding on top. Employees on the ground toss the pumpkins to the others above while one person stickers the pumpkins with PLUs. The guy catching them and putting them in the bins is usually keeping a count. On a good day, they pick about 310 bins.�

From the field, the harvest is hauled to the Stoney Brook Farms’ warehouses where the Chmielewski’s look for buy-

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Harvesting pumpkins is completed by workers who hand pick and lift all the pumpkins from the ground to a trailer where others sticker and place pumpkins in bins to be delivered to retail stores.

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Just a lot of manual labor. The guys here put in about 70-80 hours a week.�

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around Oct. 20 and shipped out as late as Halloween day. “It’s hard to sell a pumpkin on Nov. 1,� Chmielewski said.

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Lumberjacks add two more wins

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – The Granite City Lumberjacks swept their weekend games winning both against the Minnesota Flying Aces and the Breezy Point North Stars.

Granite City didn’t waste any time accumulating goals against the Flying Aces Oct. 16 at the Armadillo Deck Rink. The team triumphed over the Flying Aces 8-2.

Lumberjack forward Tommy Hutsell scored his first goal of the 2016 season a little over a minute into the game. He was assisted by defensemen Ben Haugo.

Forwards Tanner Skaja, Tommy Giller and Hutsell managed to find each other more than once on the ice and each scored a goal with the help of the other two.

PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER Giller had an additional The Lumberjacks celebrated after a goal during the second period by forward Will Mix. Mix goal and assist throughout the was assisted by defenseman Kevin Finley.

Sprint ahead

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Rapids-Rice cross country team competed against several other teams during the Oct. 13 meet at St. Cloud Tech, and many Storm runners continued to complete personal best times.

In the boys’ varsity race, Ian Galligan ran a time of 16:44.37 and was the first Storm runner to cross the finish line, placing 34th. Danny Sertich ran a time of 17:11.03, placing 48th, followed by Sam Ringger in 49th with a time of 17:11.49. Logan Leavey came in with a time of 17:13.39, placing 53rd. Dakota Johnson placed 59th with a time of 17:37.01, followed by teammate Ryan Sweeney, who came in 60th with a time of 17:39.73. Jack Grabinski came in 71st with a time of 19:01.97. The team placed eight of 10 teams.

Julia Severson led for the girls, coming in 35th with a time of 20:31.28. Kayleen Martin continued to drop time, coming in 41st with a time of 20:48.38. Emma Mader crossed the finish line in 62nd place with a time of 22:06.31. McKenzie Froiland came in 74th with a time of 22:54.75. Carly Spoden came in at a time of 23:24.72, placing 78th and wrapping up the finishers for the Storm. The team placed 10 of 12 teams.

game giving him a total of two goals and three assists for the game.

Skaja scored an unassisted goal during the second period and forward Will Mix ended both the first and second periods per goals with less than a minute of play.

Defensemen Tyler Mros and Kevin Finley, along with Mix and Haugo (two total) had assists as well.

Not able to keep up to the pace of the Lumberjacks, Little Falls spent a whopping 50 minutes in the penalty box for 13 infractions.

The Jacks contributed 10 minutes of penalty time for five. Little Falls goalie Quinn Huff had his work cut out or him and managed to save 34 of the 42 shots on goal fired by the Jacks.

Granite City’s Mac Berglove made 19 saves.

Storm’s 11-6 season closes for upstanding girls’ team The third-seeded Sauk Rapids-Rice girls’ soccer team defeated the No. 6 Melrose Lady Dutchmen Oct. 15 in Sauk Rapids by a score of 10-0.

Seniors Kaelyn Szymanski and Mady Mohs each contributed a hat trick, with six of 10 goals scored. Senior Brooke Lorentz

Storm down Johnnies, fall to Sartell Boys’ soccer season comes to a close in second-round loss

by MARIA HAGER STAFF WRITER

The Johnnies of the Prairie Conference team at St. John’s Preparatory School visited Sauk Rapids Oct. 15 and fell to the Storm in a shutout, 4-0 loss.

The Storm came out strong, netting two goals in each half.

To get the ball rolling, Ramiro Yanez-Nunez scored from an assist by junior midfielder Everett Moliga. Then, junior Kieran Emery added another, this time from a junior Grant Marolf assist to make it 2-0 Sauk Rapids-Rice at the half.

The Johnnies couldn’t connect in the second as the Storm went on to be unanswered. Marolf connected with the St. John’s net with the help of freshman Cole Orton and to round out the scoring for the Storm; Moliga

scored from a junior Tristen Mortensen assist.

Ethan Baker had 12 saves on the night, including an impressive diving penalty shot save.

Sartell 3, Sauk Rapids-Rice 1 The Storm scored first in their Oct. 17 matchup with Sartell, but couldn’t keep the momentum going and lost 3-1, ending their season with a overall record of 8-8-2 and finishing 4-5-1 in the conference.

Marolf scored the lone goal and was assisted by McKinley Lain.

Ethan Baker finished the season with a strong game of 14 saves.

“We will miss our hardworking group of seniors next year, but they left a great impression for the young guys coming up,” said head coach Chad Keller.

Storm has reason to be proud

If any team can walk off the field holding their heads high after a 62-0 season-ending loss, it’s the Sauk RapidsRice Storm.

The Storm’s season came to an end last week with the playoff loss to Elk River, but the lopsided defeat doesn’t take away from what the team accomplished this season.

On the field, the Storm are relevant again, and it’s due in large part to what they did off the field.

“We put in a lot of hard Lumberjacks work in the offseason,” said continued on pg. 2B senior quarterback Matt Johnson. “We all just wanted to get over this streak.”

The streak was 22 games long heading into the season.

In the past three years, the team had won just once.

“We were sick of everyone telling us we were just going to lose every game,” Johnson said. “So we gave it our all.” added two goals and juniors That meant spending a Anna Hasbrouck and Tianna lot of time in the weight room Koenig each had a goal apiece and working on technique and to round out the scoring. drills in pre-season training The Storm allowed only camps. one shot on the day. Megan In today’s day and age, Ackerman earned the shutathletes are as busy in the out in net. Brooklyn Rieland summer as they are during the made 15 saves for the Lady school year. Many three-sport Dutchmen, who finished the athletes are playing at least season with a 2-12 record. two of those sports all summer.

Sauk Rapids-Rice 2, SartellFootball, however, doesn’t St. Stephen 2 have a lot of organized activiThe Storm fell in a shootties in the summer, leaving the out to Sartell-St. Stephen in chance for improvement up to Sartell Oct. 17 for the Section the individual. But between 8A quarterfinals. jobs, technology and other “We had an outstanding sports such as baseball and game,” said head coach Kris basketball that require schedFremo. “I would say that we uled activities, it’s hard for a kid to carve out time for the controlled 60 to 70 percent of weight room. It often means the play and deserved to win waking up early in the mornthe game.” ing to get the work in.

Sartell scored on a penalThanks to that type of ty kick on an alleged handball commitment from this year’s in the box to put the Sabres up players, the streak didn’t last 1-0. long into the season. The In the second half, the Storm started off with a 33-20 Storm came back to tie the victory over Princeton. game on a hustle goal by LoA new streak had begun. rentz, who beat the goalkeepBut then the team lost their er to the ball just outside the next three games, and there box. undoubtedly were thoughts Sartell goalkeeper Sarah around town that it would be Higgins attempted to clear the more of the same in 2015.

At that point, the playSenior midfielder PHOTOS BY NATASHA BARBER Marianna Blair keeps Junior Tianna Koenig puts her head to use against a Lady ers could have cashed in their chips and mailed in the rest of possession for the Dutchmen. Koenig had one goal on the night. the season. But the same group Storm in their 10-0 defeat over the No. 6 ball with her feet, but Lorentz net before Higgins was able to of kids who dedicated themselves in the offseason weren’t seeded Melrose Lady stepped in and blocked the Girls soccer going to let the season go.

Dutchmen Oct. 15 in kick. Then Lorentz recovered continued on pg. 3B the ball and put it in the open Sauk Rapids.

“There were doubts and it was tough, but you just have to fight through it,” Johnson said.

The coaching staff never gave up either.

“They never gave up on us,” Johnson said. “It’s hard to endure a 22-game losing streak. But they were always positive and always prepared us for the next game. Our coaches were wonderful.”

The Storm won three of their next four games to finish the regular season 4-4. A .500 record might not seem like a successful season to some, but for this program it was a huge step forward. Most importantly, it solidified a message to younger players in the community that dedication and hard work leads to success.

The hope is that this season is a stepping stone for better ones to come. Johnson and his teammates have shown what it takes to be competitive in a tough conference. You have to put in the time and the work. Commitment is more than just showing up on day one.

“You can’t give up,” Johnson said. “You have to keep pushing forward. You cannot be afraid to fail. We failed for three straight seasons, but that didn’t matter to us. This year, PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER we were successful.”

The Storm finished their season Oct. 17 with an overall 8-8-2 record and were 4-5-1 in the Central Lakes Conference.

A heartbreak end

by MARIA HAGER STAFF WRITER

by Bryan Zollman

Extra Innings

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

Lumberjacks continued from front Granite City Lumberjacks 3, Breezy Point North Stars 1 The Breezy Point North Stars dominated the shots on goal throughout the first and second periods of the Oct.

17 game against the Lumberjacks. But Lumberjacks’ goalie Robbie Goor had a near impenetrable game saving 39 shots and letting only one puck between the pipes leading Granite City to a 3-1

period. With less than four minutes left in the first period, Granite City forward Matthew Cowger got one past Breezy Point goalie Magnus Lindhe with the help of Lumberjack twins Matthew and William Sprink.

Jacks’ forward Braden Altena scored on a power play during the second period with assists from Mix and Mros.

The North Stars’ forward Tyler Larwood cut the Lumberjack’s lead to 2-1 when he picked up a goal assisted

by Christian Lenzmeier early into the third.

At that point, Granite City shut the North Stars down until the final buzzer, not allow-

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High School you aƩended/aƩend: Annandale High School How long have you been playing hockey? Since I was 4.

What’s been the best game you’ve ever been a part of? Last year’s silver cup championship game. The game was back and forth the whole Ɵme and was a baƩle all the way to the end.

ing another North Star shot on goal. In an effort to tie the game, Breezy Point pulled their goalie Lindhe with 1:22 left in the game and Lumberjack forward Andre Jamnicky gained an empty net goal with help from Altena concluding the 3-1 Granite City game.

Granite City hosts the Twin City Steel on Friday, Oct. 23 and then travels to face the Alexandria Blizzard Oct. 24. Twin City leads the NA3HL West Division with 17 points, one point over Granite City’s 16.

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Minnesota Flying Aces goalie, Quinn Huff, had his work cut out for him Oct. 16 when Granite City outplayed his team and beat the Aces 8-2. Huff made 34 shots on goal, but the Lumberjacks continued to get around him.

victory.

Both teams played a clean game with only seven minutes of penalty time on two infractions for the Lumberjacks,

and four minutes on two for the North Stars.

Granite City skated neck and neck with the North Stars, scoring one goal during each

The Granite City Lumberjack bench looks on while they seal their 8-2 win against the Minnesota Flying Aces Oct. 16. After another win Saturday against the Breezy Point North Stars, the Lumberjacks record is 8-2-0.

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“We played very well at times and at times we lost a little bit of focus which magnified some errors,” said head coach Dave Anderson.

The Storm opened the tournament with two matches on Friday. They downed P-EM 25-21, 25-22 and then lost to eventual tournament champion Rochester Mayo, 25-18, 25-16.

“I think there were probably five teams that were pretty even in the tournament, including us, with Rochester Lourdes being a little bit better,” Anderson said. “It was good competition.”

On Saturday, the Storm opened with a rollercoaster win over Rochester Lourdes.

SRR won the first game 2516, lost the second 25-20 before dominating in the third game, winning 15-3.

“Sometimes when we have a very good first game we have a letdown in the second game,” Anderson said.

The Storm finished the tournament with a three set loss, 25-20, 15-25, 8-15 to Forest Lake.

“We played a good first game but they got on a couple rolls,” Anderson said.

SRR played the tournament without Staci Meyer, but Nya Miyoang filled in admirably in her place.

“Nya did a real nice job this past weekend,” Anderson said.

Miyoang finished with 11 kills and seven blocks. Sophomore Angela Konz paced the team with eight blocks. Senior Kyra Harvey had 27 kills to lead the team; Bailey Becker added 16.

Senior Kahlen Manthey led the squad with 44 digs and she tied with Miranda Bowman as team leader in ace serves. Both had six.

The Storm is 6-4 in the Central Lakes Conference and they wrap up their regular season play this week with two conference road matches.

They travelled to Willmar Oct. 20 and then play Rocori Oct. 22. The Spartans are the highest ranked team in Class 2A and have downed the Storm twice this season.

“We can’t give them easy balls with the hitters they have. We need to serve tough and stay aggressive offensively so we take them out of their offensive system,” Anderson said. “At this point of the season, it’s always good to face good competition.”

SRR is 15-9 overall and the 13-team section playoffs will start next Tuesday, Oct. 27. The highest seeded three teams will get a bye. Anderson said the Storm currently would be seeded in the top five.

Storm eliminated from playoffs after 62-0 loss The Elks scored early and often against the Storm squad that was coming off consecuThe Sauk Rapids-Rice tive wins as they entered the Storms’ football season came Section 6 5A tournament.

The Storm finished the to an end Oct. 13 in a playoff season with a 4-5 overall reloss to Elk River, 62-0.

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cord and 4-4 in the regular season, their best season in recent memory. Elk River advanced to take on St. MichaelAlbertville and lost 35-12 and are also eliminated from playoff action.

Bowling team strikes a good game

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during the Oct. 10 match at Great River Bowl in Sartell.

The varsity team had a high team game score of 268, The Sauk Rapids-Rice/ a high team match of 1,047 Pierz/Upsala bowling team and averaged 200. The team competed against six teams has a record of 8-2.

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Jared and Derek Durant and Calvin Kruschke all had 100 percent fill for both matches. Cody Depa (Upsala) rolled 59 strikes, 30 spares and 13 opens for a total of 102, 87.25 percent participation and 102 percent fill.

Jared Durant rolled 49 strikes, 39 spares, and 13 opens for a total of 101, 87.12 percent participation, and a 101 percent fill. Calvin Kruschke (Pierz) rolled 75 strikes, 31 spares, and 17 opens for a total of 123, 86.17 percent participation, and a 123 percent fill.

Brooke Helget rolled 7 strikes, 9 spares, and 4 opens for a total of 20, 80 percent participation, and a 20 percent fill. Derek Durant rolled 23 strikes, 21 spares, and 14 opens for a total of 58, 75.86 percent participation, and a 58 percent fill.

Dylan Depa (Upsala) rolled 20 strikes, 26 spares, and 28 opens for a total of 74, 62.16 percent participation, and a 74 percent fill. Hunter Thompson rolled 13 strikes, 9 spares, and 18 opens for a total of 40, 55 percent participation, and a 40 percent fill. Brandon Heinen rolled 7 strikes, 6 spares, and 15 opens for a total of 28, 46.42 percent participation, and a 28 percent fill.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

A clean sweep Storm win swimmingly to close regular season vis and Olivia Krepp took the

by MARIA HAGER STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Rapids-Rice swimmers entered the pool in their last home meet on Oct. 13 when the Willmar Cardinals landed in the SRR pool.

The 104-80 victory allows the Storm to bring their record to 7-3.

SRR had nine event wins on the night, as well as a clean, one-two-three sweep in two events.

“This time of year, we hope to end on a positive note, and the girls did just that,” said head coach Ray Nelson.

Larissa Kleen, Ella Benoit, Anna Lucas and Sabel Omvongkot edged out the second-place Cardinal squad by over six seconds for a win in the 200 medley relay.

The four teamed up again in the 200 freestyle relay and came out on top, this time with just a 0.95 second lead.

Lucas added two event wins with her 2:05.49 finish in the 200 freestyle and her 5:33.12 swim in the 500 freestyle.

“Our athletes are really starting to show their strength, which is exactly where we would like to have them at this point of the season,” Nelson said.

SRR swept over the Cardinals in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly. Benoit, Bailey Olson and Tana Hendrickson landed first, second and third, respectively in the IM; and in the butterfly, Kleen, Madison Da-

top three.

Benoit took first in the 100 breaststroke with Olson behind her in second. To round out the meet, MiKayla Zaske, Mya Reinert, Olson and Kristen Petron fell in second for their 400 freestyle relay 4:11.71 finish.

The Storm wrapped up the regular season against Alexandria and Monticello in a double dual meet hosted at St. Cloud State University on Tuesday (after this edition went to press). They will bring their conference team to Willmar Oct. 31 to see where they match up in the Central Lakes Conference.

200 MR: Larissa Kleen, Ella Benoit, Anna Lucas, Sabel Omvongkot 1st 2:00.63; Tana Hendrickson, Bailey Olson, Madison Davis, Mya Reinert 3rd 2:08.21 200 FS: Lucas 1st 2:05.49, Davis 3rd 2:18.88 200 IM: Benoit 1st 2:27.63, Olson 2nd 2:33.40, Hendrickson 3rd 2:36.65 50 FS: Omvongkot 1st 27.09, Kristen Petron 3rd 27.96 1 MTR Diving: Kelsey Christensen 4th 138.55, Taylor Daniels 5th 110.00 100 FLY: Kleen 1st 1:04.78, Davis 2nd 1:12.54, Olivia Krepp 3rd 1:17.33 100 FS: Omvongkot 2nd 58.98 500 FS: Lucas 1st 5:33.12, Reinert 2nd 6:04.22 200 FSR: Kleen, Lucas, Benoit, Omvongkot 1st 1:46.24; Mikayla Zaske, Hendrickson, Reinert, Petron 3rd 1:51.83 100 BK: Kleen 1st 1:06.82, Hendrickson 3rd 1:09.05 100 BR: Benoit 1st 1:11.13, Olson 2nd 1:17.82 400 FSR: Zaske, Reinert, Olson, Petron 2nd 4:11.71

PUBLIC NOTICES BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – September 15, 2015 The Benton County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on September 15, 2015 in the Benton County Board Room in Foley, MN with Commissioners Jake Bauerly, Jim McMahon, Spencer Buerkle, Warren Peschl and Ed Popp present.

Call to order by Chair Bauerly was at 9:00 AM followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.

Peschl/Buerkle unanimous to approve the agenda as amended: add items—Management Representation Letter Related to the Audit of 2014 Financial Statements; Increase in Flexible Spending Account Medical Limit; Application for Exempt Permit for Whitetails Unlimited; and Letter of Support for City of Foley Grant Application.

Under Open Forum, Heidi Anderson, Benton County 4-H Program Coordinator, presented “Benton County 4-H Year in Review, 2014-2015”; topics included enrollment, summer camp opportunities, and county fair/ state fair participation. Anderson noted that the week of October 4th-10th is “National 4-H Week”.

Popp/McMahon unanimous to approve the Consent Agenda: 1) approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of September 1, 2015 as written; 2) accept and file Committee of the Whole Minutes of September 8, 2015 as written; 3) approve contract for PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) Audit of the Benton County Jail, and authorize the Chair to sign; 4) approve Management Representation Letter related to the audit of the 2014 Benton County financial statements, and authorize the Chair to sign; 5) approve increase in Benton County flexible spending account medical limit from $2,500 to $2,550 for 2016, and authorize the Chair to sign the plan document when completed; and 6) approve Application for Exempt Permit for Whitetails Unlimited to conduct a raffle at Henry’s Catering & Banquet Center in Foley on October 10, 2015.

Bob Barbian, City of Foley Administrator, explained that Silt Sock, a company specializing in erosion control products, has applied for Job Creation Fund assistance for their proposed expansion project that will result in relocation from rural Benton County (Oak Park) to the City of Foley. He indicated that the State Department of Employment and Economic Development are requesting a letter of support from Benton County. Mc-Mahon/Popp unanimous to approve a Letter of Support for the City of Foley grant application, and authorize the Chair to sign.

Chris Byrd, County Engineer, reported that Benton County was recently awarded an LRIP (Local Road Improvement) grant in the amount of $500,000 for the CSAH 3 “Up the Hill” project.

He noted that the application was a joint application between the County and the City of Sauk Rapids; it is his belief that the joint application made the county/city a strong candidate and, thus, a recipient. Byrd presented a proposed resolution/revenue sharing agreement offering a 1/3 portion of the grant to the City; this resolution would also establish a 1/3 sharing of any additional funding received, i.e. capital bonding request. Buerkle commented “…we’ve been partners with them on this whole thing so far…I think it’s a show of good faith on our part and that we have a commitment to continue working with them as partners on this…” Buerkle/McMahon unanimous to adopt Resolution 2015-#21, approving a Revenue Sharing Agreement with the City of Sauk Rapids for the CSAH 3 “Up the Hill” project, and authorize the Chair to sign.

Byrd explained that Benton County continues to pursue capital bonding for additional project funding for CSAH 3 “Up the Hill”. He referenced a letter from the MN Department of Transportation, dated August 4, 2015, which states, in part: “… that statute (M.S. §16C.05) prohibits an agency from authorizing work to start without a fully signed contract...MN Statutes §16A.15 makes it unlawful for state agencies to incur any obligation on behalf of the state without an encumbrance of funds… one thing all grants have in common is that grantees must not be authorized to begin work under the grant contract until the grant contract is fully signed…” Byrd noted that this brings up the possibility that the county would not be able to award the construction contract until after the legislative session (likely the end of May). He stated that his design schedule is based on letting the project in February, awarding the contract in March, and starting construction in April/May—if the project is delayed to the end of the legislative session, construction could not begin until the first part of July. Byrd stated that if the project cannot be constructed in one season, there could, potentially, be more costs; another option may be to move the letting to the end of the summer and do the majority of the work in the 2017 construction season. He stated concerns by city staff with delaying the project to 2017; it would also impact the county’s five-year construction projects.

Byrd noted a “very limited” exception to the statute—“…permits a grant-making agency to incur eligible expenses for up to 60 days prior to the execution of a grant contract in the case of a specifically named, legislatively appropriated, non-competitive

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Girls soccer continued from 1B SRR took the lead with about 12 minutes to play when Marianna Blair put a Mohs’ corner kick in the back of the net.

The game-tying goal came for Sartell on a controversial official’s ruling, which awarded a goal on a ball that never actually landed in the goal.

Storm goalkeeper, Megan Ackerman, made the initial save when she stopped forward progress by tipping it and then proceeded to gain control of the ball in front of the net. Play was stopped and after conferencing with the sideline official, it was ruled that the ball had crossed the plane of the goal.

Ackerman finished with six saves on the day.

The teams played 20 minutes of scoreless overtime soccer, leading to a shootout.

The shootout was tied 4-4 after the first round of five, leading to a kick exchange.

Both kickers missed the sixth penalty shot, but Sartell capitalized on the seventh and won the shootout 5-4, ending the season for the Storm who finished with an 11-6 record.

It was a heartbreaking loss after playing, arguably, our best game of the season,” Fremo said. “I couldn’t be prouder of how our girls played. They dominated the game and never gave up. I am even more proud of how they conducted themselves on the field in this game, and all year. They didn’t give in to trash talking and unsportsmanlike conduct. In my 18 years of coaching, I have never coached a team like this

Bowling scores PHOTOS BY NATASHA BARBER

Senior Madyson Mohs places all her strength behind a kick during the Oct. 15 matchup with the Melrose Lady Dutchmen.

Mohs contributed a hat-trick of three goals.

Senior forward Brooke Lorentz gets ahead of her Melrose opponents during the 10-0 Storm victory in the opening round of the Section 8A championships. Lorentz scored two goals on the night.

one. Sauk Rapids has a lot to sive season and ended with a record of 10-2-2. be proud of.

“The future is bright,” The Storm will say goodbye to 10 seniors, but Fremo Fremo said. said they intend to reload.

The JV team had an impres-

grant recipient…” Several suggestions were offered by Board members, i.e. talk to contractors about the potential of completing the construction in 2016 if the project start were delayed; further discussion with the county’s legislative delegation as to potential funding; get further clarification on the statute language from the county attorney’s office. Popp commented “if we don’t do it next summer, and wait for the following summer, that’s a long time for those people in Sauk Rapids…if you give them a choice of using tax dollars or a delay, it’s something they need to be notified for their input…” McMahon commented “… the bonding part was a contingency plan to get us some help to build the road…it wasn’t an all or nothing…I’m in favor of getting it done next year…how we finance it may be discussion for a long time yet…I would not like to see it delayed any longer on the hope that we MAY get some money from the State…”

Bauerly commented “…the issue in this project is should local property tax money pay for a regional project…that’s why we went to bonding in the first place…it’s not that we can’t fund it ourselves, but is it fair (will shortfall future projects in Benton County)…” He asked the question—“can we construct a barebones project out of our local funds…and let the frills come later on?...” Byrd stated his intent to keep working on the design; he will have a revised engineer’s estimate of project costs in October. Headley inquired how a delay to 2017 would affect any currently committed Federal funds. Byrd stated that the county would need to “let” the project, and start incurring eligible costs, in 2016. Board consensus to discuss this issue further once the Engineer has his revised estimate of project costs.

Byrd presented a summary/map of the proposed projects in the five-year road construction plan (2016-2020). He stated, “… if for some reason, we didn’t need to use state aid (for “3 Up the Hill”), there’s a whole list of unfunded projects we could apply that money to as well…” Headley inquired if any of the project funders require an adopted road program. Byrd confirmed that, in some cases, Federal applications require formal adoption of a road construction plan. Noting that the “course of action” for “3 Up the Hill” is yet unknown, Buerkle/Peschl unanimous to table action on the five-year road construction plan pending further detail on the “3 Up the Hill” project.

Engineer’s Report: 1) Update on demolition project along CSAH 3—tree removal is complete; building demolition is progressing; 2) CSAH 29 Bridge (overall, bridge is in good condition except for the joints—looking at options for repair of the joints); and 3) annual maintenance striping is complete for this year.

The Regular County Board meeting was recessed at 9:53 AM to conduct a Human Services Board meeting.

The Regular County Board meeting was reconvened at 10:06 AM. Heather Bondhus, Senior Deputy Auditor, explained that, in 1986, parcel 06.00438.01 (Government Lot 3—an island—Section 9 of Langola Township) was forfeited to the State; Benton County, subsequently, applied to the State for conveyance of the property to the County to be used exclusively for recreational purposes. She noted that the State has recently requested that Benton County verify that this property is still being used for the intended purpose—it has been determined that this property is not being used by the County. Bondhus indicated that, at this point, the County can purchase the property for the market value or convey the property back to the State. Monty Headley, County Administrator, stated that there is no reasonable foreseeable use for this property considering its location. He also noted potential liability issues. Bauerly inquired if the County could sell the island. McMahon inquired if the property could be given to a club or an association. Popp suggested that the Rice Sportsmen Club may have interest. Bondhus reported that the market value of this 11-acre parcel is $3,300; she is unsure if the County would be allowed to convey/sell this parcel to another party (directly or indirectly). McMahon/Popp unanimous to table this item to allow time for staff to seek a legal opinion from the County Attorney’s Office and to have a conversation with the DNR. Lee Katzmarek appeared before the Board on behalf of the Benton County Benefits Advisory Committee and provided an update on 2016 health insurance rates. He indicated that there will be no changes in premium contributions for 2016, employer or employee, as a result of securing a two-year rate deal with Health Partners (the county received a 9% rate increase for 2015 with no increase for 2016). Katzmarek stated that, looking ahead to 2017 and beyond, the Benefits Advisory Committee, along with the CHS Benefits Consultant, will continue to look at ideas to assist with controlling rates, i.e. co-pay changes, changes in plan design. Katzmarek stated that the option of “cash out” (employees receive cash in exchange for opting out of county health insurance) was also studied; he reviewed a handout of cash out option examples based on Benton County enrollment at the time of the study. Katzmarek stated that the Benefits Advisory Committee is of the opinion that other ideas for controlling rates should be explored before considering the potential risk/

Individual High Single Game: Ryan Ertl- 276 Individual High 3-game Total: Ryan Ertl- 738 Team High Single Game: S.R. Legion- 1266 Team High 3-game Total: Granite Edge Café- 3674 League standings Sentra Sota Sheet Metal: 78.5-47.5 St. Cloud Hyundai: 72.553.5 Granite Edge Café: 71.554.5 S.R. Legion: 68-58 The Blue Line: 55.5-70.5 Sartell Hardware Hank: 54-72 Greenkeepers: 53-73 ATS: 51-75 Highlights Jason Terwey- 710 Andrew Paavola- 637 Pete Kruger- 637 Al Eiynch- 634 Scott Held- 616 Levi Radika- 615 Dan Schumann- 614 Bruce Arnold- 612 Curt Dingmann- 609 Jesse David- 606 Chris Aleshire- 602

potential savings of a cash-out option. He reported on the improvement in the county’s loss ratio. Headley added that, when the county’s health insurance is bid out again, carriers will be asked to bid on a self-funded basis, which will provide the county with “good quality numbers”. McMahon/Popp unanimous to approve the 2016 health insurance rates with Health Partners.

Headley explained that the City of Sauk Rapids has requested a letter of support from the County Board on behalf of the Coleman Company, who operate a facility in Sauk Rapids that makes personal flotation devices (formerly Stearns). He pointed out that the Company is seeking federal action to eliminate tariffs on imported fabrics used in its manufacturing process; the Company states that eliminating tariffs will help it to be competitive with overseas manufacturers and will create manufacturing jobs here in this country. Commissioner McMahon spoke in support, as did Ross Olson, Sauk Rapids City Administrator. McMahon/ Peschl unanimous to approve a letter supporting a “foreign trade zone” as requested by the City of Sauk Rapids, and authorize the Chair to sign.

Headley provided a summary of major factors in the proposed 2016 budget and levy: • The proposed 2016 property tax levy totals $19,074,713, a decrease of 0.5% or $94,764 from 2015 • This reduction, combined with expected tax capacity growth of 5%, should bring the County tax rate down 3.7 percentage points in 2016 • With this proposed reduction, Benton County will have reduced or held its levy to no increase in six out of the past seven years • The proposed 2016 County budget totals $44,767,748, an increase of 2.4% or $1,041,263 from 2015 • The proposed budget includes an additional $50,000 to help fund a new countywide economic development organization currently in the planning stages (economic development is one of seven “county priorities” identified during the County’s 2015 strategic planning) • Also included is $152,870 (net levy cost of $51,976) to allow the Human Services Department to expand its eDocs document management system into the Child Support Enforcement unit (technology is another “county priority”) • The proposed budget invests an additional $10,000 in a new employee wellness program that may include physical workplace enhancements and incentives to reward the attainment of measurable health outcomes (employee wellness is another “county priority”) • The proposed budget adds two new positions in Human Services: a Community Health Services Administrator/Public Health Planner to bring the CHS role in-house (currently contracted with Stearns County) and to implement the Benton County “Community Health Improvement Plan;” and a Social Worker in the Adult Services Unit to address increased caseload • The proposed budget funds a general wage increase contained in 2016 labor agreements, as well as step and longevity adjustments ($315,000 estimated cost) • The County will have no 2016 health insurance premium increase because of the two-year rate guarantee from Health Partners • Increased costs and other policy choices funded by the County Board are offset by additional revenue to produce this net levy reduction • Additional revenue comes from two main sources: the County Program Aid formula provides an additional $146,000, and Human Services revenue is expected to grow just over $1 million (higher caseload, adding positions that generate revenue) • Fund balance levels remain acceptable (General Revenue Fund at 6.4 months coverage vs. 6 month policy); fund balance continues to support the 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan Peschl/Buerkle unanimous to adopt Resolution 2015-#22, setting the proposed 2016 levy at $19,074,713, and authorize the Chair to sign. Popp/McMahon unanimous to adopt Resolution 2015-#23, establishing the proposed 2016 Benton County budget, and authorize the Chair to sign.

Chair Bauerly announced that the Benton County Board of Commissioners will conduct a Truth in Taxation hearing on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at 7:00 PM in the Benton County Board Room.

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

Peschl/McMahon unanimous to set Committees of the Whole: October 16, MICA Board Meeting/ Legislative Forum; December 7 & 8, AMC Annual Conference.

Chair Bauerly adjourned the meeting at 10:58 AM. A. Jake Bauerly, Chair Benton County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: Montgomery Headley Benton County Administrator R-42-1B

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