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“Minnesota’s Oldest Weekly Newspaper” Vol. 162, No. 17
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, Minnesota 56379
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A continuation of the Frontiersman, The Free Press, Sauk Rapids Sentinel and St. Cloud Sentinel.
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Detour along Stearns Dr. N.
Mohs’ dogs compete at Canterbury
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August 4, 2016
by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
Detour along 9th Ave. N.
Sauk Rapids Government Center Polling Location Summit Ave. N. Closed on N. Side of intersection with 2nd St. N.
Construction creates primary election detours SAUK RAPIDS — Voters may need to follow detours to precinct locations when they cast their vote for the primary election August 9. Due to ongoing construction on Second Street N, precinct 1 and 5 voters, who gather at the Sauk Rapids Government Center, will need to take an alternate route. Detours will be posted at the Second Street and Ninth Avenue intersection, routing traffic north on Ninth Avenue and east on Third Street back
to Summit Avenue and the Sauk Rapids Government Center located at 250 Summit Avenue North. The detour will be clearly posted to aid voters in getting to their polling place. The polls are open on election day from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Questions regarding the detour can be directed to the project manager, Benton County Assistant Engineer, Joe MacPherson at (320) 9685051.
Registration open for fall sports SAUK RAPIDS — Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and Middle School students interested in fall sports should meet Monday, Aug. 8 at 6:30 p.m. for a fall athletics eligibility meeting. Student participants and at least one parent/guardian should plan to attend. Middle school students will meet in the high school gym and high school students in the
Performing Arts Center, before breaking into individual team meetings. Please enter through door No. 6 on the west end of SRRHS. Practice schedules, eligibility information and all pertinent information for fall sports participation will be discussed at this meeting. Online registration is now open at http://www.isd47.org/ storm/about.
New high school student registration set Aug. 10 SAUK RAPIDS — A meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 10 for ninth through 12th grade students who are new to the Sauk Rapids-Rice District and who have not yet registered. Students will learn about school policies and activities, tour the school and register for classes. The meeting will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. and should end by 11:30 a.m.
A parent(s) must accompany the student. Prior to the meeting, please complete the online enrollment form. To begin the process, visit http://www. isd47.org/register The Sauk Rapids-Rice High School is located at 1835 Osauka Road NE. Please use the main entrance – Door No. 1. Questions, call (320) 2534700.
Ashmore faces federal charges ST.CLOUD — A 34-year ance in U.S. District Court old St. Cloud man has been within the past week. charged federally According in U.S. District to CMVOTF ComCourt. mander Steve SoyBilly Ashmore ka, Ashmore was was taken into cusoriginally taken into tody on alleged vicustody after a trafolations of federal fic stop July 1 which weapons and drug revealed Ashmore laws. Ashmore is was in possession being charged fedof approximately erally with felon 30 grams of methin possession of amphetamine and Billy Ashmore a firearm, second stolen .380 caliber degree sales and first degree handgun. possession of controlled subAshmore, who is a constance. If convicted, he could victed felon with 24 arrests in be sentenced to a minimum of Stearns County over the last 15 years in federal prison. ten years, is unable to possess After an investigation by a firearm. Ashmore was out the Central Minnesota Violent on bail from the charges stemOffender Task Force and the ming from the traffic stop at Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco the time of his arrest. Firearms and Explosives, AshThe CMVOTF is commore was taken into custody prised of officers with the Sauk July 19 after meeting with his Rapids, Little Falls and St. probation officer in Stearns Cloud Police Departments and County. He was transported deputies from Stearns, Benton, to Sherburne County Jail and Sherburne, Todd and Morrison made his first initial appear- County Sheriff Offices.
CLEAR LAKE — “Ready?” “Go!” “Here come the fluffy little baby Corgis, flying down the track. It is Penny Ann. Outside, it is Izzy. Izzy is the first to cross the wire. Around of applause for No. 12 Izzy,” said the announcer at Canterbury Park July 30 during heat one of the track’s first-ever Corgi dog races. Seventy-two Corgis, their owners, families and friends joined each other at the park Saturday for the chance to compete in the entertaining contests which joined both the Cupcake Festival and regularly scheduled horse races. Mitch and Cindy Mohs along with their children Jenny and Mitchell made the trip to the track with nine other fans to watch the Mohs family Corgis, Fred and Barney, compete. “It’s all for fun. Nobody makes money on it. The audience can make bets amongst each other, but not like you do for horses because there is no way to know the odds of these dogs,” said Mitch, who grew up in Sauk Rapids. The two dogs each donned a colored cape with the No. 11 as they lined up at the horse gates in front of over 16,000 people. They compet-
PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER
Cindy (from left), Mitch and Mitchell Mohs participated in Canterbury Park’s Corgi Dog Races with their pets Barney (left) and Fred.
ed in heats four and six, each some . . . well some didn’t run up the limelight just a little lasting about eight seconds. at all. while longer didn’t leave the Some dogs ran forward, some Barney, distracted by the Corgis sideways, some backward and hullabaloo or perhaps soaking continued on pg. 3
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4-H produces pie for fundraising by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS — The smell of cinnamon and freshly-kneaded pie crust filled the 4-H Lunch Stand July 28 as parents and members of Benton County 4-H came together for a pie-making performance. Over 40 kids and adults from 20 clubs filled the building at the Benton County Fairgrounds to prepare homemade pies for this week’s fair concessions. Beginning at 9 a.m., the group made 130 pies and cleaned the commercial kitchen in less than three hours. There were five crust-making stations, five people rolling dough and a station each for filling and labeling the apple, blueberry and rhubarb pies. Once the letters “A,” “B” or “R” were forked into the top crust, the pies were wrapped and frozen. They are baked for sale each morning of the six-day fair. “It’s a fun day. I always get tons of help which makes the day go by fast,” said Julie Johnson, Benton County 4-H Treasurer and Pie Day Coordinator. “Each club is required to send at least one family to help, but many do more.” Along with fresh-made pie, the 4-H Lunch Stand will serve a full menu items for all mealtimes — breakfast, lunch and dinner. “It’s the county’s only fundraiser,” Johnson said, re-
PHOTOS BY NATASHA BARBER
(Above) Jill Carlson (clockwise from left), Stephanie Rahm, Alicia Belanger and Kaitlyn Maehren mix dough for crusts at Benton County 4-H Pie Day July 30. The group is from the Foley St. Pat’s and Green Acres Clubs. (Right) When given the notice it was time to clean up, Nolan Hackett, 8 of the Elk River Critters, snatched a blueberry from his bowl and gave it a taste.
ferring to Benton County 4-H. Individual clubs may have additional fundraisers. “Everything Benton 4-H needs for the entire year is paid from the money raised during fair week. It’s used for things like trophies, ribbons, livestock clinics and camps, even gates and utensils.” Johnson said most of the staple items are purchased in bulk for pie day, but the clubs often donate items as well. Cornerstone Clover 4-H Club donated all the apples this year, which were peeled,
sliced and blanched in lemon juice before the day began. The Central Minnesota Llama Club donated the rhubarb and others donated lard to ensure the flaky crusts. In addition to the handmade apple, blueberry and
rhubarb pies, the 4-Hers also make fresh strawberry pies, preparing the crusts in advance. The pies are sold by the slice or whole take’n’bake. “Every pie is sold at the fair,” said Johnson.