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City council, boards Town Crier get on the same page Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 Volume 26, Issue 9 Est. 1989
Summer Rec opens ball registration
Registration for the evening ball program for boys and girls ages 5-14 will be from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at the St. Joseph Community Fire Hall. For more information or questions, call Sharon Rennie at 320-2933278 or Amanda Lopau at 320260-1598.
Good Shepherd seeks music donations
Good Shepherd seeks donations of gently used or new iPods, iTunes gift cards and original CDs to help expand and sustain their Music and Memory Program campus-wide. The program provides therapeutic use of iPods and personalized music playlists to help bring residents joy and awaken them by tapping deep emotional recall. A grant Good Shepherd recently received has allowed purchase of a few iPods, headsets and some iTunes music. To donate, please contact Perry Rollings at 320-259-3491 or drop donations off at the front reception desk.
Foster Grandparent Program seeks senior volunteers
Adults ages 55 and over can receive an hourly tax-free stipend ($2.65/hour) for volunteering 15 hours per week (or more if they wish) helping children with activities, reinforcing learning, helping with art projects, and more. The Foster Grandparent Program needs more mentors for youth in our community. Currently there are openings at elementary schools in District 742 and Paynesville, Journey Home daycare (working with infants and toddlers), the St. Cloud Children’s Home (working with teens), and several after-school programs. Foster Grandparent volunteers might help students with a reading assignment, work with a small group on a craft or help kids cook an evening meal. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Feb. 27 criers.
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Members of the city council, park board, economic development authority and planning commission, as well as representatives of the facilities task force and aquatics amenity committee gathered together at the community fire hall to make sure everyone was on the same page Monday, Feb. 23. “For me, it’s really important our boards and commissions see each other,” said Mayor Rick Schultz, beginning the meeting. Schultz said he likes to call a meeting like this about once a year. About 30 people were in attendance Monday night, most of them from boards and commissions, but there was a sprinkling of regular residents as well.
Schultz had asked each board, commission, committee and task force to make a small presentation on what they had been up to, and what they foresee happening in their sphere over the course of 2015.
Facilities task force
The facilities task force was created after some serious turbulence was encountered over the city hall/community center issue. The task force has a few council members on it, as well as a number of residents. An outside facilitator was brought in to help guide the task force to a common understanding, and bring a recommendation from the community to the council. The city hired Phil Barnes of WSB and Associates Inc. to facilitate. WSB is based out of Minneapolis, but City • page 4
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Tom Schaffer of U.S. Aquatics describes the plan his company has drawn up, with the help of the aquatics amenity committee. The plan includes three water slides and a six-lane pool.
Engelking’s faith helps her help victims of abuse by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The statistics are grim: Every 15 seconds somewhere a woman is beaten in a domestic dispute; Engelking each day, three women in the nation are
murdered by boyfriends, spouses or ex-spouses; one in four women is abused in domestic situations. Pastor Brenda Engelking knows those statistics all too well. She is on call, all hours of the day or night, to help victims of domestic abuse. A Sauk Rapids resident, Engelking works throughout the greater St. Cloud area, including with the police departments of St. Joseph and Sartell. She has high praise for
the dedicated support shown by St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein and Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes. “They’re so awesome and so supportive of this ministry,” she said. “We’ve worked on domestic cases together so we have the same understanding.” She is currently the care pastor for The Waters Church in Sartell. Despite the tragic stories she hears, Engelking doesn’t ring
her hands or wallow in despair. She tries to remain upbeat, which isn’t too hard to do because she knows there is always hope. She helps others to move forward, to move beyond being stuck in a victim’s mentality. “It’s important to move women out of their victim-hood,” she said. “We have to work on what’s wrong with them, otherwise they keep going back into bad relationships.” Engelking • page 8
A historical prospective from 25 years ago – Feb. 16, 1990
Artist captures Jacob’s spirit in gift by Stuart Goldschen news@thenewsleaders.com
There’s a spirit about Jacob Wetterling, described variously as love, joy, sensitivity, kindness, activity and creativity. Many see it in Jacob’s smile. It’s in his eyes, his cheeks and his mouth as he holds his dog, poses with a large fish he caught, wields a hockey stick and kicks a soccer ball. It’s in his face as he rocks as an infant in a suspended seat jumper, grasps a strung balloon on an outing with his grandfather, and stands lovingly near his father and mother,
his brother and sisters. That spirit has been captured poignantly and recorded in a detailed montage of drawings by a local artist who carries Jacob’s Hope in his heart. It will be given to Jacob in care of his parents on his 12th birthday tomorrow, Feb. 17 (1990). The birthday present is a 30-by-40-inch, glass-covered pencil drawing montage of Jacob’s life and the entire Wetterling family. It was drawn by Jim Hendershot, associate professor of art at St. John’s University and a nationally-renowned artist. Hendershot said he created the project to Jacob • page 5
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Moments that matter in the life of Jacob Wetterling are captured poignantly in this sensitive pencil montage by Jim Hendershot, nationally-renowned artist and St. John’s University professor of art. Hendershot drew the 30-by-40-inch montage to present to Jacob in care of his parents on Jacob’s 12th birthday Feb. 17 (1990). The glass-covered framed drawing hangs in the Wetterling home awaiting Jacob’s return.
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People Four St. Joseph students were recently named to the fall president’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Charielyn Hanauska, Ricky Hess, Ryan Peterson and Ingrid Smiles. Students must achieve a minimum 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Matt Jagielski of St. Joseph has recently been accepted to and has chosen to attend the University of Minnesota, Morris beginning fall 2015. He is a 2015 graduate of Apollo High School. Two St. Joseph students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Concordia College, Moorhead.
They are the following: Elizabeth Tiffany, senior, daughter of Lori and Craig Tiffany, Apollo High School; and Jessica Warzecka, freshman, daughter of Sandy and Keith Warzecha, Sartell High School. Students must attain a minimum 3.7 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
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Two St. Joseph students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Minnesota State University, Mankato. They are the following: Katie Schleper, a junior, and Tianna Swanson-Wente, a sophomore. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Two St. Joseph students were recently named to the fall dean’s LEGAL NOTICE list at the College of St. Benedict, NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE St. Joseph. They are the following: AdTHE RIGHT TO VERIFICAtion Stearns County, Minn. less that date falls on a weekend TION OF THE DEBT AND or legal holiday, in which case it elaide Carlson, daughter of MiIDENTITY OF THE ORIGICOUNTY IN WHICH PROPER- is the next weekday, and unless chelle and Thomas, a junior enNAL CREDITOR WITHIN TY IS LOCATED: Stearns the redemption period is reduced THE TIME PROVIDED BY to five (5) weeks under MN Stat. LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. THIS ACTION. AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: If any readers have tips con$133,722.00 MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED cerning crimes, they should call NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA- the St. Joseph Police Department that default has occurred in con- AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TION ON MORTGAGE: None at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County ditions of the following described TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 mortgage: NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, “THE TIME ALLOWED BY or access its tip site at www.triIF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAG- LAW FOR REDEMPTION DATE OF MORTGAGE: Nov. 14, EE: $120,451.74 BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE countycrimestoppers.org. Crime 2005 MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL Stoppers offers rewards up to That prior to the commencement REPRESENTATIVES OR AS- $1,000 for information leading MORTGAGOR: William E. Mar- of this mortgage foreclosure pro- SIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO to the arrest and conviction of tin, Jr., a single person. ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL those responsible for crimes. of Mortgagee complied with all ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MORTGAGEE: American Resi- notice requirements as required MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECFeb. 8 dential Mortgage, LP, a Limited by statute; That no action or pro- TION 582.032, DETERMIN12:19 a.m. Bar check. MinnePartnership. ceeding has been instituted at law ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, sota Street W. Officers checked or otherwise to recover the debt THAT THE MORTGAGED the downtown bars for violaDATE AND PLACE OF RE- secured by said mortgage, or any PREMISES ARE IMPROVED tions, but found none. CORDING: Recorded Nov. 15, part thereof; WITH A RESIDENTIAL 1:17 a.m. DWI. 320th Street/ 2005 Stearns County Recorder, DWELLING OF LESS THAN Document No. 1175985. PURSUANT to the power of sale FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROP- CR 2. An officer noted a vehicle contained in said mortgage, the ERTY USED IN AGRICULTUR- cross over the fog line and alASSIGNMENTS OF MORT- above described property will be AL PRODUCTION, AND ARE most jump the curb, then weave within their lane multiple times. GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan sold by the Sheriff of said county ABANDONED.” Chase Bank, National Associa- as follows: The officer stopped the vehicle tion. Dated Nov. 14, 2005 RecordDated: Jan. 28, 2015 and detected a strong odor of ed Nov. 15, 2005, as Document DATE AND TIME OF SALE: alcohol coming from the driver, No. 1175986. Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 10 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National a 27-year-old female from Cold a.m. Association Spring. The driver failed field TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE sobriety tests, and had a prePLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of- Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagliminary breath test of .124. The TRANSACTION AGENT’S fice, Law Enforcement Center, ee driver was placed under arrest, MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION Room S-136, St. Cloud, MN NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: USSET, WEINGARDEN AND and transported to jail. NONE to pay the debt then secured by LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Feb. 10 said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, LENDER OR BROKER AND on said premises, and the costs Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assign12:44 a.m. Traffic stop. ColMORTGAGE ORIGINATOR and disbursements, including at- ee of Mortgagee lege Avenue N./Ash Street W. STATED ON MORTGAGE: torneys’ fees allowed by law subAn officer observed a vehicle American Residential Mortgage, ject to redemption within six (6) 4500 Park Glen Road #300 traveling at 61 mph in a 45-mph LP, a Limited Partnership months from the date of said sale zone. The driver, a 21-yearby the mortgagor(s), their personal Minneapolis, MN 55416 old female from Lilydale, was RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE representatives or assigns unless stopped, and admitted her SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase reduced to five (5) weeks under (952) 925-6888 speed. She was issued a citaBank, National Association MN Stat. §580.07. tion. 30 - 14-007332 FC 3:41 p.m. Dog complaint. MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD- TIME AND DATE TO VACATE DRESS: 415 E. Able St., St. Jo- PROPERTY: If the real estate is THIS IS A COMMUNICATION 12th Avenue SE. A stray dog seph, MN 56374 an owner-occupied, single-family FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. was found, and police took the dwelling, unless otherwise proanimal to the Sauk Rapids aniTAX PARCEL I.D. #: vided by law, the date on or be- Document version 1.1 Dec. 11, mal impound. 84534770000 fore which the mortgagor(s) must 2013 10:17 p.m. Carbon dioxvacate the property if the mortide alarm. Eastern Court. The LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF gage is not reinstated under sec- Publish: Feb. 6, 13, 20 & 27, homeowner was feeling fine, PROPERTY: tion 580.30 or the property is not March 6 & 13 but the fire department found redeemed under section 580.23 is low levels of CO2 near the Lot 2, Block 1, Eastern Park Addi- 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2015, un-
vironmental studies major; and Rose Berg-Arnold, daughter of Brenda and Mark Berg-Arnold, a sophomore nursing major. Students must attain a minimum 3.8 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Mallory White of St. Joseph recently received the Chancellor’s Award at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menominie, Wis. She is a majoring in manufacturing engineering. Students must attain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
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furnace and water heater. The homeowner was advised to stay outside of the home until the appliances could be checked. Feb. 12 6:46 p.m. Apprehension and detention order. College Avenue N. A parole officer asked SJPD to apprehend an individual. Police called the individual, a 63-year-old male, and the male met police at the station. Police advised the man he was under arrest, and was transported to the Stearns County Jail. Feb. 13 3:59 a.m. Medical. Iverson Street W. A person was having difficulty breathing and chest pain. An officer arrived and administered oxygen until Gold Cross arrived and transported the person to the St. Cloud Hospital. 10:04 p.m. Tamper with vehicle. Cedar Street E. Police received a report of kids going through a vehicle. Another driver reportedly scared the kids off. Police searched and were unable to locate anyone near the parking lot. The owner of the tampered vehicle reported nothing was taken, and police advised the person to lock the vehicle and remove the keys from the ignition in the future. Feb. 14 3:44 a.m. Alarm. Elm Street E. A local business’ alarm went off, and when police arrived they found a door to the building unlocked. Police checked the inside of the building, and everything appeared fine. A keyholder was called to lock the door. Blotter • page 3
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Skahen chosen for honor band by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
C a i t lin Skahen is proudly practicing her trumpet-playing skills. She was recently selected Skahen to join the Minnesota Band Directors Association sixth-eighth grade honor band for the 2014-15 school year. Skahen is the daughter of Sean and Jennifer Skahen of St. Joseph and is in the eighth grade at St. John’s Prep school. She has four siblings. Tom is a senior and Brenna is a sophomore at SJP; Jack is in sixth grade and Brady is in first grade at All Saints Academy in St. Joseph. Caitlin Skahen also attended ASA. SJP Band and Orchestra Direc-
Blotter from page 2 Feb. 24 The St. Joseph Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment fire around 6:30 p.m. The incident happened at Hollow Park Apartments, 332 Cypress Drive, St. Joseph. The fire started and was contained to a bottom-floor apartment where cooking grease caught on fire in a kitchen. A resident was able to extinguish most of the fire with two fire extinguishers until the fire department arrived
tor Jeff Engholm said in a press release that Skahen is one of 78 students selected for a position in this group. “Mr. Engholm is a really good teacher and he’s the one who got me to audition,” Skahen said. “Without his support, I wouldn’t have been able to make it through. He really helped me with some of the hard pieces. In class he knows he has to get things done, but he also makes it really fun. He chooses fun pieces for both orchestra and band.” Skahen will play trumpet for the band. She will work with many talented music educators and will rehearse with others chosen for the honor band. They will perform at a 2 p.m. concert Sunday, April 26 in the Alexandria Area High School auditorium. “Being one of the 78 chosen for the honor band is special,” Skahen • page 4 on scene and used one of their fire extinguishers to extinguish the rest of the fire. The fire department cleared the scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. There were no reported injuries. One resident was displaced from the apartment because of the fire. No damage estimates were available. The St. Joseph Fire Department was assisted by the St. Joseph Police Department, the Stearns County Sheriff’s office, Gold Cross ambulance, the Red Cross and the College of St. Benedict, who provided a bus for residents to stay warm until they could return to their apartments.
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Mayor Rick Schultz chats with Phil Barnes of WSB and Associates Inc., the firm hired to facilitate the facilities discussion in St. Joseph. Barnes is helping the facilities task force submit a recommendation to the city council to vote on, possibly in March.
has an office in St. Cloud. One of the many services they offer is guiding community planning. “I’d like to thank all the task force members,” Barnes said during his portion of the meeting. “They have been fantastic to work with.” Barnes went on to explain how the task force worked. “My role was to comment and make sense out of everything, to reach a common understanding,” Barnes said. He said the task force began by forming a vision statement – which they would strive to live up to – which read: “St. Joseph’s facilities align with the city’s needs, and are successful because they support a growing and diverse community and
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tax base, while providing an engaging, sustainable and affordable way to enhance community interaction and communication between citizens and government.” The task force began to develop its priorities, taking ideas from residents who weren’t on the task force but came to the meetings, and also went on tours of current government buildings, notably of the police department. After a few meetings, the concerns were broken down, and a “vote-able” recommendation was reached that the task force will eventually bring to the council, possibly in March. Basically, the task force will recommend the city move forward with a community center facility first. The most important part of the center would be a multi-purpose gym, according to a memo from
Barnes and the task force. The gym would be an open space for basketball, volleyball walking and more. Another need identified for the community center is a multi-purpose room for community gatherings, lectures, dances, classes and more. A library-type space is also recommended, but one that does not require full-time staffing. The location of the community center is also of importance, as listed in the memo. It should be accessible to those with disabilities, as well as those without vehicles. The second item the task force recommends the city move forward on is police facilities. Listed as priorities are: evidence space, interview space, a changing room, storage space and a safe environment for victims. The task force also recognized the need for facilities for the city administration, but felt the commu-
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SJP Director of Communications and Events Jill Pauly said Skahen comes from a talented family. “It’s great to see her make her own way,” Pauly said. Skahen also enjoys playing soccer and performing music with friends, often singing when she plays the guitar. One of her favorite classes at SJP is German. She is also participating in the musical, Oliver. She will play the role of Charlotte. The musical will be performed Friday-Sunday, March 20-22 at the Paramount Theatre in St. Cloud. The MBDA is a professional organization of band directors who represents band programs for all grade levels throughout the state. Its mission is to assist in development of band directors and band programs in schools, colleges and areas in the state. The organization works toward advancement of band standards by providing forums for exchanging ideas and methods. Members strive to encourage friendliness, cooperation and communication between band directors in the state’s elementary, secondary, college, university and community bands.
from page 3 Skahen said. “It will be a big learning experience for me. I think it will make me a better trumpet player and a better allaround musician. It will be fun to meet kids who take music as seriously as I do. I’m also looking forward to being able to work with the conductors and teachers from all over Minnesota.” Skahen also plays several other instruments, including the cello, guitar and ukulele. She began taking guitar lessons in second grade, trumpet lessons in fifth grade and is now in the SJP orchestra and middle school band. “In my family, no one else plays the trumpet, but everyone plays some sort of instrument, except Brady, but he’s already experimenting with some of our instruments,” Skahen said. “My older siblings have influenced me. They are definitely a big reason why I started to play instruments. It’s great to be able to play in the Prep jazz band with my oldest brother.”
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Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 nity center and police facilities take precedence. The task force also recommends sound financial decisions and planning, and realizes the community center and police facility may need to be created in phases. The full recommendation is available on the city website, at cityofstjoseph.com.
Aquatics amenity committee
Tom Schaffer of U.S. Aquatics, an aquatic consulting and design firm out of Delano, was on hand to present a possible design for a water amenity for the city. U.S. Aquatics has created water amenities for other cities, including Gaylord and Owatonna. The committee had met five times thus far, and Schaffer said it’s still a work in progress. “The pool committee is seeing this for the first time, just the same as you are,” Schaffer said. The concept Schaffer presented was quite complex. Included were: a multi-use pool with a one- and three-meter div-
Jacob from front page portray Jacob’s character without regard to his abduction. He said he drew the montage from family photographs and artistic works by Jacob. “It’s Jacob, it’s his life, it’s Jacob’s spirit,” Hendershot said. “This is something Jacob can pass on to his grandchildren, something wonderful for him to look back on.” Hendershot, 48, began the project in late December after Jerry and Patty Wetterling approved the idea. He said he did not know the family before Jacob’s abduction. “I had a need for an outlet to do something more than I could do in the little time I could spend in the (Friends of Jacob) office,” Hendershot said.
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ing board; grass lounge areas; a lazy river; three water slides; rental tents; water geysers and an aqua fort on a splash pad; a covered seating area; changing rooms; a concession stand and shade structures. Schaffer said the facility would be projected to be used between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and the design he was showing included heated water. One citizen asked whether the amount of water needed might put a strain on the city’s water supply, but Schaffer stated once the pools are filled in the spring, the water is simply recycled all summer long. The next step for the aquatics amenity committee is to settle on a final design, get a cost estimate, and then bring it to the city council for a vote. Possible locations have been discussed, but have not been made public yet.
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Randy Sabart, the city engineer, went into detail on several potential public and private projects for 2015. Potential private projects in“As an artist you feel all these creative energies going through your head, and I was constantly thinking of things I wanted to do.” He called the Wetterlings “beautiful people” who possess a “very personal, wonderful feeling of giving.” He said, “I feel they’ve given to me instead of me giving to them.” Hendershot said he did not want any public recognition for his work, which he described as a personal effort between him and the Wetterlings. He said it “wasn’t meant to be splashy” and that “not many people know about it.” The montage will include as many as 12 major areas of focus to match Jacob’s age, Hendershot explained. Other smaller drawings will depict Jacob’s own artistic talent, and there will be a special message to Jacob in the work.
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clude development of: the Parkway Business Center on CR 133; Sunset Ridge Phase 2 on CR 2; the Rothfork/Flynn property on Jasmine Lane; Central Minnesota Credit Union on Elm Street; Bayou Alley Flats downtown; River’s Bend Plat 3 Subdivision to the west of Kennedy Elementary; and, the CLC development project on the edge of town, past Kennedy Elementary. The CLC development project will likely be a set of rural homes on larger lots, potentially without city sewer access, Sabart said, while the River’s Bend Subdivision would be normal city-sized lots, and have access to sewer. Bayou Alley Flats is a planned restaurant/apartment/ condo complex across from city hall. CMCU has plans to build an administrative center across Elm Street north of McDonald’s, moving some of their operation here from Melrose. Sunset Ridge Phase 2 is a follow up to Phase 1. And the Parkway Business Center is being looked at to potentially be added to city sewer and power, to make it more attractive for businesses to build. Potential or real public projects for 2015 include: Clinton
Village and Northland street resurfacing; and, downtown alley and parking improvement. The city has met with downtown business owners about possibly redoing the alley and parking areas between College Avenue and 1st Avenue, and Ash Street and Minnesota Street. The city plans to continue to meet with downtown business owners to find a way to reach a consensus.
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Hendershot said Jacob is very creative and had done a couple of artistic things that are “just incredible.” “There’s a sensitivity and a creative aspect I see in him and his work,” he said. “And that beautiful smile. In every photograph he seems to be such a
focus, regardless of who’s in it. It’s very natural.” Hendershot said the montage is not like his customary work because he did not want to “take liberties” with the photographs and drawings he was using. He said, however, “it will be very, very complex and have a
tremendous amount of activity.” “Even though it’s representational, there’s a lot of abstraction involved,” he explained. “The more you look, the more you see. It’ll be a constant visual experience.” The work will be set in a
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Councilmember Renee Symanietz (left) and City Administrator Judy Weyrens look on as Tom Schaffer of U.S. Aquatics describes the plan his company has drawn up, with the help of the aquatics amenity committee. The plan includes three water slides and a six-lane pool. Chair of the park board, John Anderson, also spoke. He said the park board was looking into adding restrooms to Klinefelter Park, as well as additional trails in and throughout the city. Sabart said a trail may be built this year connecting Minnesota Street with CR 2, and Minnesota Street to CR 51 south of the interstate.
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Friday, Feb. 27, 2015
Opinion Our View Coalition is only Blame president; do nothing; keep losing way to stop evil
Every day, there springs up another dreadful reminder of how terrorist groups are international threats that must be crippled or destroyed. The latest hits close to home – a videotaped message to “freelance” terrorists to strike mid-America and mid-Canada by perpetrating acts of violence at the Mall of America in Bloomington and the big mall in Edmonton. That message was produced by al-Shabaab, a terrorist group in northeast Africa. It’s tempting to want to believe terrorists are localized thugs “over there” who will eventually be defeated by those they oppress, in their own regions. But we should have learned such a viewpoint is wishful thinking. The attack perpetrated against this country on 9/11 was a wake-up call. Since then, terrorists or their freelance minions have struck with sickening violence in London, Madrid, Ottawa, Sydney, Paris, Copenhagen and many other places far and wide. What is so disturbing about these groups, ISIS especially, is they use the Internet as a recruiting tool. What is even more disturbing is so many young people not only buy into their messages but actually travel toward Syria to join their cause – a “cause” that amounts to nothing more than butchery in the name of a medieval notion of conquering the world and killing or converting anybody who isn’t just like them. Can’t these recruits understand instantly what a vicious group it is? Don’t they see they are rushing headlong into misery, abuse, murder or suicide? The latest video recruitment “ad” released by ISIS is the most disturbing, in some ways even worse than the beheadings and the torching of a pilot. The video shows a school of boy soldiers doing military exercises in front of a school building, supposedly the next “generation” of ISIS fighters. After being indoctrinated in their “schools,” these poor kids will be used as cannon fodder in the ruthless assaults waged by ISIS in its “religious” war against civilization. Some religion! President Barack Obama is correct in denouncing ISIS as having no legitimate claims to Islam, other than trying to revive the butchery of “holy wars” of so many centuries ago. Such throwbacks to violence should not dare to call themselves religious in the world of here and now; they are power-mad killers with delusions of grandeur. The only thing that is going to “degrade and/ or destroy” ISIS is if this much-heralded coalition comes to fruition. ISIS must be countered at every turn by others from Middle Eastern countries, by Muslims and others who have been and will be the victims of their violence on their own turfs. That is going to be problematic, at best, considering the age-old hatreds between Sunni and Shia Muslims. And, lest we forget, Shia militias have committed many atrocities of their own against Sunnis in that region, giving rise to ISIS extremism. It’s interesting that it was the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot – not so much the previous beheadings of Americans, British, Japanese – that so enraged Jordan and other Mid-East factions against ISIS. The mass-beheadings of Coptic Christians was another grisly reminder people in that region had better unite against such barbarians at their gates. Both videos (and the new one featuring boy soldiers) could mean their heinous video “ads” are backfiring against them. In the meantime, the U.S. Congress best drop stupid partisan disputes, fund the Homeland Security program and start working together, with the president, to build an international coalition against this encroaching evil.
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.
President Obama doesn’t love us. What’s worse, he doesn’t love America either. That’s because former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani tells us so. This is what Giuliani said at a dinner in honor of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a presidential contender and cocky unionbuster. “I do not believe the president loves America,” Giuliani told his audience. “He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up or I was brought up – through love of this country.” Let us be grateful how we, the true Americans, were not brought up. Thank you, God, that we were born in New York or Minnesota and not in Hawaii or – heaven forbid – in Kenya, that dark and evil African country. Amen. By the way, how does Giuliani know our president doesn’t love you? Or me? Does Giuliani love us? Should he? Do you care? Do I care? No, I assure you I don’t. Next day, under fire after his speech, he tried to walk back his cheap-shot lunacy, saying his comments weren’t racist, that Obama was the son of a white woman, raised in white schools and so therefore his anti-American attitudes must be attributed to socialist or anti-colonialist tendencies. That’s what Giuliani said in a verbal back-flip, landing him in deeper doo-doo. Our president, he explained, is patriotic, but he doesn’t love his country. What?! Wanna try another back-flip, Giuliani. Republicans, lusting to win the next presidential election, have become tonedeaf to the very mistakes that will keep them from winning the prize. Foremost among those mistakes is
Dennis Dalman Editor to keep harping on the America-hating socialist-communist Barack Obama. Even the most rabid right-wing Republicans don’t, in their hearts, believe that dead trump card, yet they keep using it. And voters don’t buy it either, except for a few ingrown-toenail types who thrive on conspiracy theories and hatred of anything at all – especially hatred of this president. Giuliani has always been a savvy politician, an inspirational mayor after that horrible day when the Twin Towers fell. What a shame such an American icon stooped to vilifying our president. It’s the oldest dirty trick in the book – impugning someone’s patriotism. As the great English critic and all-around genius Samuel Johnson said in 1775, “(False) patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” You would think the baseless slurs against Obama would have stopped now that he is in his second and last term. When he was first elected, a wave of adulation swept the nation. Our first black president! Then the mindless attacks began. There were (are) nasty racist undertones and overtones against our president, as we saw in some Tea Party groups, some of whose members held up disgusting posters portraying Obama as a monkey or as Adolf Hitler. This chorus of insane accusations gathered like poisonous clouds: he’s not American, he was born in Kenya, his mother faked his birth certificate, he’s an Arab, he’s a Muslim, he’s a communist, he’s a socialist, he’s the anti-Christ, he
doesn’t love this country. Make no mistake: Not all of these haters were (are) fringe-idiots. Many were (are) opportunist Republicans, who knew better but who courted – at what they thought was a “safe” distance – the flakes, nuts and bigots who were (are) spewing such hatred. They did so (do so) to appeal to an anti-government party base. And now, once again, these opportunists, whether they like it or not, “are dancing with them that brung them.” There are so many intelligent Republicans and Independents to appeal to. Why do leaders like Giuliani keep pandering to the nuts? When will the GOP get the point – that trying so foolishly to de-legitimize Obama is a futile tactic, especially as the economy improves (surprise, surprise!) and other Obama successes get chalked up. Republicans won the U.S. Congress handily in the last election. Now, as they so-long promised, it’s their turn to man up and to do something for this country (for a change) and then to run in the presidential election by pointing to their legislative achievements (if any) that help the middle class and the working poor (a tall order). If they think they’re going to win the presidency next time around by blaming Obama for everything, they are wrong once again. You can’t win by being against everything; you have to win by being for something. Now they’ve won Congress, their excuses for their inaction are already sounding hollow, as boring as last season’s dumb food trend. This year’s entrée is not going to appeal to next year’s diners. As of now, here’s the ol’ three-step recipe for defeat. It’s called Bully Beef au Giuliani: keep hating the president; keep doing nothing; keep losing.
Religion has nothing to do with it I’ve heard a lot recently about moral equivalency. Loosely translated, it means if you do something to someone and then someone does something similar to you, that is equal, or equivalent. Continuing in that theme, if a thousand years ago individuals traveled from their homeland in Europe to the Middle East killing and maiming along the way, calling it a crusade, does that mean that here in the 21st Century, individuals from the Middle East can travel anywhere in the world they choose – killing, beheading, burning and slaughtering and call it equal? In other words, is there a moral equivalency to their actions? Regardless of what the president says, there is not. To me that is about as silly as the U.S. State Department suggestion what we need to do is provide jobs for Islamic terrorists and improve their economies and they will stop their murderous activity. I’m of the opinion once these disaffected thugs become baby killers and rapists, they would have a difficult time going back to any normal, moral human behavior. I’m of the opinion the rise of ISIS is because they are recruiting young, disillusioned social rejects who get a thrill from baby killing and raping. Many come from well-to-do homes. Some are even well educated. Granted, many are goat herders, but for the most part, jobs and economies mean nothing to them.
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer These are bloodthirsty thugs who think they are going to Disneyland. And so now, they have threatened Americans on our homeland, more specifically the Mall of America. These worthless punks have decided they will attack innocent shoppers in the Mall of America. What will be our response? Will we just stop shopping at the Mall of America? Will we let the terrorists win? Or will we continue to shop there, being vigilant and careful, thereby showing the cowards they cannot frighten us? And what should our government do? Will they just wait until an attack happens before they respond? This Obama Administration has recently sent out a tweet asking everyday Americans what would they do to combat this terrorism. They want you to tweet your suggestions. Seems to me a strange way to conduct foreign policy, but whatever. Here’s mine: First of all, face this fact: Radical Islamic terrorists are a cancer on the world. Were you to have a cancer in your
body, your surgeon would cut it out. Then he would poison the area around it so the cancer could not reoccur. That is how we must treat this cancer. We cut it out. We kill any possibility of it ever recurring. As is the case when chemotherapy is prescribed to humans, collateral damage can occur. Collateral damage also is the nature of war. Remember, we didn’t start this mess. It will just be left to us to end it. There is a lot of conversation in the media about what we call these thugs. The president apparently doesn’t want to call them Islamic terrorists. I personally don’t care what the media calls them, or what the president calls them. They are baby-killing, bloodthirsty, social rejects who will all soon die horrible deaths. They are not religious zealots. In fact religion has nothing to do with it. They are just thugs and killers. Finally, this is not just going to go away. We can’t just bury our heads in the sand and have it all disappear. For it to end, we must end it. And the sooner the better. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot. com for more commentary.
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Sunday, March 1 Tristan Perich’s Machine Drawing, on display through the end of the semester, Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility lobby, St. Cloud State University, 230 8th St. S.,
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Engelking from front page That is not to say abuse is the woman’s fault. Abuse is never justified. But too many women, because of the ongoing abuse, she explained, begin to develop a victim mentality, making it seemingly impossible to break the relationship and move on. When she is called to help on an abuse case, she will network, often with local police aware of the case. There are three aspects of Engelking’s work. First, she trains churches and pastors how to deal with domestic violence. Second, she works with victims of any kind of trauma (sexual, physical, emotional and psychological). She also oversees three mentoring programs – one for women, one for teenagers and one for children. She works with the women; she and Becky Pomeroy run the children’s program, and Kelly Newell runs the teen program. Safety is the number-one priority, and a tight security
Jacob from page 5 wooden frame containing gold and silver flecks that harmonize with the Wetterlings’ house decor, Hendershot said. Hendershot is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Syracuse University in New York. He has exhibited widely and was commissioned in 1976
program is maintained at The Waters church. Engelking earned a degree in criminal-justice studies from St. Cloud State University in 1995. She then began training lawenforcement personnel about domestic-violence issues for Stearns County and did a lot of consultant work. For two years she ran the women’s program at the Anna Marie Women’s Shelter in St. Cloud. About a year ago, Engelking decided to start her own non-profit ministry, dubbed BKE Ministries (BKE being her initials). Her vision statement is a simple but powerful one: “Speaking truth and empowering change.” She has been a credentialed pastor through the Assemblies of God for a year. “I love my work because God created me to do it,” she said. “God has called me to do this. It’s not fun work. It’s stressful work where you can make a lot of enemies and people disagreeing.” But Engelking is totally dedicated and committed to her work because she herself had undergone many tragedies. Her
father was killed in an accident before her birth. Her family struggled with addiction, violence and mental illness that left Brenda at one time questioning God’s character and love. When she was in college, memories of those childhood traumas were reawakened when she discovered radical feminism. She began to champion many causes through activism in feminist issues, domestic violence, sexual assault and pornography. Her work on those issues brought her praise, honors and many awards. However, by the age of 25, she realized she could not solve all of life’s problems on her own. She began to feel empty inside, in need of a savior. It was then she was opened to the power of Jesus Christ and God. She then plunged into her work on behalf of abused women and children, chemically dependent people, homeless veterans and help in providing housing services to low-income and mentally-ill people. Engelking gives many inspirational presentations at various churches and groups such as the Fellowship of Christian
to do a major work for the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul. He lives in St. Cloud with his wife and two children, ages 16 and 11. Hendershot said he was planning to do a smaller etching print for the Wettterling family in the near future in an effort to join the community in sustaining the spirit of Jacob’s Hope. “I really feel a tremendous something from this community in this whole thing,” he said.
“I don’t think I could be more respectful or more proud of the community. It’s wonderful.” Hendershot urged people to continue their support and to keep up the hope. “People have to realize we have to still work together and rally around the family and support them – that we still need to keep going,” he said. “In my heart I feel Jacob is alive, and I feel he’s going to come back.” “Happy birthday, Jacob,” he added, “and hurry home.”
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Athletes. One of her goals, she said, is to convince all churches to take a strong stand against domestic violence and to be shelters from the storm for women and children harmed by domestic abuse. “The church needs to stand up and take a stand against domestic violence,” she said. “Churches need to be safe places for women and children.”
She also asks people to support her ministry in any way they can. Her website is bkeministries. com. Those who want to offer her support or anyone in need of her services should call 320267-8285. Engelking and her husband, Matthew Engelking, have two adopted pit bulls named Moses and Esther.
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