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Friday, April 29, 2016 Volume 27, Issue 17 Est. 1989
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Town Crier ‘Our Kids, Our Future’ to be held May 2 at Tech
Our Kids, Our Future: A Community Conversation community education and listening session concerning important issues facing central Minnesota youth and parents, invites area residents to come and learn from 6:308:30 p.m. Monday, May 2 at St. Cloud Technical High School, 233 12th Ave. S. Event attendees should enter through door #3. The event, a collaborative effort of various Stearns County justicesystem and community organizations, will feature presentations on school truancy, teenage chemical abuse and the dangers of social media. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 29 Criers.
St. Ben’s monastery seeks garden help
Volunteer and be a garden partner who works with the flower garden director at St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph. Tasks include planting, hoeing and weeding. Garden partners should enjoy working outdoors with other volunteers in a beautiful setting. Volunteers are needed Tuesday or Wednesday mornings from 8:15-11:15 a.m. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 29 Criers.
Mental Health conversation set May 2 at Whitney
NAMI St. Cloud will host a free Community Conversation on Mental Health from 6-8 p.m. Monday, May 2 at the Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. The session features a speaker followed by group discussion. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 29 Criers.
Whitney Senior Center offers holistic wellness
Whitney Senior Center is hosting a Mind, Body, Spirit retreat from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at Unity Spiritual Center, 931 Fifth Ave. N. in Sartell. This multi-faceted approach to holistic wellness is offered to older adults as well as those under age 55. Sessions on Tai Chi, meditation, yoga, relationships, visioning and much more will be offered throughout the day. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on April 29 Criers.
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Fr. Robert Harren walks past a row of tractors, blessing each one by sprinkling holy water on them.
After Catholic Mass, blessings abounded the morning of April 24 in St. Stephen when the Rev. Robert Harren, followed by his congregation, crossed the street from the church and blessed a long line of tractors with his handheld holy water sprinkler. The ceremony was performed in honor of St. Isidore the Laborer, a Spaniard renowned for his love of farm workers and animals during his life (107—1130 A.D.) He is considered by Catholics the patron saint of farming. The blessing also included farm seeds that farmers will use in spring planting – for fields and gardens. “The blessing enables us to realize our work forms a bond and a channel of mutual service and charity between mem-
bers of our human family,” Harren said. “By their labor, farmers and gardeners share in the work of caring for and using God’s good earth to produce food for all to enjoy.” A wide variety of makes and models of tractors were lined up in the parking lot across from St. Stephen Catholic Church. The oldest was a heavy, steam-belching behemoth – a Case-brand steam engine at least 100 years old and owned by Nancy Vouk of St. Stephen. The runt of the bunch was the parish’s X-590 John Deere lawn-mowing rider. Although John Deere green predominated, there was also a variety of very old fire-orange Case tractors, bright red Farmall tractors and a couple of very old gray Ford tractors. One of the stand-outs was an upstart John Deere “pretender,” a oncered Farmall tractor that had Tractors • page 4
Credit union offers to buy city hall, police station by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
Collegeville Community Credit Union will likely buy the historical building that houses St. Joseph’s city hall and police station. This was announced at a city-council meeting April 20.
The credit union presented a purchase agreement for the existing city hall and police station at 25 College Ave. N. and plans to turn the building into the credit union’s new headquarters. “The timing couldn’t be better,” Collegeville Commu-
nity Credit Union Pete Hacker said in a statement. “While our roots are in Collegeville, almost 75 percent of our membership base is now from St. Joseph and surrounding areas.” Collegeville Community Credit Union – now in its 79th year – has locations on Fruit
Farm Road and in the Sexton Commons at St. John’s University in Collegeville. “We want to grow and be viable for all our members,” Hacker said. “To do this, we need to be in a location that sees higher daily traffic, is more Credit • page 3
On a Lark boutique to close in downtown by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
On A Lark was a one-time business gamble in St. Joseph by the College of St. Benedict that paid off for several years, but the unique women’s boutique is calling it quits at the end of May. Part of the Mill Stream Shops & Lofts on the corner of College Avenue N. and Minnesota Street E., On A Lark opened in 2008 but will go out of business on May 31, according to its employees. “At the time, the president (of St. Ben’s) MaryAnn Baenninger had said, ‘We need to revitalize this downtown because it will have a direct impact on the health of the college,’” said Colleen Hollinger Petters, vice
president of Collegeville Cos., which leases the retail space. Baenninger had pledged the college’s support by opening On A Lark in the Mill Stream Shops & Lofts at the corner of Minnesota Street and College Avenue. On A Lark leases the first-floor retail space of about 1,200 square feet from Collegeville Cos. According to Hollinger Petters, Baenninger said of On A Lark, “We’re going to have a shop that is attractive to our students and to the general population of shoppers. And the purpose and goal of that is to start the revitalization of the downtown and make this building project strong.” Two staff members will be affected by the closing of On A Boutique • page 3
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On A Lark, a women’s gift boutique owned and operated by the College of St. Benedict in the Mill Stream Shops & Lofts in downtown St. Joseph, will be closing. Its profits have funded St. Ben’s women through scholarships and campus improvements.
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Central Minnesota Builders Association recently visited with area legislators during Builder Day at the Capitol. The members were part of a group of more than 250 individuals from the home-building-and-remodeling industry across Minnesota who talked with their legislators about the new building and energy codes, regulatory costs and more. Pictured here are (left to right) Matt Cecko, Home Check Plus; Steve Noble, Noble Custom Homes; Marty Reker, Reker Construction Inc.; Sue Lentner, Tri-County Abstract and Title Guaranty; Dale and Rachel Gruber, Dale Gruber Construction Inc.; Pete Cluever, Xcel Energy; and CMBA President Craig Schoenberg, Schoenberg Construction Inc. Four St. Joseph organizations and events were among 34 regional arts projects recently awarded funding through the Central Minnesota Arts Board. They are the following: College of St. Benedict, $1,564, for a daylong piano festival and competition for 65 pre-college students from local school districts that will feature renowned composer Dennis Alexander and include competition, collaborative duet and repertoire workshops Nov. 12 at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph; Millstream Arts Festival, $7,000, for an outdoor juried arts festival presenting visual artists and musicians in a family-friendly festival environment Sunday, Sept. 25 in downtown St. Joseph; The St. John’s Boys’ Choir, $4,374, for the Make A Joyful Noise 35th anniversary celebration concert Sunday, June 5 at St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville with performances by the St. John’s Boys’ Choir, the Junior Varsity Choir,
the Concert Choir, Nova Voce, Alumni Chorus and an orchestra comprised of professional artists from the Central Minnesota Community. Musical selections will be supported by video featurettes that will reflect on the past 35 years of music-making as well as interviews with alumni; and Mississippi Strings Camp, $6,000, to support string education through summer orchestra instruction for students to develop their musical, technical and ensemble skills June 13-17 at Apollo High School in St. Cloud. The CMBA awarded $183,327. Three criteria are used in evaluating applications: artistic quality and merit; ability of the organization to carry out the proposal; and the needs of the community. Funding for these grants is provided through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the state’s general fund and its Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created by the voters of Minnesota.
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crime. March 28 1:33 p.m. Property damage. 19th Avenue N.E. Authorities received a report of a cut lock on a storage unit. An officer was dispatched and met with the owner of the unit, who reported there was nothing out of place inside the unit. The lock was not found. 3:04 p.m. Medical. Schneider Drive. A male reported chest pains and shortness of breath. Authorities arrived, administered oxygen and monitored the man until rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance arrived to transport him. 8:27 p.m. Agency assist. CR 75/CR 133. Authorities were requested to remove a dead deer. 11:13 p.m. Business assist. 20th Avenue S.E. Lot lights were not on inside a maintenance-secured area. Police contacted the keyholder, who said the timer clock circuit had gone out and he had forgotten to manually turn on the lights. March 29 4:35 a.m. Extra patrol. Minnesota Street W. Officers patrolled on foot and found no issues. 7:34 a.m. Alarm. Elm Street E. Police reported to an alarm at a local business. Upon arrival, they met an employee at the door. The employee reported the alarm was triggered by mistake. 7:58 a.m. Business assist. College Avenue S. Authorities were requested to check on a parked vehicle. An employee advised that since it was on public property, any decision to tow was up to them. 10:29 p.m. Suspicious Activity. CR 75 W. A vehicle was seen entering a local campground. The vehicle owner was moving items from the back seat to the roof carrier. March 30 4:46 a.m. Extra patrol. Minnesota Street. Officers patrolled on foot and found no issues. 1:50 p.m. Gas smell. Ash Street W./First Avenue W. Sewer gas was smelled in the area. The source was unidentified. A maintenance worker reported it as an ongoing problem. Officers cleared the area.
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from front page visible, and where we can welcome new members to bank with us.” The credit union hopes to maintain the integrity of the exterior of the building while remodeling and updating the interior for its own use. Pending the sale approval, a 2017 move is planned after the construction of an
Boutique from front page Lark. Some student employees will also be affected but will possibly find other student employment on the college campus. Chef Jason Mueller owns Bello Cucina, an Italian restaurant that opened in 2012 as the anchor restaurant in the Millstream complex. “I’m in the process of open-
ing a restaurant in Alexandria, so it’s not on my plate at this time,” Mueller said when asked about expanding his St. Joseph eatery to take over On A Lark’s retail space. “I do have the first right of refusal on that lease when that lease (of On A Lark’s) comes due . . . so we’re not quite sure what we are going to do with that space – if anything – but, yes, we do have the first option on it.” Owned and operated by the College of St. Benedict in downtown St. Joseph, all of
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The proposed home of the Collegeville Community Credit Union, currently housing the city hall and police station.
On A Lark’s sales support CSB women through scholarships and campus improvements. “That was the original goal,” said Michael Hemmesch, executive director of public relations for CSB and St. John’s University located in nearby Collegeville. “Several items from On A Lark will be available at the CSB Bookstore in Mary Commons,” Hemmesch said. “Details about which items and when are yet to be determined.” Mill Stream Shops & Lofts tenants include Bello Cucina,
an Italian restaurant, Bad Habit Brewing Co., Russell Eyecare & Associates, Diagnostic Development and Collegeville Cos. & Brokerage. Urban-style residential loft condominiums occupy the second floor of the development. “As St. Ben’s strategic plan is guiding the college to look toward its future,” Hemmesch said, “the plan calls for the college to focus on its core mission in terms of educating women, and in order to focus on the resources to achieve that vision, On A Lark will be
closing.” On A Lark’s website boasts this progressive and bold statement of its retail philosophy: “Every little purchase makes a big difference in the lives of strong women!” “Years later, I would say they have really accomplished what their goal and intent was,” Hollinger Petters said. “With that, I think all in the community have been really happy with their commitment, and it’s an OK time for them to be pulling their products (from the downtown area).”
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Above: A giant Case steam engine and the St. Stephen Catholic Church are visuals that define the St. Stephen area’s illustrious past – one of hard work, agricultural tradition and a strong foundation of faith. The steam engine and many other tractors were blessed April 24 in a ceremony across from the church in honor of St. Isidore, the Catholic patron saint of farming.
Tractors from front page been gussied up by its owner, painted in John Deere green (see related story). Some of the machines are driven just now and then as collector items, but others are still used for farm work, and several took part in a couple of St. Stephen-area plowing shows after Harren’s blessing. Jeff Palm’s 1952 8-N Ford tractor, for example, he uses to do his garden and food plots
in rural St. Stephen. He bought the old machine in Nebraska and just two weeks ago, students at St. Cloud Technical and Community College repainted the machine – its original colors (gray top, red-orange underbelly). That kind of tractor is often dubbed a “Red Belly,” Palm noted. “It rides like a champ,” Palm said. Jerry Mehr, also of St. Stephen, came with his 1932 Fordson, a tractor that had once been used in the fields of faraway Ireland. Rural St. Stephen resident
Above: Frank Vouk arrives at the blessing ceremony with his faded-red 1955 Super C International Harvester McCormick Farmall tractor. Below: Many of the oldest tractors brought to the blessing ceremony in St. Stephen are still highly functional and practical. Jeff Palm of St. Stephen sits astride his 1952 8-N Ford, which he uses for his garden plots.
Frank Vouk drove up to the parking lot on a 1955 Super C. Farmall; his brother Jake was driving a 1941 Case. Their neighbor, Paul Schumer, pulled up in a 1949 Farmall, and Rich Hansen of St. Stephen, a collector, brought one of his machines – a John Deer 520, circa 1957, which he intended to use in the plowing contest a bit later in the day. The tractor-and-seed blessing event was organized by the Church of St. Stephen’s Vibrancy Committee, whose members are Harren, Liz Legatt, Lori Pogatchnik, Larry Rudolph and Chuck Spychala.
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John Deere wannabe grabs attention by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Some farmers are sold on John Deere tractors; some swear by International Harvester Farmall tractors, and that kind of fierce favoritism has verged on fightin’ words at many shoot-the-breeze sessions in St. Stephen farmyards, not to mention elsewhere. So it’s no wonder an upstart pretender has caused so much commotion at parades and, most recently, at the blessingof-the-tractors event in St. Stephen on April 24. (See related story.) At the blessing ceremony sat that brazen wannabe parked among all the other tractors. At first glance, it sure enough seemed to be a John Deere
tractor. But, hey, wait a golldarned minute, that ain’t no John Deere! It’s a Farmall tractor gussied up in John Deere green – a blatant pretender. That Farmall, once upon a time so bright red, is now strutting its stuff in bright yellow-green – John Deere green. Shocking. Uncalled for. What the heck is this world coming to? The tractor is owned by Vic Legatt, who enjoys with mischievous glee the double-takes it gets while in the public view. Part of Legatt’s wit is exemplified by the several “bullet holes” here and there on the tractor. They’re not real (they’re clever decals), but they look so real people actually run their fingers over the bullet “holes” only to discover they are flat. Mere decals. So far,
thank goodness, no John Deere fanatics have shot bullets at the machine – as far as anyone knows. And Marvin Feld of St. Joseph is mighty glad about that. Last summer, Feld drove the fake Farmall in the Bowlus Days Parade and received hoots, jeers and rude remarks all along the parade route. All in good fun, of course. Feld wondered if rotten tomatoes or eggs would come flying his way, but he made it to parade’s end, unscathed. “Anybody can drive a red Farmall,” he told parade stragglers. “But it takes a lot of courage to drive one that’s green.” At the tractor-blessing ceremony, the Rev. Robert Harren blessed the wannabe John Deere – not once but twice.
Succulents popular at area greenhouses by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Succulents are hot on the minds of eager spring planters, according to owners of area greenhouses. Succulent plants are those that have parts that are fleshy and thickened, allowing them to hold and store water in arid climates and soil conditions. The most typical ones most people would know are cacti, jade plants, aloe vera and hensand-chicks. Most succulents have an almost strange, alien, exotic beauty with waxy colors that
include purple, lime green, red-oranges and yellows. Their textures and patterns are also stunning and in some cases resemble reptilian scales from some primitive species. Aileen Gebhardt of Sauk Rapids, who works at Fairview Gardens greenhouse near Sauk Rapids, said people seem to be favoring succulents partly because they are so tolerant of heat and periods of drought. They can be planted in ground beds, but many people have begun to plant them in various kinds of containers, sometimes a combination of containers, such as three ceramic pots of
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varying sizes that can be displayed together, such as on a deck. Succulents also do well inside a house or apartment, by a sunny window. Another reason for the popularity of succulents is many people, such as apartment dwellers, do not have any room for any kind of garden or flower bed. Succulents look attractive on an apartment balcony and require minimal care. “Oh, yes, succulents are really big this year,” said JoAnn Fleischhacker of Albany, who works at Thomsens Garden Center northwest of St. Joseph. Fleischhacker has been a rePopular • back page
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Top: Vic Legatt and his son, Alex, both of St. Stephen, stand by their John Deere wannabe in St. Stephen shortly before Fr. Robert Harren blessed the machine – twice. Above: Bullet holes (fortunately fake ones) “adorn” both sides of a Farmall tractor painted John-Deere green. The machine was quite the conversation piece, if not a target, at the Catholic church’s tractor-blessing ceremony April 24 in St. Stephen. It was one of many tractors blessed during a tractor-and-seed blessing ceremony.
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Some grandstanding legislators should get a job, a real job Some Minnesota legislators should get a life. And a job. A real job. They are the ones who love to waste their time and our money on dumb legislative proposals. Their latest stunt is a bill that would require transgender people to use bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates. It’s the same fear-mongering stunt recently passed into law in North Carolina, causing that state to lose billions of potential revenue from corporations and others who raised a storm of protest. It makes you wonder what kind of naughty boy comic-book dreck lurks in the minds of these legislators. They are pretending so hard to be “protecting privacy” and “insuring bathroom safety.” What they are doing, in fact, is transgender bashing while – irony of ironies – posing as moral guardians. Most of these knee-jerk reactionaries are those who just cannot stand the fact Minnesota legalized same-sex marriages, which the U.S. Supreme Court has also defined as the law of the land. Thus, in their bitter disappointment over progressive laws defending the civil and legal rights of LGBT people, these legislators – like those in North Carolina and elsewhere – are spoilsport termites determined to nibble away at progressive legislation. If they cannot overturn such laws, they will try to gnaw them to death. Well, the joke’s on them because most of society approves of laws that protect the civil and legal rights of LGBT people. In flaunting their backlash attitudes, all these so-called legislators are doing is exposing the moral bankruptcy and baseless bigotry of their “moral” stances. If these paragons of virtue, so-called, have their way, they’d require everybody who has to use a bathroom to present a birth certificate to a Potty Cop at the entrance. Sound ridiculous? Of course it does because the proposed bill is ridiculous. To hear these bathroom guardians tell it, you’d think there are swarms of sex-crazed transgender people barging into bathrooms to leer at others – or worse, molest or rape them. There is already a law against such behavior, as well there should be. Quite a few people, including at least one legislator, have been arrested for such illegal behavior. Such acts, isolated as they are, will unfortunately continue with or without a lunatic bathroom bill. Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen (R-Glencoe) wrote the House version of the proposed bill. There is little chance such a silly bill will pass, and the supporters know it. They just want to do some “moral” grandstanding, being the “Holy Knights” defending “family values.” All show and pretense. Utter nonsense. Gov. Mark Dayton said he would veto such an “appalling” bill. “They just keep bashing people for their own political advantage,” Dayton said. He should have said “ . . . for what they think is their own political advantage.” What they are doing will more than likely become a political disadvantage. They threw out a boomerang, and it’s going to come right back and zonk them a good one. The ludicrous bathroom legislation has support from many legislators in the central Minnesota area. When re-election time rolls around, let’s help these politicizing busybodies get new jobs – real ones.
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders. Letters to the editor may be sent to news@thenewsleaders.com or P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374. Deadline is noon Monday. Please include your full name for publication (and address and phone number for verification only.) Letters must be 350 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for space.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Opinion Fearless Tubman bumps Jackson off bill It’s ironic – yet appropriate – abolitionist Harriet Tubman bumped antiabolitionist and slave-owner Andrew Jackson off the front of the $20 bill. In fairness, Jackson was a significant president, a frontier populist, but his legacy is marred by his despicable treatment of Native Americans of the Southeast. Tubman’s legacy, on the other hand, remains virtually untarnished – one of moral courage, a true inspiration across so many decades. The following are some interesting facts about fearless Tubman: • In 1822 or thereabouts, Araminta Ross (later Tubman) was born a slave to slave parents in Dorchester County, Md. She was one of nine children. Her mother and father were “owned” by different slave owners in the same county. • Like all slaves, she was treated terribly by “owners” who considered her nothing but property to be worked. She recalled being lashed as punishment, even once before she was allowed to eat breakfast. • A life-altering tragedy occurred when she went to a dry-goods store for supplies. There, she met a male slave who had left the fields without permission. The man’s overseer demanded Tubman help restrain the runaway. When she refused, the man threw a 2-pound metal weight at the man but missed, hitting Tubman on the head. The rest of her life she suffered seizures, fits of narcolepsy, painful headaches and would sometimes see visions and hear voices, which she often interpreted as God speaking to her. • In 1840, in her mid-20s, Ross and two of her brothers escaped and made their way to Philadelphia – Pennsylvania being a slave-free state at the time. She knew her time was running out,
Dennis Dalman Editor that she was about to be sold away from her family because she was considered a “sickly slave of low economic value.” Reward posters were printed for the runaways. The brothers decided to return “home.” Ross saw them back safely, then escaped a second time. This is what she later said about her freedom in Pennsylvania: ““When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” • In 1850, the vile Fugitive Slave Law was passed. It required law enforcement to send back any escaped slaves, even those living in free states. Slave catchers appeared everywhere, hoping for the rewards given for captured and returned slaves. That cruel law profoundly complicated Ross’s life because by then she had decided to dedicate herself to helping slaves escape. The new “promised land” became slave-free Canada. • Ross married John Tubman, which is how she got her new last name. In 11 years, Tubman, working in extreme danger, guided about 300 slaves to freedom as a “conductor” on what was dubbed the “Underground Railroad,” a long series of hideaway houses where the runaways could stop to rest on their dangerous journey North. Tubman rescued family members, relatives but also total strangers. She became known as “Moses” because she led so many in
bondage to the “Promised Land.” • To partly understand the terror of runaway slaves, all one has to do is read some of the many reward posters posted far and wide. They chillingly show in matter-of-fact words the utterly heartless attitudes of the “owners” wanting their “property” back. Runaways caught and returned would often receive hideous punishments, such as up to 150 lashes with whips, brandings on the face, the cutting off of an ear and even, in some cases until the late 1780s, amputation of limbs. • In a decision some consider morally questionable on her part, Tubman helped recruit participants for abolitionist John Brown’s infamous armed raid at Harper’s Ferry. • During the Civil War, Tubman worked as an armed scout, a spy, a cook and a nurse. She even led an armed expedition in what’s known as the Combahee River Raid, liberating 700 slaves being kept captive in South Carolina. Later, she married a Civil War veteran named Nelson Davis, and they adopted a baby girl they named Gertie. • In her later years, Tubman lived, frequently impoverished, in Auburn, N.Y., although her many friends often helped her get through the toughest times. She underwent a grueling surgery, without anesthetic, in an effort to stop the debilitating pains stemming from the head injury she suffered as an adolescent. It did help alleviate some of the pain. She died of pneumonia in 1913 and was buried with full military honors in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn. • The following is a famed quote from Tubman: “I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say: I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
There is no free stuff for anyone Should college and university education be tuition-free? According to Bernie Sanders, it should be. Just recently, I heard of a youngster entering the workforce having just graduated from college sporting a student debt of $100,000. That, to me, is patently obscene. He’ll never be able to retire that debt. He would have been far better off bypassing college and going to work for a plumber and learning that trade. He would start off making a good income with no student debt and the college grad will still be paying for his school for years to come. How about medical costs? Should your visit to the hospital for an appendectomy be free or should someone else have to pay the $25,000 cost? Wouldn’t it be great if all of this were just free for the taking? It reminds me of a Merle Haggard song about “drinking free Bubble Up and eating rainbow stew,” but free stuff is a fantasy. It costs a bundle to run a college. College professors and administrators make huge incomes. Hospitals are money mills. (If you don’t think so, just see what a 5-cent aspirin costs in the hospital.) The medical profession has continued to increase their prices to the point of obscenity. Several years ago, some enterprising doctors got together and came up with what has become health-care insurance, a plan to help pre-pay for medical
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer care. Today, even the government has decided to require employers to provide this insurance for employees, and it has continued to flood the medical profession with ridiculous amounts of money. But what if there was no health-care insurance? Who would pay for medical service and what would it cost then? Would it fall to the government? And exactly who is the “government?” Isn’t the government, “we the people?” If there was no insurance, would medicine cost what it does now? Today, most medical costs are being covered by various companies, but this week a problem arose. UnitedHealth, one of the country’s largest healthcare insurance providers, is terminating their association with ObamaCare because of huge financial losses. They reportedly lost more than $600 million under the program. I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel here, but we have problems. There is no free stuff. Somebody has to pay. Bernie thinks the rich will just have to pay more. I have some news for Bernie and the other politicians who are looking for ways to extract more money from
the so-called “rich.” They are probably a lot smarter than the politicians who are trying to bilk them. They didn’t get rich by being stupid. In the final analysis, education and medicine are commodities. They are for sale. The purveyors of education and medicine are in the business of making a profit. Unless the government wishes to re-name those commodities as “public utilities,” thereby regulating them as such, another solution will have to be found. To the purveyors of higher education and medical care, I would offer this bit of advice. Remember the goose that laid the golden egg? Be careful you don’t kill your goose. I would think they are pretty rare. Some serious discussion concerning restraint might be in order. Both education and medical costs are rising far faster than the economy itself. So fast the economy cannot sustain them. Something is going to have to give and it isn’t going to be a Sander’s presidency, incidentally another fantasy, with free stuff for all. There is no free. 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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Friday, April 29 Registration deadline for free skin-cancer screenings May 2 and 3, CentraCare Clinic, Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-229-4924. Rummage Sale, 7-11 a.m., St. John the Baptist Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, St. Joseph. 320-363-2569. www.stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. N.W. Sacred Heart Men’s Club Steak Fry, 5-8 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-249-4413. Friends, Fun and Food, sponsored by the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1111 Cooper Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-251-7272. Reynold Philipsek plays live jazz, 9-11:30 p.m., Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave., St. Cloud. Saturday, April 30 5K Individual and Team Run/ Walk, Bend in the River Park, N.E. River Road, Rice. 320-333-3326. annamaries5k.com. ricewomenoftoday. com.
Rose Education Day, 8-11:30 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2557245. z.umn.edu/RoseEd2016. Sartell Lions Spring Cleanup, 8 a.m.-noon, Sartell Middle School parking lot, 212 Third Ave. N. www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/sartell. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. N.W Stearns County Auction, 9:30 a.m., Stearns County Highway Department, 455 28th Ave., Waite Park. stearnscountymn.gov. Sauk Rapids Green River Parks Cleanup, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Lions/ Southside Parks promenade on River Avenue, Sauk Rapids. saukrapidsgreen@gmail.com. Monday, May 2 St. Joseph City Council hosts Congressman Tom Emmer, 6 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph. com. NAMI Community Conversation on Mental Health, 6-8 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-654-1259. namistcloud.com. Our Kids, Our Future community conversation on important issues concerning Minnesota youth and parents, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. Cloud Technical High School, 122 12th Ave. S.
LEGAL NOTICE
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC HEARING OUTDOOR SPECIAL EVENT The St. Joseph City Council shall conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2016 in the St. Joseph City Hall. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the issuance of an outdoor special event. The event is to occur as follows: Saturday, June 4, 2016 – American Burger Bar AU T O M O B I L E S / M O T O R C Y C L E S WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) FOR SALE TRAILER SALE: 2017 H&H 7’x16’ V-nose ramp door, side door $4,156.00; 6’x12’ v-nose ramp door side door $2,799.00; NEW 7’x18’ enclosed $4,550.00; NEW Skidloader trailers with 4 ft. dovetail & flip over ramps $4,077.00; 82”x20’+2’ 14,000# skidloader trailers Now $3,699.00. 150 trailers in-stock 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld. com (MCN) ADOPTION PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 855-390-6047 (MCN) A UNIQUE ADOPTIONS, LET US HELP! Personalized Adoption Plans. Financial Assistance, Housing, Relocation and More. Giving the Gift of Life? You Deserve the Best. 1-888-637-8200. 24HR Hotline. (VOID IN IL) (MCN) AUTOMOBILES DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 1-800-2830205 (MCN) DONATE YOUR CAR TO CHARITY. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 855-752-
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Wednesday, May 4 Family-to-family, 6:30-9 p.m., Unity Spiritual Center, 931 Fifth Ave. N., Sartell. 320-290-7713. 320-2492560. St. Joseph Area Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. Thursday, May 5 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. National Day of Prayer, featuring bluegrass band Gold Rush, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 1950 125th St. N.W., Rice. St. Joseph Planning Commission, 6 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. 320-252-8452. Friday, May 6 Post-Polio Support Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Independent Lifestyles, 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-281-2013. St. Cloud State University Commencement, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., St. Cloud State University (Herb Brooks National Hockey Center), 720 Fourth Ave. S. http://today.stcloudstate.edu/commencement-ceremonies-may-6/. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. N.W. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF STEARNS
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
In Re: Estate of: MARGARET C. SPERL, Deceased.
Court File No.: 73-PR-16-3307 NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR DESCENT OF PROPERTY
A Petition for Determination of Descent has been filed with this Court. The Petition represents that the Decedent died more than three years ago, leaving property in Minnesota and requests the probate of Decedents last will, and the descent of such property be determined and assigned by this Court to the persons entitled to the property. Any objections to the Petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper, and no objections are filed or raised, the Petition may be granted. IT IS ORDERED and Notice is further given, that the Petition will be heard on May 6, 2016 at 8:45 am. by this Court at 725 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minn. (1) Notice shall be given to all interested persons (Minn. Stat 524.1401) and persons who have filed a demand for notice, pursuant to Minn. Stat 5243-204. (2) Notice shall be given by publishing this Notice and Order as provided by law and by mailing a copy of this Notice and Order to all interested persons at least 14 days prior to the hearing date. /s/Andrew Pearson District Court Judge, Probate Division Court Administrator /s/ Mary Jo M.
4/11/16
Deputy Court Administrator
Date
Daniel A. Eller, #26438 Attorney at Law 2103 Frontage Road N., Suite 25 Waite Park, MN 56387 (320) 253-3700 Publish: April 22 and 29
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they would like if planning to do container plantings. Many people new to planting decide to do just a few pots filled with flowers, grasses or accent green plants. A typical planting container, for example, could include a tall spike plant, a geranium and white alyssum. Such a combo planting will give height (the spike plant), color and volume (the red geranium) and contrast (the white alyssum). Other perennially popular choices at area greenhouses are hanging baskets, begonias, wave petunias and perennials like hostas, tall grasses, cornflowers, astilbes and sedum (a succulent). Newcomers to planting should not hesitate to ask greenhouse employees lots of questions. A few tips to keep in mind: • Annuals are plants or flowers that grow for just one growing season. • Perennials are those that grow year after year in the same place, such as hostas along the foundations of a house. • Use well-drained soil or commercial potting soil when planting in containers as all plants and flowers cannot thrive if soil is waterlogged. Planting containers must contain a hole or two for water to drain out of. • If using hanging baskets, be sure to check them every day to see if the soil is moist. They can dry out extremely fast in warm weather. Water them until the water is pouring out of their bottoms. • It’s a good idea to use a water-soluble fertilizer once a week on plants and flowers. Otherwise, scritch into the soil those time-release fertilizer beads. • Always read carefully the directions that come with plants, flowers and gardening supplies and then follow those directions to the tee.
from page 5 tail buyer for Thomsens for 18 years, and so far this year succulents have become so popular the greenhouse has in stock all kinds of new and exotic kinds of them. “They’re great for container gardening,” she said. “They can be used as a form of miniature gardening, in smaller pots outside or inside as house plants.” Both Gebhardt and Fleischhacker said supertunias have become very popular because of their variety of stunning colors – everything from black to white and just about any color in between. Supertunias are smaller forms of regular petunias, with prolific masses of blooms all over the rather compact plants, which “trail” down over the edges of planting containers, such as on deck railings. As in every early spring, Gebhardt has been greeting many eager beavers who come to the greenhouse, champing at the bit to start their planting. She has to keep reminding them, however, not to plant yet. It’s too cool to plant most vegetables, and many annual flowers cannot tolerate overnight cold if it gets down in the 30s. It’s best to wait until mid-May to plant most flowers and probably until the end of May to start putting in a vegetable garden, although some cool weather crops can be planted as seeds, such as peas and carrots. Some customers, especially new ones, are filled with questions about gardening and flower planting. The staff members at both Thomsens and Fairview are eager to help them make their selections once they discover what customers have as far as sunny or shady planting areas or the kinds of containers
Saturday, May 7 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Kids – Decorate a Mother’s Day cake for your Mom. Choose white, chocolate or marble 8” cake and decorate it yourself.
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Friday, April 29, 2016
photo by Dennis Dalman
Betty Hansen (left) and Veronica Lauer, both of Albany, transplant “Dreams Midnight” petunia seedlings into growing pots at Thomsens Greenhouse & Garden Center near St. Joseph.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Left: Stacy Kalthoff, a horticulturist who lives in Albany, carts a bunch of flowers to the sales portion of Thomsens Greenhouse & Garden Center. Right: Ridge Campbell, a grower and ecology major from Monticello, waters begonias at Thomsens.
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