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Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 Volume 24, Issue 31 Est. 1989
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Couple awarded ‘Telly’ award for documentary by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Town Crier Companions sought
The Sisters of St. Benedict’s Monastery and St. Scholastica Convent are active in diverse ministries throughout the community. Each site offers unique opportunities for volunteers of all ages to accomplish important, fulfilling tasks and projects. St. Scholastica’s biggest needs are Sister Companions. Volunteers will drive and accompany nuns to appointments, read aloud, write letters for the nuns or play cards, games and visit. Contact Sr. Marina Schlangen, St. Scholastica Convent at 320-251-2225.
Catholic Charities seeks school supplies
Students and families are preparing to go back to school. With your help, Catholic Charities is preparing to assist those who are not able to afford basic school supplies. Advanced registration for our Back to School program has already begun, and we’re expecting about 2,000 children will need help. Will you make a gift to help them? Your gift of cash, or a supply drive at your office or church or in your neighborhood would be greatly appreciated. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders. com and click on Criers.
Chorale announces auditions Aug. 11, 12
Great River Chorale, a select, auditioned 45-voice choral ensemble based in St. Cloud, announces auditions for the 2013-14 concert season from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 and Monday, Aug. 12 at Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive S.E., St. Cloud. The chorale rehearses Sunday nights and holds extra rehearsals prior to concerts. Members are skilled professional and avocational musicians and choral enthusiasts who desire to sing high quality repertoire at the highest level of excellence. To schedule an audition and for more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
GRRL seeks input on survey
The library has posted an openhours survey on its website, griver. org. The survey will be available through August. Staff will review the data and make any necessary changes for 2014. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders. com and click on Criers.
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“Arrival” is a documentary about four women’s stories before they came to the United States and how they are creating a better life for themselves and their families. Chuck Czech (left) is shown recording some of these women working together during a canning class.
More than 200 apply for first archery hunt at SJU by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
More than 200 bow hunters have applied for a chance to hunt at St. John’s campus land this year. St. John’s Abbey is offering the hunt to 100 hunters to help cull the deer population to a healthier number. This is the 12th controlled deer hunt since 1933. Controlling the deer population allows a natural regeneration of the forest ecosystem. This is essential for the long-term habitat of deer and other ecosystem components, according to the csbsju.edu website. St. John’s Arboretum coordinator Jenny Kutter said an archery hunt allows an extended season for hunting, is safer and doesn’t conflict with other campus events such as football games. “We are thrilled with the turnout for the St. John’s Abbey’s first archery hunt,” Kutter said. “The feedback we’ve gotten from hunters is they find it a privilege to have the opportunity to hunt in a place as natural and scenic as the abbey arboretum.” Interested hunters needed to apply by Aug. 5 and a lottery
will be used to determine the 100 hunters. Kutter said the area is about 2,800 acres. Most of it will be available for hunting, but some areas closer to campus will be closed. The arboretum is within the Collegeville State Game Refuge. All wildlife species other than deer are protected and cannot be taken. The archery season runs from Oct. 26-Dec. 31. Hunters must be able to take an antlerless deer in a zone covering SJU. They must bring and use their own Minnesota DNR archery licenses and must follow the Minnesota State Big Game laws. The entire arboretum is in a “DNR Managed Deer Area” for 2013. Only hunters with valid SJU hunting permits are allowed to hunt in the arboretum. Hunters are asked to be respectful of campus events. Individual and party hunters can earn a future chance to take a buck after harvesting three antlerless deer from SJU. For more information, call the SJU Arboretum office at 320-3633163.
Chuck Czech and Mary Christen Czech, husband and wife, were recently awarded a bronze “Telly” award for a documentary called “Arrival: Women’s Visions for a New Home.” “Arrival” was selected from almost 12,000 entries from 50 states and five continents. Telly awards are judged by a high merit standard and do not compete against each other. They honor the best film and video productions, groundbreaking online video content and outstanding local, regional and cable television commercials and programs. Winners receive a silver or bronze award. Arrival is a half-hour documentary produced by KSMQ public television and funded in part through Minnesota’s Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Chuck is a production manager at the KSMQ Telly • page 8
Three spend National Night Out behind bars
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From front to back, Cailin and Avery Nothnagel and Aaliyah Mixteco are banished like criminals to the back seat of a St. Joseph Police Department squad car Aug. 7 during National Night Out. The Morningside Loop Group of St. Joseph invited Police Chief Pete Jansky and members of the St. Joseph Volunteer Firefighters to a gathering of 40 neighbors who joined in for a potluck. The group did end up in a family’s garage for awhile because of a brief but intense storm earlier that evening. For an additional photo of the event, visit www.thenewsleaders.com.
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