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Millstream Arts Fest this Sunday, Sept. 24
Millstream Arts Festival will offer free, supervised bike-corral services by St. John’s Preparatory National Honor Society students for those who wish to cycle to the festival. The corral will be located near the information booth. The event will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24 and includes juried art, music, food and activities for all. Food-shelf donations welcome at the info booth. For more information, visit millstreamartsfestival.org.
Frantober Fest set this weekend
St. Francis Xavier will host Frantober Fest this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23 and 24. Saturday events being at 8:30 a.m. and include a kids’ 1k fun run, a 5k/10k walk/run and Mass at 4 p.m. followed by activities until 9 p.m. including food, inflatable games for kids of all ages, face painting, wacky hair and pay-toplay games. Sunday events include a waffle breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-noon and a grand raffle at noon. A silent auction closes at 1 p.m. All events held on church grounds at 219 Second St. N., Sartell. To register for race or for more information, visit frannyflyer.eventbrite.com.
Athletic Hall of Fame events set Sept. 29
This year’s Sartell High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be held Friday, Sept. 29 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course and Event Center. Tickets are available for purchase for friends and family in the SHS Activities Office or call 320-656-3717. 2017 Inductees include the following: Mark Guggenberger, class of 1979; Kelly (Sauer) Collins, class of 1993; Katie (Schlangen) Oistad, class of 2006; Maggie Bryant, class of 2008; Travis Lewellyn, class of 2008; Andrea (Whitney) Fritz, class of 2010; Andrew Deters, class of 2011; Coach Jeff Kellerman; and Distinguished Service Award to Keith Yapp.
Dornburg honored as Educator of the Year by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders. com Those who have worked with her and learned from her were not surprised when they heard the news Lori Dornburg has been honored as the Middle School Educator of the Year for 2016-17. Her friends and colleagues were not surprised, but they were happy such a deserving professional was so honored. Now in her 23rd year as a Sartell Middle School instructor, Dornburg teaches family-and-consumer science to seventh- and eighth-graders at Sartell Middle School. She is also the academics-extension coordinator for the school. Dornburg received her
award during a banquet in Minneapolis hosted by the organization known as the Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest. “Lori is a wonderful example of how one person can make a huge difference in the lives of young people,” said Liz Guimont, senior director of education and programs for Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest. “She incorporates Junior Achievement into her middle-school curriculum so her students learn important personal finance and economic concepts before heading off to school and getting their first jobs. She goes above and beyond in preparing her students for success in the real world.” A recent survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA found 95 per-
cent of Junior Achievement teachers report students who participate in Junior Achievement have a better understanding of how the world operates. Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest has been serving students in Minnesota, North Dakota and western Wisconsin since 1949. This school year, it will serve about 163,000 students in grades K-12 through programs that include financial literacy, readiness for college and careers, and entrepreneurship education. More than 10,000 volunteers – mostly business professionals – share their skills and experience to motivate and inspire students for successful lives. Dornburg teaches what used to be dubbed, deDornburg • page 4
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Lori Dornburg holds her award for Educator of the Year from Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest.
River drawdown meeting set for Sept. 27 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com Residents along the Mississippi River north of Sartell are invited to an informational-and-input “Drawdown Meeting” from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 at Watab Town Hall. Residents of Little Rock Lake southeast of Rice are also invited. The town hall is located at 660 75th St. NE about five miles south of Rice.
In the summer of 2018, a threefoot drawdown of Little Rock Lake and a stretch of the Mississippi River is expected to be done. The drawdown is expected to improve water quality. However, during the six-week drawdown, there will be inconveniences to recreational uses of the river and lake because of the lowered water levels. The drawdown would begin Aug. 1, 2018 and last until mid-August. Many lake and river residents
have attended drawdown meetings during the past two or three years, meetings hosted by various organizations and presented by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which is proposing the drawdown. The last public meeting took place Aug. 11, also at Watab Town Hall. MnDOT has been networking with the Little Rock Lake Association and the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District
in researching how best to do the drawdown. At one time, it was assumed Eagle Creek Energy, which operates the hydroelectric dam at Sartell could just open the dam to lower the water level to the dam’s north. But that could cause problems for Eagle Creek Energy and so other lowering options are being considered, such as construction of a temporary coffer dam. That and other options have yet to be determined. River • page 2
Lolmasteymaugh loves playing football by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Faith Formation to be held Oct. 9
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church invites those looking for a faith community to bring a friend, spouse or family member and join pastoral associate Deb Rudolph for a casual, nocommitment conversation from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 in the Gathering Place at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 219 Second St. N., Sartell. Enter Door E. The church is also registering youth formation for grades 1-10. For more information, call 320252-8761 or 320-282-2488 or visit stfrancissartell.org.
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This is the second year Sartell Pine Meadow Elementary School fourthgrader Evie Lolmasteymaugh (right) has played football with the Sartell Area Youth Football Association. She and her brother, Warner, both play football.
Football is considered to be a sport played by males for many people, but that didn’t stop Sartell Pine Meadow Elementary School fourth-grader Evie Lolmasteymaugh, 9, from wanting to play the game. Evie developed an interest in the sport because her older brother, Warner, 11, has been playing for several years and her father also played in high school. “The coaches teach us plays and we learn how to run and hit,” Evie said. “It’s fun when we get it right and get touchdowns. I like it that I can hit people and not get in trouble. It’s part of football.” Her coaches, Aaron Johnson
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and Tim Carlock, agree Evie is a good addition to the team. Both coached her last year, and Johnson is coaching her again this year. “Coaching is coaching, but when you have a player like Evie come to every practice, staying focused and work(ing) her tail off to improve her skills and help her team, it makes coaching even better,” Johnson said. “Evie is a fantastic person and makes a big impact on the team even with her quiet and somewhat reserved personality,” Carlock said. “The boys obviously know she is a girl and the only girl playing (in the) Sartell Area Youth Football Association. Even with that, she holds her own, never quits and encourages everyone to be better.”
Evie’s mother, Rachel, said when her daughter first asked if she could play football, Rachel initially told her “No, it’s a boy’s sport.” After seeing the look on her daughter’s face, she realized Evie was serious about wanting to play football. Because of scheduling and other conflicts, Evie needed to choose between continuing in dance and gymnastics, which she had been participating in since she was 3 years old, or playing football. She chose to play football. Rachel said they had several discussions with Evie about the possibility of her getting bullied if she did play football. Evie’s father, Ken, and Rachel Football • back page
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River from front page More information about options will be presented at the Sept. 27 meeting. A drawdown would kill unwanted vegetation along the edges of the river and the lake. It would promote the growth of healthy
plants in those margin areas that could act as both filters and as uptake for high-rich nutrients that can and do cause undesirable algae growth in rivers and lakes. As other drawdowns in Minnesota have shown, a successful drawdown can improve water quality, shoreland stability and an increase in habitats for fish and wildlife. Other water-quality treatments have been considered, such
as dredging, filtration, vegetative mats, addition of aluminum sulfate and the use of barley bales. However, such techniques are either band-aid solutions or tend to be prohibitively costly. People who want to comment on the drawdown proposal can go to the following website: www. dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/littlefalls/drawdown. There, they can email their opinions or suggestions.
Background
The Sartell dam was built in 1907, which raised the water level by as much as 15 feet upriver and which caused the backflow that created Little Rock Lake. The lake (flooded area) caused plant growth to be restrained, and that in turn led to shoreline erosion and nutrient build-up in the wa-
Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 ter. Complicating those factors was the use of land on the huge watershed north of Little Rock Lake. Instead of forested and shrub lands, that area was converted into use by cities, businesses, homesteads and agriculture. That caused even more nutrients to build up and a further decrease in desirable vegetation that can process nutrients.
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REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 748 AUG. 21, 2017 DISTRICT SERVICE CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 5 p.m. by Vice Chair Jason Nies. Members present: Nies; Pamela Raden, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Lesa Kramer, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. Members absent: Patrick Marushin, treasurer. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS add to personnel omnibus - Kathryn (Gasser) Young and add to resignations Erin Hoffman. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Kramer and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-D AS PRESENTED BELOW. All in favor. Motion carried. a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on July 17, 2017 Minutes of the closed work session held on July 20, 2017 b. Checks in the amount of $2,501,973.20 as presented: General Fund 1,973,400.12 Food Service Fund 22,708.20 Transportation Fund 52,489.09 Community Service Fund 28,601.51 Capital Expenditure Fund 408,906.14 Summer Rec Agency Fund 15,868.14 Check numbers 168587 - 168890 Receipts in the amount of $2,093,029.59 as presented: General Fund 1,488,581.59 4,363.89 Food Service Fund Transportation Fund 11,359.92 Community Service Fund 33,975.18 Capital Expenditure Fund 15,983.75 Building Fund 89,247.00 Debt Service Fund 443,403.26 Summer Rec Agency Fund 6,115.00 Receipts 43601 - 43656 Wire transfers in the amount of $26,674.87 as presented: General Fund 25,859.50 Food Service Fund 104.50 Community Service Fund 113.07 Summer Rec Agency Fund 597.80 Wire transfers 201700009-201700014 Building Fund Checks in the amount of $2,832,200.19 as presented: Building Fund 2,832,200.19 Check numbers 600077 to 600097 c. Accept the following donations: St. Stephen Firefighter’s Relief Assn, Oak Ridge Elementary, $100, playground; Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation, ISD #748, $100, new-staff orientation; Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation, ISD #748, $100, all-staff breakfast; Sabres All Sport Booster Club, Sartell High School, $1,482, strength and conditioning coach; Pine Meadow PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $599.28, classroom supplies; Pine Meadow PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $589.63, art sketchbooks; Pine Meadow PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $3.870, iPads for art room; Pine Meadow PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $521.40, books; Pine Meadow PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $2,167.20, family events; Pine Meadow
PTO Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary School, $999.99, climbing wall. d. Accept the resignation of Ruth Campbell, ORE, student supervisor, 8/1/17; Tessa Hager, PME, student supervisor, 8/1/17; John Evenson, Transportation, bus driver, 8/15/17; Jessica Kinkaid, ORE, student supervisor, 8/1/17; Bonnie Mehr, PME, student supervisor, 8/1/17; Paul Plombon, SHS, para, 8/28/17; Becky Pomeroy, SMS, student supervisor, 8/1/17; Erin Hoffman, SMS , SPED teacher, 8/9/17. Accept the retirement of Judy Ohman, PME, student supervisor, 8/15/17. Student Representative Report: Nicholas Juntunen and Tristen Nies, student representatives • No report. Architect Report on Building Process: • Senior Project Manager Robbie Schultz and Project Manager Lee Gruen reported Pine Meadow and the Middle School have obtained certificates of occupancy and Oak Ridge’s will be coming soon. Bids from bid package three for the New High School are currently being reviewed. Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Superintendent Schwiebert provided a glance ahead for the week before school starts; new certified staff will have their first workshop, all staff will attend the welcome-back breakfast and complete ALICE, BBP and Safe School training. Work will begin on 27th Street N. on Aug. 28. Aug 22 is the new- family night meeting and all families have been mailed transportation-route-notification cards. He, along with Director Kramer, held a meeting with the subcommittee of the Sartell Park Board about field use. Thanks to the human resource, custodial, grounds and
transportation for their exceptional work this summer. School Board Committee Report: • No report A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE #1-18: New Employees/Changes: Robert Christensen, SHS, para, $16.42/hour, RIV, S1, 7 hours/ day, new position, 8/29/2017; Allison Dehne, SHS, para, $16.42/ hour, RIV, S1, 7 hours/day, replacing Paul Plombon, 8/29/2017; Beverly Donabauer, SHS, food service worker, $14.18/hour, RI, S1, 3 hours/day, replacing Traci Schuneman, 8/24/2017; Sandy Hommerding-Trettel, PME, cashier, $15.07/hour, RI, S2, 3 hours/day, replacing Kristin Will, 8/29/2017; Neshaw Houg, SMS, para, $17.68/hour, RIV, S2, 7 hours/day, replacing Joyce O’Hara, 8/29/2017; Carrie Kadoun, ORE, para, $16.42/ hour, RIV, S1, 6.25 hours/day, replacing Brian Nord, 8/29/2017; Amelia Klemp, SMS, junior high girls' swim, $2,321 (6.35 percent), BS1 ($36,559), replacing Mackenzie Lecy, 8/28/2017; James Michaud, SHS, interim activities director, $360/day, replacing John Ross, 8/1/2017; Joyce O’Hara, SHS, para, $21.87/hour, RIV, S6, 7 hours/day, new position, 8/29/2017; Amber Rohlik, SHS, cashier, $14.18/hour, R1, S1, replacing Sandy Robatcek, 8/21/2017; Jacob Sailor, SHS, ninth-grade football coach (outside funded), $3,053 (8.35 percent), BS 1 ($36,559), replacing Jarek Kunz, 8/23/2017; Jacob Sailor, SHS, fall strength coach (outside funded), $1,287 (3.35 percent), BS 3 ($38,426), replacing Noel Meyer, 8/23/2017; Traci Schuneman, SHS, server, $17.04/ hour, R1, S5, 3 hours/day, replacing Jennifer Brix, 8/29/2017; James Trettel, SMS, food service worker, $14.18/hour, R1, S1, 3 hours/day, replacing Breonna Samuels, 8/29/2017; Kathryn (Gasser) Young, SHS, ninth-grade girls' volleyball, $3,287 (8.35 percent), BS 4 (39,360), correct rate
of pay, 8/14/2017. Leaves of Absence: Gena Larson, SMS, SPED, LOA, 1/2/18-3/12/18; Ariel Torborg, SHS, Technology, LOA, 17-18 school year; Shannon Zinken, SMS, school counselor, LOA, 12/23/17-3/5/18. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Kramer and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE SUPERINTENDENT JEFF SCHWIEBERT ANNUAL APPRAISAL. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Kramer to APPROVE 10-YEAR LONGTERM FACILITY- MAINTENANCE REVENUE- AND EXPENSE-PROJECTION PLAN. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Kramer to APPROVE TRUTH-IN-TAXATION (TNT) HEARING DATE OF DEC. 18, 2017 AT 6 P.M. LOCATED AT SARTELL HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER. All in favor. Motion carried. Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings: • Future Board Meeting – Sept. 18 @ District Service Center – 7 p.m. • School Board Appointment Process • Bid Package 3 Approval/Interviews – Tuesday Aug. 29 @ District Service Center – 6:45 p.m. Committee assignments were reviewed. A motion to ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 5:30 p.m. was made by Raden and seconded by McCabe. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Pamela Raden, clerk Publish: Sept. 22, 2017
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Blotter If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 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 a crime. This information is submitted by the Sartell Police Department. Aug. 13 6:44 a.m. Medical. Fifth Street N. Officers were dispatched for a report of a 10-year-old male seizing. Officers arrived on scene and met with the child, who was no longer seizing. An officer observed the child’s speech was muffled but within a few minutes began to normalize. The officer asked the child to do the ABCs and the child did them without issue. Gold Cross ambulance arrived on scene and assessed the patient; he was cleared and not transported. 11:11 p.m. Traffic stop. 15th Street S. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle traveling south on Pinecone Road S. without tail lights. The officer caught up to the vehicle as it pulled into the Pine Lodge Apartments and proceeded to stop it for the violation. Upon speaking with the female driver, the officer learned she had just bought the vehicle a couple days ago. When asked about insurance the female stated she didn’t have any, believing she had a 10-day grace period. The officer advised the driver she had to have insurance on the vehicle before it can be driven further. Aug. 14 9:02 a.m. Medical. 520 First St. N.E. An officer was dispatched to Country Manor Health Care Center for a report of a 96-year-old female who had fallen. The officer arrived on scene and found the female patient in her resident room with staff present. The female was complaining of left shoulder pain; the officer also observed two small cuts on the back of her head. Gold Cross arrived on scene and the officer assisted as necessary. The female was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital. 1:16 p.m. Welfare check. 21st Avenue N. An officer was dispatched to check the welfare of an elderly female party who had recently been discharged from the hospital. The complainant stated she was unable to get ahold of the elderly female by phone. The officer arrived on scene and made contact with the elderly female. She was on oxygen but appeared in good spirits and stated everything was fine. The officer made contact with the complainant and advised her of his findings. Aug. 15 12:41 a.m. DWI. Pinecone Road S./Second Street S. An officer was dispatched for a report of a possibly impaired driver in the 100 block of Pinecone Road S. The officer arrived in the area and located the vehicle. The officer followed the driver and observed driving conduct consistent with an impaired driver.
The officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. Upon speaking with the driver, the officer observed odors of alcohol. The officer conducted field sobriety testing on the driver and the driver failed all testing. The driver was placed under arrest for fourth-degree DWI and was transported to the Stearns County Jail without incident. 6:17 p.m. Warrant. Fifth Avenue N. While on routine patrol, an officer ran an NCIC check on a vehicle. The officer discovered the registered owner had a warrant out for his arrest. The officer recognized the vehicle to be parked in front of a residence within the city routinely. The officer drove by the residence, observed the wanted male party out in the yard, made contact with the male and advised him of his warrant. The male was placed under arrest and transported to the Stearns County Jail without incident. 10:42 p.m. Burglary in progress. Second Avenue N.E. Officers were dispatched to a report of a possible burglary in progress. The complainant stated he observed flashlights in the garage area and around the residence. Officers arrived in the area undetected and formed a perimeter. An officer observed a flashlight in the driveway of the residence and made contact with a male party. The male stated it was his father’s residence and he was filling a water tank. Nothing appeared to be out of place. The officer called the owner of the residence and left a voicemail advising of the contact at his residence. The owner was advised to call if there was any problems.
Aug. 16 11:20 a.m. Traffic stop. 300 block of Riverside Avenue S. An officer was running stationary radar when she observed a vehicle approach from the rear at a high rate of speed. The officer took rear radar of the vehicle and received a reading of 47 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. The officer made contact with the driver and told her the reason for the stop. The driver admitted to speeding and provided the officer with valid license and proof of insurance. The officer issued the driver a citation for speed. The citation was explained and the driver was released. 7:54 p.m. Stabbing. Fourth Street N.E. Officers were dispatched for a report of a stabbing. The male complainant was reporting to dispatch that his girlfriend stabbed him. Officers arrived on scene and found the male party outside the residence. Officers observed several stab wounds on his upper abdomen. Gold Cross arrived on scene and transported the male to the St. Cloud Hospital. Officers located the female inside the residence and placed her under arrest. She was transported to the Benton County Jail without incident. Aug. 17 8:58 a.m. Medical. Sundance Road. An officer was dispatched for a report of a 47-year-old male with back and head pain. The officer arrived on scene and made contact
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with the male patient. He stated he was having difficulty moving due to the pain. The officer took medical history and monitored his condition until Gold Cross arrived on scene. The officer then assisted with loading the patient for transport to the St. Cloud Hospital. 9:18 p.m. Medial. Oak Pond Drive. Offices were dispatched for a report of a 79-year-old female experiencing difficulty breathing. Officers arrived on scene and observed the patient to be conscious and breathing. A personal care assistant was present and providing care. Officers gathered patient information from the female’s daughter. Gold Cross arrived on scene and officers assisted with loading the patient for transport.
Waytashek-Brown Jill and Jeff Waytashek of Sartell announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Jill, to Theodore Baldwin Brown, son of Juli Baldwin Brown and Bill Brown of Dallas, Texas. Waytashek attended Sartell High School and graduated from the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph. Brown attended Highland Park High School, Dallas, and graduated from St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas. Both are graduates of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Waytashek is employed by Jefferson County as a deputy district attorney. Brown is employed as a real estate attorney by Moye
Waytashek-Brown White LLP, Denver. An Oct. 7 wedding is planned in Denver.
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Larry and Lydia Friesz of Sartell enjoy lunch and lively conversation with officer John Batterberry Aug 24 during a packed house for Cookout with Cops at St. Francis Xavier Church, Sartell.
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‘Cookout with Cops’ was best ever by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Once again, the Sartell Cookout with Cops event was a huge success – in fact, the most successful one in the history of the annual gathering, Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes told the city council at its Sept. 11 meeting. The cookout is a picnic that brings senior citizens in Sartell together with police and other safety and emergency personnel to share ideas, suggestions
Dornburg from front page cades ago, Home Ec (home economics), a course once offered only to girls. That program, throughout the years, was expanded to include so much more than cooking and sewing. To be sure, Dornburg teaches all kinds of life skills, including laundry, cooking and nutrition, but the curriculum now includes skills like financial management. Dornburg also weaves communityservice projects into her cur-
and to learn the many ways to be safe. The event includes guest speakers, demonstrations and lots of social fun, all during a picnic lunch cooked by police officers and other volunteers. Cookout with Cops took place Aug. 24 at the big gathering hall at the St. Francis Xavier church grounds. Hughes praised the organizations and donors who have made the annual gathering such a success for the past dozen or so years. Those who made it possible are St. Francis
Xavier Church, Country Manor, Pan O Gold Bakery for bun donations, Interstate All Battery Center for donations of smoke-detector batteries and program presenters that included the Sartell Fire Marshall, Gold Cross Ambulance, the Central Minnesota Violent Offenders Task Force, the St. Cloud Police Department’s K-9 Unit and many other volunteers and guests. “The event gets better every year,” Hughes told the city council.
riculum. “I’m a very strong believer in community service,” Dornburg said in an interview with the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader. “I believe in giving back, and I try to stress that in my teaching. If students learn that now, it will last them through(out) their lives.” Although “life skills” might sound like a cheerless, ponderous subject, it isn’t in Dornburg’s classes. She has a real knack for making life skills fun and interesting. “Life skills might as well be fun if you’re going to have to do them all of your life,” she
said. “We have six kitchens, and I love to have the kids let loose in them as they create.” As academics-extension coordinator, she introduces students to extracurricular pursuits such as Knowledge Bowl, Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, the Stock Market Game and chess, to name just some. She has nurtured students to great success in those programs, all the while encouraging the students’ poise and confidence. Born in La Crosse, Wis., Dornburg lived in many states because her father worked for 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) for decades and was transferred to a new place about every three years. “I loved moving around,” she said. “I had friends, still have friends, in so many places in the United States.” Dornburg earned a degree in vocational home-economics education at the College of Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas – a city where her father was working at the time. Before her job in Sartell, Dornburg taught in a variety of places. All told, she has 34 years of teaching experience, including her Sartell years. She taught in San Antonio, Texas; Buffalo, N.Y. and Bemidji (Minn.) Middle School. She was also a county extension agent for five years when she lived in Houston, Tex. The neighborhood hardest-hit by Hurricane Harvey in Houston was the very neighborhood she’d lived in, she noted. Dornburg moved to Cold Spring to marry her husband, Randy, who was working in Rockville at that time. Randy has his own business, Randy Dornburg Custom Woodworking. The Dornburgs have two daughters – Lindsey, an education paraprofessional in Albany; and Sarah, who is studying natural-resources technology at Vermilion College in Ely. Dornburg’s hobbies include quilting and traveling. “I love my job,” she said. “Obviously, or I wouldn’t have done it for 34 years. But I also love my summers.”
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Humane Society walk falls short of $60,000 goal by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The final tally raised for the TriCounty Humane Society from its 29th annual Woofstock Companion Walk Sept. 9 is $47,756.
Organizers of the walk were pleased with the amount, even though it is nearly $12,000 short of the goal they’d aimed for – $60,000. “Thank you to all who contributed and/or participated in our Woofstock Companion Walk,” a
press release stated. “It was a beautiful day at Wilson Park with (more than) 500 people and around 250 pets joining us to raise a net profit of $47,756.” Currently, the humane society has a 96.7-percent placement rate
for animals in its care, a rate that is considered outstanding nationwide. The humane society is now $20,000 under last year’s revenue and $10,000 over last year’s expenses, and that is why its staff,
volunteers and supporters hope to raise another amount to reach the Woofstock’s $60,000 goal. To make a donation, go to its website at tricountyhumanesociety.org or call 320-252-0896 any day after noon.
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SARTELL FIREFIGHTERS Are you looking to get involved in the community? Are you at least 18 years old? Would you like to learn more about becoming a firefighter? Requirements: • Wear a pager and respond 24/7 to fire alarm/rescue calls when you are in town • Weekend and daytime availability (or able to be released from your job to respond) • Live within 8 minutes of the Sartell Fire Station • Drive trucks
• Complete Firefighter 1 training within one year • Complete First Responder (medical) training within two years • Train on the third Tuesday evening of each month for 4 hours • Pass the physical agility test, drug test, medical exam & background investigation
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Our View
Beware of latest ‘solution’ to health-care coverage Why do U.S. congressional tinkerers keep thinking that taking health-care coverage away from millions of Americans is a way to improve health care? The latest self-contradictory “solution” is a bill being proposed by Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. That culinary duo has cooked up a plan that is no better – and in many ways worse – than the two other so-called healthimprovement plans that suffered humiliating defeats in Congress and that something less than 15 percent of Americans approved. Here’s the gist of the Graham-Cassidy plan (scheme is more like it): Starting in 2020, it would end ObamaCare premium subsidies and the federal funding that covers the expansion of Medicaid in 31 states. The states would then get block grants that would help people pay for their health care based on state plans. However, the cold reality is the bill would decrease federal investments in health care by $400 billion during the next decade, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The federal infusion of blockgrant funds would cease in 2027 unless renewed. We’ve heard this “solution” before – giving the states more flexibility to come up with more at-home, efficient workable plans. Sounds good, at first. Trouble is, all too often there’s nothing to stop state plans from allowing the same old inequities from rearing their ugly heads again: higher premiums for those with preexisting conditions, loss of benefits for mental-health services and for maternity care, junk coverage plans and not enough block-grant funding used to help lowto-middle-income residents. The bill would, of course, repeal the Affordable Care Act and its individual mandate, causing spikes in premium rates that would make the current increases downright miniscule by comparison. In other words, without the ironclad provisions now in the Affordable Care Act, plans state by state would come unraveled, creating the same mess that existed pre-ACA – that is, millions of people not having coverage. Even states that mean well would lose a grip on the random chaos that would result. Part of the plan calls for a sly and sneaky shell game to direct more federal funding to “red” states and away from more-populated “blue” states – the very ones that have implemented ACA provisions, such as expansion of Medicaid, unlike most “red” states that balked at the ACA from the get-go. The Congressional Budget Office has not weighed in yet on the Cassidy-Graham plan, but you can be sure the CBO will not give it a glowing report card. The good news is an increasing number of legislators in both parties are at least considering patching up the ACA and making it more workable until a more comprehensive solution can – possibly – be crafted via congressional compromise – a compromise that would result in affordable coverage for more people, not fewer, a compromise that would bring decent coverage for all Americans. Dare we hope such a compromise – such a miracle – can be achieved in a Congress too often paralyzed by stubborn deadlock and obstructionism? Well, let’s keep hoping. In the meantime, the tinkerers so intent on repealing ObamaCare should either come up with a good replacement, or they should quit lying and quit trying.
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Friday, Sept. 22, 2017
Opinion
Black Plague invades tomato gardens It’s as if the Black Plague had come again to do its ghastly work. “Why are they dying?” many are asking. “What’s killing them?” They mean, thank goodness, what’s killing tomatoes – not people. One neighbor down the street had a prolific tomato garden, starting to blush from pink to bright-red, when in just a few days the hundreds of plumplings turned scabby-brown and soggy, rapidly rotting. The same thing happened to another neighbor’s tomato patch. It made me glad I decided not to plant tomatoes this season. I didn’t have to because I have a pantry whose shelves are lined with canned pasta sauce, tomato chunks and salsa from last summer’s bountiful crop. Because my last year’s crop was so prolific, people assumed I’d know the answer to why tomatoes are dying. I didn’t. But I was determined to find the answer. So I called one of my favorite trusty resources – the Stearns County University of Minnesota Extension Service. The question no more than tripped from my lips, when Brenda said, “Late blight. Oh yes, it’s late blight.” She told me the Extension Service has been peppered with questions about this season’s decimated tomato gardens. The decimation is statewide, Brenda noted. Like a vicious invading army, late blight is caused by fungus-like organisms called oomycetes. Its scientific name is the lethal-sounding phytophthora infestans, and infest it certainly does, like gangbusters. It’s a scourge of both tomatoes and potatoes and
Dennis Dalman Editor can wipe out entire fields of those crops in a matter of days. Brenda said this season’s weather was the “perfect storm” for the spread of late blight. Despite the heat spells, there were periods of cool and damp weather. Late blight is caused by spores that germinate like wildfire after they’ve infected a tomato (or potato) plant. Thriving on moisture, they cause lesions on the leaves and stems and on the tomatoes themselves – lesions that resemble dried splotches and dark-brown scabby patches. In just one day, under “ideal” damp conditions, a lesion can produce up to 300,000 spores. The spores quickly spread to other plants and also become windborne, traveling to other areas, other tomato patches. Thus the rampant tomato infection gallops on like one of the dreaded Four Horsemen, wielding his deadly scythe. Tomato plants can be susceptible to “early blight” and to “septoria leaf spot,” although those infestations are unlikely to kill the entire plant. Late blight is merciless. At least it doesn’t over-winter, but all tomato plants should be destroyed and any “volunteer” plants that might pop up next spring from seeds from this year’s infected plants should be removed immediately come May.
Late blight is so lethal it caused the horrific Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s during which an estimated 1 million people died of starvation and another million emigrated, many of them to the United States. Ireland, like other northern European countries, had become dependent on potatoes as an easily grown food crop after it was brought to the New World from Peru. Unlike many crops, the potato is a complete food, meaning people can survive on it even when other food sources are lacking in the diet. Thus, in poverty-stricken Ireland, so many were utterly dependent on potatoes. When the late blight struck, misery followed. To this day, it’s heartbreaking to read about the suffering of that famine, with accounts of children eating seaweed and bark in a futile effort to survive while parents, too hungry even to cry, looked on helplessly. Sadly, such famines, caused by many factors, still happen with terrible regularity, such as in the Sahel zone of northern Africa. Most of us can thank our lucky stars we are not dependent on a onecrop diet. We are fortunate the United States and most other countries have a thriving and varied agricultural network. Yes, the loss of garden-patch tomatoes is disappointing. Yes, the scourge of phytophthora infestans was rampant this season. But in the larger scheme of things, so what? Next spring, we will plant our tomatoes and, once again, we will hope for the best.
Oxford comma an English dilemma
With back-to-school comes textbooks, worksheets and writing reports, language-arts classes go over the parts of speech, and English rules are reviewed over and over. Though this is one of my favorite subjects, I am always reminded of some of the more obscure or debated traditions in our language. My favorite of these debates is the serial comma – the Oxford comma. English is a very unique language, with a long history ranging from its Germanic origins to our present day. Multiple languages have contributed to our modern vocabulary, words from bazaar to schadenfreude. Some word forms stand out as well. There are plural moose, not mooses, for example. Coming from such a hodgepodge of influences, many things can seem odd or ambiguous. Native English speakers can confuse those who have picked it up as a second language through further regional or vernacular uses. The Oxford comma fits into these oddities very well. On the face of the issue, it seems like a very small one, but even the smallest variation of punctuation can profoundly alter the meaning of a sentence. So what is it? The Oxford comma is a rule of adding a comma onto the end of a list when you write “and” or another coordinating conjunction. The store sells vanilla, chocolate, and straw-
Connor Kockler Guest Writer berry ice cream. That compares to the store sells vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream. It’s crazy to think that one comma could be a contentious language issue, but it can be interpreted in many ways, thus the debate about it. Some language experts say the Oxford comma is unneeded and clutters the language. Putting the “and” between words is sufficient, they would say. Others argue it’s vital for understanding and to separate each item in a list at the end of the sentence. If you take the sentence about ice cream without the Oxford comma, do you know whether the store sells chocolate ice cream and strawberry ice cream, or do they sell chocolate/strawberry ice cream? But what do the experts say? Many journalistic guides argue against use of the Oxford comma. Academic guides argue for it. Maybe it’s more of an issue of flow and economy of space? I can certainly understand both sides’ opinions. Is extra space worth the implied benefits of extra clarity? And is
literary flow worth making a sentence seem more complicated? From my own experience in school, I’ve found the Oxford comma is something we’ve used a lot and is a general rule. There’s a mix of literary and report-style writing, and it helps with making sure people of varying interest in the subject make sense of it. Not needed, of course, in a newspaper or policy journal marketed to people with interest in a certain subject. With benefits on both sides, perhaps the debate is best left at the status quo. Maybe even check your own writing, whether you use the Oxford comma or not may surprise you. All through my life, the English language has been a wonderful and interesting journey. Learning all of the rules, and sometimes learning of ones we use all along but never think about is always fun. Though minor, the Oxford comma showcases the major advantage and confusing factor of English, that it changes and evolves quickly. Old English from a thousand years ago is almost incomprehensible to the modern speaker. Perhaps someday the issue of the Oxford comma will be solved for new ones to pop up in its place. I certainly look forward to what we come up with next. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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2498. National Alliance on Mental Health, 7-8:30 p.m., Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. 320-259-7101. Wednesday, Sept. 27 Red Cross Blood Drive, noon-6 p.m., Good Shepherd 325 11th St. N., Sauk Rapids. redcrossblood.org. 1-800-RED CROSS. Fields of Faith, annual Central Minnesota youth event for grades 5-12 featuring Ric Samuel Timm, 6:30 p.m., Sartell High School 748 Seventh St. N., Sartell.
Thursday, Sept. 28 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group with acupuncturist and eye disorders and chronic pain specialist John Miley, 9 a.m., LeSauk room at the District Service Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell. Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., St. John’s University Great Hall. redcrossblood.org. 1-800-RED CROSS. Sauk Rapids Chamber Meeting, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit
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Saturday, Sept. 30 Fall Fest, sponsored by St. Joseph Jaycees, 5k begins at 9 a.m and 1k begins at 10 a.m., St. Joseph Government Center (aka Colts Academy), 124 First Ave., St. Joseph. http://jayceesfallfest5k.zapevent.com. Sneakers and Wheels, 50m, 100m, 1k, 1 mile, 5k run/walk/roll, promoting health and wellness for children and teens, sponsored by St. Cloud Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation, 9 a.m. registration, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. centracare.com. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW.
Friday, Sept. 29 Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.
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Football from front page contacted the Sartell Area Youth Football Association to see if she was able to play football and they said she was. At first, Rachel worried Evie might get hit too hard or not get the full experience of the game with the other players on her team, but that did not happen, she added. She said it has been a wonderful experience for Evie and the coaches and other players have treated her the same as the other players. When her parents asked her if she planned to play football again this year, there was no doubt in her mind she wanted to do so. Last year Evie played five games with “The Blizzard” team and will play six this year with the “Black Thunder” team. Players arrive to games dressed in full uniform. This year’s game dates include Saturdays, Sept. 23 and 30 and Oct. 7 and 14. There are 19 third- and fourth-graders playing on her “Black Thunder” team. Evie especially enjoys when all of the third- and fourth-graders get to play under the lights during halftime of a Sartell High School varsity game. Ken, who also coached son Warner, was one of Evie’s coaches last year but is not her coach this year. He is coaching her brother again this year. Her other coaches were Johnson and Carlock. This year her coaches are Johnson, Kai Lewis and Reis Baynes. “Evie comes to every practice with a smile and is always eager to get right into the drills and make herself the best football player she can be,” Johnson said. “Being a fourth-grader this year, and one of the taller players on the team, you will see her all over the field on both sides of the ball. Last year she really enjoyed being the center and did an outstanding job of getting our offense started. I can see that happening again for
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Evie Lolmasteymaugh (right, center) is shown with her parents, Rachel and Ken, and sister, Anna (front) and brother, Warner (back). her this year as well.” “She never says no when asked to do something and steps up to take leadership roles without being asked,” Carlock said. “I am very fortunate to have coached Evie last year and was very disappointed when she was not on my team this year. Evie is a special leader, not just because she is a girl. She is special because she genuinely cares about the people around her.” Carlock’s motto for Evie is “Girls rule and boys rule.” Evie said she hopes to eventually go to college and study fashion in Paris, France. She loves animals and enjoys roller-coaster rides and haunted houses. She has a younger sister, Anna, 7, who so far has no interest in playing football. The family has lived in Sartell more than 12 years. Ken is a manager at Performance Foods in Rice, and Rachel sells print and promotional materials for Facetime Business Resources in St. Cloud.
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