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Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 Volume 29, Issue 33 Est. 1989
Town Crier Design contest looking for artists
Sprout, the organization which coordinates Farm-toSchool for six Central Minnesota school districts, is looking for folks within 100 miles of Little Falls to help design four new T-shirts. All ages are encouraged to enter the contest. The T-shirt designs are meant to intrigue interest in local food, local art, cultural diversity and placemaking. Designs will be printed on Sprout-wear to help spread the word about Sprout’s mission and attract guests to the food and art facility in Little Falls. Preference will be given to designs which embody the variety of cultures in our region, specifically Amish, Latino, Somali, Tribal, Growers and Youth, which could also include the use of multi-languages. The winning designs and the four new T-shirts will be unveiled this fall, for sale to the public at the first autumn market on Oct. 28. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Aug. 25 Criers.
VA seeks escorts
St. Cloud VA needs volunteers to assist veterans who are confined to wheelchairs as they move across the campus to their appointments. Flexible shifts available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Volunteers are also needed to assist veterans with navigating to and from their PT or OT appointments. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 25 Criers.
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Lindquist gives generously from her heart
by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Sophina Lindquist’s generous heart continues to spread the love she feels for firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, flight medical crews, dispatch operators and others. Lindquist, 8, St. Cloud, has become well-known by many members of local and other area stations through her donations of cookies and her prayer lists. Lindquist’s mother, Connie Lindquist, said it has been a way of life for their family to pray for these people. They pray when they see lights and/or hear sirens. They also prayed for firefighters and other people who struggled after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and in the sky above Pennsylvania. In 2014, when an increased number of police officers were getting shot, Connie made cookies
and had intended to bring them, still hot from the oven, to their local police station. Quickly realizing the station was not open on a Sunday, they brought the cookies Lindquist next door to fire department number one in St. Cloud. Connie realized her homeschooled daughters, who were 14 and 15 at the time, didn’t really know or remember much about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, because of their age. They spent Sept. 11, 2014 reviewing news coverage of the event and decided they wanted to do something for the personnel who work so hard to protect and serve. After asking about which fire Lindquist • page 5
Justin Honor (right) from the St. Joseph Fire Department visits with Sophina Lindquist during a controlled burn.
Woofstock pet walk seeks walkers, volunteers by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Walkers, contributors and exhibitors are wanted for the annual upcoming Woofstock Companion Walk, one of the major Tri-County Humane Society’s annual fundraisers. The event is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at Wil-
son Park along the Mississippi River in St. Cloud. The 5k fundraiser typically attracts about 600 people and 300 pets for food, exhibit booths, a pet-costume contest, a hot-dog-eating contest, music and lots of other activities before and after the 5k walk by pets and their owners. This year’s goal is to raise
$60,000, all of which will be used for pet needs at the regional humane society in St. Cloud. That amount is vital to help the more than 3,000 animals who depend on the humane society and on the kind people who adopt them. Thanks to Woofstock, among other ongoing fundraisers, last year 96 percent of the animals
who, one way or another, found themselves at the humane society’s shelter, were adopted into homes. Plenty of lead time in planning for Woofstock is vital. What’s needed are silent-auction items, both pet-related and non-pet-related; prizes of gift certificates to area restaurants Walk • page 3
Lake Wobegon Trail ride Sept. 9 to benefit children by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Volunteers sought at sexual assault center
Volunteers at the Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center will assist in a variety of day-today tasks necessary to continue its commitment to providing free, victim-centered and nonjudgmental services to victims of sexual assault as well as to their families and friends. Volunteers also assist staff in fulfilling CMSAC’s commitment to providing quality professional training and community education/outreach regarding the topic of sexual violence. This would include tabling at events, fairs, speaking engagements and more. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 25 Criers. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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Above: Bikers participate in a previous Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride. Inset: This is the 12th year Chuck and Lucy Rieland and their family helped organize the annual Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride benefiting Day Services at Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home. This year’s event will take place Saturday, Sept. 9, with a 9 a.m. start at the St. Joseph trailhead.
Bicyclists who enjoy riding the Lake Wobegon Regional Trail and want to do so for a good cause will soon have a chance to start pedaling. For the 12th year, Chuck and Lucy Rieland and their family are helping organize the annual Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride benefiting Day Services at Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home. The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 9, starting with an 8:30 a.m. check-in and 9 a.m. start. Riders will start at the trailhead in St. Joseph and ride round-trip to their preferred destinations. The event is not
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a race; instead, it’s a leisurely ride during which riders can enjoy some beautiful scenery on the trail. Route options include riding from St. Joseph to Avon (9 miles or 18 miles round trip), Albany (15.9 miles or 31.8 miles round trip), Freeport (21.2 miles or 42.4 miles round trip), Melrose (27.2 miles or 54.4 miles round trip) or Sauk Centre (36.7 miles or 73.4 miles round trip). There will not be any return bus rides or bike transportation back to St. Joseph, except in case of emergencies. Helmets are required. The primary beneficiary of donations from the ride is Day Services at Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home. Trail • page 3
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Brent P. Bechtold, 45 Holdingford (formerly of St. Joseph) Feb. 28, 1972-Aug. 16, 2017
Brent P. Bechtold, 45, of Holdingford, formerly of St. Joseph, died Aug. 16 at his home. His funeral was held Aug. 21 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph. The Rev. Jerome Tupa OSB officiated. Entombment was in the parish cemetery. Bechtold was born Feb. 28, 1972 in St. Cloud to Herb and Darlene (Kosel) Bechtold. He married Nicole Wentland on June 8, 2002 at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church in Holdingford. They resided on a
Christina A. Weber, 98 Luxemburg Dec. 25, 1918 – Aug. 16, 2017
Christina A. Weber, 98, of Luxemburg, died Aug. 16 at Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring. Her funeral was held Aug. 22 at the church of St. Wendelin in Luxemburg. Burial was in the parish cemetery. Arrangements were by the Miller-Carlin Funeral Homes.
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hobby farm near Holdingford. He was employed as a 911 dispatcher for Stearns County Sheriff’s Office for 12 years. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. His passionate hobbies included umpiring softball games, and caring for his horses, his donkey, dogs and cats. He was known for his deviled eggs. He cherished spending time with his many nieces and nephews as they loved spending time with him. His professional life was dedicated to helping those in need or in crisis. He will always be remembered for his competent and dedicated service to Stearns County. Survivors include the following: his wife Nikki; parents, Herb and Darlene Bechtold, of St. Joseph; siblings, Bruce Bechtold (Pat) St. Joseph, Brian Bechtold (Kirsten)
Sartell, Brad Bechtold (Jane) Sauk Rapids; in-laws, Donald and Mary Wentland, Holdingford; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jeff and Christy Gustafson, Holdingford, Josh and Sue Wentland, Holdingford and Mike and Therese Lynch, Bowlus; many nieces and nephews; and his many four-legged children. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Peter and Agnes Kosel and John and Esther Bechtold. The family would especially like to thank his second family who came to his aid Aug. 16; they tried their best. God bless the men and women of Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Holdingford Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance. Also special thanks to Fr. Greg Mastey from the Holdingford Parish Community.
Weber was born Dec. 25, 1918 in Luxemburg to Bernard and Catherine (Thelen) Nieland. She married Michael Weber on Oct. 11, 1941 in Luxemburg. The couple farmed on the same farm Christina was raised and lived her entire life. She is a member of St. Wendelin’s Catholic Church, and the St. Wendelin’s Christian Mothers. Survivors include the following: her children Rosie (Albin) Diedrich and Alice (Thomas) Klein, all of St. Joseph; Alvin (Karen) Weber, St. Cloud; Ralph (Sandra) Weber, New York Mills; Norb (Susan) Weber, Luxemburg; Michael (Sandie)
Weber, Luxemburg; Jerry (Linda) Weber, Luxemburg; Margie (Dale) Koshiol, Luxemburg; Helen (Tom) Goebel, Cold Spring; Peter (Sandy) Weber, St. Cloud; Lisa (Randy) Harms, Clearwater; 35 grandchildren and 62 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Michael Weber in 1979; her grandson, Troy Weber in 1986; seven brothers and one sister. The family would like to thank the staff at John-Paul Apartments and the rest of the Assumption Community in Cold Spring and the CentraCare Hospice team.
In business
CentraCare Health opens clinic at St. John’s University CentraCare Health is opening a convenience care clinic at St. John’s University this month. The clinic will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday to provide primary care services to the greater St. John’s/Collegeville community. Located on the first floor of the Quadrangle, the clinic is staffed by a part-time family-practice physician and part-time advanced-practice pro-
viders including a physician assistant and a registered nurse. “We are so pleased CentraCare Health is opening a clinic right on our campus,” said Father Doug Mullin, vice president of student development at SJU. “It’s certainly convenient for our students and the broader St. John’s community. It’s also very beneficial to have access to the many wonderful services CentraCare Health offers.”
CentraCare Clinic-St. John’s provides treatment for common minor illnesses and injuries, labs and procedures, physical exams, walk-in care, travel consults and vaccinations. Referrals to counseling and additional medical specialists are available as needed. For more information about services or to schedule an appointment, call 320-200-3200.
U.S. News & World Report ranks St. Cloud Hospital top in nation U.S. News and World Report has ranked St. Cloud Hospital as one of 48 hospitals in the nation with strong ratings in the handling of nine surgical procedures and chronic conditions. The annual rankings evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals for how they handle nine surgical procedures and chronic conditions including the following: colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery; COPD; heart failure; heart bypass surgery; aortic valve surgery; abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; knee replacement; and hip re-
placement. St. Cloud Hospital stands out with a top rating for treating all nine procedures and conditions. Barely 1 percent of hospitals evaluated received a top rating in all nine. St. Cloud Hospital was one of only three hospitals in Minnesota that received this distinction along with Mayo Clinic, Rochester and Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. St. Cloud Hospital also ranks nationally in four adult specialties: urology, pulmonology, geriatrics, and
diabetes and endocrinology. Each specialty is ranked within the top 50 in the nation. According to U.S. News and World Report, to be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. U.S News and World Report, a digital news and information company, releases these annual ratings that are “designed to help patients and healthcare consumers make informed decisions about where to receive care for specific medical needs.”
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People
Two St. Joseph students recently graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
They and their degrees are as follows: Erin Nelson, bachelor’s in marketing; and Jesse Olmschenk, master’s in education.
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 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 crimes. This information is submitted by the St. Joseph Police Department.
going at a high rate of speed. Once activated, the radar unit in the officer’s squad car indicated a reading of 67 mph in a 55-mph zone. Emergency lights were activated and the vehicle was stopped. The driver was identified by a Minnesota ID and told the officer he was not sure how fast he was going. Officers ran the suspects credentials through National Crime Information Center and found he had no proof of insurance. A citation for no Minnesota driver’s license and no proof of insurance was issued. The radar was checked prior to the shift and after.
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July 7 5:34 a.m. Lost dog. College Avenue S. St. Benedict security found a stray dog on campus. The black-and-white male American Bulldog was taken to the Sauk Rapids CMAC. 10:04 a.m. Traffic violation. I-94//CR 2. While working on Toward Zero Deaths speed saturation on I-94, an officer observed a vehicle come up from behind at a high rate of speed. When activated, the rear radar received a reading of 80 mph in a 70-mph zone. As the vehicle passed, the officer activated his emergency lights and stopped the vehicle. Driver advised she was talking with passenger and cruise was not locked and the speed got away from her. A citation was issued for speed and the driver was released. The officer tested the radar at the start and end of the shift. 11:44 a.m. Traffic violation. 25th Avenue N./Division Street W. While working on TZD patrol, an officer was traveling eastbound on Division Street in St. Cloud when he observed a vehicle with expired 2017 tabs. The officer stopped the vehicle and advised him of the stop. The driver said he did not know his tabs were expired. The officer issued a citation for expired registration and released the suspect. July 8 2:13 p.m. Suspicious person. Jasmine Lane. Officers received a phone call about a male with an accent selling books and not taking no for an answer. Officers called the complainant and explained the suspect had a peddling license from the city and officers would talk to him if they saw him out and about. 10 p.m. Traffic violation. CR 133//322 St. While traveling southbound on CR 133 by 19th Avenue SE., an officer spotted a vehicle
July 9 12:07 a.m. Traffic violation and possession. Second Avenue NW/ Ash Street W. While on patrol, an officer spotted a vehicle with no tail lights. The officer stopped the vehicle and ID’d the driver by his Minnesota driver’s license. The driver smelled of alcohol and was asked to do a field sobriety test. The officer also found a glass marijuana pipe and the driver was told to call for a ride. A citation was issued for operating a vehicle without ignition interlock and drug paraphernalia. July 10 8:26 a.m. Traffic violation. Minnesota Street E./Third Avenue SE. While driving eastbound on Minnesota Street in the 400 block, an officer spotted a small SUV traveling westbound at what appeared to be faster then the posted speed limit of 30 mph. The officer activated his radar unit and locked in the speed of the suspected vehicle at 43 mph. Once pulled over, the officer ran the license plate which showed a May 2017 expiration. A citation was issued for expired registration along with a warning for speed. 11:31 a.m. Traffic violation. Minnesota Street E. While traveling eastbound on Minnesota Street E., an officer noticed a vehicle coming up behind him at a high rate of speed. The officer activated his radar unit and locked in the suspect’s speed at 42 mph. The driver was stopped and did not admit to his speed but apologized to the officer for speeding. A citation was issued for speed. The radar was checked before and after citation was issued and was working properly.
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Trail from front page The home is a rehabilitative mental-health service for students experiencing developmental challenges. These can include social-interaction skills, emotion regulation, mood management and/or behavioral disruptions due to a diagnosed mental-health condition such as depression, anxiety, asperger spectrum disorders, trauma and more. Many students with these challenges experience difficulties at home, school and in their residential areas. Catholic Charities’ programs use a collaborative approach offering academic and therapeutic services within a typical school day. Both the Young Learners’ Program in St. Cloud and the St. Cloud Child and Adolescent Programs offer the multi-disciplinary approach to children ages 3-18.
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Chuck, 77, and Lucy, 73, founders and directors of the ride, have helped organize the event since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Chuck is a first vice president and financial adviser for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, a brokerage firm that occupied many floors of the Trade Center. He has worked for the company for 33 years and works at the Wayzata branch office. At the time of the attacks, many employees were able to evacuate the south tower of the center before the second plane hit, but many security personnel lost their lives after helping evacuate others. The attack was horrifying and affected Chuck and Lucy very personally. Chuck knew after the attacks he had to find something positive to counter the horrific loss. At the time, he and Lucy were working on a project for the Catholic Charities’ Children’s Home in St. Paul. In the middle of the night, Chuck had an idea about the
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Wobegon Trail and a fundraiser for a children’s home, even though at the time he didn’t know there was a children’s home at St. Cloud. He did know about the trail because he grew up in New Munich and was familiar with the area. After some soul-searching, Chuck and Lucy came up with the idea for the Lake Wobegon Trail Ride fundraiser. “I am very humbled by what has happened and what this has turned out to be,” Chuck said. “I fight for the kids. The Lord gave me the opportunity to do this and I feel really good about it.” Because he has learned of how much and how common the abuse of children is, he continues to fight for them. “I do what I can for a cause that is hard to understand,” he said. “People don’t ever know they took care of a need that can’t be recognized, but the Lord knows who these kids are.” Catholic Charities’ Communications and Public Relations Manager Beth Cummings said the organization has been so honored to be the primary recipient of both of these events. “For more than 90 years, Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home has had a proud history of providing outstanding care to children,” Cummings said. “From its founding as an orphanage to its present focus on providing day services to youth with mental-health needs, the Children’s Home takes seriously our deep heritage and we are honored to continue it. Every dollar raised by the ride and golf benefit is used to help children in our care.” Chuck, Lucy, daughter Brenda and husband Max Larson, son Greg and wife Sara, son Mark and four grandchildren (Carly, Matt, Joey and Amelia) have participated in making the ride an annual tradition for their family as well as for the Morgan Stanley employees and foundation. “The Morgan Stanley foundation has donated yearly to the event and employees offer a great deal of encouragement,” Rieland said. He added the amount of encouragement he receives
from people is very “mind-boggling.” The Rielands said they are very appreciative of the time, encouragement and financial support people have and continue to so generously give. Cummings said the events have raised more than $890,000 and the Rielands have provided scholarships to children who needed to remain under Catholic Charities’ care in order to complete their treatment. Another event the Rielands have helped organize to raise funds for the Children’s Home is the Lake Wobegon Golf Benefit for Day Services at Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home. The annual golfing fundraiser is held in Albany, a city located on the Wobegon Trail. This year, the 11th annual golf event was held Aug. 21 and more than 100 golfers were expected to participate. Rieland expected it to be a “record year,” and hoped to raise more than $10,000 at the event. For the Regional Trail Ride, Rieland hopes to reach total donations of $1 million for the event this year. “Chuck and Lucy Rieland, with the help and support of their children and grandchildren, truly have made a difference in the life of so many young people,” Cummings said. “They do this solely out of the goodness of their hearts and their goal is always to make life a little better for young people in need.” In 2015, Catholic Charities recognized the Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride and Chuck and Lucy with a Good Samaritan Award for their efforts. They have also been recognized with a Community Leadership Award from the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation in New York City. For registration information, visit ccstcloud.org/wobegonride. If you have an interest in being a sponsor, worker or donor contact Rieland by phone at 952-475-4156 or 612-219-6230. For information about the presentation of the Good Samaritan award, visit http://ccstcloud.org/news/good-samaritan-awards-presented-(1)/ and scroll down to the second event.
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Shanti, a dog brought all the way from India, was adopted out by the Tri-County Humane Society. “We were meant to be her family,” her adopters wrote. They named her Shanti because in ancient Sanskrit it means “peace, tranquility, bliss.”
Walk from front page and shops for the 20 top-fundraising teams; and, last but not least, walkers who solicit pledges. No advanced registration is required; just print out
a Woofstock registration form and start collecting donations. Choose a name for the team and then have each team member print that name on their pledge forms. To find out all the ways one can help and to sign up as a walker, visit tricountyhumanesociety.org.
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Buckvold bonds through art to natural world by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Above: This is one of Anne Buckvold’s fun drawings, entitled “Abundance, Minnesota.” Right: “Tonight I Dream Pink Hats” is the title of Anne Buckvold’s whimsical series of pussycat hats.
Visual artist Anne Buckvold of St. Joseph conjures up a virtual menagerie of Minnesota flora and fauna in what amounts to a whimsical ode to the natural world. Her pen-and-ink drawings are teeming with shimmering fish, floating swans, quacking ducks, leaping frogs, hovering hummingbirds, chirpy chipmunks, rockin’ robins, fallen leaves, the Minnesota Lady Slipper and tree bark. It’s all quintessential “Minnesota.” And it’s Minnesota filtered through a whimsical, celebratory vision. Buckvold’s drawings are currently featured in an ongoing exhibit dubbed “Chapter One: Abundance” at the Minnesota Street Market in downtown St. Joseph. Although she’s loved making art works all of her life, Buckvold decided last year to pursue art with a renewed commitment and sees it as an extension of other passions in her life that include environmental protection, grassroots political and social activism, and a deep affinity for the natural world. “Somewhere in my art is a story,” she said. “I am just not
sure what it is yet. But for now it starts in a place of abundance. What does a robin really look like? And how does she build her nest? Does the hummingbird live for the honeysuckle? Or does the honeysuckle live for the hummingbird? The beauty and uniqueness contributed photo of a single oak Anne Buckvold works on one of her many leaf intrigues me drawings. and I wonder, how does that happen?” with the St. Joseph Newsleader. She said she believes people “I’m always looking for bettershould reacquaint themselves ing relationships, and I think with their unique Minnesota we should start with the natural surroundings and see nature world. We have such an abunwith a freshened vision. dance in the natural world. We “If we could draw a border have enough. There is abunaround some part of this vast dance everywhere. Where is mystery and call it Minnesota, it going? Do we know what is let’s do it. Then, let’s get to around us? Are we relating?” Born in Minneapolis, Buckknow her very well so we are vold studied as an exchange well-suited to care for her.” Buckvold’s artistic vision is student in Greenland where akin to the way children see the she began to learn the Danworld around them – kids, no ish language. Later, she studscales on their eyes, seeing the ied for four years in Copenworld in newborn freshness, hagen, Denmark and earned unjaded. And her pen-and- a degree in social pedagogy, ink drawings often resemble which stemmed from her love children’s drawings with their of early-childhood education. whimsical shapes, squiggles, She then earned a master’s dots and dashes, cartoon ex- degree in social work, specialaggerations. There is a sponta- izing in gerontology, from the neity about her work, with her University of Maine. Back in Minnesota, she was lines and flourishes pulled out of thin air, on the fly, quickly employed at the St. John’s Prep coming from a sense of wonder School, then started a daycare using early-childhood educaand delight. One of her drawings is of tion tools. Buckvold has been 27 pussycat hats, all done in an active member of ISAIAH, shades of pink, a series of hats a faith-based coalition of more that elicits smiles because some than 100 congregations in Minof the hats are cat faces, more or nesota that carries their faith less, some of them drawn with into programs for social justice. full features expressing unique Last year, Buckvold competed “purrsonalities” while others for the State House District 13A are blank or just beginning to legislative seat but lost to inform – one containing just a cumbent Jeff Howe, a Rockville squiggle line, the suggestion of Republican. During the political cama mouth; another a couple of dashes and dots (eyes?); still paign, Buckvold said she noanother wriggly scritches that ticed people had become so pocould be whiskers. Altogether, larized they were not listening the series of hats on the page to one another much anymore, elicits a whimsical symphony not understanding one another. of sorts about minds being It was a dispiriting experience, formed, personalities emerging. she recalled. After the campaign, she kept Another fun drawing is of a robin holding a long worm asking herself, “What are the in its beak, the worm dangling things I really know and care beneath the surface of a lake about?” That is when she decided to into the mouth of a fish. Buckvold often draws the dedicate more time to her art, shape of Minnesota and fills to begin a journey of discovit with a teeming-to-bursting ery via the natural world and series of fish or leaves or birds. its relationships, all of it right Her drawings are examples here in Minnesota, right in her of minimalism – seemingly sim- “backyard,” so to speak. Buckvold’s husband, Sam ple, stylized, no wasted lines, just a lot of fun and whimsy Johnson, is a pottery teacher that can lead to some serious at the College of St. Benedict. They have four children – Harpondering. “I’m always challenging my- riet, 10; Jesse, 8; and 4-year-old self,” she said in an interview twin girls, Ingrid and Francine.
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Lindquist from front page district their home is located in, the Lindquists learned their family’s street is divided by two different departments, station five and station one. Since they had previously delivered cookies to station one the month before, they chose to bring some to station five. After also calling ahead to pick up and bring a pizza order to station five, they were invited to share a meal at the fire house. Connie said, during the meal, they learned so much about what the firefighters experience. That was the beginning of Sophina’s wanting to share cookies and the love she feels for firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, flight medical crews, dispatch operators and others. Sophina, who has Down syndrome, fell head-over-heels in love with the public servants she met. If she could, she would visit them every
day. After delivering cookies to the St. Cloud stations, the Lindquist family began delivering them to volunteer departments. The first volunteer fire station for which the family baked cookies was the Sauk Rapids Fire Department. The family continues to bake and deliver cookies to many police and fire departments. Sophina now has a prayer list filled with more than 700 names of people she prays for at bedtime. She has met about 90 percent of the men and women she prays for. Each year on her birthday, she requests to bring cookies to various locations of the people she prays for. She has various uniforms/outfits and dresses according to which department she brings the cookies to. Her sister, Catherine (Catia), helps make the dozens and dozens of cookies Sophina delivers. Her mother and another sister, Victoria (Vica), accompany Sophina when she visits her various locations. Sophina has become quite a celebrity. The St. Joseph
Maple Lake Lakers end St. Joseph Joes hopes 2-0 by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
After getting into the state finals with high hopes, the St. Joseph Joes’ season sputtered to a close as they were shutout by the Maple Lake Lakers 2-0 in Hamburg. “We patched together a pretty competitive team after losing several of our starters to injuries and so on,”
said Pat Schneider, the Joes’ coach. “Both pitchers were very similar and very difficult to score on.” It wasn’t that St. Joseph played poorly. Terry Hadden, the drafted pitcher from Nowthen, threw a good solid game allowing just four hits in total. But the Lakers were able to string together a couple of hits and sacrifice flies in the early game to Joes • page 7
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and St. Stephen fire departments gave her various gifts. St. Joseph firefighters invited her to accompany them on a controlled burn. St. Stephen firefighters invited her to the Minnesota Fire Chief Convention Oct. 29, 2015 where she was introduced as the “cutest Fire Chief” the Dallas, Texas speaker had ever seen. Sophina shook hands with every person present and left her mother to hand out more than 300 cookies. St. Cloud Police Officer Rachel Johnson and other officers bought her a child-sized squad car and named her an honorary St. Cloud Police Officer. KEEPERS, a local supplier of public-safety equipment, gave her a St. Cloud Police Department uniform after officer Johnson told them about her. Sophina was featured on KARE 11 Boyd Huppert’s television show in May. The family was invited to an appreciation dinner for firefighters and police officers May 18 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. They were also invited May 20 to a Police Blue Line Ball in St. Paul. Sophina was recently rec-
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ognized at Summertime by George, where various bands perform concerts on Wednesday night by Lake George in St. Cloud. Her mother also sang the National Anthem at that event. Her mother said although Sophina loves the generous gifts she has received, she doesn’t really understand why she is receiving them. She just wants to bring cookies to the firefighters, police officers, emergency med- contributed photo ical technicians, Sophina Lindquist, 8, helps make and paramedics and deliver dozens and dozens of cookies to loother people she cal police officers, firefighters, emergency loves and prays medical technicians, paramedics, flight medical crews and dispatch personnel. for. Lindquist has four sisters on Sophina’s prayers. He has – Elizabeth (Liz), Alexandra begun excitedly praying when(Ally), Victoria (Vica) and ever he hears sirens and sees Catherine (Catia) – and one flashing lights. He prays for brother, Ethan. them to stay safe, for them to Ethan, 8, also has Down know what to do and for them Sydrome and has picked up to work together as a team.
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Our View Minnesota ranks near top of bike-friendly states There are many people who, when they think Minnesota, they think bicycles. That is because Minnesota is ranked as the second most bicyclefriendly state in the nation, according to the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, also known as BikeMN. Washington, incidentally, is the most bikefriendly state. Delaware is third. Not only is Minnesota crisscrossed with a series of excellent scenic biking-hiking trails, such as this area’s Wobegon Trail and its extensions, but also the state is home – at last count – to 86 “Bicycle Friendly Businesses.” Just recently, the League of American Bicyclists recognized five new companies as BFBs. They are U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis), Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (Fergus Falls), the Minnesota Department of Transportation (District 6, Rochester), the Fergus Falls Area Family YMCA and SNR Consulting Group (Plymouth). In addition, Dero Bike Racks (Fridley), a previously named BFB, was upgraded from gold to platinum, making it one of the top-rated BFBs in the state. Two businesses received Honorable Mention: Otter Tail County governmental offices in Fergus Falls and the Windom Area Hospital. BFBs are ranked at the levels of bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Those who received bronze in the latest round of recognition are Bank Stadium, SRF Consulting and Fergus Falls’ YMCA. The Minnesota Department of Transportation and Affinity Plus earned silver. The businesses are honored for recognizing and encouraging the option of bicycling for their employees, customers and for their cities in general. The BFB program is just one way BikeMN promotes and supports bicycling in the state. It partners with local and national groups on a variety of issues pertaining to bicycling, including education, safety, bike-trail developments, bicycle rodeos for children, Safe Routes to School promotions, state funding for bicycling, lobbying at the legislature, working with street departments and networking with the Minnesota Environmental Partnership, People for Bikes, Fresh Energy and Transit for Livable Communities, to name just three. BikeMN is very much a grassroots effort, and that is the key to its success. Its many volunteers concentrate on developing all aspects of bicyclefriendly cities and rural areas based on the natural assets and the needs of those areas. It also helps promote many fun, bike-related events, such as the well-known annual Tour of Saints bicycle course in the St. John’s University/St. Joseph area. It might seem odd Minnesota, so snow-covered half of the year, should be the second most bikefriendly state in the country, but the snowy cold is one of the reasons, no doubt. After being cooped up by winter, the state’s residents are champing at the bit, come spring, to get outdoors, and so many love to hop on their bicycles and take leisurely, relaxing rides. Bicycling is good for bikers; it’s good for the environment; it’s good for the soul. A good way to promote bicycling and having lots of fun in the process is to volunteer for BikeMN. To find out the many ways to help out, visit its website at www.bikemn.org/volunteer.
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Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
Opinion Pay attention; express outrage peacefully An equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee became the excuse for the awful confrontation in Charlottesville, Va. two weeks ago. Some people with Southern ancestry view confederate statues as embodying the old ante-bellum notions of gallant gentlemen, lovely ladies fanning themselves on verandas, moonlight and magnolia, happy blacks playing banjos, courage in battle, the humiliations and sorrows of Civil War defeat. To others, such confederate symbols are deeply painful reminders of the slave labor that caused the South’s plantation system to flourish; of the selling of black slaves (“property”) on auction blocks; of the heartbreaking splitting up of black families; of the willful torture/murders of African-Americans; of the denial of human rights to blacks for so long. Yes, some of those statues and artifacts are part of American history – from a long shameful chapter of it. As such, they belong in museums, not in public squares. As for Gen. Lee, the following is an excerpt from a letter he wrote to his wife in 1856: “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe but will acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil in any country . . . I think it, however, a greater evil to the white man than to the black man, and while my feelings are strongly enlisted in behalf of the latter, my sympathies are more strong for the former. The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially, and physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing is necessary for their instruction as a race, and I hope (it) will prepare and lead them to better things. How long their subjugation
Dennis Dalman Editor may be necessary is known and ordered by a wise Merciful Providence.” What verbal convolutions! “Painful discipline” (that is, forced slavery) is needed to “instruct” them so they will be ready when God decides to free them. But, meantime, get back to work! Lee’s word salad reeks of cruel conclusions disguised as lofty paternalism. He relies upon “Merciful Providence” to whitewash the systemic crimes against black people. Lee wasn’t alone. Those same kinds of tortuous reasonings and twisted rationales were common as clay during the two centuries of slavery before the Civil War and after the Civil War. There was even a widespread rationalization that slaves were susceptible to some kind of disease that would disorder their minds and cause them to want to run away from plantations. Self-deluded medical doctors even concocted technical-sounding names for the “disease.” The notion that God intended blacks to be slaves was rampant, and it was the most despicable rationale of them all. Lest we forget, some of our most revered Americans, such as Washington and Jefferson, were slaveholders, as Trump said in his Aug. 15 temper-tantrum in Tower lobby. They were not, however, traitors like Gen. Lee. Trump’s “moral” equivocations regarding Lee and Founding Fathers were a real stretch. And his
contorted exertions to minimize the violent threats and behavior of whiteseparatist thugs are no better than Gen Lee’s bogus “moral” reckonings on slavery. Trump claims he watched the Charlottesville videos closer than we did. Watch them again. You will see a mob of angry whites, bearing torches, wearing boots and helmets, clutching shields, sporting Nazi flags and silly alt-right symbols. All of them, their faces contorted with smug anger, are shouting insults aimed at Jews and Afro-Americans. Some on the other side were angry and out-of-control, too, but who can blame them when confronted with such neo-Nazi/KKKstyle thugs whipping up such nastiness? The real question raised by those videos is this: How in the world can those wannabe Nazis actually think this country belongs to them and them only? All people of good will must denounce white-supremacist groups. They must be denounced constantly in the U.S. Congress, in the legislatures, in the courts and everywhere else they indulge in hate-mongering. What they are is walking ingrown toenails. In 1974, I witnessed the sorry spectacle of Klansman David Duke spewing his deranged nonsense at St. Cloud State University. We booed him. His vile notions were as repugnant then as now. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in Charlottesville by a neo-Nazi goon using his car as a weapon. In a Facebook posting, Heather had shared this: “If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention.” It is a national disgrace the current president of the United States – he who should be most outraged of all – is not paying attention.
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Human rights chair says hate will not be tolerated Eunice Adjei, SCRHRC chair The St Cloud Area Regional Human Rights Commission provides outreach and education about the Minnesota Human Rights Act and collaborates with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The SCRHRC works to uphold the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which protects people from discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, public-assistant status, age, sexual orientation and familial status. With that said, in response to the Charlottesville march, the St. Cloud Area Regional Human Rights Commission stands against hate. White nationalist/supremacist, anti-Semitic and other hate groups exist throughout the country, including Minnesota. Additionally, some hate groups have posted flyers at colleges and universities in our state and region. The St. Cloud Area Regional Human Rights Commission, in conjunction with the City of St. Cloud, and in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, will continue to work toward the elimina-
tion of any type of discrimination. At SCSU’s Convocation Week, St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis emphatically stated hate will not be tolerated in the City of St Cloud, and he asked the au-
dience to join hands together as one. We stand with our mayor in his zerotolerance policy against hate groups. For more information, call 320-3102246.
Funds raised for resource center echo Jacob’s 11 in numerous ways Jerry Wetterling, St. Joseph This year to raise funds for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, for the first time we shifted our Wilderness Backpacking Trek from backpacking to car camping complemented by a series of day hikes. We camped at the De Weese Reservoir County Park near Westcliffe, Colo. Wearing a walking boot, I was somewhat limited in my participation (chief cook and bottle washer), though as the week went on I did more and more hiking. On July 20, we challenged Mount Democrat near FairPlay, Colo. for our 14,000foot peak climb. I thought it was quite appropriate 11 of us took part in the climb, with the 11 for Jacob movement fresh in everyone’s consciousness.
I am so excited and grateful to announce that with your help, we trekkers raised more than $15,000 for JWRC’s child-safety education and victims’ family-assistance programs. I found it particularly meaningful that your generous donations on my behalf totaled $11,110 (notice the 11s). Thank you so very much in all you do helping make our world safer for all our children. Jerry and Patty Wetterling To everyone at the Newsleaders, thank you so much for your continued support of JWRC and your sensitive reporting of events regarding Jacob all these years — and especially this past year.
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Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
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Friday, Aug. 25 American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Cloud Hospital, 1406 Sixth Ave. N. redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767. Brat sale, sponsored by the Y2K Lions 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Proceeds to benefit Chad’s Wing at Place of Hope. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. “Granite City Rocks” showcases the work of the St. Cloud Heritage Quilters now through Sept. 30, Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-253-8424. stearns-museum. org. Saturday, Aug. 26 Brat sale, sponsored by the Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Proceeds to benefit Chad’s Wing at Place of Hope. Sunday, Aug. 27 Joe Town Table, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., American Legion, 101 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph.. centralmncw@gmail. com. Monday, Aug. 28 Lunch and cards, sponsored by Helping Hands Outreach and The Rusty Nail, noon-2 p.m., Trobec’s Bar & Grill, 1 Central Ave S, St. Stephen. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. St. Joseph Park Board, 6 p.m., Hollow Park, St. Joseph.
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Tuesday, Aug. 29 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-251-2498.
Wednesday, Aug. 30 Tending for a Cause, benefiting the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), 4-7 p.m., Beaver Island Brewing Co., 216 Sixth Ave. S. St. Cloud. 320-650-0383. Free Trolley Night, 5-9:25 p.m., Metro Bus Transit Center, 510 First St. S., St. Cloud, and Lake George, St. Cloud. ridemetrobus.com and summertimebygeorge.com. Thursday, Aug. 31 American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Cloud Veterans Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Urban Hope Farmers’ Market, sponsored by Place of Hope Ministries, 2-6 p.m., 511 Ninth Ave. N., St. Cloud. http://placeofhopeministries. org/events/urban-hope-farmers-market-2017/. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. Market Thursday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. Sauk Rapids Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2163 Mayhew Lake Road NE, Sauk Rapids. Friday, Sept. 1 St. Joseph Area Historical Society, open 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.
“Granite City Rocks” showcases the work of the St. Cloud Heritage Quilters now through Sept. 30, Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-253-8424. stearns-museum.org.
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Joes from page 5 push their two runs across the plate. In the first inning, the Lakers’ Riley Decker reached on a bunt single. He moved to third after Luke Fobbe bunted and Matt Bergstrom got hit by a pitch. Donnie Mavencamp hit a sacrifice fly to the left to score the first run. Despite having loaded the bases with no outs, the Lakers were only able to score on that run because of the tenacity of Hadden. In the second inning, Brian Redemske singled and then later scored on a sacrifice fly by Decker. That was the extent of the Laker scoring. Two runs was all Laker pitcher Mitch Wurm needed as he allowed five scattered hits in nine innings. The Joes just couldn’t find a way to put the hits together and took it on the chin. “We had a lot of two-out singles, but with a two-out single, you can’t advance that runner,” Schneider said. “In the eighth (inning) we had a twoout double, so we were on second base. But again, moving him over to third is difficult to do.” That threat in the eighth had Ethan Carlson doubling and Brandon Bloch walked, but a strikeout ended the challenge and the season for the Joes. “It was a well-played game,” Schneider said. “Pitchers were around the strike zone and hitters had to be ready. But we had nothing to hang our heads about. We played hard and we played well.”
Season wrap-up
Schneider looked back over the season and was generally pleased with it. “We started out knowing we were
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Friday, Aug. 25, 2017
Council approves modest increase in 2018 budget by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
The St. Joseph City Council moved quickly through its agenda Aug. 21, stopping only for brief discussions of the preliminary budget for 2018, approving a partial release of an easement after a public hearing, approving a new alcohol matrix and approving the application for a grant. City Administrator Judy Weyrens presented the preliminary budget to the city council, reminding the council members they have been dealing with the budget for some time and staff members have gone over the budget several times, paring out those items they could. What remained for consideration is a budget consisting of $3.1 million in the general fund, $1.3 million in operating levy and $857,290 in debt levy. The Stearns County Assessor’s Office has issued a conservative 5 percent taxable market value, which will change the tax capacity rate by 1 percent, Weyrens said. Actual numbers will be released in October or November. The budget does not reflect Environmental Action Fund dues, a decision the council will probably make in the future as to whether it will participate or not. The fund originates from the Coalition of Greater Minnnesota Cities, and dues would be used to challenge regulations impacting utilities. According to Weyrens, property owners would see an increase in taxes of about 4 percent. What that means is the average $200,000 home would see an increase of $44.97. A
business valued at about $1 million would see an increase of about $478. A $1 million 20unit apartment complex would see an increase of about $311. Weyrens explained how the funds would be used and what increases in operational items would be funded through the increases. “I’m OK with the preliminary – I emphasize the word preliminary – for right now, but I’d like to see them at that 2 to 2-1/2 percent bottom line,” said council member Bob Loso. Weyrens explained the budget would be a continuing item and the council would be discussing it regularly until they made a final approval. There are some things that simply cannot be nailed down at this time – things such as labor costs, and equipment maintenance costs, Weyrens added. “In seriousness, me personally, I’d like to see some pencil sharpening whether it’s $1,000 or $5,000, you know,” Loso said. “Take a second look.” Weyrens issued a caution to the council, saying to buy down the budget through cuts can be detrimental to the entire process. “I think one of the things in this budget is some people are saying can’t you buy down the budget, for example, using surplus revenue – the fire board went down that road and realized they may just be delaying the inevitable,” Weyrens said. “So we’ve spent the last three years funding what we didn’t fund in the past number of years. So this payment reflects the last payment the fire board has to do
to make their revenues equal their expenditures. They did just that. They thought they would buy down the revenues. It makes sense, but it doesn’t.” Loso moved to accept the preliminary budget with the caveat the staff members keep their pencils sharpened in order to cut any fat from the budget. Included in the motion was the establishment of the Truth in Taxation meeting, set for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4. The motion was adopted.
Public hearing
The council held a public hearing to consider granting a partial easement to Robert and Marjory Rice for property at 108 Sixth Ave. SE. A blanket public easement had been granted in 1972. Since the Rices were selling the property, a hearing needed to be held to appraise all parties of easement existence and to determine if confining the easement to the back portion of the lot would cause some issues for the various utility companies. There was no public input, and with little other discussion, the council approved the partial release of easement.
Cloverdale grant
Weyrens presented the council with background on
an application for a grant from the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership. The city had gotten this type of grant in 2013 in order to rehabilitate housing in a portion of the city. The program was very successful and for that reason Weyrens said it would be a good thing to apply for a second grant to improve another area of the city, the Cloverdale additions. The request was for the council to authorize the grant application with the Department of Employment and Economic Development and to authorize matching funds in the amount of $25,000 as seed money to strengthen the grant application. The motion was approved.
Alcohol matrix
The final item of the evening was consideration of the Alcohol Matrix dealing with violations of ordinances dealing with the selling of alcohol. Weyrens presented the new matrix fines and actions that would be as follows: $500 fine for first offense, $1,000 for the second offense, $2,000 for the third offense with a suspension of license at that time. The history of offenses stays with the violator for 24 months. The council members ques-
tioned the length of time the history of offenses stays with the violator but saw no real problem. Another question had to do with implementation and whether past offenses would be counted if the new matrix was adopted. It was decided all violators would start with a clean slate and the history of violations would start from the adoption date of the new matrix. The motion to adopt was approved.
Other business
The council heard from City Engineer Randy Sabart, who gave a general update on street construction and repair in the city. Under the consent agenda, the council: approved outdoor liquor licenses for Bad Habit Brewing for events on Sept. 9 and 23; authorized issuance of a liquor license to Kay’s Kitchen; authorized a street closure for Millstream Arts Festival Sept. 24; authorized the mayor to pay for the Field Street Project in the amount of $106,621; and authorized staff to submit grant applications seeking funds in the amounts of $7,500 and $3,000 respectively from the Initiative Foundation and Computer Financial. Funds would be used for planning assistance for East Park.