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Town Crier Market Monday open, harvest is plentiful

Market Monday is open Labor Day, Sept. 7 from 3-6:30 p.m. at Riverside Plaza, 101 7th St. N., Sartell. Meet local author Dennis Herschbach or just stop by, chat and see what’s new. Market Monday wants your input on which location you prefer the market at – Riverside Plaza or City Hall?

Your input is as easy as adding a sticker to a piece of poster board. It might feel like summer is winding down but the fields are plentiful. Market Monday runs through Oct. 19; make it part of your back-to-school routine.

Trash collection rescheduled

Due to the Labor Day holiday, trash collection for next week has been rescheduled from Thursday, Sept. 10 to Friday, Sept. 11.

Legion Auxiliary hosts bake sale for veterans

The American Legion Auxiliary of Unit 238 will hold a bake sale from 8:30 a.m. until items are sold out Friday, Sept. 4 at Sentry Bank in St. Joseph. All proceeds benefit veterans’ projects.

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Bonner students clean up Kennedy prairie

by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

Twenty-seven students from the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University Bonner Program helped clean the Kennedy Community School prairie area Aug. 26.

The service project was part of this year's Bonner orientation held Aug. 25-26.

Kennedy Principal Laurie Putnam said St. Cloud School District Volunteer Coordinator Sonia Dickrell contacted her to see if Kennedy would host the Bonner service hours this year.

"One of our commitments this year is to re-energize our students, family and staff around the 'green'-ness of Ken-

nedy and to infuse the teaching and learning at Kennedy with environmental education and STEM," Putnam said. "As part of this initiative, we are restoring the walking paths through our prairie since many teachers like to use these spaces as outdoor classrooms."

The large Kennedy prairie area includes three walking paths that branch off from the main loop. The paths needed maintenance work and the Bonner Program college students worked hard to restore the outdoor classroom, which is used for science, social studies and language arts.

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College of St. Benedict students (left to right) Melissa Goranowski and Jackie Liska, from the Bonner Program, work on clearing areas of the Kennedy Community School prairie.

Corn crop stands tall Colts purchase finalized

by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com

Teen Challenge Choir sings at Abounding Joy

The choir of the Central Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge will present a concert at the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Sept. 6 at Abounding Joy Lutheran Church at 6000 County Road 120 in St. Cloud (1.5 miles west of CentraCare Health Plaza).

The choir delivers powerful music and incredible testimonies of Teen Challenge’s mission of offering professional, faith-based recovery programs for those struggling with the bondage of drug and alcohol addiction. All are welcome.

Concussion talk set Sept. 10

Learn how to prevent, recognize and respond to concussions and other brain injuries from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at CentraCare Health Plaza – Windfeldt Room. The free event will be presented

by Concussion Specialist and Speech-Language Pathologist Karla Fleming, MS, SLP-CCC, St. Cloud Hospital Rehabilitation Center. For more information and to register, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 4 Criers.

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Dan Meyer of St. Joseph drives a tractor with a box attached through Jerome Salzer's field Aug. 28. In the other tractor, Harvey Roske and co-pilot Tyler Salzer were chopping the corn down and throwing it into the box.

by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com

"I've never seen a harvest like this," said Jerome Salzer of St. Joseph while sitting in the cab of his pickup in one of his corn fields along W. Minnesota Street.

In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast Minnesota's corn yield at a record 184 bushels per acre.

Salzer's grandson, Tyler, also of St. Joseph, was co-piloting the chopper on Aug. 28 alongside Harvey Roske, who

runs his own custom-chopping business.

"This time last year, the corn was 2 feet high; this year, it's 14!" Roske yelled down from the cab of the chopper.

Roske and Tyler chopped about 30 acres of corn. Four tractors with boxes attached ran back and forth to keep up with them. Drivers included Dan Meyer, Vern Roskea and Jeff Salzer, all of St. Joseph, and Jim Dunmeyer of Pelican Lake/St. Anna. Riding shotgun with Jeff was his daughter, Sofia.

After coming out of a closed portion of the Aug. 31 city council meeting, the council voted 4-1, with council member Bob Loso in opposition, to an agreement with the school district to purchase Colts Academy.

"You won't hear them vote on this issue again," city administrator Judy Weyrens said.

The city still needs to close with the district, but it all lies with staff now. The council won't need to look over the issues again.

The council does still plan to host an open house and a walkthrough of the building, but the closing date needs to be set yet.

The council also directed

staff to have a survey done of the land Colts sits on, for a possible future site of the police and administrative functions of the city.

A purchase agreement was originally signed on June 15 by the city to purchase Colts from the school district. The council did choose to use tax abatement to purchase Colts, meaning taxes on 13 properties in town, totaling $134,000/ year, will be used to pay for Colts during approximately the next 15-20 years. Those taxes would normally go to the general fund, but instead half-cent sales-tax money would be used to fill the gap in the general fund. This would use up about half of the half-cent sales-tax per year for the years it would be active.

Council inches closer to budget deal

by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com

The proposed 2016 budget for St. Joseph still isn’t quite where the city council would like to see it.

The council received a presentation on the first draft of the budget at the Aug. 17 meeting, and the second draft at the

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Aug. 31 meeting.

The current proposed budget can be adjusted lower or higher until the Sept. 21 council meeting when a final decision would need to be made. After that point, it can only be adjusted lower. It shows an increase of 1.813 percent over 2015 in the operational budget, and an inCouncil • page 3

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Meat Market wins national honor

by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

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Gladys I. Schneider, 82 St. Joseph Oct. 1, 1912 - Aug. 30, 2015

The St. Joseph Meat Market recently won national recognition at the American Cured Meat Championships held in conjunction with the 76th Convention of the American Association of Meat Processors in Springfield, Ill. The Meat Market received first place, grand champion, in the Andouille sausage class; first place, grand champion, in the small diameter smoked sausage class with their smoked maple breakfast links entry; and second place, reserve grand champion, in the smoke poultry products class with their smoked chicken brat entry.

Entries were judged on aroma, flavor, eye appeal, color and texture.

Meat Market owner Harvey Pfannenstein and his wife Carol attended the convention.

“We went to the convention hoping to win one national award and came home with three, and that two of them were grand champions was a real honor,” Pfannenstein said. “Any meat plant that does not belong to or attend AAMP

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Harvey and Carol Pfannenstein recently won national recognition at the American Cured Meat Championships held in Springfield, Ill. They brought home two grand-champion and one reserve-grand-champion awards. or Minnesota Association of Meat Processors conventions are missing out. There is so much information shared from plant to plant that really benefits everybody in this meat business. We are not competitors. We are more like family.”

This year’s convention, which

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draws entries from across the country, had 731 entries in 27 product categories.

The St. Joseph Meat Market added a sausage kitchen to its retail store in 2012 and makes more than 150 kinds of sausages and more than 60 kinds of brats.

Gladys I. Schneider, 82, of St. Joseph, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 in Sterling Park Health Care Center, Waite Park.

Her funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, St. Joseph. The Rev. Jerry Weiss will officiate. Inurnment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call on after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Joseph.

Schneider was born Oct. 1, 1932 in St. Joseph to Michael and Hildegard (Kosel) Pfannenstein.

She married Donald Schneider on Oct. 1, 1949 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph. Schneider lived in St. Joseph her whole life where she and Don raised their family. She loved baseball, especially the St. Joseph “Joes,” the “Saints” and the Minnesota Twins. She was the treasurer of the amateur baseball team and along with her husband Don, ran the concession stand for more than 40 years. Schneider was a passionate supporter and fan of St. Joseph baseball her entire life. She was a member of the American Legion Post 328 Auxiliary of St. Joseph, where she held officer positions and devoted her volunteer time for more than 65 years. She was also an election judge in St. Joseph.

Schneider loved family gatherings and parties of any type,

playing cards, especially 500, and cribbage. She loved baking and cooking, especially her banana bread, dressing and potato salad.

She loved traveling with her husband and friends to St. Anna for chicken dinners, the Legion in St. Joseph for various events, and bus rides to the casino.

Schneider supported her grandchildren and great-grandchildren in whatever events were happening in their lives. Her motto was, “You need to forget about whatever happened in the past and move forward. You are family and are greatly loved and your family will always be here for you.”

She will be greatly missed, but not forgotten. Her legacy is her family, and her passions for life, her country and baseball.

Survivors include the following: her husband Don of St. Joseph; children, Mick of St. Cloud, Pat (Cindi) of St. Joseph, Barbara Fritz (Scott) of Sioux Falls, S.D., Gerald “Bud” (Therese) of Grand Rapids, 14 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one on the way, brothers and sisters, Charles Pfannenstein (Joan) of St. Louis Park, Andrene Pfannenstein of Minneapolis, Ronald Pfannenstein (Marie) of Edina, Ruth Pallansch (Lloyd) of Clitherall and Jerry Pfannenstein (Mary Alice) of Melrose.

She was preceded in death by the following: her parents daughter-in-law, Zoe; brothers, Michael and James Pfannenstein; sisters, Lois Pflipsen; and Dorothy Knaus, granddaughter Jaclyn Schneider; and her granddaughter Wendy’s husband, Brian Klinefelter.

Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.

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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 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.

photo by Mike Westerhoff

Mike Westerhoff of St. Joseph is the proud owner of a Sansevieria trifasciata, otherwise known as a snake plant due to the shape of its leaves, or mother-in-law’s tongue due to the sharpness of its leaves. The plant very rarely blooms, and in fact can go decades without a bloom. It’s typically grown indoors as a houseplant in cooler climates. It’s popular as a houseplant because it’s tolerant of low light levels and irregular watering; during winter it needs only one watering every couple of months. It will rot easily if over-watered. Above left is the plant before it blooms, and above right you can see the flower.

Aug. 16 2:07 a.m. Suspicious vehicle.

College Avenue N./Ash Street E. Police observed a vehicle with expired tabs. After pulling the driver over, authorities found the male owner also had a revoked driver’s license and no proof of insurance.

He was issued citations for his various offenses.

9:25 p.m. Suspicious activity.

Elm Street E. A man was observed looking over a construction site with a flashlight. When approached, he stated he was collecting his tools for another job.

Aug. 17 2:37 p.m. Arrest. CR 75. Police ran a random license plate to find it was registered to a warranted criminal. The male driver stated he was unaware he had a warrant. It was confirmed, and he was taken to the Stearns County Jail for further action.

5:33 p.m. Medical. Seventh Avenue NW. Police responded to a female who was having a seizure.

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food or water. Police stopped by the residence, but no one was home.

No further action was taken for the present time.

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Aug. 18 1:23 a.m. Theft. Fourth Avenue NE. Employees from a local convenience store contacted authorities after a theft occurred. The male thief was described to the police; he was believed to have stolen a car stereo. No further evidence has been found at this point.

2:45 p.m. Suspicious person.

College Avenue S. A female complainant contacted authorities after her brother had been at her house while she was away. She stated she had issued a restraining order against him, but it had previously expired. She was advised to renew the order and call 911 if he ever appeared again.

Aug. 19 10:29 a.m. Lost property. Elm Street E. A female contacted the police after misplacing her wallet at a local business. She cancelled all her cards and stated she had approximately $100 inside. The wallet has yet to be recovered.

2:11 p.m. Animal complaint.

Birch Street E. Anonymous complainant called authorities in regard to a dog chained to a tree without

Aug. 20 12:51 p.m. Medical. Minnesota Street E. A woman called police after her chest began to hurt. She waited with authorities until Gold Cross Ambulance transported her to the hospital for further treatment.

5:13 p.m. Accident. First Avenue NW. Police observed a vehicle strike the guard wire of a local business’ parking lot. The driver was able to maneuver her vehicle out of the tangled wire. She was provided with an accident information sheet.

No further action was taken.

Aug. 22 12:19 a.m. Suspicious activity.

First Avenue NE. Police responded to a complainant who stated there was a loud noise outside his residence. The complainant had gone outside with a flashlight and saw a group of people running west through an alleyway. Police searched and cleared the area.

7:50 p.m. Animal complaint.

Third Avenue SE. Police were dispatched after receiving a complaint of a barking dog. Upon arrival, authorities found the dog wearing a shock collar. The owners were not present, but a neighbor stated the dog did indeed live there and his owners were gone for the weekend.

crease of 3.475 percent in the debt-service budget.

According to the report, the operational budget includes personnel costs, repair and maintenance, and capital. The debt-service budget is obligations the city has from previously issued bonds.

Every department of the city saw an increase in its operational budget from 2015 to 2016. At the Aug. 17 meeting, staff was asked to find ways to reduce the operational budget for 2016. One way staff found to do that was to reduce the amount of money budgeted for future capital improvements. The city typically budgets a certain amount each

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year for particular capital improvements, and then after a number of years, the amounts are added together to make one big purchase. The staff 7:30am-6pm=Saturday, was able to cut $20,000 from September 12th-Rice Lions the police, administrative and public-works Building, Ricecapital improvements, and an additional 7:30am-5pm=Sunday, $51,500 from the Economic September 13th-Rice Lions Development Authority’s capBuilding, Rice ital improvements. An additional $32,470 in savings was found in the 2015 fire fund.

Council member Bob Loso said he would like to see the budget cut by another 10 percent, or approximately $150,000. While Loso didn’t have any specific ideas at the moment, he said he would look the budget over and see if he can find a way to drop it.

St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens said the salary and benefits for the proposed Community Develop-

ment director and additional police officers would pretty much make up the $150,000 Loso is looking for.

Council member Matt Killam suggested it was possible the council could choose to hire the Community Development director in the middle of the year instead of the beginning to save on half of the salary and benefits. Weyrens said that was an option.

The city council plans to have staff rework the budget and will discuss it again at the Sept. 21 meeting.

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College of St. Benedict/St. John's University students from the Bonner Program recently helped clean the Kennedy Community School prairie. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Sara Goranowski, Katie Stelzner, Theresa Farrell, Molly McGrane, Kateri Heymans, Meg Schrafft, Jackie Liska and Megan Noetzel; (middle row) Brad Berens, Rylee Pool, Kenedy Meyer, Melissa Goranowski, Skylar Peyton, Katie Cleary, Sabrina Schultz, Maggie Wothe, Allysa Larson and Allie Kanyetzny; and (back row) Laura Precourt, Ally Fischbach, Jamie McCarthy, Shauna Lynch Slavin, Dona Marthaler, Kevin Curwick, Peter Johnson, Amelia Barkley and Mackenzie Kuhl.

Bonner from front page dunz, led the maintenance project. He is a full-time volunteer at Kennedy and, with extensive prairie plant knowledge, could ensure correct plants were pulled.

Several students from the Bonner Program commented on the project:

"Kids today often stay inside on their iPads and other devices," said Kevin Curwick, junior. "It's a great feeling to know we are contributing to getting them outside and engaged in the community."

"It's awesome to know the kids at Kennedy will see our work," said Pete Johnson, first year.

"Hopefully, it will encourage them to get involved in the community as well."

"I know the work we did today is going to make a lot of kids very

happy," sophomore Maggie Wothe said.

"Taking care of the earth is a form of social justice a lot of people don't think about," senior Melissa Goranowski said.

Adia Zeman, who oversees the Bonner and Service-Learning programs, said the Bonner Program is a joint program for CSB and SJU and is one of the programs in the Office of Experiential Learning and Community Engagement. This office is responsible for programs

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College of St. Benedict/St. John's University students from the Bonner Program helped clear areas of the Kennedy Community School prairie Aug. 26 as part of their two-day orientation.

Pictured are (left to right) Rylee Pool, Dona Marthaler, Melissa Goranowski, Jackie Liska, Theresa Farrell and Kevin Curwick. that engage students in learning in the area, including the Bonner, service-learning, academic internships, undergraduate research, the Jackson Fellowship and the community-kitchen program.

The Bonner program accepts 10 college students from each grade, each year, for a total of 40 students. Students are introduced to working and serving during orientation.

Zeman said Bonner students also participate in the America Reads and Kidstop programs at Kennedy.

According to the college website, the Bonner Program began at CSB/SJU in 2008. Its mission is to transform the lives of students and members, the life of their campuses, the areas in which they live, and the world through service and leadership.

Bonner participants commit to a 10- to 12-hour/week work award at a local site and also participate in training and reflection activities sponsored by their campuses, area partners and the Bonner Founda-

tion. Students commit to social justice, civic engagement, spiritual exploration, diversity, international perspective and area building. They also complete a senior project.

Bonner participants complete off-campus work-study awards at more than 15 locations, completing more than 1,000 service hours yearly. They also receive a $2,500 scholarship, renewable for each year the student remains in the program. Through partnerships, students help meet basic needs of nutrition and education.

More than 85 colleges and universities in more than 22 states have a Bonner Program on their campuses.

Putnum said she is grateful to be part of such a welcoming area.

"I feel inspired by our dedicated staff and involved community and know we are going to work together to positively impact student learning and achievement," Putnam said.

Kennedy has almost 800 students enrolled pre-K through eighth grade this year.

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Veteran leaves funds for church

by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

A deceased local veteran, Roman Notch, left a generous trust donation to the Church of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Notch's $58,000 donation was made in two contributions over two years.

Dan Thielman, whose wife Darlene is Notch's niece, said he believes most of the funds were used to help with costs for the new Heritage Hall parish center.

Notch, who died at age 92 in 2007, was the only remaining living member of his immediate family.

He was the 13th of 15 children born to Barbara and John Notch, and grew up on a farm located north of Kay's Kitchen.

Notch attended the St. Joseph Lab School and St. John's Prep School, and was the only one of his siblings who attended high school.

During the years of the Great Depression, Notch worked on many Civilian Conservation

Corps projects throughout Minnesota.

He later entered the U.S. Army and served almost three years in the South Pacific, during World War II. Notch was awarded the Silver Star for heroism in combat.

After returning from his military service, he worked at the Veterans Administration in St. Cloud and farmed the family farm. Notch was a bachelor all of his life.

"Roman was a man who was direct, but was kind and gentle at the same time," Thielman said.

He said many of the parishioners of the Church of St. Joseph expressed their gratitude for the donation.

Notch was the great-grandnephew of Missionary Father Francis Pierz and his greatgrandmother was Apolonia (Pierz) Notch, Pierz's sister.

Apolonia is buried in the St. Joseph parish cemetery.

According to a publication, Father Francis Pierz, Missionary,

by Sister Grace McDonald, O.S.B.,

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Roman Notch is pictured in this old 1946 photo taken of military members. His trust recently made a generous donation to the Church of St. Joseph and the funds were used to help with costs for the Heritage Hall parish center. WWII veterans at a memorial Mass for Walter Mayer are the following: (front row from left to right) Willie Klein, Bob Viehauser, Ray Pfannenstein, Gene Klein, Heinie Schulte, Herb Schneider, Gary Reber, Art Reber, Victor Danzl, Carl Reber, Norb Rennie, Eugene Friederich, Elmer Philippi, Roman Reber, Ed Danzl, Martin Pfannenstein and Clarence Philippi; (back row) Melvin Martin, Hack Nierengarten, Roman Berg, LeRoy Klein, unidentified, Cyril Schneider, Fred Schroeder, Cyril Notch, unidentified, Leo Nierengarten, Roman Notch, John Schneider, Alfred Pinault, Ebby Danzl, Mike Nierengarten, Edwin Notsch and unidentified. published by the Bureau of Education Diocese of St. Cloud, Pierz was the founder of several Catholic parishes including St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids. He also helped establish several Indian missions, including Crow Wing, Mille Lacs and Red Lake.

Health, wellness classes set for Heritage Hall

by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

Three presentations from the Whitney Senior Center – Third Age University will soon be held at the Church of St. Joseph Heritage Hall Parish Center.

"We are hoping the community will support these efforts by attending the sessions and helping us plan for future presentations," said Marjorie Henkemeyer, St. Jo-

seph Parish nurse.

"Mindfulness and Meditation Workshop," will be presented by Dr. Steven M. Hoover from 9-10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4. This presentation teaches ways to explore breathing, inner awareness and other centering techniques which help people find clarity, lift their mood, boost immune systems and improve overall well-being and health.

"Mindfulness means becoming

aware of the moment you are in right now and accepting your thoughts and feelings without needing to judge them," Henkemeyer said.

"Unleash Your Strength" will teach participants how to improve balance and stability while increasing strength. The presentation by Sally Green will be held from 9-10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11.

This presentation will promote Health • back page

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Our View

All lives really do matter, including those of cops “Black lives matter.”

Yes. “Cops’ lives matter, too.”

That is what Harris County, Texas Sheriff Hickman said in a press conference after the vicious, cowardly murder of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, 47.

Then Hickman added: “So why don’t we drop the qualifier(s) (black, white, cops, whatever) and say lives matter?”

After widely publicized incidents of police officers shooting young blacks in various cities, it’s understandable blacks are raising the cry: “Black lives matter.” Those incidents must be examined, police policies in many cities must be changed, communications must be nurtured between police and residents everywhere. It will all take time.

But meanwhile, all of us have to speak up loudly and clearly in support of police officers. They not only sometimes get a bad rap, they get killed all too often in the line of duty, like Goforth did while fueling his squad car at a gas station. A few days later, a Chicago cop was killed during a traffic stop. In the slaying of Goforth, a hideous excuse for a human being strode up to him from behind and shot him in the back, apparently just because he was a deputy. Once the poor guy was hit and down, the assailant kept shooting him. So far this year, 24 officers nationwide were shot to death by deranged fiends who just “felt” like killing them.

Goforth, married, is the father of two children.

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said this: “It’s time for the silent majority in this country to support law enforcement. There are a few bad apples in every profession. That does not mean there should be open warfare declared on law enforcement.”

Obviously not. But Anderson’s message is one we should all absorb. So often, people bad-mouth cops.

That kind of bad-mouthing leads to disrespect, and enough disrespect can quickly lead to distrust, dislike and even outright hatred – the same kind of raging hatred that must have led the gunman to so cold-bloodedly murder Goforth.

Cops are surrounded by stupid stereotypes, many of them derived from TV shows and movies – cops as rampant, out-of-control trigger-happy blue meanies, or corrupt on-the-take types or blatant racists. Most of us know better. We overlook such distortions and stereotypes as the stuff of movie scripts.

However, there are some people who seem to thrive on such distorted views, the kinds of people who dumbly lump all law enforcement officials together as a bad bunch. These nasty attitudes toward cops can be internalized by anti-social, anti-authority, mentally disturbed individuals who then use their warped attitudes to go out and kill a cop or some other authority figure.

We know all too well police officers – public servants, lest we forget – are in danger daily even in small, sleepy towns. Several have been shot to death in cold blood right here in central Minnesota, most recently Thomas Decker in Cold Spring. This anti-cop rage can and does happen anywhere, and it’s incumbent upon all of use to counter it every chance we get.

One way to do that is to disagree verbally in no uncertain terms next time you hear somebody badmouth cops. Tell them to stop their harmful stereotyping. Remind them of the countless things cops do day and night to make our cities and rural areas safer.

Emphasize how dangerous police work is. Tell them bad-mouthing reinforces negative attitudes that can lead, in the case of disturbed individuals, to murder.

Some of the recent demonstrations in New York City and in Ferguson, Mo. added fuel to the flames and may have led directly to recent killings of police officers. Peaceful demonstrations, fine. Incitement against law officers? It’s a criminal shame, and it’s got to stop.

The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.

Friday, Sept. 4, 2015

Opinion Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ turns 40 Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run turned 40 years old Aug. 25.

Great albums, like that one, are time machines.

As soon as I hear the intro to Thunder Road – it never fails – I am instantly transported back to September 1975, back to my beat-up stuffed armchair in a shabby living room of a fleabag dump on Third Street in north St. Cloud. I can even smell that room – that dusty, musty odor with cigarette smoke and stale beer fumes hanging in the air as the late afternoon sun squints through the battered blinds.

That’s where I lived, along with three buddies, from spring to spring for 12 months 40 years ago. It was a time of high unemployment, and so we buddies without work, all in our 20s, pooled what little we had and hunkered down in that crackerjack dive. There had once been a liquor store in that old two-story brick building right across from a corner Catholic church. The store owner, when he retired, slapped some rooms together with cheap paneling and decided to call it an apartment. We called it Party House.

Being unemployed, it’s as if we were kids again on a carefree vacation, with friends and strangers popping over every hour of day and night to party, play hijinx, talk smart, with good music playing all the while. The albums we played over and over, the ones I remember best, were Willie Nelson’s Red-Headed Stranger, Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band’s Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man. One blue-sky September afternoon, I bought a just-released Springsteen album at a St. Cloud record shop. He was

Dennis Dalman Editor virtually unknown, but I was familiar with two of his earlier albums, which I loved, so I was eager to see if this new one, called Born to Run, would measure up.

Back home, nobody was around, probably partying somewhere else. I cracked a beer, then put the needle on the revolving vinyl and what a rush!

My hair – my long hair – tingled as if standing on end. I got goosebumps, a surge of joy. It was the same visceral awe I felt when I first heard Like a Rolling Stone on a car radio in the summer of ’65 while on the way home from swimming at Dodd Quarry by the St. Cloud prison.

The afternoon I bought it, I played Born to Run for a few hours with no one home but me. Then I went to visit my parents. Late that night, I walked back home, so eager to put the Springsteen record on again. Until nearly dawn, I listened to it in a state of ecstasy, enraptured by its big bold sound, as if all the instruments in creation were playing over-time, evoking a desperado’s bid to embrace life and all of its promises at any cost. It was a kind of histrionic angst romanticism like nothing else I’d ever heard. It was almost punk operatic, crescendos within crescendos, like a storm at sea. What manic energy! Springsteen seemed like a desperate snake trying to shed its skin, trying to burst his bonds into a

higher realm of being, of feeling, of living. A rebel’s heroic transcendence.

As I played those songs, loudly, into the wee hours, I kept wondering when Gus would burst out of his room, next to the living room, shouting “Turn that damned thing down! I can’t sleep!”

Next day, Gus – bleary-eyed – said, “Denny, do you realize that music you were playing kept me awake half the night?”

“Yeah, sorry about that,” I said. “I couldn’t help it.”

Then he said, “Where is it?”

“Where’s what?”

“That album you were playing? And what’s the band? Play it now.”

“It’s Bruce Springsteen. Called Born to Run. But I thought you hated it.”

“Well, yeah, it kept me awake,” he said. “I was kind of pissed about you playing it so loud. But I love those songs! This guy’s great!”

So I put the album back on. Gus and I and everybody else listened to it happily all day long and all the rest of that fall and winter and all the decades since. Later that month, Springsteen was on the cover of TIME magazine and Newsweek magazine, the same week. That musical wizard had weaseled his way into our lives.

The old brick building is still standing. It’s been through oddball reincarnations, as a fire-extinguisher sales shop, later as a karate studio. Every time I drive by it, I get a rush of haunting happy memories as I hear in my head a tinkling piano, a sad harmonica and then a defiant voice choking back a sob: “The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves.

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays . . . ”

Letter to the Editor

Reader recollects memories of the El Paso Roy Walz, Sauk Centre

My family moved from Nevis when I was 11, and my dad, Aloys Walz, “Lozie,” went into a partnership with my mother’s nephew, Claude Menzhuber, who had just returned from the service. While

they were in the process of taking out insurance, they lost their business to fire.

It was a devastating blow. Lozie helped Claude with finances to rebuild his half.

They were partners for years. I remember bartending on many occasions and remember a lot of familiar faces and names

from the El Paso. Mom always thought a lot of Carole as she stopped in to visit her occasionally until my dad retired in July of 1967 when he sold out to Claude and Marian. I have the copy of the sales contract. I feel a part of my life will be gone with the closing of the El Paso.

White privilege? I plead ‘not guilty’ It has become popular in the media recently to denounce “white privilege.”

What does that mean? The assumption seems to be a white person in America has some advantage over a person of color. It also is being described as some sort of immoral, selfish or criminal act just being white. I plead NOT GUILTY. I offer this brief story of my journey.

I am a white man. Actually I don’t really know my heritage but for the most part I think I am Caucasian. My ancestry seems to be northern European. Understand this, I had no choice in what my heritage was to be any more than Wilt Chamberlain chose to be a 7-foottall black man. It’s called an accident of birth. Does Wilt enjoy “black privilege” or might it be “tall privilege?” Either way, he became a millionaire many times over and I did not.

I was born and reared in the mountains of East Tennessee. I was, and probably still am, a redneck or a hill-

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer billy to most people. My education was spotty at best. The public school system from which I emerged was seriously lacking in all aspects, plus I had a terrible southern, country accent.

After getting out of the Army I decided to move to California. It was there I immediately discovered my accent was going to be a problem. I started listening to the TV news people and tried to learn to speak like them.

It wasn’t easy or quick. In fact some people still say I sound like a redneck.

My education was the next issue I had to tackle. There was little doubt any financial success I might have

would depend on my intelligence and my education. I couldn’t afford to go to college so I decided to become self-educated. I read and studied, a habit I have continued to this day. I achieved a modicum of success at self-education.

That has helped me greatly along my journey.

Throughout the years, I have employed people of color and have been employed by people of color. There never seemed to be much difference in them. I have always tried to follow the instruction of MLK Jr. to judge and be judged by the content of one’s character rather than the color of one’s skin.

Good people are good people regardless of the color of their skin and of course the reverse is also true. Personally I have never owned a slave. As I have said before, had I lived during the slave period of this country, it’s more likely I would have been a slave rather than Privilege • back page

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Community Calendar

Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders. com.

Friday, Sept. 4 Bake sale, sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 328, 8:30 a.m.-sold out, Sentry Bank, 400 Fourth Ave. NE, St. Joseph.

Brat sale, sponsored by American Legion Post 328 and Songs of American Legion Squadron 328, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph.

St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org.

Parkinson’s Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, Inc., 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717.

St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.

Saturday, Sept. 5 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498.

Brat sale, sponsored by American Legion Post 328 and Songs of American Legion Squadron 328, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph.

Living History: Meet the Lindberghs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls.

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Sunday, Sept. 6 Teen Challenge Choir Concert, 9:30 a.m., Abounding Joy Lutheran Church, 600 CR 120, St. Cloud. 320217-8784.

“God’s Mission and Postmodern Culture,” 1 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 111 Cooper Ave. S., St. Cloud.

Monday, Sept. 7 Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday. org.

St. Joseph City Council, moved to Aug. 31 due to Labor Day. 320363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com.

Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2512498.

Firearm Safety Training Class, series of eight classes, Rice City Hall, 205 Main St. E., Rice. 320267-6332.

St. Joseph Joint Planning Board, 7 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com.

Holistic Moms Network, 7-8:30 p.m., Good Earth Co-op, 2010 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-252-2489.

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St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com.

League of Women Voters, 1-3 p.m., St. Cloud Library/Bremer Room, 1300 St. Germain Street, St. Cloud. 320-252-3827. league@lwvsca.org.

Thursday, Sept. 10 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell.

St. Joseph Senior Citizens, 1:30 p.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422.

Concussion Game Plan, 6:30-8 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320656-7021. centracare.com.

Friday, Sept. 11 Burger and brat sale, sponsored

by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Polio Meeting, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Independent Lifestyles, 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids.

Parkinson’s Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, Inc., 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717.

St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.

The Miscreants of Tiny Town, art exhibition by Alex Kuno, 4-7 p.m., Alice R. Rogers Gallery & Target Gallery, St. John’s Art Center, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-2701. csbsju.edu/fine-arts/visual-arts.

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CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MINNESOTA

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MINNESOTA

Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies:

Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies:

1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: IPD.

1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Integrity Photography & Design.

2. The stated address of the principal place of business is or will be: 38084 Thunder Road, Melrose, MN 56352.

2. The stated address of the principal place of business is or will be: 38084 Thunder Road, Melrose, MN 56352.

3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above assumed name including any corporations that may be conducting this business: Integrity Photography & Design LLC of 38084 Thunder Road, Melrose, MN 56352.

3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above assumed name including any corporations that may be conducting this business: Integrity Photography & Design LLC of 38084 Thunder Road, Melrose, MN 56352.

4. I certify I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify I understand by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

4. I certify I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify I understand by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

Dated: Aug. 25, 2015

Dated: Aug. 25, 2015

Filed: Aug. 26, 2015

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Health from page 5 muscle changes that can result in better strength for daily functions such as opening jars, carrying groceries, climbing stairs and more.

"Nordic Walking for the Novice" will be presented by Linda Lemke from 9-10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2. She will teach the basics of using poles when walking to increase heart rate and strength training. The technique can help participants gain support for

School from page 4 a list required by his or her school. Items included paper notebooks, pencils, crayons, colored folders, backpacks when there is enough, markers, scissors and other useful items.

Trina Dietz, a Sartell resident and CC’s communications coordinator, said she still receives calls from people wanting to donate to the program, although the collection deadline, Aug. 27, has passed.

She recommends people store school-supply items to give to CC during next year’s Back to School distribution.

Children who received supplies are those in schools in St. Joseph, St. Cloud, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. Augusta and Waite Park.

Dietz praised the many volunteers who gave of their time to distribute the supplies. The volunteers are employees of

knees, ankles and balance while using more calories.

The presentations are free and open to all.

Henkemeyer also wanted to encourage residents to start a fall exercise class.

"Consider starting the fall with exercise classes that are held at the Church of St. Joseph Heritage Hall," she said. "It's a fun and easy way to keep fit."

Upcoming classes include Enhanced Fitness classes which will be held from 12:35-1:35 p.m. on Tuesdays; Tai Ji Quan classes will be held from 12:35-1:35 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning in September.

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Rasmussen Business College, Capital One 360 and St. Cloud Machinery.

“Every kid is so proud to bring new school supplies to school,” Dietz said.

She still fondly recalls a time two years ago when a young girl with big bouncy curly hair stood before a volunteer who was holding an inexpensive plain folder in one hand and a fancier one in her other hand.

The volunteer said to the girl, “How about this one?,” holding up the fancier one with whitegreen-and-pink stripes on it.

As she accepted the folder, the girl stood there utterly speechless, so glad to have such a snazzy folder.

“Little things can make a huge difference to kids,” Dietz noted.

There seems to be more needs every year for the Back to School program.

“We’re not sure why,” Dietz said. “We saw the number of kids in need grow during the recession. But as the recession

got better, the number of kids in need didn’t drop. That’s true of the food shelf, clothing and the Back to School program.

We just view it as a new level of need.”

Many of the children in need are children of single mothers, Dietz noted. There is a huge variety of circumstances that causes such needs. In one case, a parent was suffering from cancer, and all the resources went to that, leaving the children with next to nothing.

“You just never know what could be going on in someone’s life,” Dietz said, adding she has seen employees in stores who need to come to CC for one reason or another.

Dietz is moved by the thankyou notes she gets from parents and from children.

She has come to know so many people through CC programs, and she is thrilled when she learns of the ones who are back on their feet and doing just fine.

from page 6 owning one. So, therefore, I have no guilt about slavery. I don’t owe any reparation to anyone nor do I believe this country does.

Finally, I am not a victim. I am nothing more or less than just an ordinary American citizen who has tried to live an honorable life and raise children who are also honorable. I learned early in life, thanks to my parents, to be

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self-reliant and responsible.

As an honorable American, I want what is best for my country and its citizens. I don’t want or expect any privilege because of my skin color, nor do I want anyone denied any privilege because of skin color.

The truth is I am privileged.

Not because I am white but because I was born an American. I believe all Americans should feel that same privilege regardless of their race. I promise never to take that privilege lightly.

Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.

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