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Friday, July 24, 2015 Volume 20, Issue 29 Est. 1995

Town Crier Archery-only deer hunt at St. John’s Abbey

Archery deer hunters are invited to apply for permission to hunt deer on St. John’s Abbey property in Stearns County. This year, the Abbey is using an archery-only hunt beginning Oct. 20 and ending Dec. 31. Applications to hunt at St. John’s must be received no later than 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on July 24 Criers.

Take a Day OFF on the Mississippi River

Canoeing, archery, fishing and kayaking are just a few of the many opportunities that await families who attend the seventh annual Take a Day OFF (Outdoor Family Fun) event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 at Stearns County’s Mississippi Park. The event provides families a chance to experience a variety of outdoor recreational and nature educational activities. The event includes canoeing, fishing, paddle sports, archery, nature hikes, live reptiles, making of buckthorn walking sticks and other make-and-take projects and games for kids, and new this year BLEND Fit Kids Club Series 1K Trail Run/Walk and much more. No experience is necessary, equipment is provided and all activities are free. For more details, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on July 24 Criers.

State Fair Amateur Talent Contest registration closes July 27

State Fair Amateur Talent Contest hopefuls have until Monday to register for auditions before the deadline at 4 p.m.

Participants are encouraged to register online at mnstatefair. org. Entry forms may also be printed and returned through the mail. Auditions run Monday, July 27 through Sunday, Aug. 2 at the Leinie Lodge Bandshell on the fairgrounds and begin at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Nearly $10,000 in total prize money will be awarded to the first- through third-place winners in three divisions. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on July 24 Criers.

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Crews continue to work on the roundabout which will be located at the intersection of Pinecone Road and 2nd Street S. A worker in the foreground uses a jackhammer to pound dirt flat, while a cement truck pours in the background.

Just when residents and out-of-towners thought they were getting to know all the recent Sartell detours, along come some more.

Due to Pinecone road construction Phase 2, new detours began Monday, July 20 and are expected to stay in place until sometime in August.

The following are the road disruptions to keep in mind: • Pinecone Road from 7th Street N. to Sundance Road is closed to thru-traffic. Pavement will be removed on that stretch of Pinecone. The intersection of Pinecone Road N. and 2-1/2 Street N. will remain open to eastwest traffic until the final week before paving.

• Local businesses (including Mulligans Event Center and Nemeth Orthodontics) will be accessible from 7th Street N. • Residents of the Pine Tree Pond and Rolling Meadows neighborhoods will have access to 2-1/2 Street N. and should detour via 19th Street N. or Riverside Avenue.

• Detour routes will be signed and include 7th Street N. from Pinecone Road N. to Riverside Avenue, Riverside Avenue from 7th Street N. to Heritage Drive, and Heritage Drive from Riverside Avenue to Pinecone Road S.

Council narrows community-center sites from 8 to 3

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

A Sartell Community Center will likely be built in one of three places in the city after the city council at its July 13 meeting chose three preferred sites out of eight that were under consideration.

The council arrived at a consensus on the following sites: the Ferche/Weyer land in south Sartell near the old

round barn; land just off of Heritage Drive about twothirds mile east of the intersection of Pinecone Road and CR 133; and the so-called Vilcheck property north of Pinecone Central Park, which the city purchased two years ago from its owner.

The city owns two of the three potential sites. The Ferche/Weyer parcel, however, is privately owned, although the land’s owners said

they might be amenable to a land swap with the city.

Before the July 13 council meeting, former Sartell Mayor Joe Perske addressed the council during the Open Forum session. He told the council Sartell residents have waited for decades for a library in the city to happen.

Perske said a library should be centrally located in the city so people, especially children, would have easy access to it.

Library enthusiasts urge all to attend meeting

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Sartell residents who are hoping for a branch library in their city might certainly want to attend a meeting at the St. Cloud Library about long-term needs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28.

Library advocates in Sartell are urging fellow residents to attend the meeting and to speak up. Public input is important because the Great River Regional Library Board is trying to determine, based on needs assessments, which services it will extend into the years from 2016-2021. That could well include a branch library for Sartell. A Sartell branch library has long been on a “wish list” sub-

mitted by Sartell residents to the GRRL Board. Such a library is a top priority for current plans to be included in a Sartell Community Center that will be constructed starting in 2016.

The GRRL, headquartered at the St. Cloud Public Library, provides services at 32 towns throughout central Minnesota.

The July 28 meeting, which will involve a question-answer period, is vital for the board to help determine needs and emphases that it will add to its strategic-planning process.

The GRRL has a librarybranch policy of requiring towns to provide the actual building. Most of the rest of the services, including library materials and staff, are then Library • page 11

The site parameters were presented by Murray Mack, who used an overhead projector to point out salient features of each site. Mack was hired by the City of Sartell to formulate an architectural plan for a community center.

Mack said it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to build a center in Pinecone Regional Park because of wetlands issues Sites • page 10

Open sesame!

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Avery Pogreba, daughter of Miranda and Josh Pogreba of Sartell, opens one of the mystery boxes at the Immaculate Conception Summerfest July 19 in Rice.

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Obituary

People Kristoff Kowalkowski, son of Stacy and Thomas Kowalkowski of Sartell and a St. John’s Prep seventh-grader, competed at Kowalkowski the nation’s top prep football all-star camp, Football University Top Gun, July 20-22 at Dublin (Ohio) Jerome High School in Dublin. Being a part of FBU Top Gun means these players are considered the best at their respective positions.

Kowalkowski was invited to Top Gun because of his outstanding performance as a quarterback at the FBU Minneapolis camp. He joined more than 1,600 of the nation’s top athletes at their respective positions and will train with current and former NFL coaches and players.

St. John's Prep co-ops with St. Cloud Technical High School for football.

Molly Peichel, daughter of Phil and Sue Peichel of Sartell, recently made the dean's list at the University of St. Thomas for spring 2015.

She was also selected as Captain of the UST swim team for the 2015-16 season.

Five Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean's list at the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities.

They and their majors are as follows: Ashley Bartlett, junior, biological sciences; Edward Chappell, senior, liberal arts; Joshua Lieberg, senior, science and engineering; Malina Peterson, junior, biological sciences; and Ryan Scharf, junior, science and engineering.

Students must attain a minimum 3.66 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.

Six Sartell students recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

They and their majors are as follows: Samantha Dullinger, bachelor's degree in graphic design; Sean Mann, bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, departmental honors; Kirsty Moir, bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion; Mattie Nieters, bachelor's degree in cell and molecular biology; Kelly Orndorff, bachelor's degree in public health education and promotion; and Allison Rengel, bachelor's degree in health-care management.

Clara Grace Cone, infant

Sartell July 20, 2015 - July 20, 2015

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The SWARM Girls 10U Sartell Fastpitch Softball Team “Advantage 1 Insurance” took second place at the Kimball Tournament on June 14. Pictured, from left to right, are: (front row) Lexi Noble, Allayna Gohmann, Jocelyn Simones, Avery Templin and Kaitlyn Lysen; (second row) Sarah Weno, Mariah Thom, Molly Stein, Natalie Rahm and Kaia Gack; (third row) coaches Andy Noble, Greg Gack, Gail Simones, Aaron Stein and Kristie Sundell. Not Pictured: pitching coach Amber Thom, Hannah Sundell and Madeline Halstrom. photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins

Engineman 2nd Class Clemens L. Artmann, from Sartell, Minn., performs maintenance on the nozzle of a JP-5 jet fuel pump on board the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay. Green Bay is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in the Indian Ocean.

Sartell High School has selected head coaches for both Boys and Girls Golf. Craig Braun has been selected Braun as the Head Boys Golf Coach and Paul Determan has been selected as the Head Girls Golf Coach.

Both positions Determan will be on the August school board agenda for approval.

Braun, a science teacher at Sartell Middle School, graduated from St. Cloud State University in 1995 and received his master’s degree from St. Thomas in 2000. He has been supporting the Sartell High School Golf program for over 15 years in a variety of roles. Braun will be replacing Mike Sieben who has taken a position with another

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Determan, a social studies teacher at Sartell Middle School, is an alumnus of Sartell High School.

He graduated from St. John’s University in 2003 and received his master’s degree from St. Mary’s University. Determan has had 13 years of coaching experience in the district’s golf program. He will be replacing Dave Olson who resigned from coaching golf at the end of this past season to spend more time with his family.

Two Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at Bethel University in St. Paul.

They are the following: Alexis Eickhoff, a senior, and Isaac Eickhoff, a junior, daughter and son of Amy and William Eickhoff.

Students must attain a minimum grade-point average of 3.6 to qualify for this honor.

Andrew Kutz, Sartell, recently earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Bemidji (Minn.) State University.

Clara Grace Cone, infant daughter of Stephanie (Oetken) and Andrew Cone of Sartell, was born and died July 20, 2015 surrounded by her loving parents and siblings in St. Cloud Hospital.

Her funeral will be held at

11 a.m. Saturday, July 25 at Celebration Lutheran Church in Sartell. The Rev. Elizabeth Strenge will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church.

Survivors include her parents; siblings, Calen and Cadie of Sartell; and grandparents, Monika and Stephen Oetken of Huron, S.D. and Beth and Jeremy Cone of Excelsior, Minn.

Obituary, guest book and video tribute available online at: www.williamsdingmann. com.

Blotter

If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320251-8186 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.

July 1 2:49 a.m. Suspicious vehicle.

Amber Avenue S. A complaint was made regarding a vehicle parked in the lot occupied by two males. Officers spoke to the males and found nothing suspicious.

9:44 p.m. Fireworks. Heritage Drive. A complaint was made regarding fireworks being set off in the area. An officer spoke to a group of people in the park, who agreed to stop and clean up for the evening.

July 2 7:54 p.m. Suspicious item. 1st Street S. A report was made regarding four marijuana plants located in a park. The plants were collected and destroyed.

July 3 12:51 a.m. Domestic dispute.

1st Avenue S. A report was made regarding a juvenile runaway at the same time a juvenile female was reporting an argument with an adult female. Officers arrived and were able to de-escalate the environment. The female juvenile stated she felt safe staying in the residence for the evening. All stated they were going to bed and no further assistance was needed.

4:58 p.m. Intoxicated male.

C.R. 120. A request was made by an adult male, who stated he had been drinking alcohol all day and needed to go to detox. An officer arrived and spoke with the male

and found he was not able to care for himself. He was transported to detox without incident.

July 4 5:42 p.m. Verbal altercation.

3rd Street NE. A complaint was made regarding an unknown amount of adults arguing at a residence. Officers arrived and spoke to all parties inside the residence and found the argument was only verbal. They stated no assistance was needed.

10:07 p.m. Watab Court. Fireworks. A complaint was made regarding large fireworks being set off in the area. An officer checked the area and was unable to locate the source.

July 5 1:41 .am. Welfare check. Sartell Bridge. A report was made regarding an adult male sitting on the bridge. An officer located the male, who stated he was out walking and was just resting. Nothing suspicious found.

8:57 p.m. Stalled vehicle. Riverside Avenue. While on patrol, an officer located an occupied vehicle stalled on the side of the roadway. The officer contacted a tow truck and provided safety lights until it was removed.

July 6 2:49 a.m. Suspicious activity.

8th Street N. A report was made regarding a female screaming. Officers checked the area and were unable to hear or locate anyone screaming.

July 7 11:08 a.m. Domestic disturbance. Sunset Avenue. An emergency call was placed stating there was an argument between an adult male and an adult female.

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Lions Club gears up for 50th birthday bash

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewlseaders.com

Of all the 21 members who signed the Lions charter in Sartell 50 years ago, only one is still among the living – Charlie Schafer, 86, who now lives in Sauk Rapids but who remains a loyal, active Sartell Lions member.

Just last April, the only other surviving member, Dale Sorell, passed away.

Schafer can still remember signing the document that gave birth to the Sartell Lions Club a half century ago, on Oct. 27, 1965 at the old Sartell Village Hall.

The formation of the Sartell Lions was sponsored by the Sauk Rapids Lions Club, which was chartered way back in the 1920s.

Schafer and younger Lions, like Mike DeLuca, are looking forward to the 50 birthday celebration they are planning for this fall at the Blue Line Bar and Grill in Sartell. DeLuca, who joined the Sartell Lions 17 years ago, hailed originally from Connecticut. He vividly remembers how Schafer became one of his mentors in the club, helping guide him in so many projects.

Recently, Schafer and DeLuca met with the Sartell Newsleader at Schafer’s Sauk Rapids assisted-living apartment to talk about their years as Lions. Despite his age, Schafer is very bright, very alert, with a sharp memory and a keen sense of humor.

“There were only about 690 people in Sartell when we founded the Lions Club,” Schafer said. “At that time I was co-chair along with Bob Borgert. One our first projects was putting in a tennis court at Watab Park.”

In the five decades, the Sartell Lions did so many good projects it would take a book to list them all: constant help for the visionimpaired, scholarships for students, donations for any good cause that came down the pike, recycling and cleanup programs, purchasing

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Sartell Lions members Mike DeLuca (left) and Charlie Schafer hold up the original Lions charter signed 50 years ago in Sartell Village Hall by new Lions members, among them Schafer, who is still an active member of the club. Schafer is the only surviving original charter member of the 21 men who signed the document. Behind the men are some of the awards given to Schafer throughout the five decades. At left is his Lions bell. defibrillators for the school system and the police department, helping Scouting programs, contributing time and money to schools, and in more recent years raising money for and then developing Lions Community Park in Sartell across from city hall – a project DeLuca spearheaded.

One-hundred percent of donated money to the Lions goes for good-cause projects.

Operational money comes from dues paid by members.

“It’s good to see what can be done locally, naturally and intentionally thanks to the Lions,” Schafer said.

The camaraderie and team work were very special, both men agreed. Then they began to reminisce about members present and past, many now deceased, and how they were all valued and respected by other members.

“I had so much support from members like Charlie (Schafer) and Bob Borgert and Jack Paulsen and so many others,” DeLuca said.

“We learned if you make the right connections, you can move mountains,” Schafer said. “We learned that from the Lions Club.”

At the 50th birthday celebration (time and date to be announced later), the Lions plan to have guests and guest speakers that will in-

clude a member of Lions International, at least one of the past directors, a past district governor and the current district governor. There will also be former Sartell mayors and possibly the current one, Sarah Jane Nicoll.

Awards will be given. And there will be plenty of feasting, the drinking of toasts and happy memories.

Schafer

Charlie Schafer was born in St. Cloud Hospital and raised on a farm east of St. Cloud.

He graduated from Sauk Rapids High School, became a building contractor and later a brakeman and then a conductor for the Great Northern Railroad. He spent almost 43 years with the railroad before retiring in 1992.

He married Delores Madsen of St. Cloud in 1953, and they had two boys, two girls.

One of their sons, Craig, died in a snowmobile accident at age 40.

The Schafers moved to Sartell from St. Cloud in 1932 after they bought a place along the river. In 1995, they moved from there into a patio home in the city.

Schafer has many awards from the Sartell Lions, including Champion ChristmasTree Seller of 1969 when he sold more trees than he could count. He has attended vir-

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tually every meeting in the 50-year history of the Sartell Lions, and he is still a very active member of the club.

DeLuca

When Mike DeLuca joined the Sartell Lions 17 years ago, he didn’t know the main mission of Lions International was to help the blind and the visually impaired, an ongoing project suggested by the renowned Helen Keller, who was blind all of her life.

DeLuca was pleasantly surprised at the club’s mission because his own mother, Charlotte Oakerson, had gone almost totally blind gradually, the result of macular degeneration.

She lived most of her childhood in the Detroit Lakes area. Later, she met her husband-to-be, Frank DeLuca, when they were both in the U.S. Army. Frank was born in Stamford, Conn. and that is where they lived for many years, along with Mike and his brother, Steve.

After Frank and Charlotte retired in Arizona, their health began to deteriorate, including Charlotte’s vision problems. They then moved to Minnesota to be closer to Charlotte’s family. Mike found them a place in Sartell where he had also moved.

DeLuca has won many awards from the Lions for

spearheading many gooddeed projects, particularly for his long-term ambitious and successful development of Lions Community Park, which is accessible for the visually impaired and people who are blind.

The charter

When he visited Schafer’s apartment, DeLuca brought with him the original framed copy of the Sartell Lions Charter from 50 years ago. There on the large charter document were the signatures of the men who signed it, with Schafer’s third from the bottom.

The other names, in order, are Raymond Stoner, Charles Laudenbach, George Hovanes, W. R. Steven, Harold Penny, Jim Opatz, Claude Kosbab, William E. Johnson, Hisle Cashman, Dean G. Stevens, Donald Gilman, Ripley Sartell Sr., Dewey Sullivan, Dale Sorell, Jerry O’Driscoll, Ripley Sartell Jr., Orebie Webber, Bill Galarneault, Floyd Detlefsen and LeRoy Schulte.

The signatories from the Sauk Rapids Lions Club on the document are John Vogt, secretary; and Dr. Walter Campbell, president.

All of those names are bound to be remembered fondly and celebrated happily at the big birthday party.

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Our View

Deal with Iran better than no deal

Is the U.S. deal with Iran a diplomatic triumph or an unmitigated disaster?

Only time will tell.

Most likely it will prove to be neither.

However, those who are calling it a catastrophe are exactly like those who ripped into the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) before and after that legislation was approved.

Like the ACA, the deal with Iran is better than nothing. Iran has long been a volatile, unstable, hostile country. It has been developing the capability of making nuclear weapons. Many countries, including the United States, imposed economic sanctions against Iran to try to convince it to stop its nuclear program. Did the sanctions work? Of course not.

This new deal is intended to get Iran to slow down or stop its nuclear production in exchange for a coalition of countries loosening economic sanctions.

Will it wokr? Who knows. Antagonists insist all the deal will do is give Iran a stream of money that its leaders will use to fund worldwide terrorism, if not to secretly fund more nuclear development. These cynics call President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry “naïve” (their code word for “stupidly gullible.”) It’s interesting these naysaying cynics were predicting doom before any agreement was reached, before the ink on the 80-page document even had a chance to dry. It’s glaringly obvious many critics of the deal hate it only because it was initiated by the president, whom they hate. They made up their sour minds long ago that anything this president so much as touches they will hate in knee-jerk fashion.

Thankfully, most diplomats and scholars are more objective. They understand this deal was not intended to be a peace agreement; it’s not a “kumbayah” moment; nor is it a capitulation to nefarious schemes of extremist Iranians. Instead, it is a hard-headed, stringent quid pro quo. That is: Iran, slow down or cease your nuclear production for the next 10 years, and we will lift economic sanctions, but in return we reserve the right to inspect your facilities anywhere at any time, ‘round the clock.

As with any agreement, the devil is in the details.

However, by all accounts, the deal is spelled out in extraordinary specifics, making it all but iron-clad and cheat-proof. If Iran tries to wiggle around loopholes, the deal will be called off and sanctions of one sort or another will be re-applied.

On the bright side, this deal is face-saving for Iran because it just might give them the rationale for retiring their lunatic extremism while opening up to the Western world. Many Iranians, especially older ones, hate the United States. Can we blame them? The United States (in league with Britain) installed and supported Reza Pahlavi (“Shah of Iran”), who was a brutally repressive dictator for decades.

There is another bright side: In Iran, the “old order” seems to be on the wane because a vast population of bright young people under the age of 30 is yearning to join the forces of enlightenment and opening up to democratic ways and means.

That youthful yearning and determination, a strong but bloodless revolution, is the very force that helped dismember the sclerotic Soviet Union.

This deal with Iran, better than no deal, just might be the impetus to bring confidence to young Iranians who want to see the old extremist fuddy-duddies bite the dust and become dinosaurs of bad history. We can, at least, certainly hope so.

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Opinion Flo’s gotta go; so does the lizard Flo’s gotta go.

So does the lizard.

So does the red-haired woman with the tool belt.

And so do the hoofers in the big production number.

And those people dressed up as vegetables, mustard bottles and cardboard boxes? Get rid of ‘em!

You’d have to be living under a rock not to know what I’m referring to – TV commercials. Endlessly repeated ads, a witless barrage that assaults our senses, insults our intelligence, batters and bruises our good moods.

TV commercials have long been my biggest pet peeve, far worse than my other top two peeves – wobbly tables and misplaced apostrophes. I don’t dislike ads in magazines or newspapers. Unlike TV ads, they don’t punch me in the face.

Some TV ads (very few) I thought clever and comical – at first. But not after seeing or hearing them a dozen times. After the 10,000th time, after months and months – even years – of exposure to the same ads, I often feel like filing a lawsuit on the grounds of mental cruelty and visual/audio assault.

Here are the ones, among many others, that most drive me up a wall: Flo of Progressive Insurance ads. She is supposed to be so cute, so sassy, so clever – a mischief-making pixie chick in her insurance wonderland. Trouble is, she has long outworn her welcome.

She is no longer cute or pixie-clever.

She’s dull. Tiresome. Intolerable. A boring royal pain in the butt. Go Flo! Get lost! Leave us alone!

The “cute” little Geiko gecko lizard with an Australian accent. This reptilian critter thunk up by some corporate ad wonk is meant to warm the cockles of our hearts. He’s been irritating me on a

Dennis Dalman Editor daily basis for years. We are supposed to smile (“Oh, for cute!”) and chuckle at the gecko’s dumb Down-Under remarks. All it does for me is make me scowl, wanting to step on and crush the stupid little cartoon creep. I’m holding my breath because I haven’t seen that scaly green irritant in awhile. Dare I hope they’ve taken it off the air? Let us pray . . .

“Does anybody know how I can get a small-business loan fast?” Every time I hear that line, I lunge for my remotecontrol mute function or slam my hands over my ears. I’ve nearly injured myself, tripping over furniture, rugs and other household obstacles to get to that mute button, grabbing a barf bag on the way.

This bloated production is for a loan company called “Rapid Advance.” I would bet it’s been aired 20,000 times or more. What it is – or is supposed to be – is a tuneful Broadway-type showstopper with wannabe singers and wannabe hoofers spinning, prancing, kicking, strutting, whirling, twirling, shimmering, leaping, stomping and all the while flailing their limbs in a frenzy of desperate, overly-rehearsed, clumsy, uninspired dancing. They resemble a corral full of confused Clydesdales that suddenly morph into hectic humans, making horses’ asses of themselves. The proud creators of this horseplay hoopla spent big bucks on their dud. What a crime they have to unleash it, infinite

times, upon the TV public. The insipid lilting jingle song alone is enough to gag a person to vomitus extremis.

“As the host of a popular home-improvement show . . .” That ad line, too, has me sprinting for the mute. This one is for “Home Improvement.” It didn’t bother me about a year ago when I first saw it. Since then, it’s been on more times even than the “Rapid Advance” one mentioned above. During the Morning Joe news show, it’s on at least six times. It is the never-ending ad, a true nightmare suitable for use during torture sessions. We (well, some of us) will surely see eternal re-runs of it in Hell. It starts with a flaming red-haired woman wearing a blue plaid shirt and a tool belt. She jerks and ambles toward the camera like a sand crab, her hands flip-flopping as she extols the glory of homeimprovement.com. Then we are “treated” to testimonials from a few “ordinary” homely people dressed in drab everyday clothes, a visual ruse to assure the rest of us slobs just how wonderful the service is. The only “good” thing about this sickeningly tiresome ad is it lasts only about 20 seconds. But multiply those 20 seconds by 30,000 airings.

Lotta time. I was so sick to death of seeing it, I wrote the company a letter; I emailed; I called and begged them to take it off the air and put on a different ad. It’s still on, more than ever.

Kerry Nelson of Minneapolis, a loyal reader who is fed up with TV ads, emailed me last week and suggested I write a column about the commercials I find most obnoxious. Thus, this column. Kerry wants to know what ads other readers hate. Please share your seething ad dislikes with me. Maybe, together, we can make a difference and stop the witless barrage.

Letters to editor

Resident believes city planning strategies are inadequate Henry Smorynski, Sartell Hopefully the Sartell City Council will come to the right decisions about the proposed Community Center related to its size, spaces provided and location. However, one cannot be confident of that conclusion happening in 2016. Sartell’s strategies for the planning of the Community Center have been inadequate and problematic from the beginning.

What are the numerous planning failures clearly evident in planning for the Center? First, the City Council has not completed its long-range plan which is supposed to guide city decisions. Second, the city decided

to hire an architect, project manager and consultant on operating costs without having first accomplished a whole community (involving all ages) input-supported plan clearly identifying Center priorities. Third, the council did not solicit new information via a comprehensive survey of the entire community on Center preferences and likely utilization of Center spaces. The city has used outdated data (more than seven years old) about the Center. That information does not fully reflect the current city whose population today is one-third larger with new residents. Fourth, it has not engaged in a systematic review of other community centers in cities of a similar

size in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota that face similar climate conditions. What has worked in other centers has not been thoroughly researched. Fifth, the council has talked about not denying future councils a fiscal capacity to spend in the interest of the community, when it has already delayed the Community Center project for more than 10 years. It has failed to complete a promised long-range plan for the next decade for the city that was supposed to provide a “guiding vision” for the city’s future. Sixth, the council still debates whether there should be one building or two. Citizen input and interest-group input has arStrategies • page 5

Community center needs central location for residents

by Joe Perske, Sartell There is much excitement in Sartell as residents anticipate the realization of a library in the city. Rightfully so, as the project has for decades been on this city’s top list of desired amenities.

Being the largest city in outstate Minnesota without a library, and considering more than 5,000 Sartell residents must now use the Waite Park or St. Cloud libraries, a local library is long-awaited and needed. Unfortunately, some anxiety exists while the city considers several locations for the facility.

It cannot be underestimated how important a central location of the library and/or community center is for its value to the residents. Placing the

library close to the schools, day-care centers and majority of homes only makes for common sense to maximize its usage. A central location encourages access for youngsters, families, walkers and bicyclists. Little wonder the cityhall location had been the primary site considered for an adjoining library and senior-center facility. It had also been the recommended site by a resourcefacility task force after a year of meetings.

At the last city-council meeting, the city-hall site was dismissed from the list of potential locations for the library/community center and replaced by three other less-central locations.

One site, in particular, was given great consideration, the one just south of

the Coborn’s Superstore. Named the “Ferche South” site, this location was proposed for enhancing economic development and the creation of a townsquare atmosphere.

While that location was given support by some council members, I must say, “Stop and Think.” Why build our community center/library only two blocks away from St. Cloud? If you draw a circle within a one-mile radius from that location, it includes hundreds more St. Cloud residents than Sartell residents.

It’s literally right on the school-district boundary as well. More than 98 percent of Sartell and school-district residents live north of that location. It is not family-friendly to the majority of walkCenter • page 5

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People to march for Northstar extension tomorrow

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Every time Jan Sorell and Sartell senior citizens take a train trip to the Twin Cities, Sorell hears the same question and comment over and over again from her fellow seniors.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if Northstar would come all the way to St. Cloud?”

“I can’t wait until this rail line gets extended to St. Cloud.”

That wish – to extend the Northstar Commuter Rail line – will be the subject of a retreat and march from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 25 at St. Augustine Church. A public meeting will take place at the church, starting at 9 a.m. At about 10 a.m. marchers will line up to begin the march across the Division Street bridge to the Met-

Strategies from page 4 gued consistently for one Center benefiting all community members. Seventh, by seeking input from interest groups, particularly athletic-minded ones, it has failed to create any consultative working group representing all ages in the community. Nor has it created a democratically selected group of community members to work directly with the three-person professional team the city has chosen to work on the Center.

So the efforts to turn community desires and needs into a high-quality Center shared by all remains at risk. The discus-

Center from page 4 ers and bicyclists in Sartell.

My recommendation would be to look for central locations that would serve the whole city

Blotter from page 2 parties, who stated the argument was only verbal. The female left the residence for the evening.

2:20 p.m. Accident. Pinecone Road. Officers were dispatched to an accident with injuries. A pedestrian was struck in a parking lot while walking through.

Pedestrian received minor injuries and was not transported to the hospital.

2:30 p.m. Theft. 7th Street N. Officers were called to a report of a theft. Complainant stated he left some clothes washing in two machines, when he returned one of the machines was empty and his clothing was gone.

ro Bus Transit station. There, starting at 11 a.m., leaders of the rally will hold a press conference.

The Transit station is at 510 1st St. S. in west St. Cloud.

St. Augustine Church is at 442 2nd St. SE in east St. Cloud.

People are asked to register for the event. They can do so by going to: www.tinyurl.com/ GRIP12.

After the march across the Division Street bridge to the Metro Transit station, the rally’s leaders and participants will host a press conference.

The march is sponsored by GRIP/ISAIAH, a St. Cloud-area organization comprised of many faith groups. Everyone in the greater St. Cloud area – and beyond – is invited to attend the rally and march.

“I strongly support it (extension of rail service),” Sorell said. “When it comes to train service, Europe is so far ahead of us.”

Sorell is a founding member of the Sartell Senior Connection. It hosts a wide variety of programs, activities and events.

One such activity is the group’s Ride the Rails program during which seniors visit the Twin Cities to go to museums, take in some sightseeing and to eat at a restaurant or two. Each trip is different. The seniors car-pool from Sartell to Big Lake, board the Northstar Rail and arrive later at Target Field.

From there they catch a Blue Line or Green Line rail-extension line to where they want to go in Minneapolis or St. Paul.

Big Lake, the northernmost Northstar stop, is 31 miles from

sion of a site for the Center, for example, does not seek public input, but puts the wagon before the horse by first attempting to define the Center and then beginning to look for sites.

It should instead let the community weigh in on a very limited number of potential sites that are available for not only original construction but also that will lend themselves to further development over time at a reasonable cost considering community access and traffic patterns.

The plan continues to evolve without being data informed and holding significant numbers of open meetings seeking input from all ages in Sartell. It continues to favor Center construction based on wish lists

from a limited number of individuals and interest groups rather than from the community as a whole. All of Sartell’s residents will have to pay the tax dollars and user fees necessary for a well-run Center. The council seems to be headed toward building a Center through a closed process. It’s seemingly not committed to the extensive and frequent public meetings asked for by Councilman David Peterson. Can the council get an effective and fair planning process back on track and deliver a high quality Center in 2016? Recent council actions and discussions put that outcome in very serious doubt to the ultimate detriment of both taxpayers and future users of the Center.

better. I know there are several central locations that have not been considered or some that were dismissed without adequate investigation. Possibly reconsider the city-hall location for the library and seniors. Allow for some open dialogue, residents’ input, plan review

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The bottom line is we have waited and wanted this for so long that it’s so important we do it right. A central location is right.

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GRIP/ISAIAH is asking people to sign a petition that states: “There is a growing need for transit across our region and other parts of Greater Minnesota. Here in the St. Cloud region, the lack of transit means the lack of access to jobs, education, medical and other important services. We need dedicated transit funding to better serve and meet needs of our changing and growing population.

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Jim and Ardelle Amundson of Sartell (left and center) and Nancy Anderson work on a patchwork quilt at Good Shepherd of the Pine Church. The quilting group meets at various places throughout the year in Rice, Sauk Rapids and Sartell. They create up to 2,000 quilts and never sell a one of them. They all go free to good causes.

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Just about every time the women are short of something – materials, thread, yarn, whatever – they pray and not long after, voila!, what they need suddenly appears from somewhere, as if by magic.

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badly she and a group of women prayed for one. Strangely enough, she went home that day and found a sewing machine on her lawn. A neighbor, who knew nothing about the prayer, figured she’d want it as she knew Amundson liked sewing. The machine was older but in mint condition; it had never been used. Needless to say, Amundson was happily stunned by the gift from out of the blue.

The same thing happens when they pray for quilting supplies. All of a sudden, again from out of the blue, a big pile of material or scraps will mate-

rialize as if by magic from this person or that group or some company.

The Quilters (there are about 40 all together) meet at three places: a room in Good Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church in Rice; at the community room in GrandView Estates in Sartell; and at Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids. In addition, many quilting members work from their homes.

The quilters never sell their quilts. They say since they are doing God’s work, selling is absolutely out of the question.

Instead, they give the quilts (as

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By July 1 of this year, the women have created more than 1,000 quilts. They expect to finish 2,000 by the time the year ends. Last year, they made 1,900.

The quilters also make little dresses for children in an orphanage in Haiti and, also for Haiti, shopping handbags with handles people, mainly women, can use to carry supplies when they go to distribution centers to pick up minimalsurvival items like rice.

The Quilters group began 13 years ago. One Sunday morning, during a church discussion session, Ardelle Amundson asked, “Why does God have you doing what you do?”

One woman in her 80s replied, “There is nothing I can do.”

On the way home, Ardelle said to her husband, Jim, she’d like to pursue that noting some people think they cannot do anything. She remembered Jim used to teach in Ogilvie, and she went there to have people show her the many things they could do. She met quilters and realized so many people – even the little old lady – could

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probably do quilting. And, sure enough, later when she suggested it the “lady who could do nothing” quickly morphed into a good quilter.

Among the people who meet most regularly for quilting sessions in Rice are the Amundsons (Jim is an expert cutter who cuts most of the quilting blocks and other materials); Nancy Anderson, a former Rice mayor; Evelyn Kirchner of Rice, who is an expert long-time machine sewer; and Cherie Ablen of Rice, who loves nothing more than scavenging for quilting materials at garage sales and elsewhere. What all quilting members do are three things: cut material, sew tops, tie and pin quilts. No experience is necessary, and volunteers are always welcome. For more information, call Ardelle at 320-656-5858 or Cherie at 320-393-4164.

The Quilters are always looking (and praying for) the following items: fabric (yardage and pieces), yarn, thread, blankets, comforters, bedspreads, drapes, towels, polyester batting, sheets and pillowcases, blue jeans and mattress pads.

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LEGAL NOTICES REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS JUNE 15, 2015 DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school-board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 4:01 p.m. by Krista Durrwachter, chair. Members present: Durrwachter; Michelle Meyer, vice chair; Pam Raden, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Jason Nies, director; Pat Marushin, director and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent.

tella, 4-28-15; Jarek Kunz, SHS summer strength coach – outside funded, $1,128, Replacing Matt Darling, 6-8-15; Holly Justin, SHS health assistant, $27.42/hour, new assignment – one-to-one position, A motion was made by Meyer and seconded by Nies to approve the 5-4-15 to 6-3-15; Isaac Lovdahl, SHS vocal music teacher, $35,036, agenda. All in favor. Motion carried. replacing Brennan Michaels, 8-26A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to approve con- 15; Katherine Murnane, SMS yearbook, $757, replacing Bridget sent items a-c below: Hooley, 2014-15 school year; Erin a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on May 18, 2015 Nies, ORE elementary education teacher, $39,511, replacing Gary b. Checks in the amount of $1,656,335.59 as presented: Putz, 8-26-15; Virginia Phillips, General Fund 1,333,402.20 SMS special-education teachFood Service Fund 143,392.71 er, $48,839, replacing Carmen Transportation Fund 128,377.80 Mead, 8-26-15; Gina Prose, PME Community Service Fund 40,722.98 elementary education teacher, Capital Expenditure Fund 3,696.84 $52,418, replacing Jean MuntiferSummer Rec Agency Fund 6,743.06 ing, 8-26-15; Brennen Rath, ORE Check numbers 160229 to 160557 elementary education teacher, $43,087, replacing Laura Allen, Receipts in the amount of $5,287,270.29 as presented: 8-26-15; Kara Rysavy, SMS vocal General Fund 3,729,536.91 music teacher, $54,205, replacing Food Service Fund 231,099.35 Maggie Burk, 8-26-15; Katie SilTransportation Fund 13,923.66 verberg, SMS, special-education Community Service Fund 74,275.68 teacher, $35,934, replacing Amy 1,165158.44 Debt Service Fund Notsch, 8-26-15; Sarah Theisen, Scholarship Trust 19,800.00 SMS yearbook-SMS, $757, reSummer Rec Agency Fund 53,476.25 placing Julie Grundhauser, 2014Receipts 40957 to 41052 15 school year.

Wire transfers in the amount of $4,879.16 as presented: Leave of Absence: Amanda PickGeneral Fund 83.72 ett, ORE DAPE teacher, leave of Food Service Fund 3,015.54 absence, 10-12-15 to 11-30-15.

Summer Rec Agency Fund 1,691.42 Wire transfers 201400056-2014000559 All in favor. Motion carried. c. Accept the following donations: Oak Ridge Elementary, Sartell A motion was made by Meyer School District #748. $282.65, autism resources. and seconded by Marushin to APd. Accept the resignation of: Melissa Kay Dummer, Sartell Middle PROVE THE FINAL BUDGET School, health teacher, June 3, 2015; Joyce Roller, Sartell High FOR 2015-16. All in favor. Motion School, health assistant, June 3, 2015; Michael Sieben, Sartell carried.

High School, math teacher, June 5, 2015; William White, Sartell A motion was made by Nies and High School, accompanist, June 3, 2015. seconded by Raden to APPROVE TEACHER-UNREQUESTED Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Our district continues to have difficulty securing enough substitute LEAVE OF ABSENCE. All in fastaff throughout the year and will be working with “Teachers On vor. Motion carried.

Call” a firm that helps with securing substitutes within the district.

• The Education Bill has been passed at the legislative level. We will A motion was made by Nies and continue to inform our staff and community on the changes and seconded by Meyer to APPROVE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES how they will impact our district.

• The Minnesota School Board Association Summer Seminar will TO THE BOARD. All in favor.

Motion carried. be held in August.

A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT OF NON-UNION CONTRACT FOR 2015-16. All in faEnrollment Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent of Sartell-St. Ste- vor. Motion carried. phen School District, reported on the current number of students enrolled A motion was made by Nies and in each school in the district. seconded by Marushin to APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR Report – District 748 School Counselors and Social Workers Report NON-RENEWAL OF EMPLOY• District social workers and counselors shared an overview of dis- MENT. All in favor. Motion cartrict support services related to the social, emotional and academic ried. needs of our students.

Schedule Work Session and ComA motion was made by Meyer and seconded by Raden to APPROVE mittee Meetings #1-20: Will schedule after board work New Employees or Changes: Kirsten Anderson, SMS, language arts teacher, $35,934, replacing Mi- session chelle Raml, 8-26-15; Laura Arndt, ORE, instructional coach, $62,100, salary correction from May 18 board meeting, 8-2015; Chelsey Bal- A motion to adjourn the meeting dock, ORE, elementary education teacher, $42,932, replacing Mindy was made by Meyer and seconded Strom, 8-26-15; Sarah Garrigan, ORE, elementary education teacher, by Nies at 5:41 p.m. All in favor. $35,036, replacing Dan McLean, 8-26-15; Dave Howes, SHS summer Motion carried. drumline, $1,515, replacing Eric Elker, 4-28-15; Jason Huschle, SMS, math teacher, $39,511, replacing Abby Moon, 8-26-15; Shannon John- /s/ Pam Raden, clerk/treasurer son, SMS counselor, $44,368, Replacing Brittany Hemann, 8-26-15; Stacy Karolus, SHS, summer color guard, $1,128, Replacing Marie Kas- Publish: July 24, 2015 School Board Committees: Negotiations Committee Report • The MSEA, the paraprofessionals’ union, and the SEA, the teacher’s union, have had initial meetings.

CITY OF SATELL ORDINANCE NO. 15-09 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY TO R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL On July 13, 2015, the City Council This document hereby is made a approved the rezoning designa- part of this ordinance and is attion for seven properties generally tached hereto. located to the East 1st Avenue E and between 4th Street NE and 6th Sarah Jane Nicoll Street NE as R-3, Multiple-Family Mayor Residential.

ATTEST: A printed copy of the Ordinance and complete legal description are Mary Degiovanni available for inspection by any City Administrator person at the office of the City Clerk, Monday through Friday, SEAL between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Publish: July 24, 2015 CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 15-10 AN ORDINANCE REPLACING SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 11-5-2A (1) The following official summary City Clerk any Monday through of the ordinance referred to has Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. been approved by the City Council and 4:30 p.m. as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the amend- This document hereby is made a ments. part of this ordinance and is attached hereto.

Title 11, Chapter 5.A (1) Sarah Jane Nicoll Cul-De-Sac Design Mayor The maximum length shall not exceed Seven hundred and fifty feet (750), as measured from the centerline of the connecting street to the center of the cul-de-sac.

A printed copy of the entire ordinance is available for inspection by any person at the office of the

ATTEST: Mary Degiovanni City Administrator SEAL Publish: July 24, 2015

CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 15-11 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY TO R-5 PLANNED-UNIT DEVELOPMENT On May 11, 2015, the City Coun- This document hereby is made a cil approved the rezoning desig- part of this ordinance and is atnation for a 71.49-acre parcel(s) tached hereto. generally located to the east of 19th Avenue N. and generally west Sarah Jane Nicoll of Pinecone Central Park as R-5 Mayor Planned-Unit Development.

ATTEST: A printed copy of the Ordinance and complete legal description are Mary Degiovanni available for inspection by any City Administrator person at the office of the City Clerk, Monday through Friday, SEAL between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Publish: July 24, 2015

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Sites from front page and soil, especially near the Bernick’s Arena area. Another potential site, by the golf course in Pinecone Central Park, was also disqualified because of wetlands issues.

Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com The Ferche/Weyer site is where Sartell hopes to create a “downtown,” which will be called Town Square. Mack said there are 20 acres of land there on the north side of a holding pond. Amenities that could be added to that site, he suggested, are an amphitheater, a floating island, a fishing pier and a forested

area. The site is south of Pine Cone Marketplace where the Coborn’s Super Store and other businesses are located.

Chateau Waters, a luxury senior apartment building, is also under construction near that site.

The Vilcheck property is a long rectilinear site with access to Pinecone Road

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and 15th Street N. It is a semi-wetland area, but it is a buildable site, Mack noted.

He also said the Heritage Drive site is buildable as well, despite some wetlands there.

Council members were far from unanimous about the three sites. David Peterson, for example, does not like the site at Town Square because it is not central enough. Amy Braig-Lindstrom also had reservations about the Ferche/ Weyer site. Peterson said he strongly favors the Vilcheck site while Braig-Lindstrom’s favorite is the Heritage Drive site. Steve Hennes and Pat Lynch, however, were enthusiastic about building near Town Square, saying a com-

munity center would bring synergy because of all the developments currently in that area or planned for that area.

Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll said she is not at all in favor of the Heritage Drive site because it would, she said, present access problems.

Nicoll said no matter where a center is built, it will be close for some people but far for others.

“That’s just the way it is,” she said.

Mack said he and his staff would further study each site and report back to the council with details and perhaps some preliminary sketches as to how a center could fit on each of the three sites.

Angus is a 5-year-old neutered Yorkshire Terrier mix. He came to the shelter because his owner’s health made it difficult to care for him.

Angus lived with another dog and was also used to being around kids and cats. He’s very affectionate and seems to appreciate being allowed to get cozy with people. Angus likes to chase and play with his favorite toy, a floppy Frisbee. He weighs 10 pounds, is housetrained and is used to being crated at night.

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Library from front page provided by the GRRL. Sartell residents, via county taxation, have long paid taxes

(up to $250,000 a year) to support the GRRL, even though it has not had a branch library for its own residents. The current branch libraries are located in the following cities: Albany, Annandale, Becker, Belgrade, Big Lake, Buffalo, Clearwater, Cokato, Cold Spring, Delano,

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Eagle Bend, Elk River, Foley, Grey Eagle, Howard Lake, Kimball, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Melrose, Monticello, Paynesville, Pierz, Richmond, Rockford, Royalton, St. Cloud, St. Michael, Sauk Centre, Staples, Swanville, Upsala and Waite Park.

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, July 24 Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Proceeds to Wings of Mercy.

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.

Tech Class of 1970 45th Reunion, all 1970 Tech and Cathedral graduates welcome, 6:30 p.m., VFW 428, 9 18th Ave. N., St. Cloud. RSVP to Kim at 320-253-0834.

Conversation Circles, for all nonnative English speakers, 10-11 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Saturday, July 25 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498.

Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Proceeds to Wings of Mercy.

St. John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3351. 320-363-3514.

OutSpoken, for ages 13 to 23, 4-4:45 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Monday, July 27 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-2539614. mnbentonhistory.org.

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

Sartell City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-2532171.

Wizard’s School, for all ages, 7-8 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-250-6500.

Tuesday, July 28 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-251-2498.

Let It Snow Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration 30 minutes before the program, 10:15-10:45 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Wednesday, July 29 Summertime by George! featuring Jeramiah James Korfe, 5-9 p.m., Lake George, 1101 7th St. S., St. Cloud. summertimebygeorge.com.

Let It Snow Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration 30 minutes before the program, 11-11:30 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Basic Computer and Internet Help, for all interested in learning more about computers and the Internet, 7-8 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320650-2500.

Thursday, July 30 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell.

CentraCare Health Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422.

Let It Snow Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration 30 minutes before the program, 6:30-7 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Friday, July 31 Summer Watercolor Painting with Shayann Hoffer, for teens and adults, 2:30-4 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N. Registration required. 320-253-9359.

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.

Conversation Circles, for all nonnative English speakers, 10-11 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain. 320-650-2500.

Saturday, Aug. 1 Take a Day OFF (Outdoor Family Fun) on the Mississippi River, Mississippi Park, 41300 CR 1, Rice. stearns@public.govdelivery.com.

VA Summer Games, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. opening ceremonies, 10 a.m. game begin, St. Cloud VA, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320252-1670.

Rise Above Seizures Walk, check in 9 a.m., Lake George municipal complex, 1101 7th St. S., St. Cloud. efmn.org.

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

Living History: Meet the Lindberghs, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. 320-6165421. lindbergh@mnhs.org.

Benton County Historical Society, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.

St. John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3351. 320-363-3514.

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Northstar from page 5 the legislature to pass a comprehensive, sustainable, multimodal transportation package this session to create a connected state where everyone can thrive. We must: • Fully fund both the fixedroute and dial-a-ride service in the St. Cloud region.

• Create dedicated revenue

for safe alternatives for pedestrians and bicyclists.

• Complete the Northstar Commuter Rail to connect St. Cloud to the metro area.”

Those who want to sign the petition can do so by going to: www.tinyurl.com/finishnorthstar.

GRIP/ISAIAH

GRIP stands for the Greater River Interfaith Partnership (of the St. Cloud area). It is one of three components of ISAIAH,

which is also comprised of Interfaith Action of Minneapolis and the St. Paul Ecumenical Alliance of Congregations.

The goal of GRIP/ISAIAH is to help its coalition of 100 member-congregations to “live out their faith in biblical justice and the common good.”

The three organizations, alone and together, concentrate on issues of affordable housing, tax-base sharing, education funding, transportation and economic revitalization.

Friday, July 24, 2015

contributed photo

This is a shot of a Northstar train with its signature colors: blue, yellow, red. Those who support extending the commuter line to St. Cloud will march tomorrow, from 9 a.m.-noon, at St. Augustine Church.