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Foster Grandparent program seeks volunteers
Adults ages 55 and over can receive an hourly tax-free stipend, mileage/travel reimbursement and ongoing training by volunteering 15 hours per week (or more if they wish) assisting children with activities, reinforcing learning, helping with art projects and more. This is a great opportunity if you have time to spare, love to be with children, and could use some extra non- taxable income. For more information, call Jennifer at 320-229-4589 or contact by email at jlieser@ccstcloud.org.
Veterans Day brunch set Saturday, Nov. 11
The Sartell Senior Connection will honor local veterans with a free brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S. Veterans and one guest will eat free of charge. There is limited space; RSVP to Ann at 320-253-4036 option 4 by Monday, Nov. 6.
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Adopt a family for Christmas
Catholic Charities Share the Spirit program matches families who are experiencing hardship with groups of people who want to adopt such a family for Christmas. The organization is accepting donors to adopt families now on their website, www.ccstcloud. org. All families to be adopted are nominated by area social workers from area human-service organizations. “By definition, social workers work with those who are experiencing the hardest times in life,” said Sheri Brown, program coordinator for Catholic Charities Share the Spirit Program. “By asking social workers who needs help the most, we are able to uplift the families who are in the most need during the holiday season.” Confidentiality for both donor and recipient families is respected. Those who would like to volunteer to adopt a family can visit www. ccstcloud.org for details and to fill out an online donor form. All
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People from all walks of life recently gathered at Sartell schools to help celebrate two events related to food – National Food Service Week (Oct. 9-13) and Farm to School Month, October. The events drew food-service employees and students, of course, as well as teachers, parents, police officers, firefighters, some members of the St. Cloud University Huskies football team, local food growers and many other special guests. Sartell police, firefighters and the Huskies helped serve food to the children in the food line and had a chance to meet, chat and have some verbal fun with the students. Elementary principals Kip Lynk and Sara Nelson served
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veggies to the kids. Everyone involved brought lots of fun to the events. For example, the District Food Service staff coordinated with the Sartell Middle School Student Council and the SMS Technology Department to create a “photo op” for the students and others to wear pairs of goofy, whimsical fruitand-veggie eyeglasses. Photos were then taken, and the results were placed on a video for all to enjoy.
Food service
The Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s Food Service is led by Brenda Braulick, its director, along with Jayme Ericson, nutrition supervisor, and Marlyce Plante, administrative assistant, and dozens of food preparers and food servers at the district’s four Food • back page
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Pumpkin artist Kylee Weinand, 3, of Sartell, works on a masterpiece recently at Collegeville Orchards in St. Joseph. See page 3 for an additional photo.
Hauge appointed as activities director by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A new activities director has been hired for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. The app o i n t m e n t Hauge was announced earlier this week by School District Superinten-
dent Jeff Schwiebert. The new director is Ryan Hauge, who hails from the St. Francis School District where he was a social-studies teacher, head basketball coach for nine years, golf coach for seven years and professional-development trainer. Hauge plans to finish his degree in educational administration sometime this December. He will begin his duties in Sartell Nov. 27. The St. Francis School Dis-
trict, near the Twin Cities, is located in both northern Anoka County and southern Isanti County and serves the cities of St. Francis, Bethel, East Bethel, Oak Grove and parts of Andover and Nowthen. It serves nearly 5,000 students and has a staff of about 800. Hauge was selected and approved by the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board from among a slate of candidates interviewed at a series of open-forum sessions,
including one with activities’ advisors and coaches. Hauge will replace interim activities director Jim Michaud, who was named about three months ago to fill in for former full-time athletics director John Ross. After learning he was selected, Hauge expressed his pleasure: “I’m humbled at the opportunity to serve as the Sartell-St. Hauge • page 3
Sartell artist featured in ‘Light Reconstructed’ by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Bruce Jacobson stands by one of his art works in the Veranda Lounge at Pioneer Place.
Like all good art, the works of Bruce Jacobson of Sartell have to be seen up close and personal to be fully appreciated. Photos, reproductions of the works just don’t cut it. That is why people should take in Light Reconstructed, an exhibit of Jacobson’s works in the Veranda Lounge of Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S. in downtown St. Cloud. The exhibit, which opened Aug. 11, will remain open for viewing through October. Its hours are 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily except for Sunday, when the lounge closes at midnight. Light Reconstructed consists of 15 of Jacobson’s works, which are a hybrid of painting and sculpture.
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The smallest is 9-by-12 inches, the largest 4-by-4 feet. Jacobson uses solid maple wood to carve into thin, elongated shapes – rather like the shapes of long, sinuous, bleached rib bones. He then affixes the maple-wood pieces to plywood that has been painted with black enamel. The arrangement of the wood pieces on the plywood strongly suggests the human form. The beauty of the oak pieces glow in a silvery shimmer against the black background as if bathed by moonlight. Each art work changes subtly as the viewer sees it from different angles. The thin, elongated lines and squiggles of the maple wood have Jacobson • page 4
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ReConvenings event continues the conversation about living, dying well
Congratulations to the CMYSA Fall U12 Girls C3 Hurricanes Travel Soccer Team as they placed first in the 2017 Fall MYSA State Tournament held Oct. 13-15 in Rochester. This was the proverbial “icing on the cake,” as they finished their season undefeated in both MYSA fall league and MYSA state tournament. They played four games over two days defeating Crow River (41), Lake View (5-1), Mankato (1-0) and the final championship game against Crow River (3-1). The Hurricanes are coached by Sartell residents James Simmons, head coach, and Glen Tautges and Sue Kloetzer, assistant coaches. The Hurricanes are made up of girls from all around Central Minnesota, and will continue to be great assets to their middle school and high school programs. Team members include the following: (front row, left to right) Clara
Schad – St Katharine Drexel, St Cloud; Annabelle Tautges – Sartell Middle School; Kenndi Gack – Prince of Peace Lutheran, St Cloud; Madden Quinn – South Junior High, St. Cloud; and Alexis Polinder – Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic, St. Augusta; (middle row) Olivia Beniek – Kennedy Community School, St. Joseph; Allie Hoffman – Avon Elementary; Courtney Brambrink – St. John’s Area, Foley; and Molly Simmons – Sartell Middle School; and (back row) Assistant Coach Glen Tauges; Riley Kloetzer – Sartell Middle School; Jayna Benson - South Junior High; Avalon Heckman – Sartell Middle School; and Head Coach James Simmons. Not pictured: Assisant Coach Sue Kloetzer; Addie Mondloch – St. Cloud, Lillie Poetz - South Junior High; and Sophie Wieland – Sartell Middle School.
Jack Hellie of Sartell recently earned bachelor’s degrees in politics, and journalism and mass communications with an emphasis on strategic political communication from Drake University, Des Moines. Iowa.
CRAFT-VENDOR SALES Saturday, Nov. 4 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. VFW 428 9-18th Ave. N., St. Cloud Bring a donation for Anna Marie’s Alliance and get your name in a drawing.
CRAFT-VENDOR SALES Saturday, Nov. 4 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. American Legion 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park
Cathy Wurzer is back in town for a reConvening following this past spring’s engaging event, The Convenings, in Central Minnesota to inspire and motivate individuals and families to continue the conversations about living and dying well. Join Wurzer and special guests for an evening of music, storytelling and discussion from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Paramount Arts Center, St. Cloud. You will be invited into the home of Agnes Rogers, where her four adult-children and son-in-law gather following a visit to Agnes in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital in the play, “An Almost
Murder Mystery,” written and produced by Light the Legacy executive director, Lynn MacKenzie. Actors from Great Theatre will bring the play to life, joined by Merryn Jolkovsky, a palliative care doctor at St. Cloud Hospital, who makes her acting debut as the “doctor.” You won’t want to miss author, illustrator and musician, Doug Wood, a national bestseller who communicates through words and music inspired by nature. The reConvenings is the follow-up conversation to The Convenings based on a series of remarkable broadcast conversations between Bruce Kramer and
Minnesota Public Radio’s Cathy Wurzer, which inspired their book, We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying. Kramer was diagnosed with a life-ending diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS in 2010. Instead of viewing it as a “death sentence” he embraced it as a “life sentence.” Kramer recognized to have a meaningful life, then embracing death was his only viable option. Kramer died in 2015. To register or for more information, call 612-362-3724, email info@theconvenings.org or visit theconvenings.org/events. Seating is limited. The event is sponsored in part by CentraCare Health.
Independent agent one of only nine Minnesota agents to secure honor Independent insurance agent Deborah A. Krump, Waite Park, has earned a trip to AFLAC’s 2017 National Convention at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. Krump qualified for the October incentive by selling more than $245,000 annualized premium of supplemental insurance during AFLAC’s 39week qualification period from Nov. 12, 2016 to Aug. 11, 2017. Krump is a Newsleader client. This year, Minnesota yielded
nine agents who qualified from a field of 101. Top-producer Krump has qualified for the convention three times during her 14-year affiliation with AFLAC. The competition was especially difficult since she worked through March with a broken shoulder. “I was persistent in creating and working my plan, with the national convention goal in mind,” Krump said. “Much of the business came from my existing account base.” Krump also credited AFLAC’s corporate claims support and “Next Day Pay.”
“Many people need AFLAC’s help because of high-deductible health-insurance plans,” Krump said. “Being able to help clients with this challenge makes me feel good about my business.” Brothers Paul, John and William Amos founded American Family Life Assurance Company in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia, and expanded the company’s coverage in 1958 to include cancer insurance. AFLAC policies also include Short Term Disability, Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness, Life, Dental and Vision insurance.
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 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 a crime. This information is submitted by the Sartell Police Department.
anna Drive. An officer was dispatched to Edgewood Assisted Living for a report of an elderly male who had fallen around 4 a.m. and was having severe hip pain. Upon officer arrival, the male patient was resting in a wheel chair. The officer stood by and monitored the male’s condition until Gold Cross Ambulance arrived on scene. The officer then assisted with loading the patient for transport to the St. Cloud Hospital. 3:30 p.m. Vehicle crash. 2-½ Street N./Pinecone Road N. An
officer was dispatched for a report of a two-vehicle crash involving no injuries. The crash occurred in the southbound lanes of Pinecone Road. Both vehicles had been southbound on Pinecone Road and were stopped for a red light at the intersection of 2-½ Street N. Driver of vehicle 1 said the light turned green and traffic continued south on Pinecone. Driver 1 stated the crash occurred as he was slowing for traffic ahead of him. Driver 2 stated he rear-ended driver 1 because he failed to see the traf-
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Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 fic ahead backing up. The crash resulted in minor damage to both vehicles. The officer took photos of the damage and completed an accident-exchange form, which was issued to both drivers. Sept. 8 1:35 a.m. Warrant. 21 CR 120. While on routine patrol and in the Walmart parking lot, an officer ran a routine license-plate check on a vehicle. The registered owner came back with a misdemeanor warrant out of Stearns County. The officer located the female in the store and placed her under arrest. The female was cooperative and was transported to the jail without incident. 9:55 p.m. Medical. 23rd Avenue N. Officers were dispatched for a report of an intoxicated male who had fallen and hit his head. Officers arrived on scene and located a male and a female who were both intoxicated. After identifying both individuals, the officers learned the female was the complainant and the male was the party who reportedly fell. The male was walking and talking and had no signs of injury. The male also stated to officers that he had not fallen. The female was reporting the male had fallen and had been unconscious. Officers advised the male the risks involved if he had been knocked out. Gold Cross arrived on scene and checked the male out. The male individual was not transported, and officers requested both parties not continue drinking. Sept. 9 8:49 p.m. Theft. Sandstone
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Loop. An officer was dispatched to a residence to take a report of a theft of an antique gas pump. The homeowner reported he heard a loud bang at approximately 4 a.m. outside. He heard a vehicle drive away shortly afterward. The pump was approximately 6 feet tall and very heavy. It would’ve taken at least two or three people to move it. The pump was white and red and had an estimated value of $2,500. The officer received photos of the pump and provided the owner with a case number. 10:06 p.m. Intoxicated person. Fourth Street N. Officers were dispatched to a residence for a report of a male who was intoxicated. The complainant stated the male was her son and he was continually stumbling and falling down due to his intoxication level. Officers arrived on scene and spoke with the male who stated he had been drinking and was having left shoulder pain. After speaking with officers, the male agreed to go to the hospital to get checked out. The male was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital by an officer. Sept. 10 9:54 a.m. Traffic stop. 11th Street S. An officer stopped a vehicle because the registered owner had a suspended driving status. The officer made contact with the driver and told him the reason for the stop. The driver identified himself as the registered owner of the vehicle; he was cited for the violation and released. The vehicle was
parked until a valid driver arrived on scene. 12:22 p.m. Medical. 520 First St. N.E. Officers were dispatched to Country Manor Health Care Center for a report of an elderly male who had fallen and was unable to get up. Officers arrived on scene and met with the male patient, his family and staff. Staff members had done one set of vitals. Officers rolled the patient onto his back and assessed vitals a second time. Gold Cross arrived on scene soon after and officers assisted with loading the patient for transport. Sept. 11 10:15 a.m. Medical. 707 First Ave N. Officers were dispatched to Coborn’s Grocery for a report of a male having chest pain. Upon arrival, an officer met with the male patient who was breathing hard; the officer had him slow his respiration and provided oxygen. Gold Cross arrived on scene and took over care. Officers were allowed to clear. 1:51 p.m. Welfare check. Sartell bridge. An officer was dispatched for a report of a male who was standing on top of the bridge’s railing. The officer arrived on scene and made contact with the male party who stated he was looking at fish in the water and was not going to jump off the bridge. The male stated to the officer that he had a lot on his mind but didn’t wish to hurt himself. After speaking with the male, the officer observed the male safely walk off the bridge.
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Families fall into fun at pumpkin patch
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Megan Hill and son Noah, 7, of Sartell, choose a pumpkin recently at the pumpkin patch at Collegeville Orchards in St. Joseph.
Hauge from front page Stephen School District Activities Director,” he said. “Sartell High School has dynamic programming, and our new facility (new high school now being built) will add to that immensely. I look forward to working with our coaches, advisors and students to expand their leadership capabilities and ensure we serve
the needs of all students . . . I’m proud to be a (Sartell) Sabre.” Superintendent Schwiebert said Hauge is a good fit for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. “We are excited to have Ryan’s leadership and diverse experience in our district,” he wrote in a press release. “His philosophy and vision for a well-rounded activities program aligns well with our mission, and we are looking forward to growing our programs.”
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Jacobson from front page fluid sensuous shapes much like the delicate undulating traceries on beach sand made by lapping waves. While the shapes are abstract, together they evoke human forms. Jacobson described his works this way: “Light reveals, but the revelation is neither absolute nor precise. Similar to poetry, a complex interaction between word and reader, visual perception is observation projected onto memory. My pieces celebrate this relationship between sculpture and observer.” The world of art was a long time coming to Jacobson. He’d been a lifelong woodworker but never seemed to find the “right” medium to fit his skills. Then, two years ago, he happened to see a blackand-white photo of a female model as seen through Venetian blinds, giving a striped effect of the light and shade across the body, almost
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Two kneeling figures seeming to merge are the evocation of one of Bruce Jacobson’s art works made from maple wood and black-enameled plywood. zebra-like. It was that startling sight that inspired him. First, Jacobson works out his design on a computer. Then he makes print-outs and attaches them to the wood, like patterns. Next, he begins to cut the maple pieces with a band saw. He sands them carefully with a drum sander and uses a dremel tool for the finishing touches. He sands them again and polishes them. And then he positions them oh-so carefully on the plywood before gluing them to stay. Because his art was a long voyage of discovery, it took him a year to do his first work, a piece he called Unforgettable. “The response to my art has
been very, very positive,” he said. Jacobson is a biochemistry professor at St. Cloud State University and is on a sabbatical this year. He is currently working on earning a master’s degree in systematic theology from Luther Seminary in St. Paul. Jacobson’s wife, Anita, is also an artist who works with fibers. To Jacobson, biochemistry, theology and art are eminently compatible because they are all different ways of seeing and interacting with the world. “Art doesn’t exist on its own,” he said. “It’s an interaction by the person who creates it and who experiences it, and viewers then bring their own memories and experience to the art work.”
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Morel hunting – the Minnesota forest treasure hunt by Mollie Rushmeyer news@thenewsleaders.com
Deer-hunting season isn’t the only anticipated hunting season of the year in Minnesota. For many people, like Mark Christensen, who lives on the border between Sartell and St. Cloud, early to late spring means a whole different hunting experience – morel mushroom-hunting season. The popularity of foraging for mushrooms and other edible native plants has grown in the last several years, along with more organic, natural eating. However, Christensen said what he loves most about hunting for the elusive morel mushrooms around the St. Cloud area is just the thrill of the hunt. Although morels are Christensen’s favorites, there are other kinds of mushrooms to be found throughout the area even in the fall. “It’s sort of a treasure hunt,” Christensen said. “And it’s a thrill when you finally find one.” He maintains though, whether he finds any morels or not, “the journey is better than the destination.” What started as a love of the outdoors and camping with his father led to meeting other outdoor enthusiasts and to those who introduced Christensen to the world of mushroom hunting. It’s a “sport” in its own
right, Christensen said. Soon his father started coming out with him, and then his wife and now his daughter, though he does enjoy getting out on his own, as well. It’s a great stress reliever, he noted. Christensen said he has amassed plenty of knowledge throughout the years about where to morel-hunt, ideal environmental conditions as well as when to go, mostly through trial and error. Morel mushrooms have a characteristic “honeycomb” cap with a short, thick stem. The morel season starts in late April in the southern part of Minnesota and goes into the first week of June in the northern parts of the state. But right here in central Minnesota, where Christensen tends to hunt in the Sartell, St. Joseph and St. Cloud areas, early to mid-May is the best time to go. With the spring temperatures still in the upper 40s and 50s at night and reaching into the 70s during the day and the ground generally wet at that time of year – Christensen said those conditions make for the perfect time for hunting morels. “The morels last as long as the lilacs typically,” Christensen said. “So, if the lilacs are blooming it’s time to go ‘shrooming.’” As for where he and other morel hunters find these sought-after delicacies, specif-
ics are a no-go. “It’s kind of comparable to a hunter giving away his favorite hunting spots or a fisherman giving away his favorite fishing hole,” Christensen said. “You’re not going to give away your honey hole.” However, he said there are some good ways for hunters to know if they’re on the right track – forested areas or spots close to rivers or lakes with wet, loamy soil, near fallen or dead/dying elm trees. There is a symbiotic relationship between the dead trees and the nutrients in the soil around that tree in which the fungi grow. Another area morels love to grow is on freshly burned ground. Black, grey and yellow morels grow in this part of Minnesota and all are edible. Christensen said to watch out for the false morel though, which has a solid stem, unlike the true morels. “The way I always remember is – if it’s hollow, it’s good to swallow,” Christensen said. After connecting with other morel hunters, he learned some people bring thermometers to check soil temperatures, which should stay close to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. He also discovered earlier in the season, southern slopes are best for finding morels, and later in the season, northern slopes. So why such a buzz around these little naturally growing mushrooms? Christensen an-
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At right: Morel mushrooms, characterized by their “honeycomb” caps, love the wet, cool soil of early spring and grow near dead/dying elm trees.
At left: For Mark Christensen of Sartell/St. Cloud, spring means morel mushroom-hunting season in the area. He loves getting out into nature and enjoys the thrill of the hunt, as well as the delicious flavor of these local delicacies. swered other than the excitement and rush over finding them, it all comes down to the taste. “They are just the best-tasting wild mushroom,” he said. “They are a good, rich forest mushroom, with a mild to medium flavor. Some people even compare it to the taste of chicken.” That’s why morel mushrooms can get expensive to purchase, ranging typically from $35 to $50 for one pound of fresh. After giving friends and family some of his spoils, Christensen said he has some go-
to recipes he likes to prepare for his own family. Frying the mushrooms in butter until crisp, mixing them into greenbean casserole and sautéing them with beef tips over rice are among his favorites. While this was a banner year for Christensen, his personal best, next year he plans to start in the southern part of the state earlier in the season and follow the peak hunting times as they progress up to the northern hunting areas of Minnesota. He said each year he learns more and more and plans to continue challenging himself as he goes.
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Most of us, at one time or another, feel as if we’re in a rut. Some turn to self-help books and/or motivational speakers. Trouble is, motivational speakers are a dime a dozen these days. Yes, some of them are excellent and truly inspiring, but most of them deliver the same old trite, feel-goodwarm-fuzzy clichés gussied up in new costumes, bromides such as “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Shawn Anderson, a motivational speaker, seems to be one of the excellent ones, a real mover-and-shaker in effecting good changes in people’s lives and in society in general. Anderson is the founder of the “Extra Mile America” movement of more than 500 American cities are members. Only one Minnesota city, Blaine, was on the roster in 2016; seven others – Duluth, Edina, Mankato, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Rochester and St. Paul – have joined since last year. Back in 2009, Anderson decided to bicycle across the United States, from San Francisco to Boston, even though he had never been much of a biker before. During that trip, he stopped at many places to talk to people and discovered many people with stories of personal tragedies and failures had overcome them by bucking up, changing their attitudes and “going the extra mile.” Anderson learned many insights on his bike trip and subsequent travels and founded the “Extra Mile America” movement. Its purpose is to recognize and create “the capacity we have for positive change in our families, our organization, our communities and ourselves when we go the extra mile.” Nov. 1 is “Extra Mile Day” in the nearly 6,000 cities. On that day, leaders in those cities honor those who have gone the “extra mile” to improve their lives, other people’s lives and the quality of life in their cities. Many thousands of people have been recognized in cities in previous years and even more will be honored this Nov. 1. All of the honorees have gone “the extra mile” in one way or another, refusing to sit still and complain or whine about life’s bad knocks or their personal disappointments and failures. Instead they decided to bounce back, to connect, to volunteer, to reach out, to do something. Their actions ricocheted positively all through the lives of those they touched. Anderson, the author of six inspirational books, has a knack of recycling old wisdoms into new words. Here are just three of his tips for rut-wallowers: • “If you’re unhappy with your life, look in the mirror. You created your life dis-satisfaction, and you can un-create it too. Want out of the rut? Quit making excuses, pointing fingers and waiting for a hero to rescue you out of your funk. Be your own hero.” • “Don’t expect overnight miracles. It’s impossible to reinvent yourself overnight. Massive change just doesn’t happen that way. But transformation does happen when we take small steps toward change daily. Single-change steps daily add up to big changes eventually.” • “Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Waiting for the perfect scenario to unfold before we make changes only prolongs our existence in the rut. Don’t wait for the stars to fall into perfect alignment. Live and live now because tomorrow may never happen.” Yes, we’ve heard variations of those tips before, but – somewhat clichéd or not – they are truisms we should all take to heart. It would be nice if all cities in central Minnesota would join the “Extra Mile America” movement. Churches, schools and individuals can join, too. To find out how, visit the movement’s website at www.ExtraMileAmerica.org. Let’s all help one another get out of our ruts – individual or collective ones.
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Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
Opinion Don’t fuss; have fun making pizzas Last week in this column I shared a new discovery – Roberta’s Pizza Dough, a recipe I happened to see in The New York Times from a pizza joint in Brooklyn, N.Y. This week I’d like to offer a couple of my favorite recipes, along with some tips. Pizza stone For a really scrumptious, crispy, well-risen crust a pizza stone is vital. They can be found at most hardware stores. Please get one that is at least 15 inches in diameter if it’s round. That’s because it’s easier to slide a 12-inch round pizza onto them if they are at least a couple inches bigger than the size of the pizza. I have a rectangular one, 14 x 20. Works great. Sorry, can’t remember where I bought it. Pizza peel They’re shaped like a big flat paddle with a handle. If you don’t want to buy one, you can make do by using a heavy piece of cardboard from which to slide your dough onto the hot stone. Mushroom pizza Place pizza stone on very bottom shelf of the oven. Then turn the oven to 500 degrees and pre-heat it for 30 minutes, at least. While oven is heating, prepare the mushrooms: Use about one-half of a package of fresh button mushrooms or Portobello mushrooms, cut into 1/8th-inch slices. 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. butter A couple wee pinches of dried thyme ¼ tsp. kosher salt A few grinds of fresh pepper In a large skillet, sauté mushrooms in oil and butter on medium-high heat. Add thyme, salt, pepper and sauté while stirring, 5 minutes max. You want them to be somewhat chewy, not mushy.
Dennis Dalman Editor Turn off burner, leave mushrooms in skillet. Now, sprinkle a layer of corn meal on your pizza peel and rub it all over, making sure there are corn-meal grains, like tiny ball bearings, all over the “paddle” part. Roll out a 12-inch round of pizza dough. Using fingertips, dimple the surface of the dough all over. Place rolled-out dough onto the corn-mealed pizza peel. Use a regular spoon to spread pizza sauce over the dough (I like the Contadinabrand pizza sauce that comes in a squeeze bottle.) Cover the sauce with a nice thick layer of shredded (or fresh) mozzarella. Sprinkle a bit of salt over the cheese and six or seven grindings of black pepper. Then pat the cheese down gently so it stays put. Sprinkle red-pepper flakes over top. Use a slotted spoon to remove mushrooms from skillet and place them on top of the cheese layer. After the oven has pre-heated for at least 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 450 degrees. Place the pizza peel right above the hot stone at a slight downward angle, then gently jerk the peel toward you, allowing the pizza to slide off nicely onto the stone. Bake 10 minutes. Remove pizza from stone by using a large spatula to separate it from the stone, then coax and slide pizza onto a cookie sheet. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting. When serving, I sprinkle some Kraft-
brand canister parmesan cheese on the top. White-sauce pizza Prepare dough as noted above. Spread 4 Tbsp. of heavy cream over the top (or you can use 2 Tbsp. milk mixed with 2 Tbsp. sour cream.). Add mozzarella, salt, pepper. Sprinkle red-pepper flakes on top. Then add one or two other kinds of meltable cheeses on top. I use four of those deli slices of provolone cheese, torn in pieces, as well as some fresh parmesan cheese. Add your toppings of choice, although this white-sauce one is plenty tasty as just a cheese pizza. Bake as in recipe above. Clean-up Be sure to remove the pizza stone and clean it after it cools. Also wipe out the very bottom of the oven with damp paper towels to clean it of any burned corn-meal grains. Guests A 12-inch pizza is fine for one or two people. But if you have more guests, it’s not difficult to just keep rolling out more dough and baking more pizzas one after another. In fact, you can make a “party” of the process, with everyone helping. Don’t overload I like plain-Jane pizzas that aren’t too gussied up. If you add too many toppings, the dough can get soggy; you might as well make a casserole. Less is more. Some of my other favorite toppings are pepperoni, Canadian bacon and pineapple, and spinach and crisp bacon pieces (on the white-sauce version). I sometimes add fresh herbs, especially basil leaves. And quite often I grind up fennel seeds with mortar-and-pestle and sprinkle pinches of it over the layer of sauce. Pizza-making should be fun. Don’t fuss. Suit yourself. Try any toppings you think you’ll like. And then – delizioso! – enjoy.
Civil discourse crucial to democracy If you don’t believe in civil discourse, you don’t believe in democracy. Several weeks ago, I attended the 2017 Eugene J. McCarthy lecture featuring former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at St. John’s University. The theme for the evening’s conversation was “Conscience and Courage in Public Life,” rare qualities in today’s political culture. While Bush spoke on many topics, including Donald Trump, North Korea, education and infrastructure reform, one underlying theme found its way into every discussion – civil discourse. When done correctly, civil discourse is the ability to constructively communicate your ideas using integrity, compromise and humility. It does not will the destruction of the opponent but seeks the closest version of the truth through facts, analysis, reasoning and listening to solve the nation’s problems and accomplish its goals. What many seem to forget is that this country was built upon division. The Founders purposefully designed natural friction between the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of government so no one branch of government would become too powerful. Instead, they created a Constitution that warranted dialogue and compromise by all parties to put forth the best strategy that would benefit all people. Thus, the American democratic system was conceived. This is not to say it was easy. Much was at stake for those who were creating
Rachel Mohs Guest Writer the new government, and it took great courage and patience to accomplish what I’m sure at times seemed overwhelming and impossible. However, the American culture was different back then; it was much more different 50 years ago than now with the advancement of the Internet age and social media drastically changing the way we communicate with one another. Through social media, we allow ourselves to be brainwashed by the news we read, the news we agree with. Thus, we’ve created a society of self-righteous, intolerant people who hold their own beliefs to the highest standards while disrespecting and disregarding those who strongly believe something different from our own. Both sides preach tolerance and equality but only impart equality and tolerance on those people who believe the same as they do. Those who disagree are often met with lawsuits, hatred, condemnation and violence. We criticize politicians and leaders who, after gathering all the facts on a given issue, change their positions. We call politicians liars and traitors for admitting they were wrong, believing humility to be a sign of weakness. We value
our political affiliation and personal fame ahead of the individuals who make up this great, diverse nation. We act as if the words “compromise” and “bipartisanship” mean to give up on your own party, those who have gotten you there and those on whom you depend for their support. James Gottry, director of marketing and legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, hit the nail on the head when he wrote “forcing conformity in a diverse society doesn’t unite, it divides. And believing you must separate yourself from – or punish – those who hold views different than your own only exacerbates the problem. You begin to see those ‘others’ not as friends, neighbors and colleagues who add something unique to the diverse fabric of our nation, but as faceless impediments to a never-never land where ‘everyone thinks like me (or they will when they grow up).’” We must not underestimate the power of bipartisanship and compromise to make our society and government stronger. We must set aside our pride and judgment of others so we may have the courage to discuss the hard but crucial issues dividing our nation. Civil discourse is the backbone of a functioning democratic society. Without it, no democratic state will survive. Rachel Mohs is a recent graduate of St. Mary’s University of Minnesota where she majored in political science with a double minor in sociology and theology.
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 748 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Independent School District No. 748, Sartell, Minnesota will take proposals on real property in the County of Stearns, State of Minnesota, and the property is approximately 42.56 acres. The legal description can be obtained along with a copy of the terms and conditions of purchase at the District office. The property can be viewed using the Stearns County Interactive Mapping system on its website, Parcel Number 90.55910.0020. The property is located on the Northern side of the Eastern portion of 11th Street SW, in the city of St. Stephen. The property is approximately one mile south of the intersection of County Roads 2 and 5. Quotations will be received until 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Interested persons should contact Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent, Independent School District No. 748, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell, Minn. 56377, to obtain copies of the terms and conditions of purchase. Publish Oct. 27, Nov. 3 and 10, 2017
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Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
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At left: Sartell Fire Marshall Butch Rieland (left) and Sartell Fire Chief Jim Sattler (right) get together with students in a lunch room to help celebrate National Food Services Week and the Farm to School Month in October. At right: School-lunch cooks Jodi Hennemann (left) and Carol Williamson clown around for a video later shown to students during National Food Services Week.
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from front page schools. Food Service and its staff go to great lengths to constantly innovate, encouraging students to try new, nutritious foods and combinations of them. It can become at times a perpetual balancing act between federal lunch requirements and foods prepared and served that students will truly enjoy. That is why the Food Service department strives to offer students a wide variety of foods, allowing them to pick and choose among nutritious – and delicious – offerings. The following is the Sartell-St.
Stephen Food Service mission: “We are committed to health through good nutrition by offering students delicious, high-quality, nutritious food choices with strong customer acceptability. By exposing them to a variety of different foods, students will learn there are no such things as ‘bad’ foods and that when used in moderation, any food can be incorporated into a healthy diet.”
Farm to School
For years, the Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s Food Service program has been contracting with area agricultural growers to provide locally grown, fresh foods to students at lunchtime. Known as the “Farm to
School” program, it’s catching on nationwide as a way to enhance quality nutrition through locally, freshly harvested products and to help sustain local and area food growers. The program has won wide support, and parent volunteers have helped in many ways, such as coming to Sartell schools to help shuck small mountains of fresh cornon-the-cob. Area participants in the Farm to School program for Sartell schools include such agricultural vendors as Collegeville Orchards (fresh apples); Baker’s Acres in Avon (snack peppers, grape tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, broccoli); and Riverside Farms and Ed Fields & Sons, St. Paul area (a Roasted Harvest-brand veggie blend).
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