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Headlines Salon gives Town Crier haircuts for homeless Volume 21, Issue 46 Est. 1995

Metro Bus revises holiday hours

Metro Bus Fixed Route and Dial-a-Ride will be closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. It will close early on Christmas Eve. Getting around in the winter requires extra planning for everyone. Riders should anticipate slight delays during poor weather conditions and times of high-traffic congestion, such as shopping at Crossroads Center between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and consider taking an earlier bus to keep themselves on time. Those who drive are reminded to yield to buses merging in traffic. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 25 Criers.

Catholic Charities in need of holiday donations

Catholic Charities Emergency Services is in need of donations for the holiday season. Their needs include the following: new toys, gift cards for teens, personal-care items, food-shelf donations, coats/boots for children, XL coats for men and women and new socks/underwear (all sizes).

Volunteers are needed throughout the year helping with the clothing and food program. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Nov. 25 Criers.

St. Croix Hospice seeks companionship volunteers

St. Croix Hospice is looking for volunteers to provide care and support through companionship. Companion volunteers do a variety of activities including reading, hand holding, card games and reminiscing. Within the companion volunteer role, St. Croix is looking for veterans to volunteer with veteran patients.

Certified Pet Therapy teams are also needed to assist in reducing physical and emotional pain, and reducing anxiety and the sense of isolation. St. Croix Hospice provides services throughout Central Minnesota, wherever our patients call home. We offer flexibility with scheduling, specialized training that will fit your schedule and volunteer interests, and provide an opportunity to learn new skills and expand your knowledge and experience. Our volunteers are an integral part of providing emotional support to St. Croix Hospice patients and their families. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 25 Criers.

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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

At least two dozen homeless people, including some children, enjoyed free haircuts, a buffet luncheon and gift bags Nov. 20, thanks to Tammy Zierden and her staff at Headlines Salon and Spa in Sartell.

The outpouring of kindness and generosity was a repeat of what Headlines did last year just before Thanksgiving – helping some of the homeless in the area and bringing attention to their plight, hoping others will extend helping hands, too.

Starting at noon Sunday, homeless people began arriving at the salon, brought there by volunteer drivers from the Place of Hope and the Salvation Army, both headquartered

in St. Cloud.

Zierden said when she opened shop Sunday, she was delighted to see boxes of donated goods, such as warm clothing, that people had brought and left outside the salon earlier that morning.

Zierden and her staff of five began cutting hair at noon and continued for several hours until all the cutting jobs were done, until all who wanted a haircut had been served. In the larger salon, there were lineups of sandwiches, hot food in slow cookers and a table filled with sweet bakery goods. After their haircuts, many of the recipients sat down to socialize and enjoy the food and treats.

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Wanda Patterson, a homeless woman staying temporarily in St. Cloud, gets a hair cut from Katie Haus at Headlines Salon and Spa in Sartell. Haus of Minneapolis is one of three daughters of Tammy Zierden, owner of the shop.

Sartell Chamber gives its four major awards

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

The Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce bestowed four prestigious awards during its annual honors banquet on Nov. 17 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course and Event Center, which was given Business of the Year honors that night.

Sonja Babich, director of sales

and marketing for Blackberry Ridge, hosted the well-attended banquet. Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll announced and presented the four awards.

“If you are here tonight, it’s because you care about our community, our businesses, our stability, our students and our future,” Nicoll told the audience.

“We are truly blessed to live in

Sartell girls swim, dive team competes at state

a community where neighbors give so generously of their time and talent to make a difference in the lives of others. Tonight, we are recognizing individuals and companies who have exemplified abundant character, integrity and community engagement.”

Those honored at the banquet were the following: • Business of the Year for 2016:

Local students named to honor choirs

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Sophomore Maddie Hedlund dives in over Kristin Martens in the 400 Free Relay. With Kouba and Ellis, the relay finished in sixth place. Congratulations to all who participated, particularly Senior Marena Kouba and junior Anna Ellis who took first and second in the 100 Backstroke.

Blackberry Ridge Golf Course and Event Center.

• Citizens of the Year: Randy and Tami Kruzel.

• Senior Volunteer Citizens of the Year: Roger and Jan Farley.

• Youth Volunteer of the Year: Logan Payne.

Payne is featured in this week’s Newsleader; the others will be featured in subsequent editions.

Several St. John’s Boys’ Choir Sartell Middle School students have recently been named to the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Honor Choir. The honor recognizes outstanding young Minnesota choral musicians.

These students include eighth-graders Dolan Binder, son of Annette and Harvey Binder, and Carter Trombley, son of Lisa and Greg Trombley; and seventh-graders Clayton Fuller, son of Peggy and Bruce Fuller, and Charlie Magnuson, son of Kimberly and Chris Magnuson.

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can audition through either the St. John’s Boys’ Choir or through the school they attend, if their teacher is a member of the ACDA. Fuller and Trombley auditioned through the Sartell Middle School, and Binder and Magnuson auditioned through the St. John’s Boys’ Choir.

The St. John’s Boys’ Choir students accepted to the ACDA choir are directed by Andrè Heywood, who is the artistic director.

Another Sartell Middle School student – eighth-grader Carter Vonderahe, son of Melinda and Adam Vonderahe – was also named to the ACDA honor choir, but he is not a member of the St. John’s Boys’ Choir.

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2 Anna M. Zakrajshek, 86 Sartell March 2, 1930-Nov. 21, 2016

Anna Marie Zakrajshek, 86, of Sartell, died Nov. 21, 2016 at Country Manor Health Care Center in Sartell. Her funeral will be held at noon Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell. The Rev. Timothy Baltes will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be two hours prior to the services Friday at the church in Sartell. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids.

Zakrajshek was born March 2, 1930 in St. Cloud to Herman and Anna (Martini) Rajkowski.

She grew up in Rice and grad-

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uated from St. Cloud Cathedral High School. She married Anthony Zakrajshek on April 21, 1951 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rice. Anna was a postal clerk at the Sartell, St. Cloud and Rice post offices for more than 30 years, and was also a cook and server at Anna’s Café in Rice. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and St. Monica’s Christian Mothers. She was also a member of Sartell American Legion Post #277 Auxiliary.

Anna was well known in Sartell and was known as the first lady of Sartell. She enjoyed quilting, was an excellent seamstress, and was an avid gardener and canner. She enjoyed baking and was famous for her apple pies and potica (Slovenian bread).

Anna was a devoted and faithful Christian. She was devoted to her family, and was a loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

Survivors include the following: her children, Karen (Tim)

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People McNeal of Sauk Rapids, Linda (Doug) Ploof of Little Falls, Joseph (Carrie) of St. Cloud, Michael (Sandy) of Sartell, Diane (John) Omann of Sartell and Roger (Michelle) of Ramsey; sister, Rita Teff of Foley; grandchildren, Amanda (Brad) Peterson, Molly Lind, Tony (Tara) McNeal, Julia Ploof, Annie Ploof, William Zakrajshek, Aly (Patrick) Geertsema, Eric, Corey and Morgan Zakrajshek, Robert Omann, Katie (Michael) McMahon, Kristine (Brendan) Cody and Logan Zakrajshek; and great-grandchildren, Darci, Wendi and Tobey Peterson, Karley and Emery Lind, Tyler and Jacob McNeal, Max and Broc Geertsema, Joseph and Maria McMahon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Anthony; sister, Vera Gibson; and brother, Tom Rajkowski.

Obituary, guestbook and video tribute available online: www.williamsdingmann.com.

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The Storm’n Sabres Junior Varsity girls’ hockey team moved to 2-0 record on the year with a win at Rogers. Libby Asper scored

twice and Madison Jennings once to lead Sartell/Sauk Rapids to a 3-1 win. Chloe Stockinger made 31 saves in goal for the victory.

LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF ST. STEPHEN TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING The St. Stephen City Council will review the proposed 2017 Budget at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 in the St. Stephen City Hall Council Chamber, 2 Sixth Ave. S.E., St. Stephen.

The public is welcome to attend

this public hearing. /s/ Cris Drais City of St. Stephen City Clerk Dated: Nov. 20, 2016 Publish: Nov. 25, 2016

CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Sartell will meet in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 6 p.m. or shortly thereafter on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, to consider the making of improvements on Fourth Avenue South between the north line of Heritage Drive and the south line of Fourth Street South by street, concrete curb and gutter, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, watermain, pedestrian facilities and appurtenant items pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§ 429.011 to 429.111. Assessments will be

levied against parcels abutting the proposed Fourth Avenue South improvement between Heritage Drive and Fourth Street South.

The estimated cost of the improvement is $4,123,000. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvement will be heard at this meeting.

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Choirs from front page This is Binder’s first time being named to the ACDA Honor Choir. He also plays guitar and French horn. It’s his sixth season with the St. John’s Boys’ Choir, and he sings in the Nova Voce ensemble, a group which Heywood said is for boys with changing or recently changed voices. His favorite memory is traveling with the choir to Ireland this past summer.

“The country is so green, and the people are very happy and friendly,” Binder said.

Fuller was also previously selected twice for the ACDA

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Children’s Honor Choir when he was in fifth and sixth grade.

He also plays piano. It’s his fifth season with the St. John’s Boys’ Choir, and he sings in the Concert Choir. He will join Nova Voce in January.

“While being in Boys’ Choir, I have learned to put myself out there more and not worry as much about what people think about me,” Fuller said.

Magnuson was also previously selected to the ACDA Children’s Honor Choir when he was in sixth grade. He also plays piano and percussion. It’s his fifth season with the St. John’s Boys’ Choir, and he sings in the Concert Choir, which Heywood said is the most advanced group for treble voices.

“In St. John’s Boys’ Choir, I have learned to be more responsible and how to sing with good technique,” Magnuson said.

Trombley was also previously selected to the ACDA Boys’ Honor Choir when he was in seventh grade. He also plays piano. This is his sixth season with the St. John’s Boys’ Choir.

He sings in the Concert Choir and will join Nova Voce in January. Trombley is part of this year’s leadership team.

“I have learned how to be a positive role model to other boys,” he said. “I’ve also learned how to show respect where I go.”

The ACDA offers six choirs, with about 2,300 children auditioning for 800 spots. If a child

is selected, he or she is required to memorize four or five pieces for the ACDA public performance.

The students learned their pieces during rehearsal and also practiced more at home.

Members of the St. John’s Boys’ Choir rehearse between four to 14 hours each week and perform at about 30 events each season.

The ACDA seventh- and eighth-grade Boys’ Honor Choir brings together about 120 of the state’s best singers in that age range. Boys are chosen from hundreds of auditions across the state.

Heywood said he has served as both a judge for the auditions and as a conductor of the Honor

3 Choir, so he knows the standard for selection is “extremely high.”

Other St. John’s Boys’ Choir members selected for the ACDA Honor Choir include: eighthgrader Jack Skahen, St. John’s Prep, son of Jennifer and Sean Skahen; eighth-grader Dean Rothstein, ROCORI Middle School, son of Lois and Marvin Rothstein; and seventh-grader Paul Heuer, Winsted Holy Trinity School in Lester Prairie, son of Sarah and Richard Heuer.

Heywood said these students are evidence there is great music and great teaching happening here in Central Minnesota.

This year’s ACDA public performance was held Nov. 19 at Choirs • back page

LEGAL NOTICE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OCT. 17, 2016 DISTRICT SERVICE CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Mary McCabe, director. Members present: Patrick Marushin, treasurer; Pam Raden, director; Jason Nies, director; Lesa Kramer, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent.

Members absent: Michelle Meyer, clerk/vice chair.

A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS: add to Resignations – Anna Lashinski; add to Personnel Omnibus Resolution – Steve Mackenthun, Zachary Miller, Jennifer Nelson, Jennifer Olson and April Winter. Unanimous consent. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Kramer to APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-C AS PRESENTED BELOW. a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on Sept. 19, 2016 Minutes of the board work session held on Oct. 6, 2016 b. Checks in the amount of $2,614,477.05 as presented: General Fund 2,199,030.19 Food Service Fund 177,903.79 Transportation Fund 71,423.03 Community Service Fund 34,692.04 Capital Expenditure Fund 111,690.51 Summer Rec Agency Fund 19,737.49 Check numbers 165328 to 165706 Receipts in the amount of $3,564,934.25 as presented: General Fund 3,143,730.75 Food Service Fund 208,698.98 Transportation Fund 1,861.00 Community Service Fund 82,943.04 Capital Expenditure Fund 1,729.79 Building Fund 50,964.42 Debt Service Fund 75,006.27 Receipts 42556 to 42675 Wire transfers in the amount of $8,816.41 as presented: General Fund 1,833.12 Food Service Fund 5,542.81 Community Service Fund 1,440.48 Wire transfers 201600021-201600026 Building Fund Checks in the amount of $186,931.50 as presented: Building Fund 186,931.50 Check numbers 600007 to 600007 c. Accept the resignation of Kristen Heinen, PME, student supervisor, effective 9/28/16; Jordan Olmscheid, SMS/SHS, phy ed/health teacher, effective 10/3/16; Anna Lashinski, DSC, part-time cleaner, effective 10/24/16; Vanessa Schreiner, SMS, student supervisor, effective 9/30/16.

Accept retirement of Richard Ritter, SHS, custodian, effective 1/11/17.

Student Representative Report: Tristan Nies, student representative • Student Representative Nies reported on the elementary schools’ walk-a-thons raising more than $27,000, upcoming middle school sixth-grade play, the 10th anniversary of the Veterans Day program, conferences and seventh- and eighth-grade activity night, and the high schools successful athletic teams, the theater’s performance of The Mouse that Roared, the successful Make-A-Wish fundraiser and recapped the Homecoming festivities.

Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Superintendent Schwiebert reported on attending a meeting with Michelle Meyer with the Sartell Senior Connection discussing the future plans of the group, staff conversations regarding the new city

community center and the new high school and being responsible users, the Stearns County Family Collaborative, the completion of the district audit, a meeting with Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud school districts in regards to winter weather and cancellations, and his role on a task force for the City of Sartell in regards to their development of industrial areas.

Architect Report on Building Process • Architects David Leapaldt and Scott Krenner updated the board on the building project.

Topics included were sharing the design statement and diagrams of the first and second levels of the new building.

Student Enrollment Report: • Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent, reported on current enrollment numbers showing a two-percent increase from last school year.

Koubsky, SHS, junior varsity boys basketball, $4,133 (10.5 percent) BS4 ($39,360), replacing Scott Hentges, 11/21/2016; Steve Mackenthun, SMS, eighth-grade girls basketball, $2,321 (6.35 percent) BS1 ($36,559), replacing Strey/ Templin, 10/24/2016; Zachary Miller, SMS, Jazz Band, $823 (2.25 percent) BS1 ($36,559), replacing Amy Schmidtbauer, 10/16/2016; Jennifer Nelson, PME, SPED para, $16.26/hour, RIV, S1, 6.25 hours/ day, new position, 10/13/2016; Jennifer Olson, SMS, fifth- and sixth-grade Academic Triathlon, $823 (2.25 percent) BS1 ($36,559), replacing Mackenzie Lecy, 11/1/2016; Eric Peckskamp, SHS, assistant boys golf, $2,687 (7.35 percent) BS1 ($36,559), replacing Brock Swanson, 3/20/2017; Becky Pomeroy SMS, student supervisor, $13.73/hour, R1, S1, 2.25 hours/ day, new position, 10/3/2016; Brennan Rath, SHS, assistant boys basketball, $3,937 (10.5 percent), BS2 ($37,496), replacing Sam Jarnot, 11/21/2016; Morgan St. Peter, PME, SPED para, $16.26/ hour, RIV, S1, 6.25 hours/day, replacing Julie Schnettler, 10/3/2016;

School Board Committee Report: • Patrick Marushin, school board treasurer, reported on the Special Education Advisory Com- Krista Sowada, Early Childhood, mittee first meeting of the child care attendant, $13.73/hour, R1, S1, 5.5 hours/day, replacschool year. ing Tammy Theisen, 10/3/2016; A motion was made by Nies and Rebecca Winburn, PME, SPED seconded by Raden to APPROVE para, $16.26/hour, RIV, S1, 6.25 hours/day, new position, #1-18: 10/3/2016; April Winter, SMS, fifth- and sixth-grade Knowledge New Employees/Changes: Bowl, $823 (2.25 percent), BS1 Samantha Deans, SHS, assis- ($36,559), replacing Mike Evetant speech, $1,645 (4.5 percent) slage, 10/3/2016.

BS1 ($36,559), replacing Lauren Stanislawski, 12/1/2016; Thomas Leaves of Absence: Ebnet, SHS, assistant Knowledge Bowl, $1,645 (4.5 percent) BS1 None. ($36,559), replacing Erica Nelson, 12/1/2016; Jordan Gieske, SMS, All in favor. Motion carried. junior high boys basketball, $2,321 Kramer abstained.

(6.35 percent) BS1 ($36,559), replacing Brennan Rath, 1/3/2017; A motion was made by Nies and Kyle Grote, SHS, ninth-grade boys seconded by Marushin to APbasketball, $3,053 (8.35 percent) PROVE FUNDRAISERS FOR BS1 ($36,559), replacing Nick BASEBALL AND THE SPANKoubsky, 11/21/2016; Sam Jarnot, ISH CLUB. All in favor. Motion SHS, assistance boys basketball carried. (outside funded), $4,329 (10.5 percent) BS6 ($41,228), new position, A motion was made by Kramer and seconded by Marushin to 11/21/2016; APPROVE THE MINNESOTA Mafoule Kenyon, ORE, SPED para, HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE CON$16.26/hour, RIV, S1, 6.25 hours/ STITUTION CHANGE. All in faday, new position, 9/23/2016; Nick vor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE ANNUAL MSHSL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAUK RAPIDS-RICE AND SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR GIRLS HOCKEY. All in favor. Motion carried.

Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings: • Board Work Session – Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the District Service Center • Policy Committee Meeting – Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. at the District Service Center • Finance Committee Meeting – Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. at the District Service Center The Board took a five-minute recess at 7:32 p.m. The meeting resumed at 7:34 p.m.

Director McCabe entertained a motion to close the meeting pursuant to Minnesota Statue Section 13D.05 Subd. 2(b) to consider concerns related to an employee. Motion made by Nies and seconded by Kramer TO CLOSE THE MEETING AT 7:35 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Marushin to REOPEN THE MEETING AT 7:36 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried.

Board Member Marushin introduced the resolution and moved its adoption to release Tammy Theisen, an employee of Independent School District No. 748.

The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Board Member Nies, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Raden, Kramer, McCabe, Nies and Marushin and the following voted against the same: None Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.

A motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:38 p.m. was made by Marushin and seconded by Raden. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Pat Marushin, interim clerk Publish: Nov. 25, 2016

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Left: After a refreshing haircut and shampoo, Marty Taimanglo strums a song on his ukelele.

Taimanglo hails from Oahu, Hawaii and is temporarily homeless, staying for now in St. Cloud. Right: Megan Hiemenz of Rice gives haircut recipient Tami Bash two gift bags as Amy Revier does the haircutting. Bash is homeless, staying in St. Cloud, until she and her boyfriend, a U.S. Navy veteran, can move to Nashville where they hope to buy a home.

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it again,” said Zierden, owner-operator of Headlines. “We had lots of people helping, including some of my family members.”

Last year, 30 people who were homeless availed themselves of the free haircuts.

Those who received haircuts, a warm welcome and the delicious dinner expressed their gratitude and thanks the owner and staff of Headlines Salon and Spa were so kind and thoughtful.

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Payne praised as Youth Volunteer of Year

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

For the first time, a high-school student was recognized by the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce in one of its four award categories at the chamber’s Nov. 17 annual awards banquet.

Logan Payne of Sartell, a highschool senior, was honored as Youth Volunteer of the Year. He was nominated by the pastor of his church, The Waters Church, for being “an amazing young man with an equally amazing young heart.”

At the banquet, Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll presented Payne with his award.

Multi-talented and energetic,

Payne has volunteered his time in a wide variety of good causes. In 2014, he earned his Eagle Scout award by cleaning and beautifying Pine Ridge Golf Course and tidying up the course’s pond-holding area.

He is also extremely active in his church.

At age 12, he learned to play guitar for the church and ran the church’s sound board for the Youth Worship Team. He plays guitar for the weekend Adult Worship Team. He also represented his church most recently during a mission trip to El Salvador, from which he returned just two weeks ago.

In school, Payne is superb in the band, playing first-chair trum-

pet. He also volunteers to play trumpet at the Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park in Sartell.

His Scouting peers voted him to be a member of the Order of the Arrow, which is an honor society for Scouts. He serves as treasurer of the Order. Just this past October, Payne was given the highest honor attainable in Scouting, a member of the Vigil Honor.

Payne’s achievements personify the chamber’s criteria for its new Youth Volunteer Award – someone serving as a mentor, a leader and an inspiration to others.

See next week’s edition for features on the other category win- contributed photo ners who received awards at the Logan Payne, high-school senior, is the recipient of the Chamber’s annual banquet. first ever Sartell Youth Volunteer of the Year award.

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Our View

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Opinion

Are tweets the new gospel truths?

Triple Aim could be a win-win-win for all

Hats off to CentraCare Health’s initiative dubbed Triple Aim, an effort to help people in central Minnesota become healthier by choosing wiser day-today lifestyles.

The cost of health care, no matter which system of insurance evolves, is going to become astronomically expensive, even more than it is now. As the huge number of baby boomers age, those costs will rapidly accelerate. It’s a frightening prospect.

The good news is if we start improving our health now, the medical care needed will be less, saving costs, saving lives.

The Triple Aim has three components: improving the health of people in the area, improving experiences of patients and lowering the costs of health care.

In a recent “Report to the Community,” CentraCare President and CEO Dr. Ken Holmen outlined Triple Aim. CentraCare will join with other area health-care organizations to promote well-being for one and all.

One such program, a CentraCare program, is “Better Living, Exercise and Nutrition Daily,” dubbed BLEND. The original goal of BLEND was to reduce child-obesity rates by 10 percent within 10 years.

It achieved that goal, among other goals, in only eight years. BLEND encourages healthy nutrition, exercise, tobacco cessation and other good habits that bring about overall good outcomes.

Triple Aim will involve all people in cities and rural areas of central Minnesota, including schools, churches, teachers, political leaders, businesses and organizations. All of those entities and people have enormous power to influence others for the better, and that includes health choices on a day-to-day basis.

CentraCare, a non-profit, invests lots of money in programs to promote health. It also works hard to initiate cost-saving methods in health care, as well as programs to enhance the doctor-patient relationship, which is another way to enhance and reinforce healthy lifestyles.

Bad nutrition, lack of exercise, too much indulgence in alcohol or tobacco are virtual recipes for health problems. Naturally, as people develop health problems because of those bad choices, that translates into earlier and more severe onsets of diseases and other health crises. Those, in turn, cause higher and higher costs for health care, and ultimately all of us share in paying those costs, many of which are passed on in one way or another.

That is why Triple Aim is such good “medicine,” so to speak. Hopefully, the initiative will raise awareness (the all-important first step), and then people can begin a step at a time to act upon that awareness by eating less and more nutritiously, by starting an exercise regimen even if it’s only brisk walks in the neighborhood, by getting enough sleep and by getting regular medical check-ups to nip problems in the bud before they morph into major (and expensive-to-treat) problems.

The beauty of it is this: improved lifestyles lead to healthier and happier people, and together (healthier, happier) we can achieve a better, more functional society while saving enormous expenditures on health care. Triple Aim could be a winwin-win for all of us. Three cheers for Triple Aim.

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

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Fake news stories multiplied like rabbits during the presidential campaign.

We are inundated with big doses of false information and fake news on the Internet and Facebook. And I do not mean opinion pieces; I mean fabricated news stories – the kinds of “news” based not on facts but on the wild vagaries of the writers’ mischievous or malicious imaginations.

Fake news is nothing new. Supermarket tabloids have long been the granddaddies of fake news. We can all recall seeing their loud lunatic headlines while waiting in check-out lines: Aliens Land on White House Lawn, Enjoy Pancake Breakfast with President!

Just the other day, while writing a news story about Trump’s victory, I Googled this question: “How many electoral votes did Trump win?” The first “news” story that popped up was one claiming Trump had won the electoral votes and the popular votes. It didn’t seem on the level, so I checked news sources online and several newspapers. That “news” story, as I suspected, was fake, even though it “looked” real.

Here are just some recent headlines of fake “news” stories: • President Obama signs executive order banning the sale of assault weapons.

• Coca-Cola recalls Dasani waters after clear parasite worm was found in bottles across U.S. • Trump wins the presidency and Ford shifts truck production from Mexico to Ohio!

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just announced he and others are developing ways to keep fake stories off of Facebook.

Good luck. The sheer extent of junk and hoaxes on the Internet these days will make the task virtually impossible.

Dennis Dalman Editor Why do people put such hoaxes online?

Some, I suppose, like to play tricks on the gullible. Many make money by pumping out fake stories with ads to cyber surfers.

Others invent bogus news to smear their opponents, and still others create false stories just because they can.

Years ago, we all had three or four TV stations, a hometown newspaper and maybe access to a metro paper. We tuned in every evening to watch our trusty news anchors, like Walter Cronkite, tell us what happened in the world that day. We were more or less on the same page.

When cable TV, news and information options proliferated, with ‘round the clock access to a variety of “takes” on a news event and multiple reactions, it was, mostly, a good broadening of news sources and informational access.

Along came the Internet, which was supposed to open up a Brand New World of information and news at our fingertips.

And that it did, in aces and spades. But along with the good came the bad: a barrage of junk, dumb trivia, misinformation, hoaxes, fake news stories and just plain crap.

Facebook arrived. It personalized everything, to the point that like-minded people share not just minutiae from their lives but also information and news copiedand-pasted from other sites. Some do not care if the “news” is true or not, as long as it agrees with their political-emotional

mindsets or as long as it’s “entertaining,” such as “Hillary is an android disguised as a human in pants suits” or “Trump has brain damage due to early fall from crib.”

Facebook feeds information to its customers based on user patterns – what each person likes to see and read. That can create a cocoon-like insularity in some users, especially those who do not read books or newspapers, or who do not view other sources of information on a regular basis.

And it’s no wonder, considering the attacks against “establishment” media by – for example – power brokers like Donald Trump who claimed like an angry child in a tantrum that the media were “rigging” the election against him, the election he later won, thanks to months of free media coverage. Go figure.

Media-bashing has led to a deep distrust of news organizations, to the point where many will believe anything, just as long as it’s not in the “elite” media. So they seek out or stumble upon alternative information sources, and in some cases, the more outlandish the “news” claims, the more they believe them, to the point where, “If it’s on my iPad but not in the lamestream media, then it must be true.” It’s all too much like Narcissus in love with his own image reflected in a pond – a fatal insularity.

You will often hear some people say, “I never believe anything I read in a newspaper,” but those same people will believe just about anything and everything they see or read online. Tweets are the new gospel truths. Don’t try to change the tweeters’ minds.

What’s long overdue is a renewed dedication to social-media literacy, not to mention social-media courtesy. For starters, people might want to check out “How to Spot Fake News” on www.factcheck.org.

Reading to others – the antidote to loneliness They don’t ask for much – just a good story now and then. Sometimes, a lot of the time, they may not be able to ask, but you can see it in their eyes. Tired eyes that are saying “I can’t make out the words anymore.” Proud eyes that hate to say, “I’ve had a stroke. I can’t hold a book in my hands.” Quiet eyes that are asking, “Could you take a minute and read me a story?”

Usually a love story that might take them back to a time when they were young and in love as only the young can love.

Helen closes her eyes when I read, perhaps to keep me from reading something in them that is for her eyes only. But she cannot hide the smile that dances across her face. She can not hide the way her hands, folded over her chest, sway back and forth to a melody of memories only she can hear.

Rebecca asks me to change the names in every story to Rebecca and Franklin.

She does not close her eyes when I read.

She stares, beyond the room, beyond the walls, beyond the building – beyond time itself, into a world where a man named Franklin and a woman named Rebecca lived and loved and promised a forever to each other.

John likes me to read to him. Most men don’t but John does. I think it’s because every woman in every story is, in John’s mind, a woman whose heart he once won.

He doesn’t say it but ….

I used to wonder if the seniors I read to considered me a time thief, stealing a little of what little they might have left. But no.

I have learned that reading to someone is the antidote to loneliness. It’s like giving and getting a hug when we need it most.

A good story is a good escape.

A good safe place to hide.

From a step that isn’t quite as strong as it once was, from eyes a little dimmer than just the other day, from a mind not quite as sharp.

A good story can turn today into yesterday, when loneliness was absent, love and respect ever present. A good story is, indeed, a good escape from, as Shakespeare wrote, “second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

My grandmother was considered forever lost to Alzheimer’s. The last time I saw her, her eyes were closed. No, they were crushed shut. Her fists were clenched so tightly around her Bible I could almost see the blood draining from her veins and she was tap, tap, tapping her feet, faster and faster until the tapping became an angry stomping. She was digging into her mind, trying to remember someone, something, anyone, anything, but the deeper she dug the further down she fell into the abyss that was once a well of golden memories.

Every memory that had been tucked away for safekeeping, every moment of love and hope, every dream, every victory, every loss, every moment worth saving – no longer accessible.

I removed the Bible from her grip then sat on the floor and started reading. Before long her hands relaxed, she stopped stomping her feet and the only sound

in the room was the sound of my voice.

I read to her for about an hour. Finally, sadly, I kissed her goodbye. My hand was on the doorknob when she called to me.

“Billy? Is that you?”

I turned. Saw the recognition in her eyes.

“We had some times, didn’t we, Billy?”

That was all. As quickly as it had come, the light went from her eyes and she was gone again.

Don’t be afraid to read to someone considered forever lost to Alzheimer’s. You might just find yourself in the middle of a miracle.

Gwenna is 93 in our world.

In hers, she is somewhere between seven and eight and what somewhere between seven- and eight-year-old doesn’t like a bedtime story? Gwenna prefers stories about angels. One night, long after the bedtime story had lulled her to sleep, Gwenna woke, saw me sitting at her bedside, book of stories still on my lap and asked, “Are you my guardian angel?”

“Yes, darlin’, I am.”

“And you have a book.”

“And I have a book.”

“I like that.”

Carry a book of stories with you. Read to someone who can no longer read for himself or herself.

A good story will lift your old friends from a life as empty as a weed-ridden patch of dirt into the Garden of Eden.

William McDonald is an Emmy Awardwinning writer and published author who, for more than 30 years, specialized in emotional communication in the broadcast industry. For several more years, he was a caregiver in assisted-living homes, memory-care homes and private homes. He writes full time from his home in Colorado.

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com

Friday, Nov. 25, 2016

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.

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Christmas on the Home Front, 5-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

Friday, Nov. 25 Benton County Historical Society, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.

Hike at Quarry Park, 1-2 p.m., Quarry Park and Nature Preserve, 1802 Stearns CR 137, Waite Park. 320-2556172. parkinfo@co.stearns.mn.us.

Christmas on the Home Front, 1-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Christmas on the Home Front, 5-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

Saturday, Nov. 26 Holiday Art Crawl, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Bruno Press, Bad Habit Brewing Co., Local Blend, Minnesota Street Market, St. Joseph.

Christmas on the Home Front, 1-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

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Monday, Nov. 28 Benton County Historical Society, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.

Christmas on the Home Front, 5-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

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Christmas on the Home Front, 5-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. 320616-5421.

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

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Saturday, Dec. 3 Brass Day, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Stewart Hall, St. Cloud State University.

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Choirs from page 3 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi.

Upcoming concerts for the St. John’s Boys’ Choir include the following: “Christmas at St. John’s” concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at St. John’s University and “A Ceremony of Carols” concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown St. Cloud.

Two Sartell Middle School girls were also named to the ACDA seventh- and eighth-grade Honor Choir. They are eighthgraders Emma Lathe, daughter of Garrett and Holly Lathe; and Grace Radeke, daughter of Kate and Paul Radeke.

The selection of the ACDA Girls’ Honor Choir is the same process as the Boys’ Honor Choir. The audition for 800 spots includes both girls and boys.

Radeke previously participated in Honor Choir in sixth grade. She plays the piano, ukulele and clarinet. This is Radeke’s fifth year with the Cantabile Girls’ Choir. She is also active with GREAT Theatre, Sartell Middle School Theatre and performed in the Wirth Center’s School of Rock.

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com “It is an honor to be selected to sing with the top vocal musicians in the state,” Radeke said. “I have connected with musicians from other schools through choral and theatrical programs, and I love being able to sing on the same stage with them.”

This is Lathe’s fifth year singing with the Cantabile Girls’ Choir. She said being in the Honor Choir can be challenging.

“It was both fun and challenging,” Lathe said. “Singing in different languages and learning that much music was worth all the work. The concert was energetic and the audience loved it.”

Lathe’s mother is the elementary music teacher at Pine Meadow Elementary School in Sartell, and her father is the director of the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota. Her mother also directed the Cantabile Girls’ Choir program for two years.

Both girls also sing in the St. Cloud State University Cantabile Girls’ Choir and upcoming concerts include: “A Mosaic of Joy” (with the Great River Chorale) concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 in St. Mary’s Cathedral, and “A Mosaic of Joy” (with the Great River Chorale) at 4 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in southeast St. Cloud.

To view photos of the singers, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on this week’s icons.

Friday, Nov. 25, 2016

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