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TWIN CITIES | THE SPIRIT OF GIVING NEWMAN STUDENTS HELP WITH SPECIAL DELIVERIES
Ready to graduate to Phase 2 First phase of school trails project nearly done; second part will begin next summer BY PAM EGGEMEIER peggemeier@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5570 @pam_eggemeier
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Newman students Mary Jensen (from left), Mady Ferris, Terissa Brininger and Madalyn Wilson load a Thanksgiving meal into a car Tuesday morning in the Sterling Township office’s parking lot during the Sterling and Coloma townships’ annual Thanksgiving meal giveaway. This year, 992 meals, including turkeys, milk, pumpkin pie, bread and vegetables, went to Sterling and Rock Falls families in need.
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Come check out our pad Homeless shelter officials urge local clergy to come see what they have to offer BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 CHeimerman_SVM
STERLING – Local clergy whose churches are not yet involved with Twin Cities PADS’ mission are invited to take a peek behind the curtain – or more accurately, behind the secure entryway. The local shelter will host its second annual pastors breakfast at 9 a.m. Dec. 1. Clergy are invited to come bless the shelter, have some doughnuts and see what makes the shelter a place that’s as safe as it is homey. Smack dab in the middle of the main room is one of the shelter’s most recent additions and a timely holiday gift: a brand-new leather couch and recliner set donated anonymously. “It gives a nice home look and feel,” Executive Director Myles Newberry. “We’ve got one guy who probably didn’t leave that recliner last night. He sat there all night watching The History Channel after he got his chores done.” SHELTER continued on A44
STERLING – Winter weather has arrived, but there is still plenty of construction going on at the Sterling Park District. The district is close to completing the first phase of its grant-funded school trails project. Two grants were received for the project, in 2009 and 2012, totaling $578,000 from the federal Safe Routes to School program. The trail is to extend from the corner of Sixth Avenue and Lynn Boulevard to Franklin Elementary School, and then from Lynn to Challand Middle School. Project delays led to a decision to split the project into two parts, so the workers wouldn’t be in the way during the school year. “Most of the asphalt is laid, and we should wrap up this year’s work this week or next,” Park District Executive Director Larry Schuldt said. The park board dealt with a small glitch in the project at its Nov. 21 meeting. An easement agreement for the trail that had been drawn up with Franklin Elementary School will be terminated. “We just needed to move the direction of the trail a little bit near the school, because they want to eventually extend the parking lot going west,” Schuldt said. The park district is saving money on other projects because Thomas Park is on the trail’s path. To comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, the park district had to build a new bridge over the creek at the park. Some work at the park’s playground, tennis, and basketball courts was also added to the trails to-do list. “This allowed us to get about $75,000 worth of work done at the park for about $35,000,” Schuldt said. TRAILS continued on A44
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Myles Newberry, executive director of the Twin Cities PADS shelter, talks about the donation of a new couch and recliner the shelter received from an anonymous donor. The shelter will host its second annual pastors breakfast Dec. 1, in the hopes of bolstering its volunteer base.
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Read this story at saukvalley.com to hear what a brand new leather couch has done for Twin Cities PADS.
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Looking for a new main squeeze? One’s coming to Sterling, and it will offer healthy drinks and ‘snacky things’ BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10
STERLING – A couple whose passion for decades has been helping the community find health, happiness and balance through nutrition have found a new, tasty way to spread the love.
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Veronica and Paul Machnicki, of Sterling, who with their daughters, have operated Health and Nutrition Plus since about 1996, are opening Main Squeeze, a juice, smoothie and coffee shop next to the Subway at 2501 E. Lincolnway. In addition to lattés, espressos, hot and cold teas and fresh fruit drinks, Main Squeeze will serve fresh-baked
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breads, healthy pastries, cheeses and other “snacky things,” Veronica said. Best of all: The smoothies and juices can be customized for each customer. Feeling a little low on energy? Got a cold coming on? Trying to detox? The Machnickis, proponents of alternative ways to ward off illness, have a recipe for that.
Start the presses ... early!
Because today’s edition is as stuffed as a Butterball with Black Friday inserts, we wrapped things up early to give our hardworking crew plenty of time to crank up the presses and get all the sales fliers into today’s edition. That means coverage of Tuesday-night events, and some lottery numbers, won’t make it into today’s paper. As always, you can check in at saukvalley.com for news updates, and we’ll catch up on all the news that’s fit to print in Friday’s editions. Our offices will be closed, and we won’t publish Thursday. Normal office hours and publishing will resume Friday. So, when you’re done digging in to your holiday feast, feast your eyes on the fliers in today’s paper, make your list (check it twice!), map out your Black Friday strategy – and have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
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