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SartellNewsleaderWinter Farmers Market sets Eggstravaganza

Its an Eggstravaganza at the St. Joseph Winter Farmers Market from 3-6 p.m. Friday, March 22 in the fellowship hall of Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 C.R. 2 N., St. Joseph. Activities will include free egg decorating for children, live music by Ordinary Folk, food samples and recipes, and the RLC youth group returns with their homemade soup. There will be goods available from area grow-ers including eggs, artisan bread, meats, preserved goods, honey, sunflower oil and more.

Maple Syrup festsset March 16, April 6

Maple syrup season is a cel-ebration that gives true meaning to the phrase Home, sweet home. If youre looking for a family event to give you a sweet taste of home, join St. Johns Arboretum for the annual Maple Syrup Festivals from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and April 6, at St. Johns Abbey and University. Registration will be near St. Johns Prep School. Ad-vanced registration is the Friday before each date. Call 320-363-3163 or visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.

Seminar March 18 tacklesbankruptcy, credit issues

A community-education semi-nar on bankruptcy and credit is-sues, sponsored by the Volunteer Attorney Program for Central Min-nesota Legal Services in St. Cloud, will be held from 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, March 18 at the Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud.

McKnight Foundationseeks nominations

The McKnight Foundation in-vites nominations for its 16th Distinguished Artist Award, in recognition of individual artists with enduring and exceptional careers. Nominations for the $50,000 award must be received by March 31.

The award honors one art-ist each year for having made a substantial impact on the arts in Minnesota over a lifetime. A panel representing a variety of artistic disciplines considers first and foremost the quality of nomi-nated artists work. Other consid-erations include the artists com-mitment to his or her field, and ways the artist has enriched life for audiences and the community. Send your nomination via email to Kristen Marx, arts program ad-ministrator, at [email protected]. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.

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This photo won Lydia Anderson the top prize in a national photo contest sponsored by the Boys and Girls Club.

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Lydia Andersons parents had to play hush-hush around her for weeks and keep their lips zipped to make sure they wouldnt spill the beans.

What they knew but Lydia didnt is that she had won first place in the national Im-age Maker Photo Contest spon-sored by the local Boys and Girls Club and its Kidstop programs. Her parents, Jason and Gina of St. Joseph, had to keep it a se-cret so Lydia would be surprised at a special presentation Feb. 28 at the Food Court in Crossroads Center. And surprised she was! She was very pleased and hon-ored to get such an award.

Lydia is a fifth-grader at Sar-tell Middle School.

What is unusual and remark-able is that last year Lydias brother, Lance, also won first place in the same national photo contest, when he was a second-grader at Pine Meadow Elemen-tary School. One day, Lance was stunned to speechlessness when


Longtime archer Doug Krebs of Sartell hit a bullseye without even trying when he was named Volunteer Coach of the Year recently by the USA Archery organization, based in Colorado Springs, Colo.

He didnt expect the honor.I was surprised, he said. I

found out about it through our head coach, Linda Beck. Then, I received the recognition formally a couple days later at our JOAD club meeting.

JOAD stands for Junior Olym-pics Archery Development, a central Minnesota club based in Sauk Rapids and a member of USA Archery.

Beck, of Maple Lake, was also honored as Coach of the Year in the developmental category. She has been a personal coach for two fine, award-winning ar-chers from Sartell, Adam Wruck and Corey Muellenbach. The third Coach of the Year, in the national category, is Mel Nich-ols of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Krebs, in his award citation, was cited for his many hours of serving as a volunteer coach for JOAD members. Krebs is a pro-duction supervisor for Woodcraft Industries in St. Cloud.

Doug is really good at find-

ing what needs to be fixed in my archery form and then explain-ing it to me in a way that I can understand it, said Kenny Cru-ze, 12, of Sartell, who had been coached by Krebs. He is always positive and encouraging in his instruction to me and the rest of the archers. He is very patient and I respect him as my coach.

Krebs and his daughter, Han-nah, are dedicated archers. Even though Krebs has love shooting arrows ever since he was 8 years old, he became very serious about the sport in 2007 when daughter Hannah, then 12, took up archery as a hobby.

Hannah was introduced to archery at a Girl Scout camp and instantly took a liking to it, so much so that now she and her father take part in all kinds of competitions far and wide, and they also go bow deer-hunting together. Hannah, now 17, is a senior at Sartell High School.

Both are members of Granite City Junior Olympics Archery Development in Sauk Rapids, and that is where Krebs has done volunteer assistant coaching for six years. There are about two dozen active members in the Sauk Rapids JOAD. His students come from all over central Min-nesota.

Just last week, Krebs and

USA Archery names Krebs as Coach of Yearcontributed photo

Hannah Krebs, a senior at Sartell High School, takes aim at a target 20 yards away at the Voyageurs Cup tournament last week. Her father, Doug, (inset) has been her trusty coach for six years.

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The Sartell Peewee As were the South Region Tournament Champions earning a trip to the Minnesota State Peewee A Tournament to be held March 15-17 in Faribault, Minn. Sartell beat the St. Cloud Black team 4-0; Owatonna 4-0; and Luverne 3-0. Players include: (front row, left to right) Maddux Hagy and Cole Bright; (middle row) Jason Sjogren, Eric Minnerath, Garrett Freeman, Trevor Dummer, Jack Hennemann, Cameron Cromwell and Dylan Michaud; and (back row) Johnny Kirchner, Luke Schmidt, Connor Kahltoff, Michael Ramseth, Nathan Warner and Luke Spanier.

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Sixth-graders (from left to right) Jacob Miller, Tina Chen, Elizabeth Ruder, Cindy Zhang and Patrick Stalboerger, all students at Sartell Middle School, participated March 8 in the regional Math Masters of Minnesota Challenge at Sauk Rapids Middle School. The team coach is Carly Larson. Five students competed individually and as teams on eight sets of math-ematical problems in this competition. In the individual round Cindy Zhang placed first; Elizabeth Ruder second; and Tina Chen, Patrick Stalboerger and Jacob Miller placed third. Math Masters is designed to promote excellence in critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities as well as provide recogni-tion to students for academic effort and achievement.

If any readers have tips concern-ing crimes, they should call the Sar-tell Police Department at 251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 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.

Feb. 27 10:02 a.m. Traffic stop. Riverside

Avenue S. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 46 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The driver stated he was not aware of his speed. He was issued a citation and released.

10:17 a.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue S. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 47 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The driver was aware of her speed. She was issued a citation and released.

12:10 p.m. Traffic stop. 19th Av-enue S. A vehicle was witnessed trav-eling 54 mph in a posted 40-mph zone. The driver stated she was not aware of her speed. She was issued a citation and released.

Feb. 28 5:50 p.m. Traffic stop. Riverside

Avenue N. A vehicle was witnessed passing numerous vehicles at a high rate of speed in a posted No Passing Zone. The driver admitted to passing the vehicles and not having any proof of insurance. He was issued citations for both violations and released.

6:55 p.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue N. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 40 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The driver stated she was not aware of her speed. She was issued a citation and released.

10:14 p.m. Traffic stop. 2nd Street S. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 40 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The

driver stated she was aware of her speed. She was issued a citation and released.

March 1 9:49 a.m. Traffic stop. 2nd Street

S. After checking a vehicles regis-tration, it was found the registered owners license was revoked. The driver admitted to knowing his li-cense was revoked. He was issued a citation and the licensed passenger drove the vehicle.

3:17 p.m. Traffic stop. 1st Street NE. A vehicle was witnessed display-ing expired tabs. The driver stated he was unaware the tabs needed to be re-placed. The driver could not provide any proof of insurance. A citation was issued for both violations and he was released.

5:57 p.m. Traffic stop. 1st Street NE. After checking a vehicles reg-istration, it was found the registered owners license was revoked. The driver admitted to knowing his li-cense was revoked and he had re-ceived a citation earlier in the day for the same offense. The vehicle was parked and the driver was issued another citation and released.

March 2 6:18 p.m. Stalled vehicle. Hwy.

15. An occupied vehicle was stalled on the side of the road. The driver stated she was waiting on Andys Towing. Officers remained and pro-vided safety lights until the vehicle was removed.

8:28 p.m. Theft. Walmart. A male was witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. The male admitted to switching the tags. He was issued a citation and released.

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Sartell Bantam A recently played in the VFW Regions at the MAC and won the championship. Team members are the following: (front row, left to right) Graham Lorsung, Dillion Blommer, Logan Brookins, Matt Partch, Alec Adelman and Cole Nelson; (back row) Matt Michaud, Keenen Lund, Tommy Pinkerton, Matt Moran, Jordan Roller, Isaac Dammen, John Schmidt, Will Mc-Cabe and Jared Freeman. Not pictured: Spencer Meier. They will play back-to-back state tour-naments March 15 in Buffalo for Bantam A State Tournament and March 22 n the VFW State Tournament in White Bear Lake. This may be the first time in Sartell Youth Hockey Association history where a team at Bantam A level plays back- to-back state tournaments. The champion-ship game in VFW was a shutout over the St. Cloud Bantam AA team, 8-0. Coaches are John Swanson, head coach; Al Dedomonices, assistant coach; and Pete Weitz, lineup.

Taylor Welle, Sartell, has been accepted to and has chosen to at-tend the University of Minnesota, Morris. Welle, a 2013 graduate of Becker High School will attend Morris beginning fall 2013. He is

the recipient of an achievement scholarship, which is based on academic accomplishments and is renewable up to four years.

Two Sartell students recently

graduated from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul.

They are the following: Olayi-wola Adetunji and Kevin Xie, Both received masters degrees in healthcare.

SMS students compete in regional Math Masters PeeWees, Bantams to play in state hockey meets

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Come early summer, Fido and Fifi just might be yip-yip-yipping for joy when they discover they have their very own park in Sartell.

The Sartell City Council has as one of its goals for this year the construction of a dog park within Pinecone Central Park in Sartell.

But, first things first, Sartell residents are needed to serve on a Dog Park Committee. There is no limit to the number of people who can serve on the committee. Its members will come up with what kinds of amenities should be within the park, as well as fundraising plans to make those amenities happen. Anyone inter-ested should contact the Sartell Planning Department at 320-258-7306 or email [email protected]. People may also just show up for a public meeting slated for

6-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at Sartell City Hall.

At its March 11 meeting, the Sartell City Council endorsed the idea for a dog park. Council members agreed its possible the city could chip in as much as $10,000 to get the project started. There are hopes that commit-tee members will come up with ideas for raising funds, possibly with the help of establishing a fund with the Central Minne-sota Community Foundation or the Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation.

A dog park is a safe, bounded area where dogs and their own-ers can exercise and play togeth-er in a beautiful natural settting. The one in Sartell, for instance, could be a fenced-in area with benches, walking trails, a water source, waste-disposal stations and a landscape that could in-clude lots of grass, bushes, trees and who knows? maybe even

a look-alike fire hydrant or two.The specific amenities of the

Pinecone Central Dog Park will be considered by the members of the Dog Park Committee. The committee will also decide which rules of behavior for both pets and people should govern the park and which rules should be clearly posted for the benefit of all.

The citys park commission, planning director and public-works director will serve as sounding boards for fundraising efforts and act as facilitators in the review of plans and moving those plans through the review process.

A tentative time frame has been established by Sartell De-veloper and Planner Anita Ras-mussen. Committee members ideas would be reviewed by the planning commission in late April. The council would consid-er those ideas in early May. The

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teachers led him into a gymna-sium filled with students who burst out clapping and cheering. The students had been tipped off earlier for the sake of the sur-prise. They cheered again when Lance learned shortly after en-tering the gymnasium that hed won first place for his photo of two entwined trees he took during a family trip to Ontario, Canada.

Lydia entered her winning photo last year, but because of some confusion about entrants in the national contest, it took a long time for the results to be

announced to parents.For her category, Lydia chose

essay-photo, which required her to write a short essay on the theme of My Future Looks Bright and to submit, along with the essay, a photo that evokes that theme.

For her photo, Lydia submit-ted one she took in the summer of 2011 while sitting in an apple tree at the Willmar home of grandparents Gene and Gloria Hippe. On that summer day, Lydia noticed her shadow was on the ground beneath the apple tree. She arranged herself so that one of her shadow hands on the ground looked as if it was just about to pick an apple. Then, using one hand, she snapped the photo, showing part of the tree

branches and the shadow hand ready to pluck the apple.

In her essay, Lydia stated the apple symbolizes her happy fu-ture while the shadow evokes the uncertainty of life on her way to her goal. She concluded her essay with confidence that despite uncertainties she is de-termined to reach that goal.

Besides her enjoyment of pho-tography, Lydia also likes art, soccer and running. A newer hobby is her learning how to hunt with her father.

Lydias parents and her broth-er are all proud of her first-place honor.

Oh, my goodness, said her mother. She was very creative in how she designed and set up that photo before she took it.

Hannah returned from the three-day Voyageurs Cup tournament near Princeton. For other tour-naments, theyve traveled as far as Iowa, Ohio and even Sacra-mento, Calif.

At the Voyageurs Cup event, Krebs placed 87th out of 100 archers, which doesnt sound too impressive until Krebs says

how happy he was, placing 87th while competing among the top archers in the world. Hannah placed 13th of 27 in the junior division.

At one time, Krebs took first place in the Minnesota State Ar-chery Association tournament. Hannah has won first in a num-ber of tournaments.

I love archery because, in a sense, its really an individual competition in which youre re-ally competing with yourself, Krebs said. Youre always trying

to improve. And on top of that, you meet a lot of friends and the camaraderie is just great.

When asked how many bulls-eyes hes hit in his years of ar-chery, Krebs paused.

Oh, lets see, it would be thousands, he said, pausing, mentally calculating, remember-ing. Oh, yeah, tens of thou-sands. Easily.

And many of those bullseyes, incidentally, were the size of a dime on a target 20 yards away.

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actual park could be constructed sometime in May or June, if city expenditures (up to $10,000) are within budget. Private fund-raising could quicken the initial

construction and add amenities throughout the summer and in future years as raised funds be-come available.

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The new-and-improved football field at Sartell Middle School will soon have a new-and-improved, state-of-the-art scoreboard.

The Sartell Sabres board, which will be 35-feet high (includ-ing its 10-foot pole), will display digital images and will broadcast sound. It will display live video of the ongoing games; scores,

of course; student and program highlights; upcoming events; and some advertisements.

At its March 11 meeting, the Sartell City Council approved a sign-variance request for con-struction of the scoreboard. Coun-cil member David Peterson voiced concerns about the board showing signs and sounds during times when there is no activity on the field, as possible disruptions for neighbors in that area. The coun-

Sabre Field to get new scoreboardcil agreed to approve the score-board placement on the condition the board be turned off when games are not being played.

The surface area of the digital scoreboard will be 371-square feet. It will be placed in the same posi-tion as the old scoreboard, on the north side of the field adjacent to 7th Street N. and facing the play-ing field.

The Sartell city sign ordinance allows potential variances for sports signs that deviate from al-lowed sizes and types because such signs are needed where large numbers of people gather and the use of the sign (scoreboard) is unique to a particular activity (sports on the field).

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Three Sartell High School students take turns being the student representative on the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board meetings. Its the first time in its history the board includes a student representa-tive.

Having a student join the meetings is just one effort for the newly reconstituted board to improve communication with the public it serves, in-cluding students and parents. Other efforts include holding some school-board meetings in St. Stephen, making video-taped meetings available via computer and holding occa-sional informal meetings with the public.

The three student represen-tatives are Brady Anderson, Sienna Schneider and Hannah Tilstra. When the board decid-ed to include a student repre-sentative, those three students applied and were accepted by a school-board committee. Stu-

dents on the board are non-voting members and serve in an advisory capacity and as liaisons between the board and the student body.

Tilstra, Schneider and An-derson are certainly not new to school-board issues. Last year, all three became active when the school board vot-ed to discontinue traditional spring break. That decision riled many parents and stu-dents because they said it was hastily arrived at with virtu-ally no public input. Schnei-der, Anderson and Tilstra, who questioned the spring-break decision, became involved at that time. At one school-board meeting about the cancellation of spring break, Tilstra and other students were present. They were disappointed stu-dent representatives had not been chosen to tell the stu-dents side of the story, and so Tilstra and Schneider there and then decided to address the board, telling them why spring break should not have been dropped and why students

Three students alternate on school board

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The student representatives on the Sar-tell-St. Stephen School Board are (left to right) Hannah Tilstra, Brady Anderson and Sienna Schneider.

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The idea for a canine park in Sartell is a doggone good one.

Imagine, if you will, all kinds of happy dogs and happy owners gathered in Pine-cone Central Park, enjoying a summer day. Dogs are being walked. Owners are chat-ting with one another. Many of the dogs and owners are having fun with bounding, bouncing bow-wows catching and retriev-ing frisbees or other fun activities.

The dog park, hopefully, will have walk-ing trails, a water source, a dog-waste sanitation station and a beautiful and varied landscape on which to romp and roam.

Another use for the park would be a site to host educational programs about dog care, perhaps with guest speakers from the Tri-County Humane Society. It could even be a good venue for various dog-training classes and even dog shows and pet pa-rades.

Sometimes a great idea is a very simple one, and this is an example of that. What is needed now are city residents who are will-ing to serve on the Dog Park Committee. City staff wants to hear ideas from the com-mittee, specifically what kind of amenities people wish to see in the park. As far as amenities go, the skys the limit, depending on how much money can be raised. That will be another function of the commit-tee to start fundraisers for the park. At this point, the City of Sartell is consider-ing pitching in $10,000 to help start-up costs for the dog park. Donations and other means of raising funds will go a long way, over time, to pay for amenities that will be placed on a wish list by Dog Park Commit-tee members.

This project wont cost a ton of money. For one thing, much of the work could be accomplished through volunteerism and donated materials. For another thing, once the fledgling park opens this early summer, it would be a perfect place to host a fun fun-draiser or a series of fundraisers involving both dogs and people.

We urge all dog-lovers to attend the committee-formation meeting from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at Sartell City Hall. Those who cannot make that meeting but want to become involved should call 320-258-7306 or email Anita Rasmussen at [email protected]. There is no limit to the number of members who can be on the committee. Ideas are welcome from any-one, even from people who do not want to be on the committee.

We hope all Sartell residents rally round this idea for a Sartell dog park. Its bound to be a bow-wow-wonderful park.

Canine park concepta doggone good idea

Hey, I have a good idea: Lets eat Grandma.

Whoops!, I mean to say: Lets eat, Grandma.

Today, I received an email with an at-tachment, a photo of a T-shirt that states boldly:

LETS EAT GRANDMA.LETS EAT, GRANDMACOMMAS SAVE LIVESIm going to buy it and wear it every

day for the rest of my life, taking it off only to wash it once in awhile. It will be my perma-shirt. Next time I become in-volved in a discussion and/or argument about why commas are important, I can just point to the T-shirt.

Many people say, Oh, whats the big deal? So what if Im lousy at using com-mas? People know what I mean.

Well, I beg to differ. If someone emails me to say we should eat Grand-ma, Ill call the cops.

Kidding aside, that T-shirt is a good reminder of the need for English classes. Like the lost art of penmanship and letter-writing, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation have been debased due to sloppy misuse and outright abuse.

What has caused such debasement? I dont blame teachers. Teachers, these days, seem to get blamed unfairly for just about everything. I tend to think one cause of language debasement is people who seem to relish unlearning what they hated to have to learn. Another reason, probably, is our emailing/texting that results in a hurried sloppiness and all

kinds of rapid shortcuts, such as u for you, r for our and the dropping of com-mas and apostrophes as in the example of Lets eat Grandma.

Another reason, possibly, is there seems to be an ascendance of the vi-sual (photos, images, symbols, graph-ics) at the expense of written language. Some magazines have become razzle-dazzle visual kaleidoscopes in which text, at best, becomes just a lesser form of the visual.

The same is true of many email com-muniques mainly visuals accompanied by rapid-fire writing, a hybrid (and hyper) breed of shorthand. Its under-standable because many people are not adept typists, and sometimes even the best typists do not want to take the time for proper usage. Nobodys perfect. I can guarantee there are examples of sloppiness in many emails I write, al-though I try to avoid them. Whats hap-pening, I think, is email communiques will eventually evolve into a virtually different kind of language, with more and more improvised rules and pecu-liarities spawned from improper usage.

Such email sloppiness and short-cuts will catch on contagiously, for better or worse.

Language is a culture that is and always was in a constant state of evolu-tion. As in geologic evolution, change is its ever-present lifeblood. Thus, its pos-sible email styles might even invigorate written and spoken English. However, I have a hunch the influences will be mainly on the negative side.

On a Nov. 12, 2012 news show, I heard TV commentator Chuck Todd, a brilliant man, say this: The president would have almost TOOK that deal. It was yet another awful case of using a simple past verb instead of the past participle form took for (have) taken. Professional communicators are supposed to set good examples, and yet increasingly I hear them say pundint for pundit, eminent for imminent, and bloated phrases like learning en-vironment for school or trendy buzz words and phrases such as stakehold-ers and social capital.

Here is a hypothetical example of butchered English in an email: Hey, lets eat Grandma. Ive alredy ate but still hongree. u r the best kookie maker. b rite thare for kookies then have two go too lerning enviromint to lern sum stuff to git smart so I can b a steak holder sum day and get sum soshal capitul.

If that kind of lingo evolves into stan-dard Inglish, our language will be in a sadly debased state, indeed.

Im hungry so lets eat GrandmaDennis Dalman

Editor

True listening crucial to judicial fairness While interviewing to become a judge,

I was asked how my experience as an at-torney had prepared me for the position. I responded that trying cases for 20 years in state and federal court had been like studying to become a judge. I admit I wondered how different this studying would be in relation to the test of ev-eryday judging. Specifically, I questioned how difficult it would be adjusting from being an advocate, pleading and arguing on behalf of a client, to the role of neutral decision-maker.

The Minnesota rules which govern lawyers conduct say a lawyers duty in representing a client includes the re-sponsibility to act with commitment and dedication . . . and with zeal in ad-vocacy upon the clients behalf. In my years as a lawyer, I zealously advocated for a wide variety of clients. As a legal services attorney, I advocated for victims of domestic abuse. As a criminal defense attorney, I represented men and women charged with crimes ranging from traffic tickets to homicide. As an attorney in a law firm, I represented families fighting for better education for disabled children. In each of those roles, I did what lawyers do worked at being as persuasive as I could to help my clients.

When I took the bench in March of last year, my responsibilities changed dramatically. The rules governing the

conduct of judges provide a judge . . . shall perform all duties of judicial office fairly and impartially. They also say to ensure impartiality and fairness to all par-ties, a judge must be objective and open-minded. According to Webster, I am impartial if I treat or affect all equally. I am no longer an advocate. I am a fair and impartial decision-maker with the ul-timate duty of insuring justice is served.

Prior to taking the bench, I found myself wondering how the skills I had developed as a zealous advocate would apply to this new undertaking. Im find-ing its easier to let go of my role as an advocate than I thought it would be. I still get to do what I value most listen to peoples stories. The only way I could do my job well as an attorney was to listen, patiently and attentively, to my clients. As a judge, I have the privilege of being able to spend my days listening to people tell me about their lives, their work and their families. I spend more of my day listening now than ever before. I might spend the morning hearing a childs tes-

timony about her abuser, how he hurt her but she loves him and doesnt want him to go away. My next case might involve an assistant county attorney fighting to protect the public from a man who can-not or will not stop drinking and driving. Later that morning, a public defender will ask I send a client addicted to pre-scription drugs to a treatment program rather than prison. The afternoon might begin with an attorney representing a credit-card company that cannot get a debtor to pay and end with a woman who cannot afford an attorney fighting on her own to get visitation with her child.

These stories can be hard to hear. At the end of a long day, it might be tempt-ing to assume you know the story behind the person in front of you without giving him or her the chance to tell it. My ex-perience in advocating for clients taught me the only way to really understand the person standing before you is to listen to him or her with an open mind. I have committed myself to open-mindedly lis-tening to each party before me. This is the foundation for treating those who come before me equally and for making fair and balanced decisions.

Judge Sarah Hennesy of St. Cloud is district-court judge for Minnesotas Seventh Judicial District, which includes Benton and Stearns counties.

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A busy stretch of Pinecone Road is in cruddy condition, and the Sartell city engineer means to do something about it soon.

Some residents have called with complaints and concerns about Pinecone Roads condi-tion, mainly from 2nd Street S. to 7th St. N. At the March 11 Sartell City Council meet-ing, Sartell City Engineer Mike Nielson said he and his crew this month, weather permit-ting, will take pavement cores to evaluate the overall pave-ment condition. The informa-tion, once its analyzed, will be used to make recommendations to the council on how best to preserve and maintain the road for some years into the future.

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Most paved roads have a 20-year lifespan, but most can be made to last longer with proper maintenance, repairs and over-lays, Nielson told the council.

Even 16 years ago, when that road was reconstructed, no one could have predicted the ex-tremely heavy traffic count on that stretch of road, so heavy that it, along with Minnesotas severe seasons, took a toll on the roads surface.

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started a website called Stu-dent Voices, a forum where students could register their ideas, suggestions, questions and complaints. All of their ef-forts helped begin a vigorous, healthy schoolwide debate on spring break and other issues.

A recent development, which is an outgrowth of that group, is the high schools Hy-dration Station, a place in the school where students can refill their water bottles instead of buying new ones all the time and tossing the empties. It has not yet been installed, but its ready to go, Tilstra told the Sartell Newsleader during a recent interview.

The board will be discuss-ing a new calendar for the schools, Tilstra said. We want to get more students involved with the calendar discussion. To start that, we began a three-

question survey and are asking students whether we should have spring break or a series of long weekends (as decided last year by the school board). We are asking students what are the pros and cons of having spring break and what are the pros and cons of having long weekends.

Tilstra was student repre-sentative and sat at the school-board meeting table during its second meeting this year. The three will alternate in upcom-

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ing meetings, although the two not sitting up front at the table will try to attend the meetings and listen from the audience area.

The members of the school board are Michelle Meyer, chair; Mary McCabe, vice chair; Jason Nies, clerk/treasurer; and directors Pam Raden, Dan Riordan and Krista Durrwachter. Four of those Durrwachter, Meyer, Nies and Raden were elected last No-vember.

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