Michael Jacobs, St. Joseph, was a member of the local CMYS U16 Boys travel team Thunder which recently won the championship against Ecuador at a weeklong Schwans Cup Competition in Blaine. The Schwans Cup is the greatest international youth soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere. The event showcases more than 950 teams and 14,000 soccer players from more than 20 states and
St. Joseph firefighters perform controlled burn of CSB’s Idzerda House
The St. Joseph Fire Department hosted a controlled burn Aug. 3 at the Idzerda House, located on the south end of the College of St. Benedict campus. A controlled burn is when a fire department burns a structure to practice and prepare for firefighting. Avon, Waite Park and St. Cloud Technical College students also participated in the event. Various practice burns
Aug. 16
‘Teamin’ Up’ food drive set for Aug. 22 The Sartell High School Volleyball Team will do its annual “Teamin’ Up for Hunger” food drive Thursday, Aug. 22. The girls will go throughout Sartell neighborhoods, pickup up non-perishable food items residents are requested to leave on their doorsteps that day. Those who want to donate but who will not be home on
Tyrants everywhere should heed Malala’s United Nations speech
The standing ovation received recently by Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations was a tremendous moment for humanity. Yousafzai is the 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was viciously shot in the head by Taliban thugs while she was sitting on a bus taking her to her school. The Taliban, a radical Islamic sect, is not only against education for girls, but
Past few years, August hasn’t been kind
In general, I enjoy summer aside from the heat, the humidity and the bugs. This summer has been quite enjoyable with moderate temperatures and less of both humidity and bugs. Despite this, it’s been difficult to enjoy August the past few years. My mother’s birthday is in August. We lost her to cardiac arrest in spring 2010. I remember her
Aug. 9
Chorale announces auditions Aug. 11, 12 Great River Chorale, a select, auditioned 45-voice choral ensemble based in St. Cloud, announces auditions for the 2013-14 concert season from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 and Monday, Aug. 12 at Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive S.E., St. Cloud. The chorale rehearses Sunday nights and holds extra rehearsals prior to concerts. Members are skilled
‘Keep your trash’ says reader about Feb. 24 editorial about extremists
Benedict Supan, St. Stephen I don’t want this trashy editorial anywhere in my house – not even in the recycle bin. Women are not objecting! It’s folks like you who are putting words in the mouths of others. Dalman’s opinion is just one “downer” after the other. It would do all of you some good to look upward – all