April 17

Rollie and Janette Weis of Sartell will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on April 22, 2015 with a private dinner. Rollie married his high school sweetheart Janette Almer on April 22, 1945 in Church of Peace in St. Cloud. Rollie, a naval combat veteran of WWII, served on the destroyer USS Hopewell 681, has nine battle stars and was part of the battle of the Philippine Islands and several other South Sea campaigns.

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Duncan Watson, of Sartell, has been accepted to and has chosen to attend the University of Minnesota, Morris beginning fall 2015. Watson, a 2015 graduate of Sartell High School, is the recipient of an Achievement Scholarship, renewable up to four years. Achievement Scholars are selected based on the student’s academic accomplishments at the time of application. All first-year students who submit an application to Morris are automatically considered for an Achievement Scholarship package.••••••••••••••••••Callie Frank, a senior theater arts major from Sartell, Minn. is a member of the theater program for the 2014-15 academic year at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall. The theater program produces three plays and/or musicals a year. One production is performed during the fall semester and two productions are done in the spring.

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Two Sartell residents along with three others were recently named to the board of directors for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud. They are: Gary Bechtold and Todd Zaun. Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Diocese of St. Cloud, a 16-county area across the heart of Central Minnesota.

“I am most impressed by the passion of the Catholic Charities staff and volunteers and their willingness to serve others in need,” said Bechtold, who owns and operates American Door Works in Waite Park.

Zaun is chairman of Eden Valley State Bank. As a new Catholic Charities board member, Zaun has already met many people who are going through difficult times in our community.

“I hope to contribute my time and resources to the good work that Catholic Charities does for as long as I am able,” Zaun said. “I’d like to reach out to others in the business community to help them understand the vital role Catholic Charities plays in strengthening our community.”

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Catholic Charities introduces five new board members

Two Sartell residents along with three others were recently named to the board of directors for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud. They are: Gary Bechtold and Todd Zaun. Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Diocese of St. Cloud, a 16-county area across the heart of Central Minnesota.

“I am most impressed by the passion of the Catholic Charities staff and volunteers and their willingness to serve others in need,” said Bechtold, who owns and operates American Door Works in Waite Park.

Zaun is chairman of Eden Valley State Bank. As a new Catholic Charities board member, Zaun has already met many people who are going through difficult times in our community.

“I hope to contribute my time and resources to the good work that Catholic Charities does for as long as I am able,” Zaun said. “I’d like to reach out to others in the business community to help them understand the vital role Catholic Charities plays in strengthening our community.”

The three others are the following: Kathleen Bernick from Rice, Sister Clara Stang from Little Falls and Sister Jean Juenemann from St. Cloud, have recently joined the board of directors for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud.

Bernick said she hopes to spread that message as well. Bernick is a finance executive with experience in diverse industries. She is also one of the founders of the St. Cloud Forum of Executive Women.

“All of us have something to give – talents as well as money. I believe those who were blessed with more have a duty to pass some of it on in whatever ways we can.”

Bernick is also excited to watch all of the good things Catholic Charities is doing and said she is pleased to be of guidance to the organization.

Catholic Charities has also recently welcomed two new religious sisters to the board, Stang, OSF, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls and Juenemann, OSB, a member of the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict.

“I am so impressed with the number and scope of services offered to the poor, marginalized and under-served of the St. Cloud Diocese,” Juenemann said.

“As a Franciscan Sister, I am committed to a life of service, believing all of us have a need for healing and the gifts of healing,” Stang said. “As we join together to build communities of healing and peace, all of us are healthier and happier.”