CORRECTION: The correct date for the Sartell Lion’s Spring Cleanup is Saturday, April 30. The event is from 8 a.m.-noon and will meet in the Sartell Middle School parking lot.
The Tri-County Action Program, a non-profit organization, recently received a Best Practices Award for its tax program financial literacy iniative “Save It, Fix It, Spend It.” Shown here are the following: (from left to right) Tikki Brown of the Office of Economic Opportunity; Arnie Anderson of MinnCAP; Lori Schultz, Janel Heinen and Lisa Drew, all of Tri-CAP; and Hubert Reinarz of Wells Fargo. The award goes to local community action programs that have achieved outstanding and measurable impacts in helping low-income households achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and building partnerships across social service, government and business sectors to better meed deeds. Tri-CAP provides these services in Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties.
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State Farm recently presented the Minnesota Highway Safety and Research Center’s Teen Collision Avoidance Initiative with a $25,000 grant. Pictured here are (front row, from left to right): Kurt Franke; Mark Bromenschenkel; Larry Nadeau, MHSRC director; Toni Nadeau, State Farm agent; Nancy Mills, associate provost for faculty and student affairs; Dan Anderson, State Farm agent; Tim Dickinson; Jennifer Schwint; (back row) Judy Dingmann; Shelly Kerzman and Kelley Hessler. The teen collision avoidance training presents life-saving awareness and skills training regarding distracted driving and allows teen drivers to attend an advanced driving range and participate in skills training, where teens drive squad cars on a closed course under the supervision of professional instructors. This is the third consecutive year the MHSRC has won the award.
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Sartell Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert was one of many guest readers at the Little Sabres Preschool.
Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert (above), along with other guest readers, shared a passion for reading with students at Little Sabres Preschool during The Week of the Young Child, April 11-15, an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Schwiebert read to students at the Little Sabres Preschool. This year’s theme was Celebrating Our Youngest Learners.
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The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation reached a milestone April 14 by having granted more than $125,000 to local drug education programs supported by law enforcement since the fund was started in 1994. This year, the grants awarded from this fund are being used to provide drug education programming to more than 3,000 students in 30 school districts in central Minnesota. Shown here are (from left to right): Deputy Eric Schultz, Stearns County sheriff; Chief Jim Hughes, Sartell Police Department; Captain Scott Fides, Sherburne County Sheriff; Ernie Wollack (with check); Chief Chris Boucher, Cold Spring Police Department; Sheriff Troy Heck, Benton County; and Commander Jim Steve, St. Cloud Police Department.
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McKenna Wensman, a senior at Cathedral High School, has received the 2016 Williams Integracare Clinic Make-a-Difference scholarship, presented to students who are impactful in health, education, technology and building strong communities. During a service trip to the Dominican Republic, Wensman worked and distributed meals from Kids Against Hunger in rural villages and helped build a house for a family.
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Angie Metteer, optometric assistant manager at PineCone Vision Center, recently achieved the certified paraoptometric designation through the American Optometric Association.
Metteer, a Colorado native, joined PineCone Vision Center two years ago. Certified in lensometry, the measurement of spectacle lenses, she is working toward her certified paraoptometric assistant designation, which will enable her to perform more technical work including measuring the curvature of the cornea (keratometry), glaucoma screening, measuring visual acuity, measuring the distance between each pupil, blood-pressure testing and documenting patient histories.
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Elizabeth Gessell, daughter of Mary and Chad Gessell of Sartell, is studying in London during spring semester 2016 through the Center for Global Education at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph and St. John’s University in Collegeville. Gessell is a junior elementary education major at CSB.
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Arise Home Health Care will expand its service line to include a Senior Day Program. Opening May 2, this program will be located at 1908 Kruchten Court S., Sartell. This is the first stand-alone senior-adult day program in the area and is at the crossroads of Sartell, Sauk Rapids and St. Cloud.
With the addition of the Senior Day Program, Arise is changing its company name from “Arise Home Health Care” to “Arise Cares.”
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Arise Home Health Care will expand its service line to include a Senior Day Program. Opening May 2, this program will be located at 1908 Kruchten Court S., Sartell. This is the first stand-alone senior-adult day program in the area and is at the crossroads of Sartell, Sauk Rapids and St. Cloud.
Hourly rates are available and the program will be licensed to serve up to 24 clients. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Transportation will be coordinated for clients using both public and private providers or clients may be dropped off by family or friends. Arise Cares intends to have its own shuttle transportation within a year of opening.
Margaret Kotula, co-owner and director of the Senior Day Program, will be responsible for the day-to-day operations. She has more than 20 years of experience working in Central Minnesota, including six years with Home Instead Senior Care in Waite Park.
With the addition of the Senior Day Program, Arise is changing its company name from “Arise Home Health Care” to “Arise Cares.”
For more information or to register, contact Jay Vachal at 320-281-2300 or Jay.Vachal@arisecares.com. Margaret Kotula can be reached at 320-281-2306 or Margaret.Kotula@arisecares.com. Please visit http://arisecares.com/senior-day-program/ for more details.
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Sartell High School Boys Varsity golf team finished third with a score of 333 at the Rocori CLC meet at Rich-Spring Golf Course. Austin Pietrowski led with a score of 81. TJ Raden shot 83, Hunter Held 84, Blake Webster 85, Alex Braun 89 and Nathan Boenish 91.
They also finished fourth with a score of 11 at the Willmar/Litchfield invitational at Litchfield Golf Course. Pietrowski shot 79 (fourth-place overall) and Raden shot 81 (ninth place). Braun shot 89, Held and Webster shot 91, and Boenish shot 93 to round out the scoring.
The team finished third with a score of 12 at the Willmar/Litchfield two-day invitational April 16 at Eagle Creek Golf Course. Raden shot 76 with a two-day total of 157 to finish in third place overall. Pietrowski had an 80, with a two-day total of 159 to finish fifth overall. Held shot an 82, Boenish an 84, Webster an 87 and Braun an 88 to round out the scoring.
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The Sartell High School Girls Varsity golf team finished third at the Sartell meet at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course. Molly Fossen led with a score of 97, putting her in fifth place.
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The Sartell High School Varsity Baseball team beat Willmar High School with a score of 7-6.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Track and Field team finished first place at the invitational at Hodapp Field at Kennedy Elementary in Willmar. The girls team finished second place.
Ben Gault had personal records in both discus (127 feet) and shotput (47-foot-2-inches). Danny Ufearo had a personal record in shotput (48 feet-5-inches) and a solid 133-foot-2-inch discus. The girls were led by Kayla Boehmke with 29-foot-2-inches in shotput.
The jumpers were led by John Schmidt (PB – 20-foot-10.75-inches), Ethan Stark, Ethan Kiffmeyer, Lexy Kubasch, Rachel Haider and Morgan Gugger.
The distance group was led by Ryan Ferholz, Nick Juntunen, Alex Nemeth, Colette Jemming and Ingrid Buiceag-Arama.
The sprinters were led by John Schmidt, Stark, Logan Jesperson, Carter Olson, JP Schlect, Chelsea Nies, Shelby Hall and Morgan Rohlfs.
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