Congratulations Sartell 14UAAA Gopher State team for winning the North Division with a record of 11-4. Team photo includes (front row, from left to right): Will Schiffler, Zach Harren, Brady Schmidt, Thomas Ellis and Matt Sieben; (back row) Coach Jay Vierzba, Dom Hagy, Ben Gerten, Coach Mike Nesland, Tanner Ertl, Wes Nesland, Coach Bill Schmidt, Gage Vierzba, Dylan Gerdes and Coach Tom Schiffler.
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Several area youth scored big in the soccer division of the Star of the North Games held in the St. Cloud area in late June. Congratulations to the Central Minnesota Youth Soccer Association 12-year-old girls “Thunder” soccer team for winning the championship. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Maggie Fernholz, Emily Koepp; (middle row) Lily Weitzel, Hadliegh Baynes, Carly Koopmeiners, Hailey Eibes (Sartell), Lauren Schmitz (Sartell) and Libby Lommel; and (back row) Coach Tom Eibes, Renee Virtue, Olivia Hennager, Tani Watkins, Meghan Corbett (Sartell) and Peyton Mathiasen (Sartell).
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Stephen Gabrielson, of Gabrielson Law Offices in Sartell, has been recognized by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as one of the Ten Best Personal Injury Attorneys for client satisfaction. One of the most significant aspects of the selection process involves attorneys’ relationships and reputation among his or her clients. This is the second consecutive year Gabrielson has been recognized for this award.
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Chloe Ree, Sartell, will be among 78 first-year medical students this fall attending the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
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Dr. John D. Anderson, Sartell, is the new chief of pharmacy services at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System. In his new role, he oversees all pharmacy programs and services for the health-care system, including the 388-bed medical center in St. Cloud and VA outpatient clinics in Brainerd, Montevideo and Alexandria. Anderson entered VA service at the St. Cloud VA as a clinical pharmacy specialist in March 2004. He was subsequently appointed associate chief of pharmacy in October 2011. Anderson has extensive experience providing direct patient care and medical therapy-management services in both individual and group clinics in the areas of diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension and anticoagulation, among others. Anderson received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry/chemistry in 1995 from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and received his doctor of pharmacy in 2000 from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He completed his pharmaceutical care residency in 2001 at the Paynesville Area Health Care System. He and his wife, Holly, have three children, and they enjoy their time at the lake, in the yard and at the hockey rink.