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St. Stephen hosts National Night Out to combat crime, bring people together

Dennis Dalman by Dennis Dalman
August 4, 2016
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St. Stephen hosts National Night Out to combat crime, bring people together

photo by Dennis Dalman Stearns County Deputy Joel Schmidt demonstrates how he puts handcuffs on a “suspect” with Braden Kuklok of St. Wendel playing the “suspect.” Braden’s friend, Brady Bristlin of Rice (background) looks on.

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by Dennis Dalman

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The City of St. Stephen hosted a National Night Out on Aug. 2 in Lower Smoley Park as a way for city officials and residents to get to know one another and to raise awareness about crime.

Special guests included firefighters, a huge firefighting rescue truck, and a Stearns County Sheriff’s Department squad car and its driver, Deputy Joel Schmidt. Eager children had a chance to climb aboard the fire rig and to sit in the back seat of the squad car.

Parents chatted with one another and with the invited guests as children scampered on the grassy park lawn and played games. There was also face-painting for the kids, as well as coloring books and other gifts.

St. Stephen was one of many cities and neighborhoods that celebrated National Night Out, a nationwide annual event to promote safety and social connectedness among people.

photo by Dennis Dalman Parents and children enjoy meeting and chatting with Stearns County Deputy Joel Schmidt, who was a welcomed guest at the the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Parents and children enjoy meeting and chatting with Stearns County Deputy Joel Schmidt, who was a welcomed guest Aug. 2 at the the St. Stephen National Nigh Out.
photo by Dennis Dalman Stearns County Deputy Joel Schmidt demonstrates how he puts handcuffs on a “suspect” with Braden Kuklok of St. Wendel playing the “suspect.” Braden’s friend, Brady Bristlin of Rice (background) looks on.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Stearns County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Schmidt demonstrates how he puts handcuffs on a “suspect” with Braden Kuklok of St. Wendel playing the “suspect.” Braden’s friend, Brady Bristlin of Rice (background) looks on.
photo by Dennis Dalman Children had a chance to sit in the back of a Stearns County Sheriff Department squad car at the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2. In front are Brady Britlin of Rice (left) and Braden Kuklok of St. Wendel.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Children had a chance to sit in the back of a Stearns County Sheriff’s Department squad car Aug. 2 at the St. Stephen National Night. In front are Brady Britlin of Rice (left) and Braden Kuklok of St. Wendel.
photo by Dennis Dalman Danita Traut, a St. Stephen City Council member, hands out snack treats and bottles of water at the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2. The weather was very hot that night, but participants enjoyed a laid-back, conversational time.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Danita Traut, a St. Stephen City Council member, hands out snack treats and bottles of water Aug. 2 at the St. Stephen National Night Out. The weather was very hot that night, but participants enjoyed a laid-back, conversational time.
photo by Dennis Dalman The St. Stephen Fire Department’s Rescue Unit was a prominent feature of the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2 in Lower Smoley Park.
photo by Dennis Dalman
The St. Stephen Fire Department’s Rescue Unit was a prominent feature of the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2 in Lower Smoley Park.
photo by Dennis Dalman Ava Hagerty, 7, of St. Stephen get her face painting at the St. Stephen National Night Out event Aug. 2.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Ava Hagerty, 7, of St. Stephen has her face painted Aug. 2 at the St. Stephen National Night Out.
photo by Dennis Dalman Autumn Borgert, 11, of Sauk Rapids, sports a face-painting at the St. Stephen National Night Out Aug. 2 in the city’s Lower Smoley Park. Autumn’s father, Tim, is a firefighter who attended the event.
photo by Dennis Dalman
Autumn Borgert, 11, of Sauk Rapids, sports a face-painting Aug. 2 at the St. Stephen National Night Out in the city’s Lower Smoley Park. Autumn’s father, Tim, is a firefighter who attended the event.
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Dalman was born and raised in South St. Cloud, graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School, then graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in English (emphasis on American and British literature) and mass communications (emphasis on print journalism). He studied in London, England for a year (1980-81) where he concentrated on British literature, political science, the history of Great Britain and wrote a book-length study of the British writer V.S. Naipaul. Dalman has been a reporter and weekly columnist for more than 30 years and worked for 16 of those years for the Alexandria Echo Press.

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