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Visitors get a sweet treat at the sugar shackby Cori [email protected]

On a cool and windy day, March 16, visitors enjoyed ma-ple-syrup sundaes and hot choc-olate at the sugar shack during the Maple Syrup Festival at the St. John’s Arboretum. All who tasted the treats were pleasantly surprised by the sweetness of the syrup.

Those who made it to the sugar shack were able to view the new $22,000 stainless-steel evaporator, learn about the pro-cess of making maple syrup and identify various fur pelts such as skunk, raccoon, mink, rab-bit, deer, beaver and others. A Native American demonstration of how things were done many years ago and children’s scav-enger hunts for prizes were also offered.

John O’Reilly, the educational coordinator for SJU program-ming, explained how some logs had been taken from the forest. Tom Kroll is the arboretum’s director and land manager, so he determines what wood gets taken out. The cutters are For-est Stewardship Council-certified and do not clear-cut any wood.

Being FSC-certified means the Arboretum harvests timber on a rotating cycle in order to pro-mote forest diversity.

Quilters stitch together and give back

by TaLeiza [email protected]

Sunday is not the only day for fellowship at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph.

photos by TaLeiza Calloway

Quilters (from left to right) Eloise Westby, Rene Krueger and Bonnie Kabe work on a quilt March 20 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph. Quilters meet every Wednesday at Resurrection Lutheran Church to make quilts that have been donated to various causes statewide and beyond.

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O’Reilly said the logging is done in the winter so they are not damaging the forest when the ground is soft, but instead are driving and hauling wood on the frozen ground.

At five-minute intervals, vis-itors took tours into the woods to observe the actual sap col-lection.

Nick Kroll led visitors on a tour of the tapping process. Kroll is a graduate of St. John’s Uni-versity and the son of Tom Kroll.

On the walk in the woods, Kroll also talked about how the arboretum manages the forest. Workers cut out the non-maple and unhealthy trees. Kroll ex-plained they have a very healthy,

well-managed forest at the arbo-retum, explaining it is a certified 100-percent sustainable forest, which means throughout the en-tire arboretum they only cut as much wood as grows every year.

Kroll said almost all the trees are maples. Thus, sap-gatherers can be selective and select the better trees.

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Jean Matzke award goes to MN Street Market

The Millstream Arts Festival Board of Directors held its annual meeting on March 13 and voted to award the 2012 Jean Matzke Art Award to the Minnesota Street Mar-ket Art Co-op. The Art Co-op Com-mittee will receive a check for $500 to use toward building a hub for local artists to display and sell their work and to hold community art classes and workshops. The award was established in 2009 in memory of Jean Matzke, co-founder of Mill-stream Arts Festival. Past recipients of the award are Kennedy Elemen-tary to help expand their art program and the Local Blend for their contri-bution toward bringing local art and live music to downtown St. Joseph.

Bunny winners announcedThe winners for the Newslead-

ers’ Bunny Promotion are as fol-lows: Once Upon a Child, Mary Jo Long, Dassel; Jacob Anderson, Sartell; Wenner Co. - Cold Spring, Duane Rieland, Richmond; Verizon, Savanna Hansen, Royalton; Local Blend, Debbie Emery, St. Joseph; Casey’s, John Nornberg, St. Joseph; Subway - St. Joseph, Claire Blas-kowski, St. Joseph; Avon State Bank, Roger Jeffers, Avon, Sue Mosiman, St. Anna; McDonald’s - St. Joseph, Nick Clark, St. Joseph; Movies Etc., Joe Baggenstoss, St. Joseph; Russell Eyecare and Associates, Mary Moen-ing, St. Joseph; and St. Joseph Meat Market, Mary Moening, St. Joseph.

Nazi hunter to speak April 8Eli Rosenbaum, the Nazi Hunter

and executive officer for the U.S. Department of Justice, will deliver a speech at 7 p.m. Monday, April 8 at the Adath Jeshurun Congre-gation (Synagogue), 10500 Hillside Lane W., Minnetonka. Rosenbaum has invited two soldiers, Larry Til-lemans from Sartell and Gerry Boe from Crosslake, as his guests. Til-lemans has received the U.S. Army “Medal for Excellence” for his more than 450 Holocaust presentations of the war crime trials at Nuremberg and Dachau. Tillemans was a Third Army clerk typist for the trials.

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tral Minnesotans is being offered from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Catholic Charities, 157 Roosevelt Road, Ste. 100, St. Cloud; from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursdays at St. Cloud Techni-cal and Community College, 1540 Northway Drive, St. Cloud; and from 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays at the Salvation Army, 400 Hwy. 10 S., St. Cloud. The services is provided to individuals making less than $30,000 per year or families making less than $50,000 per year. For more information, visit www.tricap.org or call 320-251-1612 or 888-765-5597.

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About 12 women and members of the congregation find fel-lowship and more during their weekly quilting gatherings on Wednesdays.

The women have been

meeting since 2006 and have made quilts for organizations statewide and beyond. Quilter Ellen Chovan said the group began at the suggestion of a church intern years ago and

never looked back.“It’s a reason for us to get

together,” Chovan said, “so we can fellowship and do some good in the community.”

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PeopleTwo St. Joseph and two

Avon students recently re-ceived scholarships from Cen-tral Minnesota Credit Union. A total of $15,000 in scholar-ships was awarded; $11,000 for video scholarships; and $4,000 for essay scholarships. Every year, CMCU offers scholarships to CMCU mem-bers to further their education at a two- or four-year college.

This year, more than 148 students applied for the schol-arships throughout CMCU’s field of membership. Video scholarships were based on a creative and unique 30-second to one-minute video commer-cial for CMCU. Essay schol-arships were based on the question, “If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?”

The $1,000-video scholar-ship winners are: Zachary Dehler – St. Joseph; Nathan Neuman – Avon; and nine others from Sartell, Albany, Freeport, Melrose, Perham, Bowlus and West Union.

The $500-essay scholarship winners are: Brittney Jones – St. Joseph; Alli Kremers – Avon; and six others from Long Prairie, Waite Park, Co-kato, Eden Valley, Melrose and Paynesville.

“We are honored to have the opportunity to present these students with scholarships,” said Central Minnesota Credit Union President/CEO, Rick Odenthal, “they are the fu-ture leaders and we encour-age them to continue to work hard and make a difference.”

If any readers have tips concern-ing crimes, they should call the St If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Jo-seph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes.

March 96:21 p.m. Suspicious activity.

Birch Street W. Caller reported three people trying to get in a house. Owner locked himself out and had to go through the window to get in.

March 1010:46 a.m. Assist. College Ave-

nue S. Caller reported water com-ing into his lower-level apartment through the walls. He asked officer to call his landlord since the land-lord was not returning his calls. Officer left a message with the landlord. Caller reported infiltra-tion is into the northwest bedroom and the carpet is wet several feet into the bedroom. He has placed his entertainment up on blocks to protect it, but cannot move his bed because of the support system. Caller wanted officer to call the city inspector. Officer advised he would not call the city inspector on a Sunday, since the smell in the room told him this was an ongoing issue, but advised the caller to call on Monday morning.

March 112:25 a.m. Suspicious activity.

Elm Street E. Business caller re-ported suspicious activity in the parking lot. Male got out and en-tered store, then female got out and entered store, then the vehicle left and came back again and was sit-ting in the parking lot. Passengers reported they had gone inside store to buy a dog chew toy and then cigarettes. Driver was sober. Officer

confirmed insurance and they were allowed to leave. Caller called back informing of two more individuals that had gotten a ride from the driver and were looking for a ride home. Officer gave the two a ride to apartment after speaking with the juvenile’s mother who was aware of his location.

March 125:28 p.m. Assist. College Avenue

N. Caller reported a fraud. She cur-rently lives in St. Joseph, but has a St. Cloud mailing address. Officer took her report and forwarded it to the St. Cloud Police Department.

March 13:59 a.m. Traffic stop. C.R. 75

E. and 4th Avenue N.E. Officer observed Minnesota license facing south in the northbound lane of traffic on College Avenue N. at C.R. 75. Officer stopped the vehicle and identified the driver by name and date of birth. Driver stated he left his driver’s license at home, along with his insurance papers. Officer ran his name through the state computer which showed his license was revoked. Officer issued a citation for driving without proof of insurance and driving the wrong way down a oneway.

8:38 p.m. Suicidal male. College Avenue S. Suspect had emailed spouse and stated he was de-pressed and feeling suicidal. Of-ficer attempted to make contact with the male, but there was no an-swer at the apartment. Vehicle was parked in the lot. Officer gained entry into the apartment by taking the hinge pins off the door and found the male inside. Male stated he was depressed and felt suicidal. Officer transported him to the St. Cloud Hospital for evaluation.

March 149:49 p.m. Open gate. C.R. 133.

Caller complained of an open gate to her backyard. Officer found the north gate open, checked the area, everything appeared to be all right.

Officer contacted keyholder who requested officer secure the gate. Closed the gate and secured it with the padlock.

March 161:22 a.m. Fight. College Ave-

nue N. Officer observed two males pushing and shoving each other and then one male throwing the other male in a snowbank. Each time the male would attempt to get up he would get thrown down again. Colorful language was being used during this encounter. Iden-tified both males by their drivers’ licenses. They stated they were just friends messing around.

1:32 p.m. Alarm. College Ave-nue S. Alarm was going off. Offi-cer checked and all appeared OK. Checked inside the building with keyholder, all appeared OK there also. They have been dealing with boxelder bug issues. It’s unknown if that is setting off the sensor.

6:20 p.m. Alcohol minor con-sumption. C.R. 2 and 3rd Avenue N.W. Officer stopped male after he was falling and stumbling in the road. Male state he was drinking and had two bottles of booze in his backpack – Spiced Rum. Offi-cer took a breathalyzer test with a result of .172. Issued a citation for underage consumption and a warning for possession.

9:12 p.m. Suspicious activity. 12th Avenue S.E. Caller said she saw flames at a new construction house across the street with a heater inside. Checked and two NIPKO heaters were running to keep on-going construction warm. No issues.

March 171:01 a.m. Medical. Minnesota

Street W. Caller stated woman was unresponsive in the women’s bath-room. Upon arrival, officer found female responsive and identified her by her Minnesota ID card. She was with her roommate. Security escorted both home.

Tiny ticks cause big miseryby Dennis Dalmanwww.thenewsleaders.com

Tiny ticks have caused big miseries for Jakin and Nicole Koll of Sartell.

Both are suffering from Lyme disease, which is caused by in-fected deer ticks, so tiny they are slightly smaller than the head of a pin. The ticks, if they are on the skin long enough, bite their hosts and then “drink” their blood. If the tick contains the bacteria that causes Lyme dis-ease, the host will likely catch it.

Lyme documentaryThe Kolls are inviting anyone

and everyone to view a doc-umentary movie about Lyme disease that will show just how insidious the disease can be. The movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 6 at the Sartell School District Ser-vices Center in the Watab Room. The 87-minute movie is free. The Kolls are on a mission to share their story and others’ stories about what ongoing mis-ery a tiny biting tick can cause. They hope by educating others, more can be active in inform-ing others. The movie night is sponsored with the help of the Sartell-St. Stephen Community

Education Program.The Kolls will also start a

Lyme Disease Support Group and are hoping the movie will spur others to help them form and sustain such a group.

Kolls’ chronic diseaseIn most cases, Lyme disease,

if caught early enough, can be cured by a regimen of antibi-otics over a period of two or three weeks. However, the Kolls were not so lucky. Nicole, for example, has had Lyme disease for six years. Jakin has had the disease for several years. Neither of the Kolls is positive exactly

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how long they’ve had Lyme dis-ease because neither remembers being bit by a tick, and nei-ther developed the well known “bulls-eye” rash – a reddish ring around the bitten area.

What most frustrates the Kolls, besides the misrable symp-toms they suffer, is the fact they, like others in their predicament, are at the very center of a raging controversy. Many doctors and some researchers do not believe Lyme disease can develop into such a chronic condition. Most doctors will not prolong antibi-otic treatment beyond a month or so.

“It’s a big controversy,” Ni-cole said. “They are always de-bating the issue. Too many doc-tors view people like us as some kind of hypochondriacs. We are not.”

Nicole spent nearly three years in a constant search for a doctor who had enough faith in the existence of chronic Lyme disease to treat her and her hus-band. It was a wild-goose chase that had the couple feeling utter-ly helpless. At long last, Nicole managed to find a doctor who agreed to give her ongoing treat-ments. Part of her regimen in-cludes taking two different kinds of antibiotic pills each day, along with a drug for rheumatoid ar-

thritis. She also takes probiotics to build up her immune system.

“The medication helps tre-mendously,” she said. “I haven’t felt like a whole person in years, and now I’m beginning to. No one knows how bad Lyme dis-ease can be until they get it.”

The St. Cloud doctor who treats Nicole sees up to 15-20 patients at a time, and genu-ine camaraderie has developed among them based on empathy of what all have suffered.

Nicole’s Lyme disease symp-toms have included, off and on and not all at once, the following: a skin rash (but not the bulls-eye kind), flaking skin, stuttering, depression for no known reason whatsoever, trou-ble with concentration, difficulty in reading and with daily tasks, extreme fatigue, muscle aches and lack of energy. At one time, she also developed a balance problem that would cause her to walk toward her left, to the point she would actually walk into a wall.

She went through so many tests she couldn’t begin to count them, including tests for aller-gies and even tests for attention-deficit disorder.

Constant challengesThrough all the pain and frus-

tration, Koll managed to keep a job at Resource Training and Solutions. She also managed to attend the Minnesota School of Business and to graduate with

a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She now works part-time for the St. Cloud Tech-nical and Community College, where she helps organize cus-tomized health-training teams for businesses in the area. She feels fortunate she can work only part-time because that gives her the time to take care of her two boys and her husband. Her two boys are Kaden, 7; and Conor, 5.

Husband Jakin has suffered symptoms of constant chronic headaches and joint pain so

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severe it virtually cripples him at times. The doctor has been giving Jakin a series of tests on his immunity system. Once those tests are completed, soon,

Jakin can begin a long-range treatment similar to his wife’s. Jakin is a meteorologist for Mn-DOT. He helps install computer

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Lyme disease bacteria is deviousby Dennis [email protected]

The cause of Lyme disease was not identified until 1981 when a man named Willy Burg-dorfer succeeded in identifying the bacteria that causes it – a bacteria spread by certain types of ticks, most commonly in the United States by deer ticks (see related story).

Burgdorfer was a researcher at the Rocky Mountain Biolog-ical State Health Department. The spiral-shaped, devious bac-teria he discovered is known as “Borrelia burgdorfen sensu stricto,” with the bug getting the “burgdorfen” part of its name from Burgdorfer himself.

Lyme disease is named after the city of Lyme, Conn., where many cases of a mysterious ill-ness occurred in 1975.

The disease is the most com-mon form of tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. It affects an estimated 32 people per 100,000 in the states where it’s most common. And, in fact, 96 to 99 percent of Lyme disease cases occur in just 13 states, mainly in the New England area and parts of the Upper Midwest, places where white-tailed deer (the tick’s main hosts) are com-mon. Those states are Minneso-ta, Wisconsin, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont

and Virginia.From 2002-11, cases in the

United States have ranged from a low of 19,800 in 2004 to a high of 29,970 in 2009. There were about 24,000 cases in 2011.

The vicious little bacteria that causes Lyme disease is ap-parently as old as civilization. The “Otzi the Ice Man,” who was found well preserved in an Austrian Alps glacier about 20 years ago, is estimated to have died suddenly and vio-lently 5,300 years ago. Scientists found a DNA sequence in Otzi that matched up with the Bor-relia bacteria.

How it happensDeer ticks like to feed on mice

and other rodents when they are in the nymph stages. Later, they tend to feed on white-tailed deer.

The ticks are most common in grassy or weedy areas.

When they manage to get onto a human host, they will release a numbing agent onto the skin before they bite and

begin to ingest the host’s blood. Because of the numbing agent, many victims do not know they have been bitten.

Most Lyme disease is caused when the very tiny nymphs bite humans. That is because the ticks are so tiny at that stage they are very hard to detect for early removal from the skin’s surface.

The good news is only about 1 percent of tick bites result in Lyme infection. Another bit of good news is if the tick is removed within 24 hours of biting a host, chances of being infected are rare. Still more good news is if the victim is treated with antibiotics for a period of two to four weeks, chances of a complete recovery are excellent.

In some cases, however, the disease can return after the ini-tial treatment, causing various symptoms that range from fa-tigue to joint pains, from muscle aches to tingling in the hands.

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“Out here in the sugar bush we have a lot of maples, which makes it easy,” he said.

When looking for a tree to tap, they prefer to tap the big-ger and healthier trees. Kroll explained the smaller the tree is, the more it is going to be af-fected. Smaller trees don’t heal as well.

On the previous weekend, more than 150 volunteers helped tap 1,200 of the season’s taps. The trees to be tapped had ear-lier been paint-balled to make it easier for the volunteers to spot them.

“It will wash off in the first rainstorm, but it’s a good way to mark the tree,” Kroll said.

For the visitors, Kroll mea-sured the diameter of a tree. A 12-inch tree can be tapped once, and an 18-inch tree can be tapped twice. Kroll pointed out an 18-inch tree. He said if the branches look good, there are no splits and the tree looks healthy, then they can put two taps in.

Kroll pointed out old tap holes. He showed a tap hole that was less than 10 years old that was almost healed. He said tapping does not hurt the tree.

In tapping, between 1 and 3 percent of a tree’s sap is taken. He said sap-gatherers don’t like to collect sap above or below an old tap hole because the tree works like a “bundle of straws.” After sap comes out of those “straws,” gatherers avoid tapping into the same “straws” from the previous year.

Kroll offered visitors a chance to hand-drill a hole in the tree and then gently tap a metal spile in about one-inch deep. The spile is used to help the sap flow from the tree to the bucket or bag that collects the sap.

Volunteers who tap the majority of the trees use bat-tery-powered drills so it goes much faster. The drill bit then

needs to be reversed and not just pulled out of the tree trunk. The spile needs to be deep enough so it can hold the weight of the collecting bag or bucket as it fills with sap. If a bucket is used, a metal cover is placed over the bucket to prevent anything from going into the sap.

“Maple syrup is a natural source of sugar,” Kroll said.

He was surprised when he no-ticed the back side of a tree was actually flowing, even though he thought it shouldn’t have been. Kroll said it should have been frozen. He said even though the outdoor temperature was cool, the tree was warm enough for the sap to flow.

Visitors were able to taste the sap which tastes a lot like water. Kroll said at the time the sap comes from the tree it’s a concentration of only about 1 percent sugar.

“In a week or so, if we will get a good run, you’ll have just about 2 percent sugar,” Kroll said. “On a good, warm day you will have a drip, drip, drip, but you will never have a spout gushing down.”

Josie Belter, a junior at the College of St. Benedict, ex-

plained what happens to the sap once it is collected from the trees. Belter has been an em-ployee of the arboretum for the last three years.

“I love it out here,” Belter said.

Volunteers, she explained, empty bags and buckets into blue barrels. A tractor then drives around and pumps the sap into a tank on a trailer pulled by the tractor. It’s then stored in barrels on the hill above the sugar shack. The flow of gravity brings the sap down into the evaporator, a fire is built in the firebox and the sap goes into one end and flows through on the pans on the top of the evaporator. As the fire heats it up, the water evaporates away and the sugar is left behind.

Belter explained how during the cooking process some of the nutrients and minerals, such as calcium and silica, harden into a chalky element and are filtered through so the remaining syrup is smooth and doesn’t have a gritty taste to it. She said the syrup is then bottled.

Gary Gillitzer, a volunteer and a teacher at CSB, was in the sugar shack answering ques-tions and explaining about the colors of maple syrup.

Different syrups vary in color and taste. The lighter syrup comes from early-season sap collection. The darker syrup, which is often sold in stores, comes from late-season sap col-lection.

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tic about the season this year. Last year’s sap produced a poor quality of syrup. Even though the sap was collected in the beginning of the season, all the sap was late-season sap because everything warmed up so fast.

Tapping maple syrup at SJU

began in the 1940s when the monastery learned the maple-syrup production process due to sugar rationing during World War II.

At the arboretum, maple syr-up is made in the spring of the year when temperatures are be-low freezing in the evening and above freezing during the day. Ideal temperatures are low 30 degrees at night and 40 degrees during the day. It takes almost 40 gallons of sap from the maple trees to make one gallon of ma-ple syrup. Only water gets added to the sap to make maple syrup, so it’s a “natural” food that con-

tains no colors, preservatives or additives.

Once a tree is big enough to be tapped, it can be used year after year. A tap can yield 10-12 gallons of sap, about one quart of finished syrup, during a season.

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screens in MnDOT vehicles throughout the state and then coordinates weather reports on those screens for the drivers – typically plow drivers – and their supervisors.

Nicole and Jakin Koll are hoping and praying the long-term treatments will finally keep the disease at bay, if not totally eradicate it from their bodies. Nicole estimates they have spent perhaps as much as $100,000 on medications throughout the years. They have also visited doctors, clin-ics and hospitals far and wide – Brooklyn Park, the University of Minnesota, Plymouth, Sar-tell, St. Cloud and many others. Jakin was even referred to an orthodontist because a general doctor thought he might be suffering from grinding-teeth syndrome, thus causing his re-lenteless headaches. He also consulted with neurologists and allergists, in addition to doing occupational and physical ther-apies. Even botox nerve injec-tions were tried. Nothing really worked. His suffering contin-ued.

DormancyWhat most people do not

know, Nicole said, is Lyme dis-ease can lay dormant in the body for years before it erupts

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again – something that obvi-ously happened to her and her husband.

“A lot of people have it and don’t even know it,” she said. “Many are being treated for something else, something else they don’t even have. Lyme disease is caused by a litte spi-ral-shaped bacteria, and it can affect everything in your body, including the musculo-skeletal system. Some people become very crippled by it.

Lyme disease is extremely expensive because most insur-ance companies won’t cover treatments after the first initial weeks of treatment with antibi-otics, so people have to pay for services out of their own pock-ets, Nicole said.

AvoidanceThe Kolls often see weedy,

grassy, wooded areas as battle-fields where tiny enemies lie lurking.

“We are constantly looking for ticks,” Nicole said. “We al-ways use sprays, and we wear clothing that includes long-sleeved shirts. And we always inspect our bodies after being outdoors.”

Koll wants people to know that no safeguard is 100-percent certain. That is why, she said, people should wear light-col-ored clothing and pants should be tucked into boots, preferably. A tick lotion or tick spray should also be used diligently. If a family has dogs, they should be

thoroughly checked once they’re back in the house as ticks can move from a dog to humans, especially children who tend to play up-close physically with pets.

Families should do a ritual tick search of bodies as soon as they come in from outdoors, and the entire body, including the hair, should be searched for the tiny ticks.

If a tick is found, always put it in a plastic baggy, seal the bag and keep it in a safe place. And then, if any family mem-ber comes down with a rash or flu-like symptoms, that person should see a doctor immedi-ately, and the tick in the baggy should be brought along. Nicole said it’s important to remem-ber not everyone infected with Lyme disease will have a bulls-eye rash, although some other more generalized rashes can be noticed in many cases.

The earlier people see a doc-tor, the better, Nicole advises.

Help othersFor all of the above reasons –

suffering, frustration, expense, lack of understanding – the Kolls are determined to help educate others about the disease and to form a local support group so sufferers of the disease have somewhere to turn in a world that often seems disbelieving or downright skeptical of chronic Lyme-disease victims.

Nick Kroll, volunteer tour guide, demonstrated how the maple trees are measured to determine if they should be tapped for the sap to make maple syrup. A 12-inch tree can be tapped once and an 18-inch tree can be tapped twice.


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Our View

TaLeizaCalloway

ReporterEarth Day is just around the corner as the

month of April is just days away. It’s the time of year when students and community mem-bers rally, unite and pledge to help clean up a neighborhood park or two. That’s great, but don’t wait until Earth Day to give back to your community. Volunteer year-round.

It’s easy to sign up for a volunteer project when a list is posted at your local church or school, but what about when there is no in-vitation? The St. Joseph Park Board is seek-ing volunteers to help with improvements to Cloverdale Park. Some of the work includes clean up, the planting of trees and installation of a gazebo. Additional plans are to add weav-ing walkways to the park. At the last meeting of the park board members earlier this month, board members and city staff said they plan to recruit volunteers to assist with improvements to the neighborhood park. Help the park board out, St. Joseph.

This is just one example of an upcoming chance to help out in town. However, volun-teerism is a hallmark of the state as a whole. Let this be a reminder to get out and do a little more if you can.

Minnesotans take volunteering seriously. There are countless statistics available to sup-port that argument. Here are just a few that confirm just how active one’s neighbor might really be – both here and beyond.

Minnesota ranks fourth in states with the highest percentage of volunteers and those doing favors for neighbors, according to data from the Volunteering in America website. Minnesota is also among the top five states for parent volunteers. No surprise.

According to data from the Corporation for National and Community Service via the Volunteering in America website, about 1.61 million Minnesota residents volunteered 189.8 million hours of service through or for a non-profit or community organization in 2010. Also in 2010, about 11.4 percent of Minne-sotans volunteered informally, totaling about 469,020 people hours. Use of the word “infor-mally” notes people are choosing to give back in some way on their own and not through a specific organization.

Between the years of 2008-10, on aver-age there were about 15 million volunteers statewide. Data shows the whole concept of “Minnesota Nice” is not a figment of one’s imagination but is part of the fabric that makes a Minnesotan.

Volunteering is not a new concept in St. Jo-seph. Countless volunteers make major com-munity events happen like the Fourth of July Parish Festival, the Joetown Rocks concert and the annual Christmas tree-lighting event. It’s all familiar territory, but we should try to make time to do more.

Volunteer beyond routine events

OK, spring you can come anytime nowSpring, you can come anytime now.

Really.I’m thinking spring hasn’t settled in

because we’re getting payback from the light winter we had last year. And you know it’s bad when people who were born and raised here start saying things like, “Winter has never seemed this long,” or “The last time I can remember a March with this much snow on the ground, I was a kid.”

This winter has broken several records already, and the amount of snow cover we have at this month’s end is sure to set another. While signs of spring include more sunlight and warmer days with rain rather than snow, this year that was not the case. March 20 was the first official day of spring. That might have been the date on the calendar, but one couldn’t tell when walking outside. It felt more like Jan. 20. The temperature was a whopping 11 degrees below zero with a windchill that made it feel colder than it already was.

I know this weather is true to Min-nesota form when it comes to what can be expected during winter. I also know that complaining gets you nowhere, but I think the winter we’ve had – and un-fortunately are still having – has run its course. Enough is enough. We deserve a real spring. I think we’ve earned it this year. Maybe that’s just me.

As someone who has lived here for four years, I should be used to the winters here. But I am a greenhorn. The way I know I’ve adjusted to the cold is when I start to sound like the true Minnesotans who grew up here, who own fishhouses and don’t wear longjohns even when it’s 10 degrees outside. I wish I was that

brave.I really knew I was used to the cold

when I walked outside recently and was glad to see is was 29 degrees. That 29-de-gree day felt like 50 degrees after a string of days with freezing temperatures.

I think the most frustrating feature of the winter is its inconsistency. One day it will be 30 degrees, and the next day it’s below zero.

When the rest of the world is boasting spring’s arrival, I wish we Minnesotans could do the same on March 20 or at least by March 22. Maybe that’s what makes this state so interesting. We never really know when spring will come so when it does it’s more appreciated. After all, by the time it comes we’ve been wait-ing a brutal four months for it to arrive. The upside to the lingering cold is it gives us something to look forward to. Well, here’s my formal invitation: “Dear spring, come on down! We’ve patiently waited for you and would like a break from the white stuff. Love, TaLeiza.”

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Did you know Lady Diana was still alive before she died?

I didn’t, either. Not until the other day, when I saw a headline that stated:

Diana was still alive hours before she died

Shocking. Just imagine – alive, then dead.

That’s one of many headlines a news colleague emailed me last week. In the email attachment, there are about two dozen headlines that have been photo-graphed from a variety of newspapers. I have to wonder, though, if some are hoaxes because a few are so obscene and/or just plain dumb I cannot imag-ine how any headline writer could have written them – even in haste – without knowing how “bad” they are. It’s hard to imagine how such headlines could have escaped the eagle-eyed attention of a proofreader, unless the proofreader called in sick that day.

However, I know all too well how “blooper” headlines can happen. Dur-ing a hectic day, when a newspaper staff is scrambling under deadline pressure to put together a paper for publication, the hurried last-minute writing of some headlines can lead to awful mistakes. It can happen within hastily written stories, too. My own most regrettable blooper is: “Adolescence is the confus-ing corridor that leads from childhood to adultery.”

When I read goofy headlines, I laugh, but then I cringe, knowing first-hand how easily they can happen.

Here are some of the other “bloop-ers” sent to me, with my parenthetical reactions:

Barbershop singers bring joy to school for deaf

(Those singers must have been aw-fully good-looking.)

Missippi’s literacy program shows improvement

(So does Minsota’s, I’m told)Hospitals resort to hiring doctors.

Physician shortage prompts move, ad-ministrators say

(Good grief, what next?! Will they soon be hiring paroled killers?)

New sick policy requires 20-day notice

(You feel a sneeze coming on, you better call the boss quick.)

Bugs flying around with wings are flying bugs

(You don’t say! I kept wondering what the heck those buzzing pests were.)

Worker suffers leg pain after crane drops 800-pound ball on his head

(Poor guy. Anatomically challenged, apparently.)

Bridges help people cross rivers(Oh, that’s so good to know. Now I

can leave my swim trunks at home.)Man accused of killing lawyer re-

ceives new attorney(Sure hope that man likes attorneys

better than lawyers.)Police arrest everyone on Feb. 22(Not me they didn’t. On that day, I

was hiding under the bed.)Starvation can lead to health haz-

ards(You can say that again. Just try my

new no-fat, no-salt diet once. It’s killing me.)

Total lunar eclipse will be broad-cast live on Northwoods Public Radio

(Can’t wait. I’ve always wanted to hear a total eclipse. It’s probably really loud.)

Miracle cure kills fifth patient(Always, always ask, before any kind

of cure, miracle or not, “Hey, doc, am I your sixth patient?”)

Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee

(I bet those legislators had a high old time that day.)

Statistics show teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25

(Well, duh! That’s not surprising. It’s because teens older than 25 tend to be more responsible about birth control.)

Homeless survive winter: now what?

(Here’s what: They might have to sur-vive summer, too – like the hot, humid, hellish summer we all had to survive last year.)

Homicide victims rarely talk to police

(I don’t blame them. When I’m dead I’m going to keep my mouth shut. Can’t believe some goners have the gall to keep talking, especially to police.)

Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons

(Yup, smart agents. That’s a good place to start looking for weapons.)

Parents keep kids home to protest school closure

(Those moms and dads finally have their thinking caps on. Now the kids won’t have to hang around on the play-ground all day, hungry and cold, waiting for the school to open.)

‘Bridges help people cross rivers’Dennis Dalman

Editor


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Monday, April 1Sartell Superstars 4H club

meeting, 7 p.m. Contact Kris at 320-828-1121.

Blood drive, noon-6 p.m., St. Cloud Blood Donation Center, 1301 W. St. Germain St. 1-800-RED CROSS or redcrossblood.org.

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Wednesday, April 3Healthy Eating for Successful

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St. Joseph Area Historical So-ciety, 7 p.m., Old City Hall, St. Joseph. www.stjosephhistoricalmn.org.

Health and Fitness Fair, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud.

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Saturday, April 6Maple Syrup Fests, 1-4 p.m.,

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In the last seven years, the women have donated 175 quilts for various causes. They include the People’s Church in Bemidji, Anna Marie’s Al-liance in St. Cloud, Lutheran World Relief in Minneapolis and Habitat for Humanity. Most of the materials used are donated, and sometimes they host fundraisers to get additional supplies. Chovan said they sometimes plan shop hops to go buy supplies to-gether.

Eloise Westby is the group’s historian. Westby, who lives in Cold Spring, said when the la-dies first started to meet, they used traditional quilt patterns but have evolved over time.

“We’ve gotten fancier,” Westby said with a smile.

This growth could be seen on a recent Wednesday as

photo by TaLeiza Calloway

Cindy Klocker of St. Joseph cuts cloth March 20 for a fleece blanket at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph. The women make quilts in support of different causes.

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days. She says she works so sometimes she comes dressed for work so she can quilt first before going to her job.

“I really like coming here,” Reardon said.

Her fellow quilters share her feelings. Whether it’s sharing stories about recent trips, fam-ily or a newly discovered quilt-ing pattern, every Wednesday the fellowship hall at Resur-rection Lutheran Church turns into a living-room setting filled with friends.

Nancy Holy of St. Cloud joined the quilting group shortly after it got started in 2006. She says it’s like a day out for her.

“I look forward to Wednes-days,” Holy said. “It’s just nice to get together. We have a lot of fun.”

Rene Krueger of Waite Park has been sewing her whole life, so the weekly quilting group is familiar territory. From 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays she is in her element.

“I like the camaraderie,” Krueger said.

Bonnie Kabe also likes the camaraderie that comes from the weekly gatherings. For her

that’s what Wednesdays are all about.

“You become friends,” Kabe said. “That’s the best part.”

causes problems, partly because the bacteria seems to go dor-mant or unnoticed in the body (it can mimic and change), then bursts forth with a vengeance.

The bad news is deer-tick bites can cause co-infections, making an accurate diagnosis of Lyme disease very difficult. Of-ten victims are misdiagnosed as having multiple sclerosis, rheu-matoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, Crohn’s disease, HIV and other auto-immune or degenerative diseases.

Lyme disease symptoms can include headaches, aching mus-cles, fatigue and unexplainable depression. At its worst, it can also cause memory loss, facial palsy, cognitive impairment, panic attacks, anxiety disorder and even delusional behavior. However, people suffering one or more of such symptoms should not assume automatically they

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have Lyme disease.Usually Lyme symptoms ap-

pear in about two weeks after exposure, but in some instances, the symptoms don’t appear un-til long after the tick infection, in some cases months or even years.

An almost certain symptom of the start of a Lyme disease in-fection is a red-rash “bulls-eye” ring around the spot where the tick fed on the skin. But such a rash is not always present in a Lyme infection so it’s important for people to take precautions and search for the tiny ticks on the entire body.

Dogs should also be exam-ined carefully as soon as they enter the house after playing in a wooded, weedy or grassy area. Special attention should be paid to the dog’s face, nose, neck and ears.

In rare cases, Lyme disease has been known to kill dogs and people, but such cases are exceedingly rare.

ControversyMost doctors and researchers

tend to dismiss the idea of “long-

the women worked on a quilt made from strips of cloth with varying designs and color. The quilt was being made on be-half of the Heritage Quilters for the Eagle’s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, a place that offers support for veterans. Westby is also a member of the Heritage Quilters group, she said. Of-ten, the women bring personal projects or team up on group efforts.

On that same Wednes-day, some of the quilters also worked on fleece blankets to be given to graduating seniors of the church, an annual tra-dition. Cindy Klocker of St. Joseph likes the gesture of the blankets.

“It’s just a nice remem-brance for our students who are graduating,” Klocker said.

She said she has quilted for years but has learned a lot about sewing from the weekly gatherings. St. Joseph resident Kay Reardon makes a point not to miss out on Wednes-

term chronic Lyme disease,” and most won’t treat it with ongoing regimens of antibiotics as such treatments can prove toxic.

The Lyme disease controversy rages on in medical literature, causing disagreements among doctors, researchers, patients and insurance companies.

For a number of reasons, in-cluding the devious, ever-chang-ing bacteria, making a 100-per-cent certain Lyme disease diag-nosis can be very difficult, if not impossible.

According to the National Center for Disease Control, any-where from 10-20 percent of people with Lyme disease will

develop later symptoms after their initial antibiotic treatments.

Guard against itThe best way to avoid Lyme

disease is to be very aware of the ticks that cause it and their environment. Always wear, if possible, light-colored clothing when in a woody, grassy or weedy area. That includes long pants tucked into boots, prefer-ably, long-sleeved shirts and a hat. The light-colored clothing makes the tiny brownish ticks easier to spot.

Use a good tick spray or lo-tion that contains an ingredient named DEET.

Always be sure to check pets

(especially dogs) when they come into the home after being outside.

Also make sure to check for ticks on children’s bodies, pref-erably when bathing them right after coming into the home from playing outside.

If a tick is found, place it in a plastic bag, then seal it. If a person shows any symptoms, meet with a doctor immediately and bring the bagged tick along.

Note: Information for the story above came from a variety of news sources, including the Mayo Clinic website, the Center for Disease Control and other medical-information sites.

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