bi St. Cloud Times www.sctimes.com Saturday, June 5, 2010 3B Empty judicial seat reopened for filing STILLWATER (AP) e-mail messages. Minnesota's secretary of state Officials from Washington on Friday reopened filing for County and the Secretary a judicial seat in Stillwater af- of State's office met Friday ter the incumbent judge and morning and decided to give his clerk left the race without potential candidates until any candidates. June 10 to file for the office. On May 18, incumbent Those interested must colJudge Thomas Armstrong lect and submit at least 500 filed for re-election to the signatures from eligible vot10th District judicial seat ers in the 10th District, which he's held since 1980.
On includes the counties of AnoTuesday the last day for ka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, filing Armstrong's law Pine, Sherburne, Washington clerk, Dawn Hennessy, also and Wright counties. signed up for the race. The If no valid petitions are next day, Armstrong with- filed, the seat will remain on drew from the race and sent the November ballot with a letter of retirement to Gov. no candidates listed, giving Tim Pawlenty. voters the chance to elect a That got legal blogs chat- write-in candidate.
tering about the motives of Kevin Corbid, the WashArmstrong and Hennessy. ington County official who By Thursday, the last day to oversees elections, said all withdraw from the ballot, indications now are that Hennessy dropped out. Armstrong intends to serve Armstrong did not im- out his current term, which mediately return phone and ends in January 2011. Police seek men who beat man with bats ST. PAUL (AP) St.
Paul police are looking for the suspects who beat an airport shuttle driver with baseball bats at a local convenience store, apparently for coming to the aid of some female clerks. Police say five or six men went to the SuperAmerica on May 25 and assaulted 39- year-old Edwin Daniel with metal baseball bats. Daniel's girlfriend, Tiffany Richardson, says he stood up to the men who were harassing female clerks at the store five days before. A search warrant says the men struck Daniel with the bats and knocked over store displays as they pursued him. After authorities released surveillance photos of the men Thursday, one of the suspects turned himself in to police.
Twenty-one-yearold Ahmed Farah Hirsi of St. Paul was charged Friday with second-degree assault. Daniel spent a week in the hospital recovering. Yankton Sioux plan protest over pipestone The Associated Press says the National Park SerMembers of the Yankton vice wants to limit access to Sioux plan a four-day run sacred sites to preserve refrom the southeast South sources, while tribes want to Dakota town of Greenwood maintain year-round access. to protest the sale of red Curt Frain, the monupipestone at Pipestone Na- ment's chief of visitor sertional Monument in south- vices, says the Park Service west Minnesota.
understands the feelings of The run started Friday and the Yankton Sioux, but other is to end Monday evening. tribes do not object to trading Organizer Allen Hare the stone as a commodity. Electronics stolen from Entenza's campaign office ST. PAUL (AP) Laptop day and 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
computers, a video recorder Sgt. Paul Schnell says the and three cameras were sto- stolen items are valued at len in a break-in this week at about $3,000. DFL gubernatorial candidate Police say there are no Matt Entenza's campaign of- signs the break-in was camfice in St. Paul. paign-related.
Police say someone appar- Entenza is one of three ently pried the door open and main DFL candidates vying grabbed the gear sometime for the party's nomination in between 9:30 p.m. Wednes- the Aug. 10 primary. DONOHUE NOVAK WILLS PROBATE TRUSTS 320-255-9052 53110.215678 donohuenovakatlaw.com COMING INVENTORY REDUCTION SAVINGS UP TO ON LAMINATE, WOOD, CARPET, CERAMIC, TILE AND VINYL FLOORING LIGHTING AND HOME ACCESSORIES WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS! Groups ponder what's next in carp fight The Associated Press Although Michigan's attorney general isn't ruling out additional lawsuits, industry leaders and environmental activists said Friday it's time to stop focusing on whether to close Chicago-area shipping locks in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. One day after federal officials rejected closing the locks on a regular basis, some on opposing sides signaled they're ready to take lock closures off the table.
But they jostled over what comes next and how best to stop the voracious fish from taking over in Lake Michigan. The grandest scheme? An engineering solution to permanently separate the lakes from the Mississippi River basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday dismissed the idea of regularly closing the locks but said occasional shutdowns may be needed. In Chicago, a coalition of industry, labor and agriculture groups hailed the decision as a victory for commerce and jobs.
The coalition pledged to fight any renewed effort to regularly close the Asian bighead carp swim in an Aquarium. Federal officials on Chicago-area shipping locks on AP photo locks, but said they could support occasional closures as long as industry gets 30 days' notice. Asian carp, which can weigh up to 100 pounds, have been migrating up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers toward the Great Lakes for decades. Biologists fear if the ravenous fish get into the lakes, they could decimate a $7 billion-a-year fishing industry by gobbling plankton, a key link in the food chain that supports prized species such as salmon and walleye. During a news conference along the Chicago River on Tributes June 5, 2010 Eugene Schmidt, 71 retired, he Albany was a June 13, 1938 June 3, 2010 courier for The Mass of Christian National Burial, celebrating the life of Dispatch.
Eugene Schmidt, age 71 of He was a Albany, will be 11:00 AM lifetime Monday, June 7 at the member of Church of the Seven Dolors the Pioneer in Albany. Burial will be in the Club and the parish cemetery. Gene died Catholic Aid at his home in Albany on Association, St. Joseph's Thursday. There will be a Society and Seven Dolors visitation from PM Catholic Church.
Sunday and again after 10:00 Gene is survived by his AM Monday at the Church in brothers and sisters, Patty Albany. Seven Dolors parish (Leo) Bloch, Richmond; prayers will be at 7:00 PM Elmer (Shirley) Schmidt, followed by the Catholic Aid Albany; Kenneth (Bede), Society at 7:30 PM, Sunday Schmidt, Avon, and Donna at the church. Arrangements Bloch, Albany. He is alsons are being made by the survived by several nieces Miller-Carlin-Brenny Funeral and nephews. Home in Albany.
Gene is preceded in death Gene was born June 13, by his parents, brother-in-law, 1938 in Albany to Joseph and LeRoy Bloch and a niece, Magdalene (Stangler) Bonnie Bloch. Schmidt. He farmed all of his In lieu of flowers, memorials life north of Albany. Gene are preferred to the Seven enlisted in the National Guard Dolors Catholic Church. in September of 1956.
He loved driving his 4-wheeler, deer hunting, wild life fishing on the and farm. Miller- -Carlin watching He also enjoyed spending FUNERAL HOMES time with his nieces and Guest Book Flowers Tributes nephews. Gene retired from WWW.MILLERCARLIN.COM farming in 2000. After he Albany 320-845-2035 About Tributes and Services: Tributes and Services are published daily in the newspaper and online by the St. Cloud Times advertising department.
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A searchable database of past Times obituaries is available online at: www.sctimes.com Teresa Hatti "Teri" Bautch, 79, Seattle WA, formerly of Portland, OR Waite Park, died May 11. Services: June 12, St. Luke's Parish, Shoreline, WA. 1 Elijah Andrew Cedergren, Infant, Rice, died May 31. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 3 p.m.
June 11, Trinity Lutheran Church, Sauk Rapids. Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids. Walter F. Conrad, 86, Cold Spring, died June 4. Services not set.
Wenner Funeral Home, Cold Spring. Floyd J. Crabtree, 62, Sartell, died June 1. Vis: 4-8 p.m. June 6, at funeral home, Sauk Rapids, 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m.
June 7, Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Chapel, Sauk Rapids. Richard Henry Eiden, 87, McGregor, formerly 1 of St. Cloud, died May 31. Vis: hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. June 10, Benson Funeral Home Chapel, St.
Cloud. Joseph F. Eilers, 92, Long Prairie, died June 2. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. June 9, St.
Mary of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Long Prairie. Williams Dingmann Stein Chapel, Long Prairie. Garnet E. Feldhusen, 94, East Moline, IL, formerly of Beach, ND St.
Cloud, MN, died May 2. Memorial Service: 10 a.m. June 11, Peace United Church of Christ, St. Cloud. Benson Funeral Home, St.
Cloud. exhibit at Chicago's Shedd Thursday ruled out closing a regular basis. Friday, coalition member Mark Biel of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois said two electronic barriers designed to block the passage of Asian carp and other invasive species are working. A third is scheduled for completion this year. The coalition could support a proposed thermal barrier to stop the carp, Biel said, but separating the lakes from the Mississippi River basin would be too expensive.
Other measures under consideration include using noise, lights and bubble curtains to scare away the carp, Thomas W. O'Hara, 92 St. Cloud Nov. 19, 1917. June 4, 2010 Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m.
on Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Daniel Funeral Home Chapel in St. Cloud for Thomas W. O'Hara, age 92 of St. Cloud who passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Talahi Care Center in St. Cloud.
Reverend John Riggert will officiate. Burial with military honors will take place at the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery in Little Falls. Family and friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday and after 10:00 a.m.
on Monday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud. The Waite Park American Legion ritual will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home in St. Cloud.11 Tom was born on Novem-1O ber 19, 1917 in Pembina, North Dakota to Frank and Gertrude (Wills) O'Hara.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. Tom served in mounted calvary in Arizona, and later with General George Patton in the 9th Armored Division in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. He married Dariel J. Aleshire on December 17, 1954 at the Pembina as well as disrupting their breeding.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox "disagrees strongly" with the Army Corps decision, spokeswoman Joy Yearout said. "We are still looking at all our options, and that does include additional lawsuits," Yearout said. The U.S. Supreme Court has twice rejected Michigan's plea to close the locks. There are no natural connections between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi basin.
More than a century ago, engineers linked them with a network of canals and existing rivers to reverse the flow of the Chicago River and keep waste from flowing into Lake Michigan. With bills calling for the locks to be shut down immediately stalled in Congress, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat who co-sponsored one measure, called for ecological separation Friday. Joel Brammeier, president of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, said it's time to design and build permanent physical barriers between the lakes and the river basin at strategic locations. Methodist Church.
Tom was employed as a Heavy Equipment Operator from 1948 by McGarry Brothers Construction, Cecil's Construction and Kelly's Construction until he retired in 2000 at the age of 83. He was a member of the Waite Park American Legion Silver Star Post Survivors include his wife, Dariel; sons, Marty (Kathy) of Holdingford, Brian (Lori) of Zimmerman, David (Joyce) of St. Cloud and Scott (Roxanne) of St. Cloud; six grandchildren; and sister, Mae Strich of Emmerson, Manitoba, Canada. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Wilbur, Joseph, Kenneth, Albert, Cecil, Vernon, Sidney and Francis.
Memorials are preferred. DANIEL FUNERAL HOMES CREMATION SERVICES Obituary, Guest Book Video Tribute at www.DanielFuneralHome.com (320) 251-0383 Mary Jane Kruchten, 82 March 15, 1928-June 3, 2010 Mary Jane Kruchten, 82, of Crosby and formerly of Fergus Falls, died June 3, 2010 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin. She was born March 15, 1928 in Forest Prairie Township, MN to Bernard and Anna (Tschumperlin) Neutgens. She married Victor Kruchten on May 8, 1948 in St. Cloud.
She was a former secretary at Our Lady of Victory Catholic School in Fergus Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Victor and one brother, Donald Neutgens. She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law, John and Donna Kruchten, Coon Rapids, and Tom Kruchten, Brookyn Park; five daughters and sons-in-law, Roseann Kruchten, Lakeville, Mary Kay and Ed Norice, Crosby, Sharon and George Peterson, East Grand Forks, Patricia and Mike Annoni, Lakeville, and Lynn and Tom Ritzdorf, Big Fork, MT; one sister-in-law, Rose Neutgens, St. Cloud; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday, June 7, 2010 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Crosby. Burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 04 p.m. at the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby and hour prior to services at the church on Monday.
Koop Funeral Home, Crosby 218-546-5531 JoAnn I M. Gunnerson, 76, Annandale, died May 30. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 4 p.m. June 17, Lake Union Covenant Church, South Haven. Dingmann Funeral Care, Annandale.
Robert "Bob" Gysberg, 67, New Munich, died June 3. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. June 7, Immaculate Conception Catholic Munich. Patton-Schad Funeral Cremation Services, Melrose. Michael A.
Habiger, 58, St. Joseph, died June 3. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. June 5, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waite Park.
Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud. Darlene Dorothy Henderson, 75, Ponte Vedra, FL, died May 19. Services: 10:30 a.m. June 12, St Peter's Catholic Church, St.
Cloud. Reverend W.T. Horst, 81, St. Cloud, died June 3. Vis: 2-4 p.m.
prior to Memorial Service: 4 p.m. June 13, First United Methodist Church, St. Cloud. Mrs. Leonard "Leona" Jelinski, 72, Little Falls, died June 3, Vis: 4-8 p.m.
June 6, at funeral home at church after 9 a.m. prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. June 7, Holy Family Catholic Church, Belle Prairie. Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service, Little Falls. Doris P.
Koprek, 89, St. Cloud, died June 3. Vis: 4-7 p.m. Fri. June 11 at funeral home, at church 1 hour prior to Services: 10 a.m.
Sat. June 12, Salem Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids. Mary Jane Kruchten, 82, Crosby, formerly of Fergus Falls, June 3.
Vis: 2-4 p.m. June 6, Koop Funeral Home, Crosby, at church, 1 hour prior to Services 2 p.m. June 7, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Crosby. Koop Funeral Home, Crosby 218-546-5531.
Sister Rita Marie Martodam, 90, of the St. Francis Convent, Little Falls died June 3. Vis: St. Francis Convent, p.m. June 7, after 8:30 a.m.
until time of Services: at St. Francis Convent 11 a.m. June 8, in Little Falls. Embiom-Brenny Funeral Service, Little Falls. Blanche Matthews, 83, Crystal, MN, died June 2.
Vis: hour prior to Services: 10 a.m. June 5, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, 4087 West Broadway, Robbinsdale. Historic ThomsonDougherty, 612-871-4407. Roland 81, Luxemburg, died May 29. Vis: 10-11 a.m.
June 5, both at Mary Hall, Luxemburg. Services: 11 a.m., St. Wendelin's Catholic Church, Luxemburg. Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud.
Ellen Minnette, 95, Little Falls, died May 30. Services not set. Embolm-Brenny Funeral Service, Little Falls. Alice M. Mohs, 95, Marietta GA, formerly of St.
Cloud, died May 11. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. June 8, St. Paul's Catholic Church, St. Cloud.
Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud. Elmer Monson, 89, Hillman area, died June 3. Vis: 4-8 p.m. June 6, Shelley-Virnig Funeral Cha- pel, Pierz, at church, 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m., June 7, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hillman.
Shelley-Virnig Funeral Chapel, Pierz. Ann Helgeson Nielsen, 78, Edina, died May 28. Celebration of life: 4:30 p.m. June 5, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Mpls. Washbum McReavy Edina Chapel, 952-920-3996.
Thomas W. O'Hara, 92, St. Cloud, died June 4. Vis: both at Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud, 5-8 p.m.
June 6, 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. June 7, Daniel Funeral Home Chapel, St. Cloud. Bernice Quistorff, 91, Sauk Centre, died Feb. 15.
Vis: 1 hour prior to memorial service: 11 a.m. June 12, First Lutheran Church, Sauk Centre. Roy-Hetland Funeral Home, Osakis. Myron Eugene Sandberg, 85, Pillager, died May 29. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m.
June 5, First Lutheran Church, Pillager. Brenny Funeral Chapel, Baxter. Dale E. Schaubhut, 76, Long Prairie, died May 29. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m.
June 5, Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home-Stein Chapel, Long Prairie. Eugene Schmidt, 71, Albany, died June 3. Vis: both at church, 4-8 p.m. June 6, 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. June 7, Church of the Seven Dolors, Albany.
Miller-Carlin-Brenny Funeral Home in Albany. Joseph E. Weinmann, 78, Elrosa, died Fri. June 4. Services not set.
Patton-Schad Funeral Cremation Services, Sauk Centre..
