Leadership
Leadership is key in everything you do, and everything that you are a part of. Many people say that they are not leadership quality; however, anyone can be a good and positive leader in anything that they do. These are some of the things a few local speakers said to us at a recent Christian Leadership Convention.
From the beginning to the end, all of the speakers reminded the listeners that, “Leaders are not born, they are made.” They began telling us about using leadership with youth. During this part they focused on when leading groups of youth, be there for guidance more than anything else. Be there when they want you to be there. Some youth are more ready to be leaders than others. They will step up to the plate if need, if they don’t, it is a good chance for the others to come out of their shell and become a leader. Leading the youth is a very important thing to do because they need to be honed into great leaders because they are the leaders of the future.
Being a leader with a group of elderly people is also something to work on. One thing to do is to be a quite leader and input new ideas. Bring new age ideas to the table that they have never heard of. However, if the occasion calls for it and the time is right, it is more than ok to step up and be the vocal and overall leader of the group.
There are also different aspects of becoming and being a good leader. One very important thing that you need to is motivate people when they need it. You also need to do your part in the group or whatever it is that you are involved in. Another thing you can do if the group respects you, or sometimes even if not, you need to outsource some of the work to the people that are not doing much to help out the group.
For sometime, a speaker said that to be a leader in a group, you do not need to have the best skills for the situation. A leader does not consist of being the best of the best compared to the rest. He asked us to think of time in our life when someone was not the best at something but they were a leader. The first thing that popped in my head was when I was playing high school football. My junior year, one of the captains that got chosen by the team never started a game his whole life and only played when we were winning by a lot. Yet he still got chosen by his teammates to be one of the five captains because of his leadership qualities on the team.
While listening to theses speakers, I learned many things about being a leader and even better, being an efficient leader. The one thing that they said a number of times keeps on sticking in my head and I believe is an amazing quote, “Leaders are not born, they are made.”
Monday, October 26, 2009
St. Cloud Bridge to Open This Thursday
This Thursday the new Granite City Crossing Bridge in St. Cloud that goes over the Mississippi River will open after 18 months of construction. The bridge replaces the old Desoto Bridge. Because the bridge got done early, the contractor gets a bonus.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Brett Boxwell Interview 2nd Draft
Growing up, Brett Boxwell would play baseball with his older brother. Still to this day he does the very same thing. Brett is now 21 years old and playing for an amateur baseball team as well as the Anoka Ramsey Community College’s baseball team as a pitcher. It has all been a positive hobby and activity besides when he got hit by a ball in eighth grade and broke his nose. So far the best part of his short baseball career was during his senior year of high school when his team won a tournament of sixty four teams, which ended in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the same stadium that Minnesota Twins just played their last game at on October 11, 2009.
Last year playing for Anoka Ramsey Community College, Brett and the team made it to the State Tournament, which was a first for the school in six years. When asked about the team Brett says that “It's actually going pretty well.” With many of the team’s starters returning this up and coming baseball season, Brett is expecting to have another year that the school will remember. The team is expecting to go further this season than they did last season. Only time will tell if this is going to come true.
With the amateur team he is currently on, Brett now plays with his older brother that he has been playing with for his whole life. Having fun with every team Brett is playing with, he hopes to transfer to a bigger four year school and finish out his career on hopefully a positive note. With his future baseball career Brett says, “I hope to continue playing as long as my body and skill level allow me too.”
Last year playing for Anoka Ramsey Community College, Brett and the team made it to the State Tournament, which was a first for the school in six years. When asked about the team Brett says that “It's actually going pretty well.” With many of the team’s starters returning this up and coming baseball season, Brett is expecting to have another year that the school will remember. The team is expecting to go further this season than they did last season. Only time will tell if this is going to come true.
With the amateur team he is currently on, Brett now plays with his older brother that he has been playing with for his whole life. Having fun with every team Brett is playing with, he hopes to transfer to a bigger four year school and finish out his career on hopefully a positive note. With his future baseball career Brett says, “I hope to continue playing as long as my body and skill level allow me too.”
Monday, October 19, 2009
Leadership Speaker Event
Leadership is key in everything you do, and everything that you are a part of. Many people say that they are not leadership quality; however, anyone can be a good and positive leader in anything that they do. These are some of the things a few local speakers said to us at a recent Christian Leadership Convention.
From the beginning to the end, all of the speakers reminded the listeners that, “Leaders are not born, they are made.” They began telling us about using leadership with youth. During this part they focused on when leading groups of youth, be there for guidance more than anything else. Be there when they want you to be there. Some youth are more ready to be leaders than others. They will step up to the plate if need, if they don’t, it is a good chance for the others to come out of their shell and become a leader. Leading the youth is a very important thing to do because they need to be honed into great leaders because they are the leaders of the future.
Being a leader with a group of elderly people is also something to work on. One thing to do is to be a quite leader and input new ideas. Bring new age ideas to the table that they have never heard of. However, if the occasion calls for it and the time is right, it is more than ok to step up and be the vocal and overall leader of the group.
There are also different aspects of becoming and being a good leader. One very important thing that you need to is motivate people when they need it. You also need to do your part in the group or whatever it is that you are involved in. Another thing you can do if the group respects you, or sometimes even if not, you need to outsource some of the work to the people that are not doing much to help out the group.
For sometime, a speaker said that to be a leader in a group, you do not need to have the best skills for the situation. A leader does not consist of being the best of the best compared to the rest. He asked us to think of time in our life when someone was not the best at something but they were a leader. The first thing that popped in my head was when I was playing high school football. My junior year, one of the captains that got chosen by the team never started a game his whole life and only played when we were winning by a lot. Yet he still got chosen by his teammates to be one of the five captains because of his leadership qualities on the team.
While listening to theses speakers, I learned many things about being a leader and even better, being an efficient leader. The one thing that they said a number of times keeps on sticking in my head and I believe is an amazing quote, “Leaders are not born, they are made.”
From the beginning to the end, all of the speakers reminded the listeners that, “Leaders are not born, they are made.” They began telling us about using leadership with youth. During this part they focused on when leading groups of youth, be there for guidance more than anything else. Be there when they want you to be there. Some youth are more ready to be leaders than others. They will step up to the plate if need, if they don’t, it is a good chance for the others to come out of their shell and become a leader. Leading the youth is a very important thing to do because they need to be honed into great leaders because they are the leaders of the future.
Being a leader with a group of elderly people is also something to work on. One thing to do is to be a quite leader and input new ideas. Bring new age ideas to the table that they have never heard of. However, if the occasion calls for it and the time is right, it is more than ok to step up and be the vocal and overall leader of the group.
There are also different aspects of becoming and being a good leader. One very important thing that you need to is motivate people when they need it. You also need to do your part in the group or whatever it is that you are involved in. Another thing you can do if the group respects you, or sometimes even if not, you need to outsource some of the work to the people that are not doing much to help out the group.
For sometime, a speaker said that to be a leader in a group, you do not need to have the best skills for the situation. A leader does not consist of being the best of the best compared to the rest. He asked us to think of time in our life when someone was not the best at something but they were a leader. The first thing that popped in my head was when I was playing high school football. My junior year, one of the captains that got chosen by the team never started a game his whole life and only played when we were winning by a lot. Yet he still got chosen by his teammates to be one of the five captains because of his leadership qualities on the team.
While listening to theses speakers, I learned many things about being a leader and even better, being an efficient leader. The one thing that they said a number of times keeps on sticking in my head and I believe is an amazing quote, “Leaders are not born, they are made.”
Chunk of Elvis Hair sold for $15K
A chunk of Elvis Presley's hair from 1958 when he was in the Army was auctioned off in Chicago, Illinois. Surprisingly, the hair went for $15,000! A shirt also got auctioned off for $52,000. All off the 200+ items was owned by a guy who ran an Elvis fan club, Gary Pepper.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Obituary
Isaac Paul Jenson, 20 years old, of Princeton, Minnesota died yesterday around 3:00 p.m. He died from a freak accident playing a game of flag football.
Isaac loved all kinds of sports and did everything he could do to be involved with them. Isaac also enjoyed volunteering at his church's Youth Group. He was a student at Anoka Ramsey Community College with ambitions to go into the sales field.
Visitation will be held on Friday at the United Methodist Church in Princeton, Minneosta at 6p.m. followed. Funeral will follow on Saturday October 14th.
Isaac was survived by his parents Ron and Debbie, sister Hannah, and girlfriend Jenna.
Isaac loved all kinds of sports and did everything he could do to be involved with them. Isaac also enjoyed volunteering at his church's Youth Group. He was a student at Anoka Ramsey Community College with ambitions to go into the sales field.
Visitation will be held on Friday at the United Methodist Church in Princeton, Minneosta at 6p.m. followed. Funeral will follow on Saturday October 14th.
Isaac was survived by his parents Ron and Debbie, sister Hannah, and girlfriend Jenna.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Brett Boxwell Interview
Growing up, Brett Boxwell would play baseball with his older brother. Still to this day he does the very same thing. Brett is now 21 years old and playing for an amateur baseball team as well as the Anoka Ramsey Community College’s baseball team as a pitcher. It has all been a positive hobby and activity besides when he got hit by a ball in eighth grade and broke his nose. So far the best part of his short baseball career was during his senior year of high school when his team won a tournament of sixty four teams, which ended in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the same stadium that Minnesota Twins just played their last game at on October 11, 2009.
Last year playing for Anoka Ramsey Community College, Brett and the team made it to the State Tournament, which was a first for the school in six years. With many of the team’s starters returning this up and coming baseball season, Brett is expecting to have another year that the school will remember. The team is expecting to go further this season than they did last season. Only time will tell if this is going to come true.
With the amateur team he is currently on, Brett now plays with his older brother that he has been playing with for his whole life. Having fun with every team Brett is playing with, he hopes to transfer to a bigger four year school and finish out his career on hopefully a positive note.
Last year playing for Anoka Ramsey Community College, Brett and the team made it to the State Tournament, which was a first for the school in six years. With many of the team’s starters returning this up and coming baseball season, Brett is expecting to have another year that the school will remember. The team is expecting to go further this season than they did last season. Only time will tell if this is going to come true.
With the amateur team he is currently on, Brett now plays with his older brother that he has been playing with for his whole life. Having fun with every team Brett is playing with, he hopes to transfer to a bigger four year school and finish out his career on hopefully a positive note.
Cash for Cluncker Not as Good as Minnesota Thought
The "Cash for Clunkers" ideas to help car sales, didn't quite do what the state of Minnesota was expecting. The income taxes were $93 million behind then what the expectations were.
Making it not as bad, as a whole, the Minnesota Management and Budget Office said that all categories were $52 million behind the projections. This was reported on Monday, October 12, 2009.
Making it not as bad, as a whole, the Minnesota Management and Budget Office said that all categories were $52 million behind the projections. This was reported on Monday, October 12, 2009.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Interview with Judith
Judith: so, I love horseback riding it is my favorite thing to do, I guess i always loved horses sence i was a little girl. I would always pray that i got one on christmas.
I loved reading about horses and one time I actually got some horse magazines, cut out all the pictures of horses, and covered my bedroom with them.
I took horse lessons when i was twelve years old. I had them every thursday afternoon. My instructor was amazing. We would ride horses together. One time I was riding this huge bay horse, his name was Tez. I was riding him bareback, and he must of gotten spooked from the traffic, he just took off running. It was in the middle of winter. He ended up throwing me off and trampled on my leg. I was crying and my instroctor was really worried. However while i was crying i just asked that my instructor not to tell my mom, cuz i still wanted to take horse lessons. And i did.
I love riding a horse. It feels like you are free and there are no worries in your life. It's like i almost leave the world behind once I get on.
Isaac: That's awesome! Do you have a horse of your own? Where were these lessons located at
Judith: No, i don't have a horse, but it is my dream to someday own a few horses and live on a ranch. I always have wanted a horse. Everytime i drive by a house and see a horse, i just turn my head all the way around. They're such beautiful creatures.
I took the lessons off of crosstown blvd. It was at a small house, and they had about 8 horses, there neighbors had quarter horses that they raced
Isaac: What kind of lessons do you take? Racing or what kind?
Judith: just regular horse lessons, how to ride, western saddle type. It was fun
I loved reading about horses and one time I actually got some horse magazines, cut out all the pictures of horses, and covered my bedroom with them.
I took horse lessons when i was twelve years old. I had them every thursday afternoon. My instructor was amazing. We would ride horses together. One time I was riding this huge bay horse, his name was Tez. I was riding him bareback, and he must of gotten spooked from the traffic, he just took off running. It was in the middle of winter. He ended up throwing me off and trampled on my leg. I was crying and my instroctor was really worried. However while i was crying i just asked that my instructor not to tell my mom, cuz i still wanted to take horse lessons. And i did.
I love riding a horse. It feels like you are free and there are no worries in your life. It's like i almost leave the world behind once I get on.
Isaac: That's awesome! Do you have a horse of your own? Where were these lessons located at
Judith: No, i don't have a horse, but it is my dream to someday own a few horses and live on a ranch. I always have wanted a horse. Everytime i drive by a house and see a horse, i just turn my head all the way around. They're such beautiful creatures.
I took the lessons off of crosstown blvd. It was at a small house, and they had about 8 horses, there neighbors had quarter horses that they raced
Isaac: What kind of lessons do you take? Racing or what kind?
Judith: just regular horse lessons, how to ride, western saddle type. It was fun
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Mystery Murder at North Point Inn
Yesterday morning around 9 o’clock in the morning at the North Point Inn, bookkeeper, Nina Cortez went to work, got robbed and could have been murdered. Nina was in her office counting money, $6,000 in all, and someone came into the office when a knife.
The robber, Nina said, was about 5’ 10” maybe 6 feet, in his early 20’s and has a medium build. He was wearing blue jeans, blue plaid shirt, and blue tennis shoes. He was also wearing a floral scarf that covered up half of his face.
When the robber came into the office Nina started to scream and kick. When she kicked, her chair with wheels slide away from her and she then feel to the ground. After she fell the robber reached over her and took $130 in five dollar bills.
After he left she locked the door after she heard another voice call the robber out. A few minutes later she heard the police outside of her office. When she went outside of her office she saw blood. The blood was from her co-worker Kevin Blohm, a cook, who was lying on the floor with a stab wound in the chest and hand.
The robber, Nina said, was about 5’ 10” maybe 6 feet, in his early 20’s and has a medium build. He was wearing blue jeans, blue plaid shirt, and blue tennis shoes. He was also wearing a floral scarf that covered up half of his face.
When the robber came into the office Nina started to scream and kick. When she kicked, her chair with wheels slide away from her and she then feel to the ground. After she fell the robber reached over her and took $130 in five dollar bills.
After he left she locked the door after she heard another voice call the robber out. A few minutes later she heard the police outside of her office. When she went outside of her office she saw blood. The blood was from her co-worker Kevin Blohm, a cook, who was lying on the floor with a stab wound in the chest and hand.
New Wild Head Coach Starts Where Old One Started
New Minnesota Wild head coach Todd Richards first game was a lost against the Columbus BlueJackets this Saturday night. Coincidentally the former Wild head coach, Jacques Lemaire ended his career with a win against the Columbus BlueJackets last year. With a new Wild General Manager and head coach it will be a whole new team.
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