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Archive for the 'Personal log' Category


Summary: The Sartell Sabres won the Boys Varsity Silver Bracket contest at the Breakdown Sports USA 2012 Boys’ Summer Showcase at St. Michael-Albertville on Sunday, June 24, 2012.



Summary: Tim Immelman — Sartell Sabres basketball photos and junior season achievements, 2011-2012.


Aug 14th, 2011

Summary: Squeezed in between summer basketball and fall football, a final fishing excursion to Father Hennepin State Park on Mille Lacs Lake in Central Minnesota to close out the summer. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 14, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the Sartell-Rice area in Central Minnesota had been hit by near-hurricane force straight-line winds.



Summary: Late Friday afternoon, July 1, 2011, a line of severe thunderstorms hit St. Cloud, Minn., and surrounding communities with heavy rain, large hail, and near-hurricane-force downburst winds of 65 to 70 miles an hour toppling hundreds of trees, some of which landed on buildings and vehicles. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner described 54-year-old music teacher Dan Rassier as a “person of interest” in the abduction of Jacob Wetterling at the end of the Rassier driveway on the evening of Oct. 22, 1989. Aubrey Immelman discussed aspects of criminal motive and the likely offender profile, noting the need for a linkage analysis involving the unsolved kidnapping and sexual assault of Jared S. in Cold Spring and the unexplained disappearance of Joshua Guimond from the campus of St. John’s University.


Jun 19th, 2011

Summary: Father’s Day weekend camping/fishing trip to Father Hennepin State Park, Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 19, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided a photo chronicle of a Father’s Day weekend camping/fishing trip to Father Hennepin State Park, Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota.


Jun 12th, 2011

Summary: Mille Lacs Lake fishing reports and photos of Tim and Matt Immelman fishing Mille Lacs Lake out of Father Hennepin State Park in Isle, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 12, 2010, Aubrey Immelman observed that about 50 Afghan schoolgirls had became ill and were taken to a hospital after a suspected gas poisoning in their school in Ghazni, southwestern Afghanistan — the latest in a spate of similar incidents, some of which Immelman contends have the hallmarks of mass hysteria.


Aug 27th, 2010

Summary: A total of 46 students and nine teachers were treated in a Kabul, Afghanistan, hospital after what an official at the education ministry described as “an apparent poisoning” attack by “the enemies of women’s education.” However, the pattern of the reported illness bears the hallmark of a group psychological reaction known as mass hysteria. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 27, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced a joint town hall forum with Rep. Ron Paul as her guest. He also reported a summer of setbacks for the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, with rising casualties, a divisive election, and growing public doubt about the war.


Jun 19th, 2010

Summary: Father’s Day weekend camping/fishing trip to Father Hennepin State Park, Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 19, 2009 Aubrey Immelman reported that residents of Tehran, in open defiance of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, climbed to their rooftops and shouted “God is great!” and “Death to the dictator!” in protest to the June 12, 2009 presidential election they believed was rigged in favor of hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


Jun 12th, 2010

Summary: About 50 Afghan schoolgirls became ill and were taken to a hospital after a suspected gas poisoning in their school in Ghazni, southwestern Afghanistan — the latest in a spate of similar incidents, some of which have the hallmarks of mass hysteria. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 12, 2009 Aubrey Immelman featured the daily summary of security developments in Iraq, as reported by Reuters.


May 15th, 2010

Summary: Minnesota’s 2010 open-water fishing opener. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 15, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) called on Congress to block ACORN’s access to federal housing funds, citing repeated charges of voter registration fraud against the low-income advocacy group.