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officials have closed three youth baseball fields next to its Ranger plant after preliminary soil tests showed arsenic, copper and iron concentrations slightly above state standards allowed for recreational use. While state health officials hadn't seen all data, they said Friday that the arsenic concentrations described by Ford don't seem to indicate any danger. The baseball fields have been in use for more than 50 years by hundreds of children and their families, including major leaguers Jack Morris, Paul Mo-litor and Joe Mauer. "The approach that Ford is taking seems to be very reasonable and very cautious," said Tannie Eshenaur, community health educator for the Minnesota Department of Health. woman Kristen Kinley.

The Health Department's Eshenaur said the main concern with arsenic is whether young children play in contaminated soil and eat it But she said risks are far lower if the soil is under turf or if youngsters are exposed to very small amounts of it by inhaling dust "Just because a pollutant or element is present doesn't mean that people will come into contact with it or that people are going to get sick," Eshenaur said. However, Ford is acting prudently to take more samples to see if the arsenic concentrations are higher elsewhere on the ball fields, she said. Ford's consultant has taken about 70 soil borings from different sections of its property and will report on those results in the future, Hobbs said. Andy Hobbs, director of Ford's environmental quality office, said the area was closed as a precaution and more soil tests from the area need to be done. "We have no reason to believe that the condition of this field poses a community health risk," he said.

Highland Litde League President Elliott Knetsch said there's a lack of recreation areas in the city, especially in the summer, and he's worried about losing the Little League fields. "We've got three beautiful ball fields that are irreplaceable," he said. "Everyone loves those fields. They're 50 years old, and they're nostalgic." More than 700 players call the St. Paul diamonds home field, according to the Minnesota Sports Turf Managers As sociation.

The metals were discovered as Ford officials were onduct-ing a larger environmental assessment of the 138-acre site, where a plant was built in 1923 and used in recent years to assemble Ranger trucks. Ford plans to close the plant in 2008 and is identifying areas that may be polluted and may need to be cleaned up before the property can be sold and redeveloped. Of the metals found in the preliminary results, arsenic is the main concern. Hobbs said four of eight soil borings taken to a depth of 6 feet found arsenic concentrations above the state standard of 5 parts per millioa The highest at 16.4 parts per million was found in topsoil just beneath the grass, said Ford spokes iC Downtown Cold Spring 320 658 M-F Sat "8--4 nme: Place: UCP, Presents: The Great Computer Drive through and dump: 0 Computers Printers MM Fax machines Microwaves Cost: Cell phones A Laptops DTVs 0 Video display devices legally and safely. MEETS i STANDARDS NWSir 8673 Tuesday Sept.

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It even blew some 50 miles into Minnesota. Joe and Elsie Stroot, who live on a farm near Euclid, found a 21-year-old personal check from the Northwood State Bank in their yard. 4 Frazee man pleads not guilty to trying to hire ahit man FOR A DAY AT "Our stuff is all over the place," said Linda Gabriel, who said the check came from files in her Northwood office. "I got two letters today, one was from Grand Forks, somebody sent something back, like a canceled check." Debris can be seen for two to three miles east of Northwood in the fields. Steffen pleaded not guilty Thursday in North Dakota's Cass County to a felony charge of soliciting an aggravated assault The charge stems from a series of taped conversations Steffen allegedly had with an undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent last fall.

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on supervised release, fined $50, ordered to pay $109.69 restitution to Coborn's from another case and provide a DNA sample. Judge: Knapp. Gregory Victor Glenn, 18, Free-port; third-degree burglary, Sept. 27, 2006; imposition of sentence stayed on five years probation and 30 days in jail, serving 15 days in jail and 15 days on electronic home monitoring, work release OK, fined $300 plus surcharges or Sentence-To-Service in lieu of fine, ordered to pay $1,163.21 restitution, abstain from alcohol and nonprescribed mood-altering substances, undergo random urinalysis, provide a DNA sample, have no same or similar violations during probation and have no contact with his victim. Judge: Widick.

Jeremy Michael Windschitl, 28, St. Cloud; fifth-degree controlled substance crime marijuana, Dec. 14, 2006; imposition of sentence stayed on five years probation, two days in jail and 28 days house arrest, fined $300, ordered to obtain a chemical dependency evaluation and follow recommendations, abstain from nonprescribed mood- Windows, Siding, Soffit Fascia, Doors, Roofs (320)2555525 Rarl tn cwvri I immsm Wind The Associated Press A Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to trying to hire a hit man to paralyze or kill his estranged wife. According to a complaint, David Wayne Steffen, 48, of Frazee planned to pay an undercover agent posing as a hit man $5,500 to paralyze his wife and $12,000 if she died. altering substances, undergo random urinalysis, abstain from alcohol if part of recommendations of chemical dependency evaluation, provide a DNA sample and have no same or similar violations during probation.

Judge: Grunke. Sauk Rapids; possess firearm by ineligible person, Nov. 11, 2006; sentenced to 60 months in prison, stayed on 15 years probation and 138 days in jail, fined $1,000 plus surcharges, ordered to pay restitution as determined by the agent, left open for 60 days, obtain a chemical dependency evaluation and follow recommendations, abstain from alcohol and nonprescribed mood-altering substances, undergo random urinalysis, provide a DNA sample and have no same or similar violations during probation. Judge: Grunke. This is a complete list of felony convictions, as provided by area counties.

Judges are guided by state sentencing guidelines. For extensive information about the guidelines, go to www.sctimes.com and click on the links with this story. We are extremely ha; told'-Chuck Hi MINNEAPOLIS (AP) U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim has ordered terrorism suspect Mohammed Warsame transferred to more typical pretrial detention but said he must continue to be held without bail until his trial.

Warsame has been held in solitary confinement at the Oak Park Heights prison. FBI agents questioned him about time he allegedly spent in two terrorist training camps in Afghanistan three years earlier. Warsame was indicted about six weeks later in Minneapolis on charges of conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaida and of lying to federal agents about traveling to Afghanistan and sending $2,000 to an associate there. Warsame accused prosecutors of stalling and petitioned Tunheim to release him until his trials Tunheim rejected Warsame's FROM PAGE 2B Felonies 122 months in prison, serving 81V3 months in prison and 40 months on supervised release, fined $50 plus surcharges, restitution deferred pending a court order, and ordered to provide a DNA sample; sentenced on count two to 175 months in prison, serving 116 months in prison and 58 months on supervised release and ordered to provide a DNA sample. Judge: Landwehr.

Daniel Jon Carlson, 46, Chokio; fifth-degree controlled substance crime oxycodone, May 5, 2006; stay of adjudication pursuant to Minnesota statute 152.18 on five years probation and 20 days in jail or 152 hours of community service within six months in lieu of jail, fined $500 plus surcharges, ordered to obtain a chemical dependency evaluation within 30 days and follow recommendations, have no same or similar violations during probation and sign releases. Judge: Knapp. Anthony Yates Taylor, 33, St. Cloud; second-degree burglary, July 15, 2006; sentenced to 18 months in prison, stayed on 10 years probation and 90 days in jail, serving 90 days on electronic home monitoring, work release OK, fined $300 plus surcharges, ordered to obtain chemical de- pendency and anger management evaluations and follow recommendations, sign releases, provide a DNA sample, pay correctional supervision fee, have no same or similar violations during probation and have no contact with victim. Judge: Widick.

Edward David Stahlmann, 25, St. Paul; theft by check. May 2, 2006; sentenced to 15 months in prison, stayed on five years probation and 76 days in jail, ordered to pay surcharges, pay $2,500 restitution or return car, obtain a psychological evaluation and follow recommendations, have no same or similar violations during probation, have no contact with victim, complete a cognitive skills evaluation and follow recommendations and sign releases. Judge: Widick. Sheryl Ann Sundberg, 44, Big Lake; offering a forged check, July 10, 2006; sentenced to 21 months in prison, serving 14 months in prison and seven months on supervised release, fined $50, ordered to pay $309.17 restitution and provide a DNA sample.

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