A Decision into Death

             

            Early Sunday morning, Kristina Andrea Krinitsyn of Andover, Minn., died while on a mission’s trip to Cuba.

           The 17-year-old Sunday school teacher was shot and killed in Havana, Cuba; standing for her faith. “She was always stubborn in her belief” Her mother, Olga Krinitsyn commented, “I’m proud of her.” Volunteering in many programs including Love Minneapolis, Feed My Starving Children, Wishes in Flight, and many little outreaches, Kristina had always had the heart to serving others. Considering this, she wanted to do more, resulting in the trip to Cuba.

            Just one day before her flight back home, she was surrounded and blocked by a suspicious group of towns’ people. They confronted her with questions about her faith in Jesus Christ, and she replied honestly. They disapproved of her belief and shot her down, immediately.

            Back at home, she worked as a TCF bank teller in hopes of paying for her dream school, Oral Roberts University. Going to school as a PSEO student at Anoka Ramsey Community College; she streamed to graduate with an AA degree. She also was a fan of music, playing piano and singing in her church worship team. Her family later discovered a list of goals that she once put on paper. “She had potential,” her sister, Aleena Krinitsyn stated “and always accomplished everything.”  One of the goals listed was, “I want to make people think and know the truth.”  Though she had died, her goal hasn’t gone unaccomplished. 

A funeral is to be held Saturday at the Methven Tayler Funeral Home. Burial will follow immediately in Morningside Memorial Gardens.




**(For all who read this, this is the way i would like to die! I want to stay faithful to Christ all my life! and if it means dying for his name, i will!)

Money Tug o' War

A county sheriff and several county commissioners in the county, have a tug o’ war of where an amount of money would work best.

                

Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Gus Dicesari, boiled over the fact that the county might not give money for new police cruisers and 5 new sheriff’s deputies. “You’re putting the lives of the people in this county, in jeopardy” he said. Commission President Anne Chenn disagreed, saying they have no money for new cars or new deputies, but that the county suggests the money should be given to programs helping migrant workers, who come to the county to work.

                 

“We never had problems until we began letting migrants come to this county to work. They are a problem for our law enforcement, our schools and our healthcare system” stated Commissioner Anita Shenuski, during a heated argument with Chenn. Chenn denied her statement, “Those people who come here to work are decent, hardworking people being employed at jobs that local residents don’t want to do.” The county ran short of money this year because of increased cost for health care for employees and higher fuel costs, resulting in a limited budget of $127 million.

                

DiCesari continued to fight stating, he needed to replace eight older vehicles that each have more than 150,000 miles on them, for new police cruisers. Chenn suggested that the deputies not drive their cruisers home each day, as they do now. It would make more cars available and preserve mileage.

In result the commissioners voted 5-to-2 against the sheriff’s request for additional money for equipment and personnel.

Two Tractor Trailers Start a Domino Effect

At 6:45 a.m., like a domino effect, two tractor trailers collided and began a chain reaction, ending with two people dead, and 20 injured.

According to Sgt. Albert Wei of the police department, a total of four tractor trailers and 14 cars were involved in the crash. Beginning with two tractor trailers crushing into each other, it resulted in others swerving, colliding, crashing, and flipping; one after another.

Including in the 20 injured people, four had taken on life threatening injuries. The "Life Flight" helicopter from Memorial Hospital was called to the scene immediately and flew two of the worst injured patients, to the trauma center in Statesville, 50 miles away. All participating in the mishap, witnessed what looked like a scene from a war zone. Fire Chief, Tony Sullivan, said there were bodies laying along the road, people covered with blood sitting next to their cars, emergency workers running from place to place, trying to help the injured and sirens wailing in the distance.

The accident, which occurred in the northbound lanes, on Interstate 790, closed the entire highway, north and south. The interstate was still closed at 10 a.m. and no prediction was made to when it would be open again.