My Obituary

Marais Fields, of Harris Minnesota died early today, September 29, 2011, at the age of 18.In the small town of Harris, Marais was known as the girl that worked at the only gas station in town. Always smiling, always friendly, and always someone to talk to.
Marais had many friends and they all knew her for her one of a kind sense of humor. Whether it was to cheer someone up from a bad day, to make herself feel better, or just to laugh, Marais could always bring a smile to your face. Marais had a very big and caring heart.
Fields life was cut short Thursday afternoon when a freak accident took place at the Como Zoo. According to authorities, a zebra got out of its cage and attacked the young women. By the time the zoo security showed up, it was too late.
Fields was in her first year of college and attended Anoka Ramsey Community College. Fields had graduated from Rush City High School in June with a GPA of 3.8. She worked as a nanny for half of the week and at Claires Boutique the rest of the week.She enjoyed spending time with her black lab Duke, and her brother and sisters. She took an interest in animals, watching Law and Order: SVU marathons, spending time with her friends, and hunting.
Fields is survived by her mother Tammy Fields, father Brian Fields, brother Michael Fields, and sisters: Kylei and Chenoa Fields.
There will be a funeral on October 3 to celebrate the young life at the Hope Church in Harris.

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The police department of Chisago County is asking the County Commission for additional spending money to spend on new equipment and personnel.  According to county commissioners Anita Shenuski and Raymond Laybourne, “The county does not have the money to buy new police cruisers and hire five new sheriffs’ deputies.” Shenuski and Laybourne blame immigrants on the shortage of the police department’s spending money.  Migrants take away from jobs, schools and the health care system. Migrant workers often for little pay, and do the toughest labor that most Americans would rather not.

But Commissioner President Anne Chenn disagrees. “Those people who come here to work are decent, hardworking people being employed at jobs that local residents don’t want to do.” Migrant workers do the work that Americans think they are too good for, so whose fault is it really? Chenn thinks alternatives for the police station  is the better solution instead of blaming immigrants. Instead of the officers driving their police cars home, they could leave them at the station which hopefully save on mileage and make cars more available to other officers.  Sheriff Gus DiCesari   countered with a valid point, “Letting the deputies drive their cruisers home and parking them in their neighborhoods is a deterrent to crime.”

In the end, the County Commission turned down the police stations proposal for more money with a 5-to-2 vote.

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In the early hours of traffic yesterday morning, a terrible accident involving 18 vehicles, four being tractor trailers, took place on Interstate 790.

According to Sergeant Albert Wei of the police department, “The crash scene looked like something like a war zone when he arrived, with bodies lying along the road, people covered with blood sitting next to their cars, emergency workers running from place to place trying to help the injured.”Officers on the scene had troubles figuring out which cars belonged to whom, and who were the divers and who were the passengers. For two of the car drivers, the accident was fatal.  20 of the other car drivers made it out with severe injuries, four of which being life threatening.

Although the investigation is still taking place, the city’s police department thinks a chain reaction crash caused by two of the tractor trailers occurred.

Fire Chief Tony Sullivan said, “Firefighters had to cut the roofs off three of the cars to free the drivers and passengers that were trapped inside.”  All five of the city’s fire departments were called on scene as well as ambulances from four of the surrounding cities. Also, the “Life Flight” helicopter form Memorial hospital was called in to carry away those with the worst injuries directly to the hospital’s trauma center.

According to Sullivan, he had never seen anything as bad as the accident in the 18 and a half years he’s been with the city’s fire department,

The accident, which happened in the northbound lane, closed the entire highway, going both north and south. The detour took place on Interstate 690, which had backed up traffic for three hours. There is still no word on when the highway will be unblocked.