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AUTOPSY RESULTS: Scandia murder-suicide. PAGE 2

Many questions for proposed Marine development

Scandia speaker series kicks off with turtle talk The Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails announced the lineup last week for its Spring 2018 Speaker Series.

What do Minnesota Turtles Do All Winter?

JIM MORTWEDT

The Marine on St Croix Planning Commission will consider a proposed development at the north end of city limits near the state park next week.

BY JIM MORTWEDT REPORTER

A proposed multi-housing development along Highway 95 next to William O’Brien State Park north of Marine on St. Croix needs a zoning change to go forward.

The city’s Planning Commission will consider the matter Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall (shortly after the publication of this edition of the Messenger).

The Commission will at some point make a recommendation to

the Marine City Council.

The recommendation could be conditional, or a straightforward yes or no. Many specifications of the development aren’t or can’t be known.

The land under consideration is now zoned Rural Single Family, which allows for no more than one home per five acres.

There’s a tangle of issues, says Mayor Glen Mills, who prefers to see the matter fully discussed at the Commission meeting before commenting. The mayor’s private

Fellowship of moss and mire Trio crosses Red Lake Peatland

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

It was an unusual invitation, to say the least.

“Two or three shade-less days of biting flies, clouds of mosquitoes and miles of water-soaked sphagnum [peat moss],” recalls Rob Henderson, describing the summons to join two fellow endurance athletes on a 43-mile scientific field trip across Minnesota’s Red Lake Peatland.

“It sounded delightful!”

Henderson jokes. Although it’s possible he’s not SEE TRIO, PAGE 7

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A sphagnum's eye view of Rob Henderson in the Red Lake Peatland.

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Minnesota turtles don't just sit still under the ice all winter. Attendees will learn about fascinating JMALIK | CREATIVE COMMONS new research into A painted turtle basks in the the behavior of sun. But what do Minnesota painted turtles turtles do in winter? Biology and softshell professor Tim Lewis will turtles. Presented

by Tim Lewis, pro- answer that question during the first session of the fessor of biology at St. Thomas Uni- Friends of Scandia Parks and versity. Donations Trails spring speaker series. accepted.

Thursday, April 19: Social hour 6:30, speaker at 7 p.m. Prairie Restorations (21120 Ozark Ave. N., Scandia).

residence is also located near the property sought for development.

The 16.5-acre parcel has 1098 feet of highway frontage and corresponding traffic noise, the management of which would likely restrict the number of housing units built there, if a zoning change is approved.

Water and sewer service pose another possible hurdle to the proposed development along Highway 95. The nearby Marine Stugas

The public will have the opportunity to participate in a unique citizen science project at their local baseball diamond or park. Citizen scientists can intercept the foraging wasps using an aerial net and the beetle prey can be captured and identified to determine if Emerald Ash Borers, the invasive insect that destroyed hundreds of millions of ash trees in more than 20 states, are present at that site. Presented

by Jennifer Schultz, Wasp Watchers program coordinator with the University of Minnesota

SEE DEVELOPMENT, PAGE 2

SEE SERIES, PAGE 2

Wasp Watchers

Scandia resident shines in All Star Hockey Game Scandia resident Sam Negus recently participated in the Titan All Star Game at the Plymouth Ice Center.

Negus was part of the North All Star team that included players from Roseau, Eden Prairie, Mound Westonka and Osseo Maple Grove. Player selection to the team was determined by the player’s performance during the 2017-2018 district bantam hockey season.

In the All Star game against the South All Stars, Negus scored two goals to lift the North All Stars to a 5-3 victory. The South All Star team included players from Eagan, Rochester, New Prague and Moorhead.

Negus will skate this spring with the Cactus Rippers in the North St. Paul Hockey League and also with the Twin Cities Vulcans in the AAA Hockey League.

Sam Negus is the cousin of current NHL player and former U.S. Olympian Paul Martin of the San Jose Sharks.

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Scandia park access could close

DEVELOPMENT: Issues FROM PAGE 1

Trespassing on neighboring lands has city eyeing closure

BY KYLE WEAVER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Even in winter, the vandalism and trespassing on John Haus’s land has not gone away.

At last week’s Scandia City Council meeting, Haus again implored the city to either close Wind In The Pines Park or do something significant about the number of people leaving the Scandia park and crossing onto his adjacent land.

While the trespassing on his land slowed over the winter months, it did not stop. Haus said he evicted 13 people off the land during Minnesota’s deer season in November. Signs and fencing continue to be torn down almost as fast as they can be put up.

After hearing Haus and discussing the issue, the council recommended that the city’s Public Works Department come up with a solution for closing the park’s Highway 95 access point and parking lot. The park itself will remain open; only the access will be closed.

The council will likely hear the public works staff’s proposal at its April 4 meeting. “Something has to be done,�

Councilman Steve Kronmiller said. “We can’t be harming private property owners just because we can’t control the situation.�

Mayor Christine Maefsky expressed concern with closing the park entirely, but agreed that the city seemed to have no other option but to try closing the parking lot/access point.

After Haus asked the council to address the problem last May, the city dispatched the Public Works

Department to cover existing trails with deadfall branches and put up extra signage at the parking lot and along the property boundary.

Even then, the trespassers continued to use the park not just for hiking, but to access the St. Croix River via Haus’s land.

Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Yetter said issuing blanket citations to every trespasser has not abated the problem. “It’s not just the hiking, it’s littering too,� Yetter said. “They’re using the park for what it’s not intended.�

Jim Schneider noted that many of the people given tickets weren’t from the area and they don’t seem to be getting the message. “If those are the people who are using the park, to heck with them,� Schneider said.

“He and I have been talking about it,� Gorham said.

Façade Improvements Loan Program The council approved the creation of a Façade Improvements Loan Program to be administered by the city’s Economic Development Authority.

The program sets aside a $20,000 fund from which area businesses can borrow to invest in their buildings to “enhance the ‘curb appeal’ of their properties,� according to a city staff memo.

Businesses can borrow between $1,000 and $5,000 at 1 percent interest for up to 10 years. “That’s better than we’re getting in our money market account,� City Administrator Neil Soltis said. “And it’s adding to our tax base.�

Other business: Sale of Goose Lake lot A city-owned lot on Goose Lake will not initially be offered up on the open market, the council decided last week.

Instead, after reviewing an appraisal of the lot in closed session earlier this month and consulting with City Attorney Andrew Pratt, the council decided to give the lot’s two adjacent neighbors the first opportunity to purchase the lot for the appraisal amount.

The council agreed that the two landowners could potentially purchase the lot jointly and have it divided among them if they wish.

While the council did not disclose the appraisal amount, the undeveloped 3.65-acre lot, which abuts Olinda Lane, is valued at $135,300, according to Washington County’s online property information records.

Scandia Parks & Recreation Chair Terry Gorham, who was in attendance at the council meeting, and James and Kari Caldwell are the adjacent owners.

• The council hired Upper Cut Tree Services for $15,500 to do some preliminary tree trimming ahead of the city’s road projects scheduled for this summer. • The council approved the appointments of Terry Gorham, as chair, and Dustin Hegland, as vice chair, of the city’s Parks & Recreation Committee. • The council approved a temporary liquor license for Meisters Bar & Grill and a special events permit for the Scandia Marine Lions Club to put on the Fat Cat Triathlon on July 14. • The city hired Kennedy Torgerson as a tennis instructor for the city’s Summer Recreation Program. Torgerson will make $12.85 per hour. • The council approved the creation of a Façade Improvements Loan Program.

The next Scandia City Council meeting will be held April 4 at 6:30 p.m.

Conclusions of autopsy shared in Scandia murder-suicide

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

Autopsy results seem to confirm the hypotheses that a Scandia man shot and killed his wife, then himself last November.

Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies of Clarence Seefert, 66, and Melissa Seefert, 65, in their Olinda Trail home on Nov. 19.

An autopsy report giv-

en to Washington County investigators showed that Melissa Seefert died Nov. 17 of severe blood loss from gunshot wounds to her chest and left arm, Investigations Commander Andrew Ellickson said last week.

Her blood alcohol content was 0.12 percent.

Clarence Seefert died of a gunshot to the head.

His blood alcohol level was 0.11 percent.

For context, at blood al-

cohol levels of 0.10 to 0.12 most people experience impairment of motor coordination and loss of good judgment. The legal driving limit in Minnesota is 0.08 percent.

Melissa Seefert’s body was found in the kitchen.

Clarence Seerfert’s in the living room with a handgun nearby.

The investigation is still active. “The ballistics report is not back, but those facts [from the autopsy and deputies’ reports]

aren’t going to change,� said Commander Ellickson told the Messenger. “We don’t think there’s any mystery into what happened. To be safe we like to get all of our reports back before we close the investigation.�

The Seeferts had lived in Scandia for several years.

He was a retired truck driver and had plowed snow for the City of Scandia since 2013. She had worked as a house cleaner.

Townhomes, a Teasdale development in the late 1990s, has its own well, septic tanks, and reservoir for firefighting. A drainfield operated by the city uphill of the Stugas Townhomes may be nearing the end of usefulness.

The developer, Marine resident Harold Teasdale, estimated upwards of a dozen housing units would have to be built on the site to make the project feasible. He characterized his efforts to date as amounting to a feasibility study. Teasdale added that he has an accepted offer on the property contingent on approval of a zoning change by the city. Another Marine resident, Bill Smitten, associated with Coldwell Banker Realtors, is working with Teasdale on the project. His wife, Kristina Smitten, is one of seven members of the Planning Commission.

Teasdale and the Smittens are residents of Jackson Meadow, a development built by Teasdale. His firm’s primary business is multi-family housing.

The firm has a concentration of properties in Stillwater, as well as properties in Faribault, Marshall, Mankato and elsewhere.

Since the national housing market collapse and financial turmoil of 2008, a follow-on shortage has developed that can be seen in evidence in Marine as well. An acute lack of starter homes nationwide has resulted, in part, from builders favoring highend home construction in pursuit of better margins.

At a March 8 Marine City Council meeting, residents pointed out that the shortage of starter homes in Marine has kept young families from locating in the city of less than 700. The proposed development is expected to feature units priced beyond what are considered starter homes.

It’s unclear how long it will take Teasdale to obtain a decision from the city, but he says his experience in the business has taught him flexibility. “When I start a project I never know exactly how it’s going to finish,� the developer said.

SERIES: Turtle talk, more FROM PAGE 1

Extension. Schultz has a Masters degree in Science Education from the University of Minnesota and has worked as a science and environmental educator for 15 years.

Tuesday May 17: Registration, 6:00 to 6:15 p.m. with option to visit with the National Park Service, Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails and the St Croix River Association.

Presentation and Q&A begin at 6:15 p.m.

Scandia Community Center (14727 209th St. N., Scandia).

The 4 Rs : Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover Attendees will learn

the ins and outs of recycling and see some of the new products made from recyclables. Additionally, members of the audience will have a chance to ask questions about which items are recyclable and which are not.

Presenter Dan Schoepke from Washington County works with schools, cities, townships, and community groups on waste education projects as well as implementing recycling best practices. Donations accepted.

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Pancake Breakfast

Stillwater support group for families

A pancake breakfast fundraiser for Scandia Preschool with the help of the Scandia-Marine Lions will be held at Elim Lutheran Church from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Sunday, April 8.

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) sponsors free support groups for families who have a relative with a mental illness. Led by trained facilitators who have a family member with mental illness, the support groups help families develop better coping skills and find strength through sharing their experiences. The group meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Stillwater Library, 224 Third St. N., in Margaret Rivers Room A. Please use the Third Street entrance and free parking ramp.

FFI: Call Marie or Bob at 651-770-1436.

APRIL 11 -1 2 Collective Goods

The Partners of OMC will be having a gift and book fundraiser, Collective Goods (formerly known as Books are Fun) on Wed. April 11 (9-5) and Thurs April 12 (9-3) at Osceola Medical Center, Cascade Room.

APRIL 12 DFL East Metro Senior Caucus

Bob Mokos, a gun survivor, and Kathi Vanderwall, a spokesperson for Moms Demand Action, will be the featured speakers at the Thursday, April 12, 11:30 a.m. event to be held at Sgt. Pepper’s Bar and Grill (930 Helena Ave. N., Oakdale). All are welcome to attend. Participants buy their own lunch and are eligible for a door prize.

APRIL 13

Alcoholics Anonymous

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Tri-County Seniors (50+) DFL Luncheon Meeting

Rebecka Newcomb, a sixth grader at Scandia Elementary and member of Girl Scout Troop 56518, has been collecting and delivering cookies to patients at Hennepin County Medical Center’s pediatric intensive care unit for the last five years. Typically she has delivered about 50 packages. This year Newcomb delivered 120 packages, a variety of Thin Mints, Carmel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties and other favorites. She selected HCMC because she wants to be a pediatric nurse when she grows up.

Woodcocks and Wine

Friday, April 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a glass of wine at Warner Nature Center while learning about the fascinating mating ritual of the American woodcock.

Then head out for a short hike to the prairie to quietly and patiently wait for the chance to see the infamous timberdoodle twirl. Dress in light colors. Ages 21+, registration is limited and due by April 11. Cost, $5 WNC Friends/SMM members; $7 nonmembers.

APRIL 15 Gospel concert and sing-along

Sunday, April 15, at 4 p.m. the Elim Foundation, Scandia, will host gospel group The Fleshpots of Egypt for “Pick’N—It’s on the Foundation” a free Gospel Concert and sing-along at the Elim Church. Potluck supper will follow; please bring a side dish or dessert to share, the Foundation will provide pulled pork sandwiches and beverages. This event is in thankfulness and grati-

tude for the generous donors of the Elim Foundation in the past 20 years allowing for sharing and growing through Christian outreach. Come and enjoy this lively and fun evening of music and fellowship. Bring friends too!

APRIL 19 What do Minnesota Turtles Do All Winter?

Minnesota turtles don’t just sit still under the ice all winter. Learn about fascinating new research into the behavior of painted turtles and softshell turtles. Presented

by Tim Lewis, professor of biology at St. Thomas University. Donations accepted. Thursday, April 19: Social hour 6:30, speaker at 7 p.m. Prairie Restoration (21120 Ozark Ave. N., Scandia).

APRIL 22 Music Series Fourth in the Sunday afternoon folk music series at the historic Taylors Falls Memorial Community Center (312 Government Street), Amanda Oliver and the

New Pedestrians perform contemporary blues, bluegrass and country rock. Family-friendly setting; 2 to 4 p.m. Admission at the door ($10), children under 12 free.

Sponsored by Friends of the Taylors Falls Parks & Recreation Commission and The Houdeks. FFI: www.facebook.com/ TFSundayMusic or call (651) 240-0125.

MAY 5 Chicken Dinner The Scandia Marine Lions will hold their annual chicken dinner from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Scandia Community Center. Kids 6 and under eat free. There will also be bingo, kids games a plant sale, and hat contest.

The Kentucky Derby

will be simulcast with a prize for the best derby hat. Proceeds will go to the 2018 Scandia-Marine Lions scholarship fund.

MAY 17 Wasp Watchers The public can participate in a unique citizen science project at their local baseball diamond or park. Citizen scientists can intercept the foraging wasps using an aerial net and the beetle prey can be captured and identified to determine if Emerald Ash Borers, the invasive insect that destroyed hundreds of millions of ash trees in more than 20 states, are present at that site.

Presented by Jennifer Schultz, Wasp Watchers program coordinator

AA Big Book Study: Mondays, 7 p.m., at Elim Lutheran Church, Scandia, in Room LL2 (lower level 2). Enter through the preschool door.

with the University of Minnesota Extension.

Tuesday May 17: Registration, 6:00 p.m. Presentation begins at 6:15 p.m.

Scandia Community Center (14727 209th St. N., Scandia).

JUNE 3 Herp Hike Sunday, June 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. Join Warner Nature Center for a fun afternoon learning about amphibians and reptiles! Begin with a short program inside meeting our live captive herps, followed by a hike through Warner’s forest to the lake where we will try catching tadpoles and frogs. All ages. Registration deadline: June 1.

Cost, $7 WNC Friends/ SMM members; $10 nonmembers.

(Eastern Anoka, Southern Chisago, & Northern Washington County’s) 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (First Tuesday of each month) Vannelli’s By The Lake Restaurant - Broadway & 55 - So. Lake Street. Forest Lake, MN 55025 For more information email: ckgenz@msn.com or call 763-227-7536.

Camera Club The St. Croix Valley Camera Club meets the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Chicago County Government Center in Center City. The group will not meet July 2018. Meetings typically include a presentation by a professional or award-winning photographer, followed by more casual time for discussion. Photographers of all interests and abilities are welcome.

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Trade war casualty?

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or over two and a half years, candidate and now President Donald Trump has beat the drum of unfair trade. The president believes that our trading partners have taken away American jobs by unfair practices, making their products cheaper than the true cost of production.

While some have seen this as a negotiating tactic to redo free trade agreements, others believe the president will be able to bring back jobs by making imported goods more expensive and American produced goods seem more competitive.

Last week, tariffs were placed on $60 billion of goods, primarily Publisher steel and aluminum, from China by the president. There is talk of Tom Stangl more tariffs on the horizon and one looming tariff has the potential to threaten the business model of newspapers.

The paper that is used to produce the print editions of many newspapers, including this one, comes from Canada. This has been the case for decades.

Newsprint is still made in the United States, primarily in the Southern states and upper Northwest, using wood products from farmed conifers, like pine trees. These products are usually chips from logs that have been sawn for construction lumber.

Many newsprint mills in both countries either closed or converted to other paper products in the past decade as U.S. newspaper publishers cut demand. In fact, the U.S. requires 75 percent less newsprint today than it did a decade ago.

A Washington State newsprint producer, North Pacific Paper Company or NORPAC has accused Canadian producers of violating trade laws in two ways. First, they were allegedly receiving government subsidies through such channels as government loan assistance and permission to harvest trees on government land. Second, they were selling paper in the U.S. too cheaply compared to prices for other nations. NORPAC said its paper mill was injured by these practices.

Preliminary duties against Canadian producers began in January in the range of about 6.5 percent to nearly 10 percent for the alleged subsidy violations. Another set of duties began in March with a high assessment of 22 percent for alleged underpricing or “dumping.”

These duties will continue to be collected as the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission investigate these claims.

Newsprint prices, responsible for up to 80 percent of printing costs, have begun to increase.

Canadian paper producers argue that market forces, not trade practice, are responsible for the harm to paper producers. Major U.S. daily newspapers have cut back, merged, closed or dropped publication days as digital commerce and competition have driven reductions in advertising and print readership.

Community newspaper publishers cannot support digital (internet or mobile) versions of their newspapers without a printed newspaper. The hard copy advertising and readership provides more than 90 percent of the revenue that enables the digital newspaper to exist. In other words, without print, there is no online news from the local newspaper.

Newspapers are going to have to find ways to absorb a daunting new cost. And who will pay?

Everyone who relies on a newspaper to tell the local stories, cover elections, advertise sales, get pictures of the winning touchdown, and cheer the economic development people on in their work of creating new jobs.

That worries me. If it worries you, pay a visit to www.stopnewsprinttariffs.org and be informed.

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It’s looking like a late spring

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s the ice ever going to leave the lakes? If you’re still ice fishing the question today is should I drive on or walk out on the ice? Soon shoreline melt will make just walking out on the ice to fish problematic. That’s when someone brings an old board from home and lays it out from shore to reach good ice so anglers can get out to fish.

Yesterday I was on a lake up in Burnett County that I had heard was hot with a nice crappie and sunfish bite. I saw one person fishing who had walked out. His truck was parked on shore. I knew the ice was still good and safe for driving on the lakes more south that I was familiar with. After checking the shoreline access and finding no signs of shoreWild River line melt, I drove out and started fishing. Eventually I had to take my Trails jacket off to keep from overheating.

I caught some dandy sunfish with Jim Bennett noticeable color indicating that spawning season will come. At the end of the day I had a nice tan working on my face and hands.

Rest assured that the ice will melt, although the snow on the lakes is still protecting the ice from the sun’s rays. The snow has to melt before any serious melting of ice will even begin. Light has to penetrate ice. Ice acts like glass in a greenhouse so the water just beneath it warms and ice melts from the bot-

tom. We see the sun melting snow from yards and hillsides with southern exposures now. Lakes with a southern exposure will lose their access first. The lake I drove on yesterday has an eastern access that will be safe longer because it will not get any direct sunshine of consequence.

But ice melts from the bottom and warmer weather and direct sunshine are needed to melt snow to get the ice melt started. Right now the ice is well over three feet thick in some areas and snow covered. Ice will transform visibly once the sun’s greenhouse effect warms the water and melts the ice from below to within a foot in thickness. You will then see long vertical crystals going down into the ice called “candles” that will eventually make the ice look black.

This is when walking on ice will become weird but still safe. Then ice will turn grey and break up quickly. Wind and rain accelerate the break up.

Eventually the ice will break apart and get windblown. As this occurs anyone near the lake will hear tinkling sounds as the candles knock against each other. Then we won’t have to wait much longer until that beautiful blue lake appears and the loons will be back calling, another sure sound of spring.

However, at this time of year, always check the ice before venturing out, especially in a vehicle!

Jim Bennett is an outdoorsman who lives and worked in the St. Croix River Valley and can be reached at jamesbennett24@gmail.com

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The newest health craze is driving me bananas!

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m I the only one who feels like the health industry has gone mad?

One year, experts recommend Americans should eat a low fat diet. The next, they recommend a diet with lots of healthy fats, like nuts. A few years ago protein was the craze, with diets like the Atkins Diet, which they now say is very bad for you. What about the short lived Glycemic Diet?

Then, there is the issue of sugar.

Bananas were touted as “not as good for you” because they have too much sugar. More broadly, experts believed the sugar in fruit, fructose, might be linked to pancreatic cancer. Now they're back to saying is good for you, including Wild Chow fruit bananas.

Now refined, high-fructose corn Lisa Erickson syrup is what’s killing us.

Salt is bad — no wait — THIS salt is good for you!

Don't do this. Don't do that!

I’m waving the white flag.

I didn’t realize how crazy I’d become until recently, when my husband asked what kinds of foods people should stay away from if they want to be healthy.

I said, “Don’t eat anything with any kind of sugar in it, including most fruits. Don’t eat much protein and lastly, don’t eat any processed carbs or anything with gluten, like white bread. Oh, and, stay away from starchy veggies, like potatoes and corn.”

Then, for added emphasis, I said, “Don’t eat anything that is not organic.”

With a puzzled look on his face, he said, “What can I eat?”

I don’t know.

After he asked me that question I have been thinking and doing a lot of research. I will be honest with you, I’m very frustrated. I like many of the foods I’m told not to eat and have a hard time believing they’re as bad as the hype makes them seem.

Potatoes.

Corn Pizza, cheese and wine.

I will continue to do research and come up with a game plan for me and my family, I hope you will do the same, too!

The big takeaway or the one thing my research revealed is to limit the amount of sugar we eat. All experts agree that we need to eat and drink less refined sugars. That means less cookies, cakes, pop or soda, candy and ice cream. I can live with that.

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Hogwash!

Some say it was an act of God. Others claim it was a political conspiracy. Fair officials blamed it on a faulty latch.

Whatever the cause, it was exactly 12:17 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 1998, when no fewer than 11 full-sized, potentially prize-winning pigs escaped Livestock Barn B and stampeded straight toward the entrance to the Spring County Fair Pavilion.

Raymond Cooper, making a surprise live appearance at the fair to host “Renderings with Raymond,” was deeply engrossed in his opening monologue concerning the corruption of “socalled Mayor Dick Bland” and his “dirty” administration.

“I assure you,” Raymond shouted into his microphone while dozens of adoring fans looked on, “I am going to stand tall with the good folks of the Valley and clean up the mess that my alleged opponent has created!”

Then, bowing his head, his mouth almost touching the microphone, he continued, “And I want to express my humble gratitude to the Good Lord above, who has bestowed so many blessings upon my candidacy.”

The last thing anyone remembered hearing before the ensuing onslaught was Marvin Walsh shouting, “Amen!”

At least one observer later told Iris Long, editor of The Hometown News, it reminded her of a

rushing flood. Still others compared it to a scene from Braveheart, when Mel Gibson, playing the role of William Wallace – a 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward – followed by a hoard of screaming warriors, attacked the British army with blazing precision.

Iris Long, on hand to photograph Mayor Bland greeting fair-goers as part of the opening festivities, could barely believe what she was seeing. She seemed to be one of the few in the audience not surprised by Cooper’s appearance. It was just the type of thing she had come to expect from him.

In her five decades of journalistic experience, however, nothing had prepared her for what was taking place in front of her eyes.

As the crowd rushed away from the path of the charging swine, Raymond Cooper could scarcely believe his own eyes. As if in a trance, he stood frozen as the sows moved ever closer.

The swarming pigs seemed to take aim at Raymond, as if guided by some external force. Charging closer still, they moved directly toward Cooper, knocking him to the ground in their stampede.

Not one to let an opportunity such as this escape, Mayor Bland quickly rushed over to Raymond, who was covered in dirt and hoofprints. Extending his hand to lift Cooper from the ground, the mayor paused momentarily.

“I knew that my opponent was skilled in slinging mud,” Bland

bellowed. “But I had no idea he was so adept at wallowing in it.”

Iris focused her trusty Nikon at the two men: Cooper, still barely rising off the ground, and Bland, smiling giddily as he lifted Raymond to his feet.

We rarely saw Raymond Cooper dumbstruck in 1998. For a moment, though, those reassembled stood in silence, wondering if their champion was uncharacteristically at a loss for words.

Finally steady on his feet, Raymond spoke words only he could devise at such a moment. “I find it mighty interesting that my opponent just happened to be so close when those pigs were released from their secured pens.”

Bland started to respond, but Cooper cut him off.

“I also find it peculiar,” looking toward Iris Long, “that the principal representative of the elite media just happens to be here as well.”

Iris could barely believe her ears. He was doing it again.

Raymond Cooper was going to convince his supporters this was planned all along by the powers and principalities aligned against him.

Turning to leave, Iris heard Beatrice Justice, standing behind her, mumble something.

“Matthew 7:6,” Beatrice said, then repeated, “Matthew 7:6.”

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Goodbye winter, hello weeds

J

ust before the vernal equinox, St. Croix Valley residents basked in a weekend of sunshine and melting snow. That Sunday morning, the ice fishers were out savoring what’s left of winter.

And I was witnessing the first signs of spring in the “garden,” my affectionate term for a wild patch near the granary at the old Lindgren farm. Full of large rocks and other debris, the patch went unmowed for years prior to my tenure at the property. I attempted to tame it in 2015 with a shovel, perennials and a great deal of help from my family. Three years and countless hours of weeding and mulching later, I find myself contemplating surrender.

Now, I’m not normally the sort who investigates the garden in mid Editor March. Most of it is still covered Suzanne Lindgren in snow, after all. In fact, I would probably have been inside had it not been for Strummer, who is no longer content to strew his toys and books throughout the house, to scale the shelves and chase the cats. No, he wishes to roam the great outdoors. He gathers his boots and stands at the door, rattling the handle and looking at us to see whether we’ve gotten the message.

Yes. Loud and clear. And who am I to stop a child from playing outside? So I laced up his boots, then put on my own, and picked up sticks in the yard as

he toddled.

Eventually we made our way to the garden, where it was hard not to notice that the creeping Charlie was alive and green. Or that the burdock I’d attempted to behead in late summer had let loose a multitude of small, thistly flowers — now burrs.

And although the legions of quack grass once covering the unruly site have been depleted, they have certainly not been overcome.

I gazed about. Not even spring, officially, and already I was feeling defeated.

I’ve often thought that gardening is a little like editing, a discipline of trimming and pulling. It suddenly occurred to me that the tenacious weeds also had equivalents in the realm of journalism.

The burrs that multiply: unwritten stories, each needing attention before it grows roots of its own.

Others, like quack grass, you think you’ve tended.

Meanwhile, they continue to spread out of sight.

You try to offer light and soil to the echinacea, the bergamot, the yarrow and the milkweed. And just when you think you have a handle on things, a thistle pops up. The creeping Charlie claims another inch.

Indeed, the wild patch has taught me a great deal.

Namely, the appeal of landscaping fabric. Now, if I could just find its analog in the working world …

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Utility box or blank canvas?

Marine resident sees both

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

The Messenger invites residents and visitors to submit photographs for the cover of this year’s community directory.

The directory is published in late spring and distributed in Osceola, Dresser, St. Croix Falls, East Farmington, Scandia, Marine on St. Croix and May Township.

Preference will be given to high-resolution photos taken in the distribution area.

The entry deadline is April 15. Please send photos to graphics@ osceolasun.com.

The winner will receive a prize and credit inside the publication.

Linked by the river Calling it a creative placemaking project, Heimdahl said all art chosen for the boxes would have a common motif: the St. Croix.

“We can recognize and celebrate the incredible artistic talent and artists of the St. Croix River Valley and contribute to the artistic vibe of the Valley,” he told the Messenger. “The theme of this project will revolve around the river, as it is the river that connects all of our towns and villages. […] It could be the natural beauty of the river or the history of the river, it can be realist or abstract, it can be photography or a painting. There are endless possibilities with this project.”

Heimdahl also noted a tie-in with this year’s 50th anniversary of the St. Croix’s designation as a federally protected Wild and Scenic River.

To help the Marine council envision his plan, Heimdahl presented a mock-up with art by

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A Marine resident hopes to transform mundane grey and green utility boxes in Marine, Scandia and Stillwater into works of public art.

The man behind the mission, Fitzie Heimdahl, is pitching his idea of adorning selected utility boxes with murals to city officials. He addressed the Marine City Council earlier this month.

“I think of this as creating a unique attraction and supporting our local artists,” he told council members March 8.

The project’s success will depend, in part, on approval from each of the three cities. If the Marine council agrees to sponsor the project, Heimdahl plans to apply for a grant to help with funding.

In Scandia, the Hay Lake School Museum has said it will provide a $200 stipend for artists to paint or wrap the utility box on the museum’s property.

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To help the Marine council envision his proposal, Fitzie Heimdahl presented a mock-up of a utility box bearing the work of Marine artist Tom Maakestad. The piece is titled “High Water” and the box is near the river trail behind the General Store.

Marine’s Tom Maakestad. The piece is titled “High Water” and the box is near the river trail behind the General Store.

“I think it would be a cool kind of capstone project for the Third Street reconstruction,” Heimdahl told Marine council members.

Art as attraction Having been involved with utility box art projects in Menomonie and Minneapolis, Heimdahl has some experience with this kind of endeavor.

“My first public art project was when I was in college interning with the downtown Main Street organization in Menomonie,” he

through Dec. 31, 2019.

The grant is for participation in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. The HIDTA program is designed to provide resources to federal, state, local,

and tribal agencies to coordinate activities to address drug trafficking in specifically designated areas of the county.

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told the Messenger. “They had a major problem with their city's boxes getting tagged with graffiti, and people posting random things on them. We looked at creative solutions that other cities had done to mitigate their graffiti problem and create a unique visual attraction. Fort Collins and Minneapolis were the two cities we relied on for expertise.”

He also cited Redwing, Stockholm and Stillwater as cities that have leveraged the arts to serve their communities’ interests and encourage economic vitality.

“Arts have really transformed cities,” he said.

Sheriff’s Office receives grant from The Washington County Sheriff’s Office will received a $41,125 grant from the Office of National Drug Control after the County Board approved the grant March 20.

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A rotating schedule of bird hikes throughout Washington County Parks will continue with a hike 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park.

Learn to identify the birds that call the St. Croix Valley home and contribute to citizen science data collection by completing bird count surveys with the guide. The surveys collected will assist the county’s Natural Resources team and related work in conjunction with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund grant.

It is a one-hour guided hike. Meet at the playground, with parking in the playground parking lot.

For Washington County park locations, see www. co.washington.mn.us/parks. Under park locations, find a county map with park contact information; search “guided bird hikes” on the county website for more information.

The hikes will traverse turf, gravel, and paved trail depending on trail conditions. Participants should bring binoculars and dress for hiking and the weather. This program is free with a parks vehicle permit ($7/daily or $30/annually) and is open to people of all ages and abilities. ADA accommodations can be made as needed. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.

For questions, call 651-430-8370 or email at parks@ co.washington.mn.us.

For more Washington County Parks programs and events, see www.co.washington.mn.us/parks .

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TRIO: Adventurous trek across mossy, wet terrain of Minnesota’s remote Red Lake Peatland FROM PAGE 1

The Expedition Team kidding. Immediately, he responded with an enthusiastic “yes” to the invitation from ecologist Jason Husveth.

For his part, Husveth had wanted to explore the peatland for decades. As a graduate student at the University of Minnesota he’d pored over a textbook, “Patterned Peatlands of Minnesota,” mesmerized by the vastness and complexity of the biological systems in the Red Lake Peatland (RLP).

He was also intrigued by its relative inaccessibility.

‘Remote Minnesota’ The mossy, wet terrain of any peatland is unpredictable and difficult to cross.

“Bogs have a mystery of their own,” wrote Tom Anderson in a 2014 article, “Remote Minnesota,” published in Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine. “In storytelling and literature, they

are often portrayed as dark, threatening haunts. These are the kind of places that heroes must pass through as a test of their mettle.”

Husveth’s crew was not the first to venture into the bog in recent history.

Anderson, a former director at the Warner Nature Center in May Township, and his wife, Nancy, had trekked there in search of remote and primal wilderness. Despite recent subzero temperatures, Anderson broke through the bog’s ice about three miles

Jason Husveth is a professional ecologist and botanist specializing in the restoration of Minnesota's wetlands, especially peatlands, and working to survey and protect Minnesota's endangered and threatened flora. Husveth, a resident of May Township, is president and founder of Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. in Stillwater (www. ccesinc.com). Husveth is an endurance athlete with a focus on trail running. He completed the Moab 240 mile run in October 2017 and has finished the Superior 100 mile run in Northern Minnesota seven times.

John Storkamp is a professional race director and founder of RockSteady Running and RockSteady Design, based in Hastings (www.rocksteadyrunning.com). He works into what was supposed to be an eight-mile hike. He leapt to safety, but the scare convinced the pair to turn around.

Five miles short of the geographical goal, Anderson looked around and described his surroundings as “dead quiet and utterly remote.” In that sense, he found what he’d come for.

Husveth, reading of Anderson’s experience, was further inspired to cross the no man’s land. An ultramarathon runner with decades of wilderness fieldwork experience, he felt he was up to the challenge.

Still, the expedition team — Husveth, his field assistant John Storkamp, and Henderson — didn’t know exactly what to expect.

“Scientific study of the RLP has been conducted by accessing specific research sites by helicopter,” Husveth explains.

“Relatively little is known about the larger and vast RLP landscape. We wanted to make a ‘first crossing’ of the RLP and learn more.”

with Husveth during the field season, offering technical and logistical assistance with ecological fieldwork. Storkamp is a lifelong outdoorsman and endurance athlete. In January, he completed his 10th Arrowhead 135 mile winter endurance event on foot, winning the foot division race. He has also completed the self-supported Iditarod 350 mile winter endurance event on foot in Alaska.

Rob Henderson is a project manager at Tussbuilt in Minneapolis. He is a long time hiker who has gravitated to endurance racing in summer and winter. In February, he won the Rovaniemi 300K winter endurance event in Finland, besting even the fat tire bikers and skiers on foot.

ming. They planned to drink water filtered from the bog.

They expected a challenge.

The Red Lake Peatland delivered.

“I knew it would be hard, but did not know how hard,” says Henderson. “The footing just sucked energy from you in the sphagnum and fen.”

Slower than expected travel meant an extra night in the bog. Finding water suitable to drink presented another problem.

“We were essentially crossing a water-world,” says Husveth. “However, as we traveled ever further west into the mineral-rich waters of the Western Water Track, we had ever more difficulty filtering potable water. The water we were drinking was thick with peat and minerals and tasted pretty awful.”

They were knee deep, figuratively and sometimes

A legend in the making The adventurers were granted a special permit from the DNR’s Scientific and Natural Areas program to spend the night in the peatland. They also acquired an access permit from the DNR’s Wildlife Management Areas program before heading to the site.

They planned to travel about 18 miles per day, traveling at a pace of one to two miles per hour. They did not know how much they would be walking, versus wading or even swim-

literally literally, in a vast otherworld otherworld.

They saw tens of thousands of bug-eating pitcher plants and sundews. They hiked through meadows and fens of rare Cladium mariscoides sedge, commonly known as smooth

sawgrass. They saw hundreds of thousands of orchids, most past their flowering prime and in fruit.

“When you do the majority of your traveling in vehicles you start to think of 40 plus miles as not being that far, but when you get the opportunity to walk out into a contiguous wilderness like this you get a real appreciation for how expansive it truly is,” said Storkamp.

There were few signs of mammals, but the group saw many large birds: American pelicans, sandhill cranes, great blue herons, egrets, even a great gray owl.

“There was something really amazing about being in the Western Water Track that made you feel small,” Henderson says. “There were very few features. The ground, if you can call it that, was very flat. The sky seemed enormous and the peatlands

stretched onto the horizon seemingly into eternity. It made you really focus on how small we are.”

As they neared their point of exit, the going got even tougher.

“We encountered hip high cranberries and other assorted brush,” Henderson recalls.

“The absolute slowest going was the last few miles of alder which we tried to navigate through by moonlight and handheld GPS in the rain.”

Eventually, the group was rewarded with a safe and successful crossing. The journey, part scientific expedition and part endurance endeavor, had been as arduous as the old legends promised.

“Journeys like this are as much about the internal as they are the external,” Storkamp reflects. “So while you are discovering things

about the world outside of yourself, you also learn more about what is inside of you. A trip like this, while extremely challenging, is also extremely rewarding, made even more so when experienced with great friends.”

Mettle tried and found true, the adventurous trio had passed their test.

Crossing the Red Lake Peatland Jason Husveth, John Storkamp and Rob Henderson will recount their journey as part of Cyclova XC’s Adventure Talk series.

When: April 3, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Cyclova XC (112 N. Washington St., St. Croix Falls)

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PUBLIC NOTICES SECTION 00100 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

2018 Street Improvements Project City of Scandia, MN RECEIPT AND OPENING OF PROPOSALS: Sealed proposals for the work described below will be received at the Office of the City Administrator, City of Scandia, 14727 209th Street N., Scandia, MN 55073-8503 until 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at which time the bids will be opened and publicly read.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work includes the construction of approximately: 172,000 SY Bituminous Pavement Reclamation 1,350 CY Common Excavation 43,000 TN Bituminous Wear Course Pavement 1,400 LF Concrete Culverts (15” to 24”) 1500 LF CMP Culverts (15”) 60 LF 54” Arch CMP 1 LS 8’X 5’ Box Culvert 2 EA Concrete Culvert Rehabilitation 4,800 LF Guardrail together with erosion control, restoration and numerous related items of work, all in accordance with Plans and Specifications.

PLANHOLDERS LIST, ADDENDUMS AND BID TABULATION: The planholders list, addendums and bid tabulations will be available for download on-line at www.bolton-menk.com or www.questcdn.com. Any addendums may also be distributed by mail, fax or email.

TO OBTAIN BID DOCUMENTS: Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.boltonmenk.com or www.questcdn.com. You may view the digital plan documents for free by entering Quest project #5574586 on the website’s Project Search page. Documents may be downloaded for $20.00.

Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, viewing, downloading, and working with this digital project information. An optional paper set of project documents is also available for a nonrefundable price of $120.00 per set, which includes applicable sales tax and shipping. Please make your check payable to Bolton & Menk, Inc. and send it to 2035 County Road D East, Maplewood, MN 55109-5314, (651) 704-9970, fax (651) 704-9971.

BID SECURITY: A certified check or proposal bond in the amount of not less than 5 percent of the total amount bid, drawn in favor of City of Scandia shall accompany each bid.

OWNER’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract to other than the lowest bidder if, in their discretion, the interest of the Owner would be best served thereby.

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1. The exact name under which the business is or will be conducted: YATransportation.

2. The address of the principal place of business: 2409 Eyrie Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129.

3. The complete name and street address of all persons conducting business under the assumed name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address: Yasir Ahmed Ali, 2409 Eyrie Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129.

4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities, I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath: Yasir Ahmed Ali, owner.

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ORDINANCE SUMMARY Notice is hereby given that the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization for the City of Scandia shall meet on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Scandia Community Center Board Room, 14727 209th Street North, Scandia, MN. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor.

If you believe the value or classification of your property is incorrect, please contact City Assessor Chase Peloquin at 651-538-6383 to discuss your concerns. If you disagree with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the local board of appeal and equalization.

The board will review your assessments and may make corrections as needed. Generally, you must appeal to the local board before appealing to the county board of appeal and equalization.

son during regular office hours at City Hall or by standard or electronic mail.

ORDINANCE NO. 194, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 122, THE SCANDIA DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 1.0 REGARDING APPLICABILITY AND SECTION 12.0 REGARDING PARK DEDICATION REQUIRMENTS On March 20, 2018, at a Regular Meeting of the Scandia City Council, by majority vote, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 194 which amends the subdivision Chapter of the Development Code regarding Park Dedication requirements to require the payment of Park Dedication fees for those parcels where the remaining parcels are 20 acres or greater in size and have at least 500 feet of frontage on a public road, and removes the provision for certain deviations from the Park Dedication requirements.

ORDINANCE NO. 195, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCANDIA, MINNESOTA, ADOPTING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF SCANDIA AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ALL OTHER FEE SCHEDULES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE

On March 20, 2018, at a Regular Meeting of the Scandia City Council, by majority vote, adopted a fee schedule that includes consolidating the fees previously adopted through ordinance, resolution, and policy into a single Ordinance and repeals and replaces all other fee schedules in conflict with the Ordinance.

A printed copy of the Ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular office hours at City Hall or by standard or electronic mail.

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A printed copy of the Ordinance is available for inspection by any per-

Board conducts public hearing on solid waste ordinance The Washington County Board of Commissioners conducted a public hearing March 20 on the county’s solid waste ordinance, and approved changes.

No residents spoke during the hearing.

The ordinance governs the adoption of state standards, licensing, illegal dumping, solid waste designation, and enforcement.

Since 1993, the county was a member of the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board,

which coordinated solid waste hauler licensing across the metro area.

Now, hauler licensing is coordinated under the Regional Hauler Licensing Board, and the change created the need to amend the ordinance, which, in turn, created an opportunity to review and edit the ordinance.

The new ordinance removes redundant and obsolete sections, simplifies the ordinance for readability, reduces the length from 68 to 37 pages, and updates

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definitions, e.g., adding compost, compost facility, and compostable bag, not in wide use in 1991. The new ordinance does not add additional regulations.

A draft of the ordinance has been shared with city and township officials for comment.

County licensed haulers and solid waste facilities have also been provided the draft ordinance, and a public notice of the ordinance hearing was published in the official county newspaper.

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‘The Ache for Home:’ Portraits by Selma Fernández Richter Gallery exhibition is part of NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley ArtReach St. Croix is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition “The Ache for Home,” a portrait series by photographer and visual storyteller Selma Fernández Richter. She creates images that capture the extraordinary in the everyday, with topics ranging from the process of forging a new life in a foreign country, the personal struggles of her subjects, and the commonalities between seemingly different ways of life. With her photographs, she seeks to uncover the connections between everyday people across cultures.

“The Ache for Home,” which gets its name from Maya Angelou’s “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes,” is a series of photographic portraits of recent immigrants to the Twin Cities. A selection of these portraits will comprise the exhibition at ArtReach St. Croix.

“I left my home in Mexico years ago when drug violence reached unprecedented levels and resettled in Minnesota,” writes Fernández Richter. “’The Ache for Home’ is a meditation on my experience of adapting to a new life and creating a new home.”

She continues, “Over the last five years, I have photographed recent immigrants to the Twin Cities, primarily from Burma, Bhutan and Somalia, who have

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“I often meet my subjects just after they’ve arrived. I establish a relationship with them based on our common experience as foreigners. My portraits capture the ambivalence my subjects feel about being in a new environment that both welcomes them and mistrusts difference, and of making the unfamiliar familiar.

“Over the course of several months, sometimes years, I follow

their journey as they adapt to a new context while holding on to their culture. My own process of immigrating to America connects me to my subjects.”

The public is invited to the NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley Kick-off and Exhibition Opening on Thursday, April 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. In conjunction with “The Ache for Home,” the ArtReach gallery will also feature “Bridges SEE EXHIBITION, PAGE 11

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214 North Third Street N, Stillwater (651) 439-2609 • www.ae-church.org Rev. Marilyn Baldwin Rev. Buff Grace, Rector Rev. Brenda Hoffman Mindy Boynton, Christian Ed/Youth Nancy Whipkey, Music Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, no music 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, with music

Hwy. 97 at County Road 34 S.E. Forest Lake (651) 464-5249 Pastor: Rev. David Werner www.foresthillsumc.net 10:15 a.m. Sunday worship

25402 Itasca Avenue Forest Lake, MN 55025 651-462-3535 / lordofthelakes.org Pastor Craig Bertram Regular Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Communion First and Third Sundays 9:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class

306 River Street Osceola, WI (715) 755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com Sunday: Worship 10 a.m.

Fellowship at 11 a.m.

490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, MN (651) 465-7345 Father John Drees Sat. Mass 5:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

River Valley Christian Church

St. Joseph Catholic Cluster

Maranatha Church Chisago Lakes Campus

Lake Elmo (651) 430-9950 5900 Lake Elmo Avenue N. (Hwy 36 & County Road 17) Pastor Jon Neitzel, Teen Pastor Greg Hamm Children’s Pastor Karen Hynes Sunday Worship and Childrens’ Church 9:30 a.m. Nursery available.

Saturday Worship and Children’s Church, 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Teen Service 7:00 p.m.

Osceola (715) 294-2243 Rev. Andy Anderson Saturday Mass: St. Joseph’s, 4 p.m.

St. Anne’s, Somerset 5 p.m.

Sunday Mass: Assumption, East Farmingon 8:30 a.m.

St. Anne’s, Somerset 8 & 10 a.m.

St. Joseph’s, Osceola 10:30 a.m.

Call for weekday mass and reconciliation schedules.

The Baha’i Faith For information about Baha’i Faith or times and places of meetings call (651) 433-3686.

Christ Lutheran Church 150 Fifth Street, Marine (651) 433-3222, office ext. 10 Pastors Joel Martin and Hannah Bartos Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.

Kid’s Church during 9:45 service.

Wednesday Life Night schedule: Community Supper at 5:30 p.m.

Faith formation classes for all ages at 6:30 p.m.

Elim Lutheran Church Scandia (651) 433-2723 www.elimscandia.org Senior Pastor Scott Westphal Associate Pastor Meredith McGrath Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. in Elim Sanctuary Christian education for all ages: 8:45 a.m.

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Forest Lake (651) 464-3323 886 North Shore Drive Pastors: Rev. Philip Peterson, Rev. Paul Brown Sunday Worship: Traditional, 7:45 & 9:00 a.m.

Praise Service: 10:30 a.m.

Grace Church 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola Pastor Mark Barlow Amy Germain, Day Care Bety Greydanus, Office Manager “The Cure for the Common Church” e-mail: info@gracechurchosceola.com www.gracechurchosceola.com or call (715) 294-4222 or (715) 755-3454 Sunday: Praise and Worship Service 9 a.m. with Children’s Church Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Christian Child Day Care Monday-Friday 5:30 am – 6 p.m.

Hosanna Lutheran Church (ELCA) Living, loving and serving as Jesus did... so that all may know him.

9300 Scandia Tr. N. Forest Lake (651) 464-5502 www.hosannaforestlake.net Linda Friesen, Lead Pastor Jen Collins, Associate Pastor Sept-May Worship Schedule Sunday 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.

In Great Hall (lower level) Wednesday (thru Apr) 6:00 p.m. in Garden Chapel (upper level)

Lakes Free Church www.lakesfree.org Lindstrom (651) 257-2677 29620 Olinda Trail N. Senior Pastor Richard Stanghelle, Associate Pastor Jason Carlson Sunday Worship 9 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 & 10:30 a.m.

10963 Lake Blvd. (Hwy 8) Chisago City (651) 257-8605 Pastor Bill Headley Worship service Saturday, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday service 9:30 a.m.

Osceola Community Church 2492 Education Dr., Osceola, WI Larry Mederich, Pastor (715) 417-0608 • www.occconnect.org Sunday Worship 9 a.m. with provided Nursery Kids Church 9:30 a.m.

Meeting in home groups throughout the week. Call for details, 715-294-4332.

Osceola Medical Center Spiritual Care 2600 65th Avenue, Osceola, WI www.myomc.org/specialtyserv_1chapel.php 715-294-5645 fax: 715-294-5712 email: alan.hagstrom@myomc.org Chapel open daily for meditation.

St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church Upper St. Croix Parish 300 N. Adams St. • (715)-483-9494 Pastor Carolyn Saunders Pastor MIke Brewbaker Sunday Service 10 a.m.

St. Croix Valley Friends Meeting Stillwater (651) 439-7981 Seventh Day Adventist Church, Fifth & Laurel Streets Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m. Childcare available.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Franconia (651) 465-7345 Sunday Mass: 9:15 a.m.

Father John Drees Three miles north on Hwy. 95 from Hwy. 97. West on Redwing 1/4 mile.

Trinity Lutheran Church (WELS) Osceola (715) 294-2828 300 Seminole Avenue Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

Sunday School/Bible Class: 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday worship: 7 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church Stillwater (651) 439-7400 www.trinitylc.org • 115 North Fourth Street Pastors: Dan Poffenberger & Stephanie Vos, Saturday Evening Worship: 5 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m Traditional; 10:30 a.m. The WALK Contemporary Worship Children’s Learning, Sunday 9 a.m. and on Wednesday 6 p.m.

Wednesday 7:15 p.m. “The River” Youth Worship

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EXHIBITION: ArtReach St. Croix, NEA Big Read present exhibition, ‘The Ache for Home’ FROM PAGE 9

& Borders.” This group show featuring St. Croix Valley artists explores what divides us and what brings us together.

The Ache for Home and “Bridges & Borders” will be on view from March 29 through May 12 at the ArtReach St. Croix Galleries, 224 N. 4th Street, Stillwater, Minn. Gallery hours are Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 12 to 4 p.m.

Admission is free.

For more information about NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley and a full list of events happening in April, visit ValleyReads.org.

ArtReach St. Croix announced in May 2017 that it was one of 75 organizations nationwide to receive a grant to host NEA Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

This year, programming will focus

on themes related to the coming of age border tale “Into the Beautiful North.” This is the fourth year that this competitive grant has been awarded to ArtReach St. Croix. As a regional arts agency serving the lower St. Croix Valley, ArtReach is working in collaboration with arts organizations and libraries throughout the six county region to provide a range of activities associated with featured book. Theatre, music, visual arts, book discussion and

other activities will take place in April 2018.

An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.

Find out about this and other Valley events at StCroixSplash.org.

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Editor The Amery Free Press is seeking a writer to tell compelling stories about our community. The editor is the primary generator of news for our print and online editions. If you can see beyond the obvious, spot the little things that make our community special and share them with our readers, we may have the ideal job for you.

Interested candidates should demonstrate strong writing and editing skills, enthusiasm for the news and an eye for detail and design. Familiarity with AP style, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop and photography are preferred for this position, which includes some night and weekend work.

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MARCH 17 At 11:23 p.m. a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found on Ostrum Avenue.

MARCH 22 At 9:15 a.m. a complaint about an animal on Nason Hill Road was received.

City of Scandia

MARCH 16 At 8:14 a.m. family assistance was needed on Langly Avenue.

At 3:34 p.m. a complaint about a driver near William O’Brien State Park

was received.

At 9:21 p.m. a possible intoxicated driver on 240th Street was reported.

MARCH 18 At 1:43 p.m. a medical need was reported on 205th Street at Scandia Elder Care.

At 8:18 p.m. an erratic driver on Scandia Trail was reported.

At 10>27 p.m. a stalled vehicle on Mayberry Trail was reported.

MARCH 19 At 2:43 p.m. a dog at large was reported on Layton Avenue.

At 2:45 p.m. a dog at large was reported on 185th

Street (same dog?).

At 3:17 p.m. a complaint about trespassing came from Meadowbrook Circle.

MARCH 20 At 11:23 a.m. a phone scam and harassment were reported on 209th Street.

At 8:57 p.m. an officer attended the City Council meeting.

MARCH 21 At 6:26 a.m. an officer assisted another agency on 237th Street.

At 6:46 a.m. report of adult abuse came from September Cottage on 205th Street.

At 7:54 a.m. a driver on Manning and 185th Street was stopped for speeding 70mph/55 zone.

At 9:20 a.m. a driver on 235th Street was stopped for speeding 72mph/55 zone.

At 9:26 a.m. information on a suicide came from 220th Street.

At 10:31 a.m. a driver on St. Croix Trail and 220th Street was stopped for speeding 73mph/55 zone.

At 1:39 p.m. an injured deer on St. Croix Trail was reported.

At 7:42 p.m. loose cows on Manning and Scandia Trail were reported.

Spotlight on Area Businesses Security State Agency – familiar name, small-town care With Security State Agency, you’re getting more than just a familiar name; the business has longstanding ties to the St. Croix area.

Security State Agency has been serving the community for over 90 years. The agency is located in the Scandia Plaza on Highway 97 and in ofďŹ ces with Security State Bank of Marine.

Security State Agency is an independent agency representing a number of insurance companies.

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At 4:42 p.m. found property was reported on 199th Street and Oakhill Road.

At 10:40 p.m. an officer assisted another agency to check the welfare on Manning Trail.

At 4:42 p.m. a medical alarm sounded twice on Old Guslander Trail.

At 6:52 p.m. a residential burglar alarm sounded on Old Guslander Trail.

At 10:07 p.m. a medical need was reported on May Avenue.

MARCH 23 At 5:53 a.m. an out of control female was reported on 202nd Street.

Town of May

MARCH 17 At 12:03 p.m. a fire alarm sounded on Old Guslander Trail.

At 7:53 p.m. a driver on St. Croix Trail and 152nd Street was stopped for driving after suspension and speeding.

MARCH 19 At 8:53 a.m. a request for medical assistance as a result of head butting by a cow came from St. Croix Trail.

At 5:36 p.m. a disturbance was reported on Panorama Avenue.

MARCH 22 At 3:36 p.m. an animal concern was reported on 133rd Street.

At 4:27 p.m. extra patrol was needed on Panorama Avenue.

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