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MAY TOWNSHIP: Search for clerk continues. PAGE 6

Gammelgården to honor river milestone at Midsommar Dag

Scandia looking into fiber optic expansion study City will conduct survey to determine demand

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The Swedish American Children’s Choir, an Illinois-based travelling choir, will perform at this year’s Midsommar Dag festival.

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

The Gammelgården Museum will mark this Saturday’s Midsommar Dag festival with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Scenic and Wild Rivers Act. The landmark legislation made the St. Croix River a national park in 1968.

The river was essential to settlement in the St. Croix Valley, noted Sarah Porubcansky, communication director at the immigrant heritage museum.

Many immigrants arrived via the river. In the early days of settlement the St. Croix was also a key mode of transport and power generation for timber and milling industries.

In honor of the anniversary, the River Singers will perform Marty Harding’s “Bound to the River.” Harding, chair of the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix Heritage Area, wrote the song in celebration of the St. Croix River.

The smörgåsbord will be held SEE GAMMELGÅRDEN, PAGE 2

Scandia to host first men’s fastpitch tournament since 2009

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

Softball teams from St. Paul and as far away as St. Cloud will compete in a men’s fastpitch tournament Scandia this weekend.

It will be the first such tournament in Scandia since 2009, if memory serves organizer Dan Lindgren correctly (full disclosure, Lindgren is the brother of Suzanne Lindgren, editor of the Messenger and author of this article).

The idea for the tournament struck last year.

“We were sitting around in St. Paul after a fall league game,” Lindgren said. “Someone commented about how they used to like going to Scandia to play.

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Scandia won the 1987 Minnesota Class A State Champions. The team won’t be playing this weekend, though some of these men still live in Scandia. Picture taken at national tournament in Redding, California. Front row, left to right: Jim Leisz, Kyle Quigley, bat boy Dale Schuldt, Keith Schmidt. Middle row: Brian McLaughlin, Larry Chelberg, Jeff Chelberg, Dan Lindgren, Richie Antel {sp?] Back row: David Junker, Greg Schell [sp?], Cork Claflin, Joel Nelson, scorekeeper and coach Garen Enquist, Greg Isaacson, Richard Quigley, Mitch Thompson, David Miller.

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Scandia is looking to a new broadband provider for ideas on how to improve internet service to the city.

In a report to the Scandia City Council last week, Councilman Steve Kronmiller and members of the city’s Internet Focus Group pitched the idea of hiring Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC) to do a feasibility study to possibly bring fiber optic cable inter-

net service to every Scandia home.

The feasibility study, which will cost $9,350, would give the city an estimate of what it might take to connect the city’s 1,800 or so homes and businesses.

Kronmiller said the focus group had been working with the Blandin Foundation on possibly obtaining a matching grant for half of the feasibility study’s costs.

By federal government standards, Scandia is currently considered “unserved,” falling below the 25 megabits per second (Mbps) minimum download speed threshold.

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School board defines levy implications

The Forest Lake school board on June 7 offered additional clarity about what the community can expect from either outcome of the levy referendum this fall. The board approved a list of cuts should the referendum fail and a list of priorities for the additional funds provided if the referendum succeeds.

The board also took official action certifying the levy referendum on Nov. 6, asking voters for an additional $825 per pupil per year. If approved, the board plans to use the additional funds for educational and operating expenses, reducing class sizes and reinstating programs that have been eliminated by previous budget cuts.

If the levy referendum fails, potential cuts include the possible pairing of elementary schools, with one current school housing kindergarten through third grade and a partner school with students in fourth through sixth grades. The board will also consider reduction or elimination of programs, activities and athletics, and could consider charging families for bus transportation if they live within two miles of the school. This last option would also impact students from local private and charter schools who use the district’s transportation system.

“Essentially, the voters are at a critical decision point,” said Forest Lake Area Schools Superintendent Steve Massey. “We’ve tried to be as transparent as possible in communicating what’s at stake with this operating levy. Now it’s up to the SEE SCHOOL BOARD, PAGE 6

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Cyclists, drivers: How to share the road

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There were a few players from Scandia sitting around, so we decided to do it.”

Although there’s not a Scandia team, per se, there will be local players. Lindgren played on the Scandia team in the late 1980s, when they began qualifying regularly for the national Class A men’s fastpitch tournament.

According to Lindgren, Scandia has a rich tradition of fast pitch softball going back to the 1930s, with a winning streak in the 1960s.

“Scandia dominated fastpitch softball in the 1960s,” Lindgren said. “Behind the pitching of Hall-of-Famer Wayne Erickson, Scandia won four state fastpitch titles. The and for the ‘Lighted Ballfield’ in Scandia was donated to the Scandia Rod and Gun Club shortly after World War II. It was then turned over to the Township of Scandia in the early 2000s. It has served the community for over 70 years!”

This weekend’s tournament begins Friday, and continues all weekend (see sidebar for details).

“Come and enjoy concessions by Meister’s Bar and Grill and high-quality fastpitch softball featuring past and present local talent,” Lindgren said.

If the event goes well, he noted, he’ll look at doing it again next year.

The following is an excerpt used with permission from the “Minnesota Bicycling Handbook” created by the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota.

When to Share the Lane Bikes can share the same lane with other drivers under certain conditions. If a lane is wide enough to share with another vehicle (at least 14 feet), ride at least two feet from the road edge to avoid debris and hazards.

Frequently, travel lanes are not wide enough to share (usually less than 14 feet). If you deem a vehicle cannot safely pass you (with a

minimum of 3 feet) in the lane, you can “take the lane” to signal to traffic that they must pass you in the other lane. This protects you from drivers passing too closely. Position yourself as if you were a car by riding in the right wheel track of motorized traffic

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Friday, June 22, at 7 p.m. at the Wayne Erickson Memorial Ball Park. Games continue Saturday and Sunday. The championship game is scheduled to start Sunday at 5 p.m.

In exploring the city’s options for broadband expansion, the focus group sought proposals from the city’s two existing service providers, but the group deemed both offers to be insufficient.

“From what I am hearing from Frontier and Midcontinent is that they don’t want to do it,” Kronmiller said.

One offer, from Frontier Communcations, would bring the city up to a 10 Mbps using existing funding by 2020; the company is willing to provide 25 Mbps service if Scandia were to obtain grant funding for the additional infrastructure Kronmiller scoffed at that idea in particular.

“We’re telling our residents and businesses that by 2020 we can be at 10 (Mbps) when the rest of the world is at 1,000,” Kronmiller said.

Though the feasibility study will determine what developing the fiber network might cost, Kronmiller said an early guess would be around $35,000 per mile, or possibly $3.5 million to $4 million to provide service to every Scandia home and business.

The city would likely have to front the costs and install the network of fiber optic cables, then lease the network back to CTC,

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes.

CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $15.96-$18.76 per month and business services are $34.61-$43.29 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request.

CenturyLink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone or qualifying broadband service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the FCC and state commissions. Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits if they participate in certain additional federal eligibility programs.

The Lifeline discount is available for only one telephone or qualifying broadband service per household, which can be on either wireline or wireless service. Broadband speeds must be 15 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload or faster to qualify.

A household is defined for the purposes of the Lifeline program as any individual or group of individuals who live together at the same address and share income and expenses.

Lifeline service is not transferable, and only eligible consumers may enroll in the program.

Consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain a Lifeline discount can be punished by fine or imprisonment and can be barred from the program.

If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please call 1-888-833-9522 or visit centurylink. com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program.

opening when parallel parking is present, and “crowding” by other vehicles. Riding here also properly prepares you to make left turns or to pass other road users.

Intersection Positioning SEE BICYCLING, PAGE 7

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Scandia Men’s Fastpitch Tournament

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or the center of the lane in a narrow lane.

This places you within motorists' fields of vision sooner and allows them more time to prepare to pass. This positioning also allows you space to move away from traffic to avoid debris, hazards such as car doors

Kronmiller said.

To gauge whether the city’s residents would be interested in—and willing to pay for—the upgrade, the focus group plans to conduct a survey of city residents and business owners.

That survey will likely be conducted via mail and through the city’s website.

“I would be willing to bet that the percentage of our city that’s on Frontier would be more than happy to pay for an upgrade,” Kronmiller said.

Administrative citations The council reviewed a draft ordinance that would create an Administrative Citation process.

If approved, the city would be able to write tickets for nuisances such as parking, junk/unlicensed cars, dogs running at large, and violations of the development code.

Citations given through the new ordinance would be adjudicated by the city—and not through the criminal courts—and would therefore be resolved more quickly.

“The value here is we’re being far more responsive to our residents,” City Administrator Neil Soltis said. “I think it would help, considerably.”

The citation process was first considered as a way to help curb

the trespassing and vandalism issues at the city’s Wind In The Pines Park.

Other business:

• The council reviewed a draft of the Scandia Fire Chief’s job description, which has been under review since late last year as the chief’s role transitions from being paid on-call to a part-time employment role. The new job description calls for the chief to work no more than 150 hours per month.

• The council agreed to have its engineering firm, Bolton & Menk, conduct a stormwater study in the Bliss neighborhood west of Big Marine Lake. Estimated to cost $30,000 to $40,000, the study is being conducted as a reaction to runoff and drainage problems in the Larkspur/Layton Avenue area.

• The council gave the go-ahead to install a window in the city administrator’s office on the south wall of the Scandia Community Center. The window is expected to cost $3,850 because it will be installed through the steel siding and some electrical wiring will need to be relocated.

The next Scandia City Council meeting will be held June 19 at 7 p.m.

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on the museum grounds this year, with sliced ham, acheese tray, herring in wine sauce, salmon mousse, deviled eggs, Swedish potato salad, cucumbers in sour cream, five-bean salad, pickled beets, cottage cheese with chives, rye

bread, wasa crackers, fresh fruit and strawberry shortcake, coffee and lemonade.

The Swedish American Children’s Choir, an Illinois-based travelling choir, will perform and the Vasa Junior Folk Dancers will lead the ring dances.

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Midsommar Dag schedule Saturday, June 23 • Historic Buildings Open FREE 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and after program.

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Craft and Art Fair, Swedish Genealogy Society of Minnesota will be available to answer questions.

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Paul Kubb Club Society demonstration.

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Children’s “Immigrant for a Day” activities, games and crafts.

• 10 to 11 a.m.: Gazebo food sales begin – coffee, water and cinnamon rolls.

• 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Smörgåsbord will be held on museum grounds ($15/$8 for children; no reservation needed).

• 1:30 p.m. Gazebo food sales resume as a “Sweet Treat Station” serving coffee, soda and water, a sharing plate consisting of a dala krispie bar, dipping sauces, strawberry cupcakes and more.

• 1 p.m.: Raising of the Majstång (May pole) followed by program of music and folk dances.

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JUNE 20 Do good at the market The Scandia Farmers Market will host a mini One Stop Donation Drop.

Bring non-perishable food, adult-size jeans (washed), egg cartons, canning jars, eye glasses, hearing aids and wire hangers. See a raptor from the Wildlife Science Center and donate items to benefit the wildlife center: deck stain, carabiners, hammers, garden hoses, gift cards to home improvement stores, paper towels, Ziploc bags (any brand/size), and unused metal oil pans. FFI: visit sophianienaber.com/service-projects. Also at the market: fresh produce and handmade items, music by Rarely Scene.

Gammelgården Museum (20880 Olinda Trail).

JUNE 23 Midsommar Dag Gammelgården Museum’s midsummer celebration. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Volunteers needed to help Friday and Saturday!) Children’s activities 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Historic Buildings open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Free. Art and Craft Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Smörgåsbord – NEW – in tent on Gammelgården grounds!

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ($15 adult/$8 child; no reservations needed). Swedish American Genealogical Society information station 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ride, wheel, walk Join River Valley Riders on June 23 at Lake Elmo Park Reserve for an eight-mile horseback ride or three-mile walk/ wheel. Horseback riders: registration/breakfast 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. with 10 a.m. start. Walkers and wheelers: registration/breakfast 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. with 11 a.m. start. Bring your horse or walking shoes/wheelchair. T-Shirts, door prizes and lunch will be

served about noon! River Valley Riders, a Minnesota nonprofit, provides therapeutic horseback riding and driving to people with special needs.

100 percent of the income will be used to expand these services.

For more info visit our website – www.rivervalleyriders.org or call 651-439-2558.

JUNE 27 Heritage at the market Remembering Our Heritage, quilts on display at the Scandia Farmers Market. Music

by Kusin Ulf and a performance by Pleasant Valley Cloggers.At the Gammelgården (20880 Olinda Trail).

JUNE 28 Marine Library Story Time Guest host Suzanne Yoch from Washington Co. Library is known for her Super Story times with special books, crafts, and songs. Free, all-ages, 10 to 11 a.m. at the Marine Gazebo (rain location: Marine Village Hall).

“You Are Leaving the American Sector” — Foreign Correspondents in a Changing World At 7 p.m. join Mark Porubcansky, former correspondent for The Associated Press and foreign editor of the Los Angeles Times, for a look into the world of an international correspondent, editor and analyst. Porubcansky covered Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, reported on the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, and covered other global events. He now writes on foreign affairs for MinnPost, an online publication based in the Twin Cities, and lives in Scandia. Free. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Marine Village Hall (121 Judd Street, Marine on Saint Croix). FFI: visit

MarineCommunityLibrary.org or call 651-4332820.

JULY 4 Running Race The Marine 4th of July Race is a 4 mile running race and 2 mile run/ walk to benefit the Marine on St. Croix Restoration Society. Sign up in advance online. There is a fee. Online registration closes July 2nd. Onsite registration at Hay Lake School Lions Pavillion in Scandia (start of race) July 4th from 7:30 - 8:45 am. Registration closes at 8:45 am. See website for more details, http:// www.marine4thofjulyrace.com.

No Market Scandia Farmers Market takes a week off.

JULY 9 Music at the gazebo The Scandia Community Band will play a free band concert at the Gazebo on the Green in Marine at 1:30 p.m.

Bring a chair or blanket and a snack and get ready to polka!

JULY 10 Dog Walk Join Tim Johnson, DVR, will meet at 5:30 p.m. behind the BP station in Osceola to walk the Falls Bluff Loop.

Leashed dogs are welcome but not necessary.

Level: Uplifting.

JULY 11 Give blood at the market The Scandia Farmers Market will host a mini One Stop Donation Drop. Donate blood to the American Red Cross from noon to 6 p.m. at the Scandia Community Center. From 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., bring non-perishable food, adult-size jeans (washed), egg cartons, canning jars, eye glasses, hearing aids and wire hangers, ankle crew socks for men and women, cookie sheets and towel sets.

Also at the market: fresh produce and handmade items. Gammelgården Museum (20880 Olinda Trail).

JULY 12 Marine Library Story Time Guest host Kathy Carroll, retired educator, will focus on butterflies. Learn about the typical fourstage insect life cycle.

Free, all-ages, 10 to 11 a.m. at the Marine Gazebo (rain location: Marine Village Hall).

JULY 16 St. Croix & Namekagon with Craig Blacklock Noted nature photographer, Craig Blacklock, introduces his new book, “St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers — The Enduring Gift,” created in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Limited seating. Reserve your free seat at https://www. brownpapertickets.com/ event/3448805 starting June 9. Exhibit and books signing, 5 p.m. at Judd Street Exchange (101 Judd Street, above Marine General Store).

Program, 7 p.m. at Marine Village Hall (121 Judd Street). Doors open at 6:30 pm. Program Host: Marine Community Library, MarineCommunityLibrary.org, co-sponsored by St. Croix Valley Camera Club, https:// stcroixvalleycameraclub. com. *A portion of print sales to benefit Marine Community Library.

JULY 19 Marine Library Story Time Guest host Christine Maesky and family will bring goats to story time.

Learn about them, pet them and feed them.

Free, all-ages, 10 to 11 a.m. at the Marine Gazebo (rain location: Marine Village Hall).

JULY 21 Dalapalooza One of two opportunities to paint your own Dala

horse at Gammelgården Museum (also Aug. 10).

Event also includes lunch, story time and games. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Adult WITH child; children must have completed first grade. Register in advance at gammelgardenmuseum.org/events.

ONGOING Stillwater support group for families NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) sponsors free support groups for families who have a relative with a mental illness.

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. Use the Third Street entrance and free parking ramp.

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

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

Tri-County Seniors (50+) DFL Luncheon Meeting (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.

April 16 through May 21 at Gammelgården Museum. Three levels ($60). For more information or to register, contact Signe at (651) 429-1012 or email pfluegel@att.net.

The fall session will be held September 10 through November 12 (sign up at above contact).

Annie’s Coffee Party Three course coffee party. Reservations are required and close the Wednesday of the week of the event ($15/person).

Please call 651-433-5054 to inquire about available space. FFI: gammelgardenmuseum.org/events.

Thursday, May 10, 10 a.m. (new date) • Thursday, May 17, 10a.m. (new date) • Saturday, September 8, 10 a.m. • Saturday, October 13, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. • Saturday, November 10, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. • Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. • Saturday, December 8, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Bluegrass and Lemonade in the Shade A lazy Sunday afternoon of pickin’, plunkin’ and harmonizin’. June through September on the fourth Sunday of the month (June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23), 1 to 4 p.m. Free lemonade for all in the shaded back yard of the Gammelgården. Bring an instrument or just enjoy listening! In case of rain, meet inside the Välkommen Hus. (Guided tours of the five historic buildings are offered at 1 and 2:30 for $7. Purchase tickets in the Butik gift shop.)

Scandia Community Band concerts The Scandia Community Band will continue it’s traditional free band concerts the second Monday of each month this summer: May 14, June 11, July 9 and August 13. All concerts are held at the Gazebo on the Green in Marine at 1:30 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket and get ready to Polka!

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s this year has progressed, the commemoration of the events of 1968 have become more frequent. If you were looking for a year that could have marked the coming apart of our nation, 1968 would have fit the bill nicely. This month marks for me one of the most vivid memories I have of the year, the assassination of New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

As I write this, I can recall, at age seven, the anguish in my home as the news of the assassination was heard. My parents, staunch German-Irish Catholic Democrats, had numerous photos of Pres. John F. Kennedy in our home and still were mourning the loss. I was two when JFK died, and can only remember being told Publisher to be quiet as I played in the next room while my parents watched Tom Stangl the funeral on our Zenith black and white television.

Bobby Kennedy, in my parents’ eyes and through them in my eyes, would be the one to bring sanity to the madness of 1968. Only Bobby would be smart enough, have the wisdom and the wonderful words to make everything “right” again.

Bobby was going to be an even better president than his brother. He cared about people, understood what needed to be done to heal the racial wounds of our nation, end the war in Vietnam and take the White House back from that interloper, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who my parents, until their dying days, believed was responsible for the violent death of JFK. Looking back as an adult, being able to form my own opinions, it is interesting to study RFK and listen to the observations of those who were young adults at the time. Professor Arthur I. Cyr, writing in the Seattle Times, believes that Kennedy could have gotten the nomination at Chicago. Failing that, he would have certainly been Humphrey’s running mate. Cyr believes that the Humphrey-Kennedy ticket would have defeated Nixon-Agnew, just as the Humphrey-Muskie team came from far behind to a very close finish.

The “what ifs” about an RFK presidency are just as intriguing as the idea of a second term for his older brother. Would the war have ended sooner?

Would racial tensions and wounds have healed?

Would the war on poverty have been won?

All fascinating questions, but all better left for historians to debate.

I recall the fascination the nation had with Bobby during the summer of ‘68. His every action, every speech were scrutinized. He was a rock star.

My one-year-old brother got a “Bobby Kennedy” haircut at the local barber shop, one of many that were given that summer.

Kennedy helped keep a lid on simmering racial tensions with his eloquence after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the spring. He understood the problems and actively sought to heal the wounds.

A half century after his death, like his brother, there are people who believe that there were more persons involved in the assassination.

Kennedy’s son, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has called for the investigation to be reopened. Some believe Sirhan Sirhan, currently serving a life sentence for the crime, didn’t fire the killing shots. A second gunman is suspected.

Kennedy’s commitment to economic and social justice was a departure from his brother. Bobby learned the lessons of the civil rights movement and understood the need for opportunity for everyone.

It seems silly to talk about this need for basic dignity and opportunity, but it has never gone away. For all of our work on poverty, it remains SEE STANGL, PAGE 5

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With the industry in less-than-stellar financial health and under threat of new tariffs, it seems a fair question to ask.

So, what’s a small-town paper good for? You can’t eat it or wear it. You can’t use it to build a home.

It does make a nice kindling for fires, or a base layer beneath one’s garden mulch. And, lest I forget, you can use it to wrap fish. True, the paper does little to meet the most basic necessities of human survival.

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A recentt study t d co-authored by a trio of finance professors at the University of Illinios at Chicago and the University of Notre Dame found that when a local paper closes, the lack of accountability often leads to an increased cost of government.

“There are already papers that show that there are political consequences, or political outcomes, when local newspapers close,” one of the study’s authors, Chang Lee, told CityLab, an online publication focused on issues facing metro areas. “But that’s not really a direct impact on local residents. We wanted to show that, if you look at the municipal bond market, you can actually see the financial consequences that have to be borne by local citizens as a result of

newspaper closures.”

The survey looked at 1,596 newspapers in 1,266 counties across the nation from 1996 to 2015. After examining county-level data, the researches found that costs of municipal bonds (a municipality’s version of an interest rate) and revenue bonds tended to increase within three years of a local newspaper’s closure.

The researchers believe that after these newspapers closed there was no designated forum to monitor how public projects were managed, leading to a greater risk that cash flows would be mishandled and bond rates would increase.

As a control, the team compared its findings to bond rates in nearby counties that hadn’t lost a paper.

Their hypothesis held up, supporting the idea that there is a causal connection between a paper’s closure and the economic impact to taxpayers.

“Our analysis suggests that newspaper companies, or the information they provide, is a public good and it’s worth providing,” Lee told CityLab. “But if we don’t finance it, no one will produce it.”

Newspapers aren’t perfect. But by acting together, a paper and its readers create real and lasting economic value.

So thanks for reading. You’re doing a service to your community, and for democracy.

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German Summer Cake

Heated rivals

(AKA Humming Bird Cake)

Earthquake or evil plot? No one is sure

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have a serious cookbook addiction.

People that know me well buy me cookbooks for Christmas, birthdays or occasionally, I even get a “surprise” cookbook from a friend who was thinking of me.

I love cookbooks. I read them like novels, but more than just once—that’s one of the best things about cookbooks. Plus they are a great investment.

Recently, one of my son’s friends was helping us haul another bookshelf into my office. They looked around with their eyes and mouth wide open and asked, “Have you read all of these?”

Yes, I have.

My office has five book large Wild Chow bookshelves crammed with cookLisa Erickson books, with more piled on top of each shelf (I’ve run out of roomeven with my new shelf).

Why have so many? I love to read about food—it makes me a better cook and baker.

My latest favorite read was the “American Cake” by Anne Byrn. I loved this book! It was full of great recipes, and there was a photo of each cake. The book basically follows the changes in American cake baking since 1650.

I come from a family of bakers. I recognized the cake recipes that have been in my family for years. It was lovely to learn about where the cakes originated from and how each cake has evolved into other cakes over the years.

I learned about the history of sugar, leveling agents, and how early Americans baked. Byrn goes into great detail about the history of a particular cake, but she also shares a recipe, which, is like being able to taste and smell the cake right off the page.

The best cookbooks are the ones that I actually dog-ear and make recipes from.

I have been baking and cooking for a long time, and I know when a recipe is bunk. A new cookbook I was super excited about was a flop. The recipes photos were gorgeous, but it had super dull recipes. At a glance, one looked interesting (lemon cream cheese with roasted asparagus crostini), but when I looked closely it was two pieces of asparagus on a cream cheese smeared round toast—who needs a recipe for that?

My grandmother would make the same cakes and cookies over and over. She didn’t use recipes.

And, like many grandmothers out there—they didn’t write them down. I loved her cake she called German Summer cake, which I now know was the famous Humming Bird Cake from the 1960s, that became popular after Hawaii became a state in 1959.

The cake is simply a banana cake with cream cheese frosting and pineapple. Why did my grandma called it German? I don’t know. Maybe, because it’s the cake, my German grandmother ate during the summer?

By the way, you can find the “American Cake” cookbook at the Osceola Library.

German Summer Cake Adapted from Anne Byrn Serves 12

3 cups flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 4 ripe bananas, mashed 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cup pecans, divided 1 8oz. canned or fresh pineapple, drained 1 jar of Maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry with a paper towel 2 cups prepared cream cheese frosting Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan; set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, soda, and salt, Add the eggs, oil, and vanilla by beating with an electric hand mixer for about 1 minute. Fold in the bananas, pineapple and 1 cup of the pecans. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.

Frost cake with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with remaining nuts and cherries.

Lisa Erickson is a food columnist who loves adventure and food. You can find more recipes at www.wildchow.com or email her at wildchowrecipes@gmail.com.

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hile questions surrounding the whereabouts of A.J. Fryerson dominated conversation in the Valley, the routine of daily life forged ahead. With no election or fire-breathing radio host to supply fodder for the town’s rumor mill, cooler temperatures served as a reminder summer was past and, hopefully, a calming breeze Columnist would soon take its place.

Kevin Slimp Autumn traditions were plentiful in the Valley. As the ladies of the Auburn Hat Society busily made plans for the upcoming fall festival, anticipation surrounding the impending weekly bowling league added to the excitement of the season.

Our small town didn’t have a lot of opportunity to excel in the arena of athletics. Ever since Valley High merged with West Central to form Central Valley High School, there’s not been a lot to root for in my hometown. Sure, we had our elementary school kickball team and the church softball league, but no sporting event brought as much excitement as fall bowling.

The adults never wanted to answer our questions about it, but every teenager in the Valley had heard rumors concerning the huge fight that took place years earlier at a league game between the Valley King Pins and the Pleasant Hill Strike Force.

The story took on epic form over time. As did other groups of local youth, my friends and I would

share each tidbit we could piece together concerning “The Legend of King Pin Alley.” There were many different versions of the story, each attempting to one-up the others. Some included wacky stories of UFOs, knife fights or an earthquake. All included some narrative where Elbert Lee Jones, a couple of decades younger and sprier, had heated words with at least two members of the Strike Force squad.

My group of friends stuck with what we knew for certain. There was a game between the two teams. Whether caused by an earthquake, as some believed, a wind blowing through a back door, or some other natural cause, the game-winning pin fell to the floor in a mysterious manner, giving Pleasant Hill the victory and Elbert Lee more than he could take.

Jones, convinced some “homecooked shenanigans” were to blame, responded in a way none of our parents would share with their innocent children. It was years later before I knew the real story behind the legend.

While Marvin Walsh served as guest host of “Renderings with Raymond” (he continued to use the show’s original name in honor of his fallen comrade) on Thursday, he reminded his listeners the Pleasant Hill “Strut Force,” as he liked to call them, would be facing the King Pins on Saturday at 6 p.m.

It would be the first meeting between the two teams, he reminded his listeners, since the “incident” 20 years earlier. That was as much as he had to say about the legend.

As the Auburn Hat Society met to finalize plans for the festival,

just two weeks away, they listened while Marvin urged loyal citizens to make their way to Valley Lanes to watch our beloved King Pins take on the Strike Force in the two center lanes. The remaining two lanes, he reminded listeners, would be shut down during the contest.

Helen Walker was the first to speak up concerning the upcoming bowling match.

“I wonder,” she said in her gentle voice, “who will take A.J.’s place on the team.”

“Well, Earl thinks,” Rhonda Goodman chimed in, “A.J. is hiding and will show up as a last-minute surprise just before the game begins.”

“Heavens,” whispered Vera Pinrod, just loud enough for everyone to hear. “That’s a lot of trouble just to suprise the other team.”

“Yes,” answered Rhonda, “but remember what happened last time.”

It was agreed to turn off the radio and discuss other matters.

“I think we all agree that the ‘turned cider’ incident should never happen again,” Vera said loudly.

“I suppose,” answered Becky Jane Geary, “but it sure livened up the bobbing for apples.”

As Vera discussed cider and Marvin railed against the conniving Strike Force, Iris Long sipped coffee alone at the Hoffbrau.

Filling Iris’s cup, Jessie asked, “What do you think happened to A.J.?”

“I wish I knew,” answered Iris.

“I really wish I knew.”

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Bird, Bird,Bird well a Bird is the Word

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o many people who live in this region are bird lovers. Those of us who are back yard bird feeders in the winter usually transfer our love affair with birds into spring, summer and fall. We set out bluebird houses, wood duck houses, purple martin mansions and tiny homes for wrens.

The scenes going on outside our windows give us countless hours of fun I prefer highly over the bland waste of time TV offers.

I’m a bird brain and I’m proud of it. I’ve got my Audubon book and binoculars in the bay window sill and the feeders all loaded with suet, thistle and various bird seed and mixtures. Humming birds get Wild River nut their sugar water and orioles get their grape jelly while woodpeckers Trails chew on a variety of suet cakes. But Jim Bennett each year I seem to get an odd bird.

In the past it’s been the redheaded woodpeckers, collared doves and a barn owl and now this year I’ve gotten two new feathered friends. I’m only going to share one today because the other bird

STANGL: Remembering Bobby FROM PAGE 4

stronger than ever in the nation and the world.

Perhaps the best way to remember RFK is for people to rededicate our society to social and economic justice. Too large a goal? How about doing what we can, where we are with what we have to make sure we stand up for justice? We all can do

something, and if we do, we can do anything.

It’s been 50 years, time to get back to work.

As always, I welcome your comments. You can reach me by email at tstangl@theameryfreepress.com, telephone 715268-8101 or write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001.

Thanks for reading; I’ll keep in touch. Feel free to do the same.

inhabits my chimney and I need more time to check them out. That hint alone should let you know what that bird could be.

The one coming to my feeding station is easy to observe and do research on. At first I thought it was a Baltimore or northern oriole but then I noticed it was different. It had the distinctive oriole shape and the same general color patterns but there were noticeable differences in size and color. Quickly digging into my bird book I was able to ID the new bird as an orchard oriole. As I researched it I found that it is a common visitor to the Eastern US and Canada inhabiting river edges, pastures with scattered trees and in parks and orchards. I’ve always been unsure if we are an eastern or western state too?

The new bird was a third the size of our regular orioles and the color was the same but different. It was what I will call a dirty orange color. It resembles a northern oriole that had fallen into ashes, soot or dust. My bird book calls it a chestnut color. Of course that was the male. The females are more similar.

The biggest difference being that the female orchard SEE BENNETT, PAGE 6

County will continue to house state offenders in county jail Washington County will continue to house state offenders in its county jail, after the County Board approved a continuing agreement with the Minnesota Department of Corrections June 5.

The term of the agreement is July 1 through June 30, 2020. The state will pay Washington County $55 per day per offender, not to exceed $800,000 over the two-year period.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office will provide lodging, meals, and supervision to the state offenders in accordance with established jail policies and procedures.

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oriole has a black bib that runs from its chin down its throat. Other than that it looks a lot like the northern oriole but slightly smaller like the male.

Both love the grape jelly and seem to get along with our brightly colored northern oriole.

The one characteristic that should make orchard orioles easier to spot is the fact that they are commonly found around human dwellings. That surprises me because no one I’ve talked to has ever seen this bird around our neck of the woods. They love insects, cherries and mulberries which I have but I’m not willing to share too much of my cherry pie filling with this new bird!

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

Lions announce raffle winners The Scandia Marine Lions Club had their monthly drawing for Community Raffle winners.

Winners for June are: $25 Cheryl Kelly from Stillwater $25 Adrian Franssen from Forest Lake $50 Linda Markowitz from Stillwater $50 Tom Mills from Minneapolis $50 Anna Welsch from Ramsey $50 PG Lion Pat Findley from Hastings $500 Steven and Diane Huberty from Marine on St. Croix Seven more raffle winners next month.

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Financial Focus Don’t Let Your Investments Go on “Vacation”

Summer is here – and so is vacation season. Americans spend a lot on their summer getaways – more than $100 billion in 2017 alone, as reported in Travel and Leisure magazine. When you hit the road, you will enjoy getting away from your regular tasks, but there’s one part of your life that should never take a break – your investments.

To keep your investments working consistently and ef¿ciently for you, consider these suggestions: • Match the right investment with the right “job.” You hire an electrician to install a light ¿xture, you employ a plumber to clear a clogged drain, and you would not expect either one to work on the other’s project. In a way, this view of a division of labor is similar to how you might look at different investments. In general, you purchase stocks with the hope of achieving the growth necessary to help you meet long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement.

On the other hand, when you purchase certain ¿xed-rate investments such as certi¿cates of deposit (CDs) or money market accounts, you know they won’t provide as much growth potential, but are available to fund a short-term goal – such as a dream vacation.

• Evaluate investments’ performance relative to your goals. Some people think the only way to evaluate their investments’ performance is to track them against a well-known market index, such as the S&P 500. However, using an index as a measuring stick has some drawbacks, one of which is the lack of a personal connection to your situation. Look at it this way: In many types of organizations, you typically go through performance reviews, where your work is assessed in terms of how well it helped you move toward your goals – and you can follow the same process with your investments.

Speci¿cally, you can measure their performance by how effective they are in helping you move toward your ¿nancial objectives. For example, if you need your portfolio to provide you with a certain rate of return to meet speci¿c retirement goals at a designated age, but you ¿nd that you are not currently on track toward meeting these goals, you may need to adjust your investment mix to potentially provide you with a higher return. Be aware, though, that seeking higher return potential will likely mean taking on more risk. You may want to consult with a ¿nancial professional to make sure you ¿nd a risk/reward ratio suitable for your goals and risk tolerance.

• Look for hard-working investments. Some investments work especially hard. Some stocks, or investments containing stocks, pay dividends. Instead of taking the dividends, you can choose to reinvest them, purchasing even more shares – and increased share ownership is one key to helping build ¿nancial resources for the long term. Dividend reinvestment is typically automatic, so once you have chosen this option, there’s really no extra work on your part. (Keep in mind, though, that companies are not obligated to pay dividends, and they can be reduced or eliminated at any time.)

In the investing arena, as in many endeavors, hard work can be rewarding. So look for opportunities to keep your investments gainfully employed throughout your life.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Heidi Gemuenden, AAMS® Financial Advisor 41 Judd Street, Marine-On-St. Croix, MN (651) 433-1776

Search for clerk continues in May Township

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

The May Town Board plans to interview candidates for town clerk the evening of June 28.

According to Supervisor John Adams, the town has received seven resumes from interested applicants.

The board has accepted the resignation of long-time clerk Linda Klein, effective July 1. Klein’s duties will be distributed between others until a new clerk is hired.

Comp Plan The May Town Board approved a draft of the 2040 comprehensive plan for review by residents and neighboring municipalities.

Although planning commission chair John Arneson noted that state statutes do not require many changes, the town may use the opportunity to tweak the

plan. Possible areas for review include subdivisions and the use of the Wilder Property, part of which now serves as an elementary school campus.

‘Panorama Puddle’ Discussions continue regarding water management on Panorama Avenue. The town board will attempt to coordinate a joint meeting with the watershed district board to discuss possibilities for managing water at what Town Chair Bill Voedisch referred to as the “Panorama Puddle.”

“The notion is that if a conservation easement could be had for those properties, and a catch pond hollowed out and built, could the water collection on the road be piped to that location?” he said. “That’s what engineering from the town and watershed district could answer. And of course, at what cost and where do you get

the funds? […] The only way to catch the water with effectiveness and cleanliness is with a paved road, and gutters and sewers that attach to a pipe and then go down.

“That’s why an end result may be paving,” he continued. “That’s obviously a goal of some citizens, but there would be a bigger thing being accomplished. Or we may end up with water puddling on a paved road.”

Other business • Work continues on the contract with Scandia Fire.

• Insurance agent Chris Sauro led a review of the town’s policy through the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust.

• The town hall renovation project is wrapping up. The exterior trim will be painted soon.

Landscaping will be pursued as a related but separate project.

Election season nears Early voting for the 2018 Primary Election begins on June 29, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office.

Primary Election Day is August 14, 2018 and the statewide general election will be held on November 6, 2018.

Eligible Minnesotans can register, check their registration status, or request a vote-from-home absentee ballot by visiting: www.mnvotes.org.

What's on the ballot in 2018?

Minnesota voters have the following races on their ballot: • U.S. Senator • U.S. Senator (special election) • U.S. Representative • Governor & Lt. Governor • Secretary of State • State Auditor • Attorney General • State Representative • Judicial offices

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community to decide what type of schools we want for our students.”

The complete list of spending priorities and potential budget cuts are available online, along with general information about the upcoming levy referendum at www.flaschools.org/ referendum2018.

What would be cut if the levy fails?

A combination of any of the following will be considered.

• Pair elementary schools K-3, 4-6. For example: Linwood-Wyoming, Lino Lakes-Columbus, Scandia - Forest View/Forest Lake Elementary • Close one or more additional elementary schools • Increase class sizes due to the loss of teaching positions • Reduce or eliminate programs. For example: music, agriculture,

career and technical programs, advanced placement/concurrent enrollment courses, world language options, or other elective areas, and International Baccalaureate at Scandia Elementary • Charge for transportation within a 2-mile distance to school impacting FLAS, LILA, NLA, and St. Peters students • Reduction or elimination of athletics and activities • Increase fees for athletics, activities, and parking • Increase rental rates for community use of facilities and equipment • Close all elementary schools at 6 p.m. impacting facility use and youth programs

What happens if the levy is approved?

If the operating referendum is approved, the school board has identified the following spending priorities.

Reduce class size averages ($700,000 $1,000,000) with an emphasis on early elementary grades. Additional teachers at secondary schools to reduce class size averages.

Restore and enhance classroom instructional resources that were reduced or eliminated through previous budget reductions ($700,000 $1,000,000). This includes staff training in instructional best practices, curriculum development and support, instructional materials and resources, technology support and integration, and reinstating a process to ensure that curriculum resources meet the needs of all students Attract and retain the best teachers and staff (up to $2,500,000).

Fifty-six teachers have left the district for an average salary increase of $10,293. The district hopes to increase salaries for teaching and support staff.

Enhance supports for struggling students ($250,000 - $350,000), including reading and

math support, instructional resources, and mental health and behavioral supports.

Expand gifted and accelerated learning opportunities for students ($250,000 - $350,000).

This incudes training and support for teachers to provide enriched learning opportunities for gifted and accelerated students, and instructional resources.

Retain and enhance education opportunities for students including music programs, career and technical programs, elective course opportunities, and college level courses for high school students ($500,000 $600,000). This includes restoring and expanding course opportunities for students, upgrading or replacing classroom equipment, and restoring access to after school activities.

Establish financial stability in an effort to avoid future budget reductions ($400,000 - 600,000). This would mean stabilizing district reserves to account for unpredictable state funding.

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BICYCLISTS: Handbook FROM PAGE 2

At intersections, follow the rules of the road as any other driver would. At intersections, there is a certain position bicycle drivers need to place themselves: • One Lane: When approaching an intersection with one lane, position yourself in the lane with respect to your destination direction. (Diagram A) • Multi-Lane: When coming up to an intersection with multiple lanes, place yourself in the rightmost lane that is traveling in the direction you're going.

(Diagram B) • Multiple Left Turn Lanes: When turning left on a road with multiple left turn lanes, select the rightmost lane that serves your destination. (Diagram C) • One-Way Streets with Two or More Lanes: When you make a left turn from a oneway street onto another one-way street, it's

easiest to turn from the left-most lane. (Diagram D)

Two Abreast Rules and Etiquette Riding two abreast is legal in Minnesota.

Bicyclists, however, can receive citations for riding more than two abreast. Bicyclists often ride next to one another when dangerous road conditions exist that make it unsafe for drivers to pass in the same travel lane. BikeMN encourages bicyclists to be courteous and “single up” when other road users are present and it is safe to do so. You may never ride more than two abreast.

Content from the Minnesota Bicycling Handbook used with permission from the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BikeMN). View the full handbook with additional safety, bike law, and rules of the road information at www.bikemn. org/handbook.

Park service celebrates Pride Month on St. Croix

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2018 Annual Fireman’s Ball Marine on Saint Croix Residents gathered downtown Marine to recognize the efforts of those who volunteer with the Fire & Rescue Departments and raise funds for the department. Neighbors enjoyed a street dance, ribs, beer and brats provided by Gordy’s, and live music.

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A detail of the poster for the National Park Service’s inaugural Pride on the St. Croix Paddle. The event is set for June 21.

The National Park Service will host its first-ever programming focused on engaging Minnesota and Wisconsin’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in outdoor recreation at their local national park, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

Families and friends are welcome to experience an inaugural trip June 21 between Minnesota Interstate State Park and Osceola Landing in a canoe or kayak.

Pride on the Croix is a multi-faceted program along this 6.5-mile stretch with something that everyone in any group will connect with and enjoy.

Activities for the day include bird watching with experienced birders, LGBT story sharing, artistry en plein air with notable photographers, walks with master naturalists and exploring touch tanks of river fauna. Outdoor organizations such as REI and the National Park Conservation Association will be on site to help visitors plan their next trip outdoors.

National Park Service staff and volunteers will be available for water safety instruction.

The location of the paddle features scenery indicative of the Wild and Scenic River designation by which the park was created. Additional, Pride on the Croix was planned so even novice paddlers could sign up, learn the ropes and get their feet wet.

Details are available at stcroixriverassociation. org/event/pride-on-th-st-croix-paddle.

Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson are biking the Danube from Ulm, Germany to Linz, Austria (about 300 miles) with Marine friends Bill Simpson and Irene Qualters. They unpacked the Messenger in Passau, Germany, just before crossing into Austria.

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Spot spraying for noxious weeds begins June 19 Writing on the Wall: Graffiti Washington County staff will begin spot spraying noxious weeds in the more than 220 miles of rural roadsides June 19 through October.

This is being done to help comply with the Minnesota State Noxious Weed law administered by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The chemicals to be used are Escort XP, Milestone VM, and Liberate.

Property owners who do not want their roadside sprayed or mowed, and are willing to take responsibility for controlling and eradicating noxious weeds on the adjacent roadside, may visit the Washington County North Shop at 11660 Myeron Road in Stillwater Township to obtain signage, or call 651-430-4300. Be prepared to provide an address, the nearest cross street, and a description of where DO NOT SPRAY signs will be located.

Forty-two plant species are regulated as noxious weeds and specially regulated plants in Minnesota. Twenty-three are on the prohibited noxious weed list – 14 on the eradicate list and 9 on the control list. These species must be eradicated or controlled on all lands within the state and cannot be illegally transport-

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Palmer Amaranth is on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s “eradicate” list.

ed, propagated or sold except as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.82 Fifteen species are listed as restricted noxious weeds and cannot be sold, propagated or transported except as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.82 Four species are listed as specially regulated plants and eradication or control can be enforced under specific conditions.

Prohibited Noxious Weeds Eradicate List Palmer Amaranth Oriental Bittersweet Diffuse Knapweed Brown Knapweed

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Yellow Starthistle Meadow Knapweed Poison Hemlock Black Swallow-wort Grecian Foxglove Common Teasel Cutleaf Teasel Ciant Hogweed Japanese Hops Dalmation Toadflax

Control List Common Barberry Narrowleaf Bittercress Plumeless Thistle Spotted Knapweed Canada Thistle Leafy Spurge Purple Loosestrife Wild Parsnip Common Tansy

Restricted Noxious Weeds

Porcelain Berry Crown Vetch Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace Glossy Buckthorn (and all cultivars) Amur Honeysuckle Morrow’s Honeysuckle Bell’s Honeysuckle Common Reed Common or European Buckthorn Black Locust Multiflora Rose Tatarian Honeysuckle Japanese Barberry Cultivars

Specially Regulated Poison Ivy Japanese Knotweed Giant Knotweed Amur Maple

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We've all seen graffiti spray painted on train cars and under bridges. But did you know graffiti has been around for thousands of years in the form of carvings and writing on surfaces? Often, one can find writing on the walls in their own homes and structures — in a basement, on the side of a barn, or behind plaster walls.

Alyssa Auten, a consultant with a background in historic architecture, design, and nonprofit management, will speak June 24 at 2 p.m. about the SUBMITTED history of graffiti at Initials carved on a post in the Historic Warden’s the basement of the StillHouse in Stillwater. water Warden's House The presentation is hosted by the Washington County Historical Society.

Attendees will learn about the psychology of graffiti, the vast history of graffiti, why we should study graffiti and how to preserve important graffiti in your own spaces. Auten will also speak about graffiti in the Warden's House and throughout Stillwater and Washington County.

Auten has a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies from UW-Milwaukee and a master’s in historic building conservation from the University of Bath in England. She spent the last 10 years working in cultural heritage institutions like the Folsom House Historic Site in Taylors Falls and the Nicollet County Historical Society in St. Peter. She has consulted on preservation projects for the City of Lindstrom, the Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative and the St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Auten and her husband recently moved back to the St. Croix River Valley and she works as the marketing and creative manager for Franconia Sculpture Park.

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14. Gibbon 17. Sun up in New York 18. __ the line 20. A vale 22. Old Irish alphabet 27. A type of band 28. A team’s best pitcher 29. Floor covering 31. A __ in the machine 32. Supplement with difficulty 33. Prosecutors 37. Place in order 38. Japanese lute

39. Mongolian city __ Bator 40. Perceived 41. A cloth for washing dishes 42. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling 43. Grassy plain 44. Barometer 47. Father 48. Of the ear 49. Thomas __, British dramatist l652-85 51. After eighth 52. Where golfers begin 53. Time units (abbr.)

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Pop Up Library brings materials, technology to Arts in the Park series

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Washington County Library will set up (temporary) shop at the Forest Lake Arts in the Park events with its Pop Up Library this summer, June through August. Arts in the Park is a free summertime community event which takes place every Tuesday from 5 – 9 p.m.

Similar to a pop up retail store, the Washington County Pop Up Library brings library materials, technology, and services outside the walls of the library. Knowledgeable and friendly staff from

Hardwood Creek Library will be on site at the Arts in the Park events for storytimes, library card registration, and crafts, in addition to answering any library questions visitors might have.

The Pop Up Library is also teaming up with two partners to support health and nutrition in Forest Lake. The Pop Up Library is supporting the Power of Produce (PoP) Club by featuring library materials about health and food for checkout, librarian lead storytimes, crafts, and activities

throughout the summer. The PoP Club is a farmers markets incentive program for children offered at farmers markets throughout the nation July 10 – Aug. 28, and is funded through a grant from the University of Minnesota Extension and a donation from Health UP of Forest Lake. The Forest Lake YMCA will also join the library with health inspired activities on June 19, July 10, July 24, August 7, and August 21.

“I moved here July 2015 when I could no longer manage on my own. My family was relieved that I was safe. CCH is a friendly, homey atmosphere and the staff is excellent.”

Ramona was involved with the formation of CCH. She said “the dream was to connect the Ramo na Paulso on, hospital, nursing home, assisted 91 Ye ars Young living and exercise facility to create a complete wellness environment”. She takes pride in her involvement to see the dream ful½lled.

Christian Community Home of Osceola 2650 65th Ave., Osceola, WI 54020 • 715-294-1100 www.cchosceola.org

Our Campus includes: 24-Hour Skilled Nursing • Assisted Living Apartments Transitional / Short-term Rehabilitation Call today to learn more or to schedule a tour!

AREA CHURCHES Ascension Episcopal Church

Forest Hills United Methodist Church

Lord of the Lakes Lutheran Church (LCMS)

Osceola United Methodist Church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

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. at Gammelkyrkan (original church building located at Gammelgarden, across from Elim) 9:30 a.m. in Elim Sanctuary.

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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JOLENE KAMMERUD Outdoors Realty 2391 State Rd 35, Osceola, WI 54020 BROKER/OWNER - Serving MN & WI

Phone: 866-986-2731 Cell: 715-222-2132 2391 State Road 35, Osceola, WI jolenekammerud@yahoo.com www.outdoorsrealty.com

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Erickson piano service. Bryan Erickson Tuning-RegulationRepair 715-463-5958 \ 507-475-2584 Problems with your car insurance? Tickets? Accidents? Been canceled? Call Noah Insurance for help at 715-294-2017.

RESUMES copied for free if you have been laid off and looking for work. Stop in at The Sun, 108 Cascade, Osceola.

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Farmington Mini Storage: For all your storage needs. Now offering climate controlled units. 10x10, 10x15, 10x20, 10x25. Now accommodating 5th wheelers, boats and campers.

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40 acres: Woodlands 40XX Big McGraw Road, Danbury, WI $60,000. Call 651755-8830

ATTENTION STUDENTS Lake Management, located in Marine on St. Croix, MN, seeks summer workers to perform aquatic improvement services.

Candidates will receive all necessary training and licensing.

Experience with boats/trailers and GPS systems beneficial but not required. If you wish to apply or have questions regarding the position, please contact Mike at:

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Class B CDL Driver Ferrellgas, a nationwide leader in the propane industry, is looking for a full time Class B Driver in Osceola, WI Apply online at: www.ferrellgas.com REQUIREMENTS: •Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs. •High School Diploma or equivalent •At least 1 year driving experience •Class A or B CDL license with air brake, hazmat, and tanker endorsements •Clean driving record

THE SUN HAS YOUR office supplies – File folders, labels, register and other tapes, envelopes of many sizes, copy paper by ream or sheet and much more. Let us help you today, 108 Cascade, Osceola.

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SETUP/PARTS & SERVICE TECHNICIAN Small Engine Sales and Servicing Dealer in Scandia, MN is seeking applications for Part-time and Full-time help with wage depending on experience.

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Provide technical maintenance and repairs for onsite sewage treatment systems and municipal services, including septic tank cleaning, line rotoring, jetting, televising, lift station repairs, troubleshooting.

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Hiring: Direct Care Staff

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Linnea Residential Home, located in Chisago City & Taylors Falls is seeking positive & creative individuals to work with unique DD individuals; variety of shifts available ~ afternoon/evenings, weekends; overnights & on call status There is a $2 wage differential for weekend hours CNA experience preferred. Wage begins at $15 an hour & increases with related work experience & education.

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Frontier Ag & Turf is a family owned company that specializes in agricultural, commercial, residential, golf & sports, and power sports products.

With seven locations in Eastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, we provide a full line of John Deere equipment as well as many others such as Stihl, Honda and many others.

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JUNE 7 At 9:20 a.m. a domestic animal violation was reported.

At 12:32 a.m. a request for manpower was made.

At 5:06 p.m. a traffic stop was made on Square Lake Trail.

At 5:11 p.m. a park check was made at Square Lake Trail.

At 5:20 p.m. an area check was made on Arcola Trail.

At 8:49 a.m. an officer initiated call was reported on Square Lake Trail North/Norell Avenue North.

At 4:16 p.m. a 911 open line was reported from 127th Street North.

At 10:35 p.m. traffic was reported on Saint Croix Trail North/124th Street North.

JUNE 8 At 8:21 p.m. a wild animal was reported on St. Croix Trail.

At 7:10 p.m. a vehicle lock out was reported on 180th Street.

JUNE 9 At 2:08 a.m. an area check was made on Manning Trail.

At 1:55 a.m. an area check was made on 177th

Street.

At 5:38 p.m. an area check was made on Oldfield Road.

At 6:14 p.m. a business alarm sounded on Arcola Trail.

At 6:53 p.m. a traffic stop was made on Square Lake Trail.

At 6:53 p.m. a traffic stop was made n Square Lake Trail.

At 10:18 p.m. a traffic stop was made at Saint Croix Trail North/144th Street North.

At 9:58 p.m. a traffic stop was made on 170th Street North/Manning Trail North.

At 9:05 p.m. a suspicious

person was reported on the Arcola Bridge.

JUNE 13 At 7:37 a.m. an accident was reported on Manning Trail North/148th Street North.

At 10:15 a.m. a driver complaint was reported at 130th Street Lane North.

At 1:31 p.m. a parking complating was reported on Manning Trail North.

At 5:31 p.m. an accident was reported on 120th Street North/Manning Trail North.

At 8:42 p.m. a park complaint was reported on Mainning Trail North.

Marine on St. Croix

At 9:45 p.m. a traffic stop was made at Bone Lake.

On June 8 at 9:43 a.m. traffic was reported on Mainning Trail.

At 6:54 p.m. traffic was reported on Scandia Trail/Olinda Trail.

At 6:34 p.m. traffic was reported on Scandia Trail/Olinda Trail.

At 5:05 p.m. a traffic stop was made on Manning Trail.

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JUNE 9

At 6:49 p.m. a citizen/ public assist was requested at 5th Street.

City of Scandia

At 6:14 p.m. a resident alarm sounded on Arcola Trail.

At 2:29 a.m. an area check was made on St. Croix Trail North.

At 7:58 a.m. a follow up was made on Bone Lake.

At 9:11 p.m. an area check was made on Olinda Trail.

At 3:55 p.m. a traffic stop was made at Oakhill Road North.

At 3:46 p.m. a traffic stop was made at Oakhill Road North.

At 4:41 p.m. a 911 was made from Layton Avenue North.

At 7:16 a.m. a 911 hangup was reported on Scandia Trail North.

At 5:23 p.m. a follow/ return call was made on 209th Street North.

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JUNE 13

At 4:25 p.m. a business alarm sounded on Ozark Avenue.

At 3:57 a.m. a 911 open line was reported from Scandia Trail North/ Oakhill Road North.

JUNE 8

At 7:28 a.m. an animal complaint was reported on Olinda Trail North.

At 10:43 a.m. an incident was reported on Mayberry Trail North.

At 9:02 p.m. an animlal complaint was reported on Kirby Avenue North.

At 5:11 p.m. a motor vehicle accident was reported on St. Croix Trail North.

At 6:25 p.m. a suspicious person was reported at Bone Lake.

At 8:28 p.m. a traffic stop was reported on Newberry Avenue North/Scandia Trail North.

At 8:48 p.m. a park complaint was reported on Manning Trail North.

JUNE 14 At 4:16 p.m. a civil matter/dispute was reported on Arcole Trail North.

At 4:49 p.m. an alarm sounded on Square Lake Trail North/Norell Avenue North.

JUNE 8 At 11;53 a.m. something suspicious was reported on Pine Street.

JUNE 9

Spotlight on Area Businesses Bill’s Auto Body of Forest Lake Forest Lake Based Auto Repair At Bill’s Auto Body of Forest Lake, auto repair services include both collision repair and hail damage repair.

You will receive the highest quality collision repair services performed by highly trained technicians in a state-of-the-art facility. Bill’s Auto Body of Forest Lake, Minnesota is the preferred choice for collision repair and auto body work among customers on the north and east side of the Twin Cities.

Bill’s Auto Body has provided Forest Lake auto repair for over 30 years. They understand the impact of a disabled vehicle on your schedule, and they strive to provide a stressfree collision repair experience.

JUNE 13

dents, hail damage and collision repair.

Bill’s Auto Body offers guaranteed collision repair services for everything from small hail dents to high-impact collision damage. Learn more, or contact Bill’s Auto Body for your immediate collision repair needs.

Insurance Recommended, Fully Certi¿ed Auto Body Work Bill’s Auto Body is a certi¿ed full service repair shop for over a dozen major insurance companies and a member of the Direct Repair Program (DRP). Whether or not you are insured by one of these insurance companies, Bill’s Auto Body will provide a complete solution for any

At 8:50 p.m. traffic was reported on St. Croix Trail North.

At 10:28 p.m. an area check was made on Maple Street.

At 10:33 p.m. an area check was made on Broadway Street.

Community Focused Bill’s Auto Body services the communities of Forest Lake, Hugo, Centerville, Lino Lakes, Linwood, East Bethel, Center City, Shafer, Lindstrom, Marine on St. Croix, Scandia, Taylors Falls, Chisago, North Branch, Wyoming, Stacy, and the surrounding areas. Trust them for your collision repair!

At 10L31 a.m. property damage was reported on 5th Street.

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