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Attendees and hip hop honorees gathered for a group shot. he city of Minneapolis officially recognized October 14, 2023, as Twin Cities Hip Hop Day by way of proclamation. Around 100 people showed up at the event to
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honor pillars of the local hip years, but also a time to honor hop community on a chilly Sat- and reflect on the storied history urday afternoon at First Bridge of Twin Cities hip hop and those who laid its foundation. Park on the riverfront. Some of the people being The event, organized by DJ Stage One, and emceed by DJ honored shared memories, like Sure Shot, was a reunion for many Travis “Travitron” Lee, who rewho hadn’t seen each other in called the shows he used to have
at the Coffman Memorial Union— a place where people from both Minneapolis and St. Paul could come together, back when the two sister cities were divided. The event also honored influential hip hop figures who have passed away. Tredis “Dis-
co T” Adams, Mahdi “DJ NEX” Bryant, DJ Brother Jules, Bro Sun, and Eyedea were a few of the people whose memories and contributions were honored over the course of the two-hour event. Though not a single repre-
sentative of the city of Minneapolis was in attendance, the honorees were each presented with a proclamation. For more photos, go to page 5. Find even more photos on spokesman-recorder.com
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This year’s odd-numbered election may yield unusual results By H. Jiahong Pan Contributing Writer ff-year elections are often seen as inconsequential, but they have a significant impact on local policy. Last year’s redistricting resulted in redrawn election lines that reflect demographic changes since the 2020 census. Since then, city charter committees have implemented redistricting, changing the city council ward boundaries. This means the place where you live could be more or less diverse than before. For example, voters in redrawn districts may now be more inclined to vote for someone who supports the police rather than someone who wants to defund them. In addition to some contested races in Minneapolis and St. Paul—in part because elected officials who have been in of-
commission to redraw bound- es, which represent relatively aries of who represents them affluent neighborhoods, are locally and at the state and open seats and fiercely soughtafter. federal levels. Wards 6, 8 and 10 races apThough redistricting left Minneapolis’ wards mostly the pear to be fairly heated, with same as they were drawn in challengers competing against 2012, some ward boundaries incumbents. In Ward 6, former were adjusted because the re- corrections officer and depdistricting commission wanted uty attorney general Kayseh to keep communities together. Magan and activist wunderAs a result, some wards, such kind Tiger Worku are challengas Minneapolis Wards 6, 7, 8 ing incumbent Jamal Osman and 10, became more racially for his seat. In Ward 8, activist diverse. Soren Stevenson is challenging All Minneapolis City Council Council President Andrea Jenmembers are up for reelection kins. In Ward 10, soccer coach MGN this year. Only Ward 2, which is and community service officer fice for so long have decided to fund their roads, parks and two years ago. The short turn- held by Robin Wonsley, is un- Nasri Warsame is challenging not to run again—voters in St. schools, respectively. around in elections is because contested. Wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, progressive incumbent Aisha Louis Park and Duluth have the of redistricting undertaken by 11 and 13 are less contentious Chugtai. The DFL was unable to races because the race has few opportunity to make history by Minneapolis, St. Paul to choose both cities last year. reaffirming or voting in the first council members again Two years ago, when the challengers, or the incumbent reach a consensus in endorsing Black leaders these cities have Voters in both Minneapo- U.S. Census Bureau conduct- is poised to win because they a candidate in Ward 6, and seen in their histories. St. Paul, lis and St. Paul are once again ed its 10-year count of who are more organized, or voters it endorsed Stevenson over Bloomington and Duluth will deciding who to elect in city lives where, city officials used tend to favor the incumbent. Jenkins in Ward 8. The DFL also be voting on tax increases council races despite doing so this data and appointed a However, Wards 7 and 12 rac■ See VOTING on page 5
One of last known Tulsa Race Massacre survivors passes at 102 By Stacy M. Brown ughes Van Ellis, one of the last three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 102 on Monday, October 9, according to Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Regina Goodwin, who spoke on behalf of his family. Known affectionately as “Uncle Redd,” Ellis was a WWII war veteran and a symbol of resilience in the face of racial adversity. Goodwin remarked, “He bravely served America, even as he spent a lifetime awaiting atonement related to the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred between May 31 and June 1, 1921. White mobs violently attacked Black residents, destroying over 35 square blocks of the prosperous Greenwood District, known as “Black Wall Street.” Goodwin, a staunch advocate for reparations for race massacre survivors, emphasized Ellis’ unwavering
commitment to the cause. “Two days ago, Mr. Ellis urged us to keep fighting for justice,” Goodwin noted. Van Ellis leaves “In the midst of his death, there rebehind his sister mains an undying sense of right and wrong. Mr. Ellis was assured we would Viola Ford remain steadfast, and we repeated to Fletcher and him his own words, ‘We Are One,’ and we lastly expressed our love.” Lessie Benningfield Van Ellis leaves behind his sister ViRandle as the ola Ford Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle as the last known living last known living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. survivors of the Ellis’ death was deeply mourned by the Diaspora African Forum (DAF), which Tulsa Race fondly referred to him as Uncle Redd. Massacre. In tribute to his remarkable life and the enduring connection between the African diaspora and their heritage, Van Ellis was granted honorary Ghanaian citizenship. H.E. Dr. Erieka Bennett, founder and head of mission for DAF, and Dr. Toni Luck organized the historic visit of Uncle Redd and Moth- Hughes Van Ellis Courtesy of NNPA
er Fletcher to Ghana in August 2021. “Mr. Van Ellis’s existence illuminated the indomitable nature of the human spirit amidst overwhelming odds,” Dr. Bennett asserted. “Granting him honorary Ghanaian citizenship was a gesture of profound respect for his enduring legacy.” Rocky Dawuni, a three-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and record producer, also saluted Van Ellis. “Uncle Redd had a larger-than-life presence. Having survived the Tulsa Race Massacre and living on to a glorious age of 102, his life and story have become part of our collective struggle as a people,” Dawuni stated. “His experiences give us a unique glimpse into what Black people had to endure and still have to endure to this day.” Stacy M. Brown is the NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent.
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How to vote in this November’s election By H. Jiahong Pan Contributing Writer ost local races will be decided by rankedchoice voting Races for mayor and city council in some cities holding elections this November will be decided by ranked-choice voting. This allows voters to select up to three candidates from a field of three or more candidates, in order of preference. That way, if no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote and your preferred candidate has the lowest number of votes, your other two votes will be tallied for other candidates of your choice who are in the running until one of them reaches the 50 percent threshold to win. For some school board races with multiple open seats, voters can select district-wide, at-large candidates equal to the number of seats up for election. For school districtspecific races, voters will only be able to vote for the candidates running in their school district area. Whichever candidates get the most votes will win the school board seats. Changes in state law increase number of eligible voters This year, the state legislature passed several laws to allow more people to vote, as well as expand the timeperiod when people can vote. Those who have been convicted of a felony can vote regardless of whether or not they are on parole. Those convicted of a felony and are currently incarcerated still cannot vote.
Workers can now take paid time off to vote early or on election day. And voters can vote on Election Day as long as they are in line by 8 p.m. Cities can now also designate additional early-voting locations ahead of Election Day. Minneapolis is taking advantage of this by establishing an early-voting location at the Weisman Art Museum on Halloween, while Ramsey County is establishing two early voting locations in St. Paul at the Arlington Hills Recreation Center and at the Frogtown Community Center. In December, anyone getting a state identification card or drivers’ license will automatically be registered to vote. Courtesy of Pexels
You can vote on the day of the election in your designated polling place, or you can vote early. What do I need to vote? Although you do not need an ID to vote, you must have some form of photographic proof, which can be an ID, but can also be a passport. You will also need something that demonstrates where you live, such as a utility bill. If you have neither of these, you can ask a neighbor who is a registered voter and can be
identified with photographic and address proof to tell election officials that you are who you are, and you live where you live. The neighbor can do this for up to eight other people. That’s the law in Minnesota. You can vote on the day of the election in your designated polling place, or you can vote early. Find your polling place at https://pollfinder.sos. state.mn.us/.
Visit your city’s website to find additional early-voting sites. You can also request a ballot by mail with your county or with the Minnesota Secretary of State. Once you have filled out your ballot, you can return your ballot by mail. If you end up filling out your ballot on Election Day or the day before the election, you can drop off your ballot at your local city or county election office, no later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. You cannot drop off your ballot at your polling site Early voting You can vote before Elec- on the day of the election. St. Louis Park voters can tion Day, Tuesday, November 7, either by mail or in-person. also drop off their completed If you choose to vote early and ballots at a drop box at St. in-person, you can only vote Louis Park City Hall, located at at the early voting sites in the 5005 Minnetonka Blvd. city where you reside and are H. Jiahong Pan welcomes registered to vote. See the adjacent box for a reader comments at hpan@ list of local early-voting sites. spokesman-recorder.com.
Early-Voting Sites Minneapolis: Department of Elections, 980 E. Hennepin Ave. (M-F, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Minneapolis: Weisman Art Center, 333 E. River Pkwy. (on October 31 only, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Saint Paul: Ramsey County Elections, Plato Building, 90 Plato Blvd. (M-F, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Saint Paul: Arlington Hills Community Center, 1200 Payne Ave. (M-F, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting October 20 through November 6) Saint Paul: Frogtown Community Center, 230 Como Ave. (M-F, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting October 20 through November 6) Duluth: 411 W. 1st St, #318 (M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
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Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable Here’s how strength training can change the trajectory
By Zachary Gillen aise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Most of us would raise our hands to doing at least one of those weekly, or even daily. As people age, it can become more and more difficult to perform some physical tasks, even those that are normal activities of daily living. However, prioritizing physical fitness and health as you get older can help you go through your normal day-to-day routine without feeling physically exhausted at the end of the day. It can also help you continue to have special memories with your family and loved ones that you might not have been able to have if you weren’t physically active. For example, I ran two halfmarathons with my dad when he was in his 60s! Staying physically active as you get older doesn’t need to include running a half-marathon or trying to be a bodybuilder; it could be as simple as trying to get through the day without feeling winded after you go up a flight of stairs. Although our muscles naturally get weaker as we age, there are ways we can combat that to help improve quality of life as we get older. Muscle loss and chronic disease One of the most important
parts of exercise programming, no matter who I am working with, is proper resistance training to build muscle strength. Some amount of age-related loss of muscle function is normal and inevitable. But by incorporating resistance training that is appropriate and safe at any ability level, you can slow down the rate of decline and even prevent some loss of muscle function. The medical term for a condition that involves age-related loss of muscle function and mass is sarcopenia. Sarcopenia can begin as early as age 40, but it tends to be more com-
In less than three hours of strength training per week you can help improve your muscle health and reduce the risk of getting sarcopenia. mon in adults age 60 and older. Sarcopenia is associated with a number of health issues such as increased risk of falling, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disease, among others. Recent estimates suggest that sarcopenia affects 10 percent to 16 percent of the elderly population worldwide. But even if a person doesn’t have clinically diagnosed sarcopenia, they may still have some of the underlying symptoms that, if not dealt with, could lead to sarcopenia.
Resistance training can take many forms and can be individualized to suit a person’s needs as they age. Jamie Grill/Tetra Images via Getty Images
Strength training is key So the question is, what can be done to reverse this decline? Recent evidence suggests that one of the key factors leading to sarcopenia is low muscle strength. In other words, combating or reversing sarcopenia, or both, may be best done with a proper resistance-training program that prioritizes improving strength. The best way to make sure you are strength training properly is to seek out guidance from a qualified individual such as a personal trainer or strength and conditioning specialist. Despite the clear benefits of strength training, it’s been shown that only about 13 percent of Americans age 50
and older do some form of six to 12 repetitions per set. strength training at least twice These are done at an intensity of 50 percent to 85 percent a week. of what’s known as one-repFinding what works for you etition maximum—the most So how does a person weight you could handle for a properly strength train as they single repetition—with the exage? The National Strength ception of body weight exerand Conditioning Associa- cises that use one’s own body tion, a leading organization in weight as the resistance, such advancing strength and con- as pushups. I would also recommend ditioning around the world, states that for older adults, resting for about two to three two to three days per week minutes between sets, or even of strength training can be in- up to five minutes if the set credibly helpful for maintain- was challenging. For older ing healthy muscle and bone adults, particularly those age and combating a number of 60 and older, the National Strength and Conditioning Aschronic conditions. The organization recom- sociation guidelines suggest mends that these workouts that a program like this be involve one to two exercises performed two to three days involving multiple joints per per week, with 24 to 48 hours major muscle group, with between sessions.
Making life’s tasks lighter The guidelines above are only one example out of many options, but they provide a framework that you can use to build your own program. However, I would highly recommend seeking out a professional in the field to give specific exercise programming advice that can be tailored to your own needs and goals as you age. Following such a program would give your muscles an excellent stimulus to enhance strength, while also allowing enough recovery, a very important consideration as people age. You might think it looks like a huge time commitment, but an exercise routine like this can be done in less than an hour. This means that in less than three hours of strength training per week you can help improve your muscle health and reduce the risk of getting sarcopenia and associated health issues. It’s also important to note that there is no one right way to do resistance training, and it needn’t involve traditional weight equipment. Group classes like Pilates and yoga or those that involve circuit training and work with resistance bands can all produce similar results. The key is to get out and exercise regularly, whatever that entails. Zachary Gillen is an assistant professor of exercise physiology at Mississippi State University. This story was republished with permission from The Conversation.
Closing care gaps, finding wellness tools for those with dementia By Mike Moen
are available and out there for progress in making patients individuals,” said Lunde, “and and their loved ones feel like This fall, a key federal agen- sometimes those resources they’re not alone. “It took us a long time as a cy is taking applications from are just not something that providers who want to join a families are aware of.” She society, I think, to get here—to nationwide model to improve said that contributes to poorer where we are having converAlzheimer’s care. Minnesota outcomes for some patients, sations about it,” said Yazbek. voices see it as a promising op- including frequent emergency “You know, when my grandma was first diagnosed, we used portunity to reduce stress for room visits. She said it’s promising to to say it’s like everybody would patients and their caregivers.
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Over the summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new voluntary guide in hopes of establishing more coordinated care for individuals diagnosed with dementia. Health systems will be incentivized with reimbursements to adopt the frameworks. The Mayo Clinic’s Associate in Neurology Angela Lunde said the broader care system for these patients is fragmented, sometimes leaving families in a holding pattern after receiving a diagnosis. “There are resources that
see the federal effort, along with more focus from healthcare systems such as Mayo, to streamline dementia care. Improving the quality of life for patients and caregivers will be covered at a “Brain Health” conference hosted by Mayo and AARP on November 4 in Rochester. Ramsey resident Kanada Yazbek has early dementia and will speak at the conference. The condition runs deep in her family’s history, and she said they’ve encountered care obstacles at various times. But she said she feels there’s been
whisper about the disease.” With these conversations now more out in the open, efforts such as the emerging federal care model will emphasize trying to keep patients in their homes and communities. The upcoming conference will include information about things like art and music as a form of wellness care for those living with a diagnosis. There is a fee for the November event, but it is open to the public. It also will be livestreamed. Mike Moen writes for the Minnesota News Connection.
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to the west of Minneapolis, could elect its first Black and Continued from page 1 Somali mayor, as well as the first Somali and Muslim mayor endorsed Chugtai in Ward 10 in Minnesota. The candidate, and banned Warsame from diversity-equity-inclusion speever seeking endorsement cialist Nadia Mohamed, faces for instigating a brawl during retired banker and St. Louis an endorsing convention in Park native Dale Anderson. May. Warsame said those votSt. Louis Park voters will also ing at the convention misun- elect two council members to derstood the process and he represent the entire city. Peer apologized earlier this month. All St. Paul City Council The most heated members are also up for reelection this year. Four of the seats, race appears in Wards 1, 3, 5 and 7, are open to be in Ward 1, because their incumbents are which has eight not running for re-election. candidates Ward 1 represents parts of the Frogtown, Midway and Rondo vying to neighborhoods. Ward 3 reprepresent resents Mac-Groveland and the ward. Highland Park. Ward 5 represents Como east of Lexington, North End, and Payne-Phalen west of I- recovery specialist Yolanda Far35E. Ward 7 represents the ris, who was appointed to one East Side, generally south of of those seats earlier this year Minnehaha Avenue, 7th Street to replace an incumbent who and Stillwater Avenue. became a state representative, The most heated race ap- is running unopposed. pears to be in Ward 1, which Voters in Duluth will elect has eight candidates vying a mayor and choose from to represent the ward. Ward four candidates to fill two city 7, another open seat, has six council seats representing the candidates vying to represent entire city. Candidates are also Eastside neighborhoods south running for city council in every of Minnehaha Avenue, 7th district, except for the district Street and Stillwater Avenue. that represents the University of Minnesota-Duluth, College Races outside of the Twin Cities of St. Scholastica, as well as the Voters in St. Louis Park, a Kenwood, Congdon Park and first-ring suburb immediately Chester Creek neighborhoods.
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In District 5, voters will choose between Janet Kennedy, the first Black Duluth City Council president, and youth counselor Ginka Tarnowski. District 5 includes all of Duluth southwest
school board seats. In Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan, 10 candidates will vie for four at-large school board seats that have four-year terms. In Fridley, five candidates are
union-endorsed candidates: Chauntyll Allen, Yusef Carrillo, Carlo Franco and Erica Valliant. Another incumbent, Zuki Ellis, did not receive the endorsement, as did Abdi Omer and
of 40th Avenue West. The district also includes the Rustic Bar, where Michelle Folson was brutally beaten by two White men in mid-September.
running for three at-large seats. In the Anoka-Hennepin race, seven people are running for three different seats. Two of those seats are contested, where either the incumbent is not running or is running and faces more than one challenger: District 2, which includes Blaine and eastern Coon Rapids; and District 5, which includes Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, southern Coon Rapids and Fridley. In St. Paul’s school race, seven candidates are running for four open seats. They include the four DFL and teachers
Tax increases on the ballot Some Minnesota voters will also vote on increasing their sales tax. This comes on the heels of a transportation and housing sales tax increase affecting Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
School boards are on the ballot, too The school boards overseeing the St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan, Fridley and Anoka-Hennepin school districts are up for reelection this year. Candidates vying for Hopkins are running unopposed. St. Louis Park voters will choose from five candidates to fill four open
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties that went into effect in October. In St. Paul, voters will decide whether or not to increase the sales tax by one percent for the next 20 years to pay for rebuilding 44 miles of crumbling St. Paul streets, such as Marshall Avenue in the Rondo neighborhood. The sales tax would also pay for parks and recreation center improvements, including a new facility in the East Side, as well as a balcony overlooking the Mississippi River in downtown. In Bloomington, voters will decide on increasing the sales tax up to 1.5 percent for the next 20 years to renovate and reconstruct its parks and recreation facilities. This includes rebuilding its ice arena, building a new wellness center, and renovating a trail and the parks that connect to it. Gita Rijal Zeitler. Duluth voters will vote on Voters in Duluth will choose between seven candidates to two issues to fund the school fill three school board seats. district. One could raise the One represents the entire property tax for 10 years to school district, while the two enhance technology access seats represent central Du- at Duluth schools. The other luth, roughly Congdon Park to could allow the district to borthe east and Enger Park to the row $21.8 million to buy equipwest. ment to maintain its facilities. To get sample ballots for your election district, visit myballotmn. sos.mn.gov. H. Jiahong Pan welcomes reader comments at hpan@ spokesman-recorder.com.
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Fall is upon us, so it’s a good time to cozy up and get caught up on jazz happenings—and listen to some good music by jazz artists, celebrate birthdays, and think about supporting music education and live music. There are some great albums out now. Here’s a small sampling: Leo Genovese - “Estrellero” (Sunnyside). This album features Genovese on piano and pump organ, Demian Cabaud on bass, and Marcos Cavaleiro on drums. Some jazz fans may Blake’s second Blue Note out- trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s high- In Mahogany” was released on ly anticipated, never-before-re- all streaming platforms with remember the Argentinian pia- ing and fifth album overall. On October 13, the late leased album “The Love Suite: Blue Engine Records. nist from his time with singerbassist Esperanza Spalding Hargrove’s birthday was back in 2005. His playing is October 16, and in addition to wide-ranging including piano celebrating the day, an album styles such as pre-bop, pop, event was held at Dizzy’s Club and avant-classical/jazz. Coca-Cola inside Jazz at LinTyshawn Sorey - “Continucoln Center in New York City. ing” (Pi Recordings). Joining Trumpeter Ambrose AkinmuSorey for this album outing is sire, who was at the Walker Art Aaron Diehl on piano and Matt Center in May, has been named Brewer on bass. On this recordartistic director of the Herbie ing, drummer Sorey and compaHancock Institute of Jazz Perny play four songs that include formance at UCLA. He is a 2007 Wayne Shorter’s “Reincarnation graduate of the program. Blues,” Ahmad Jamal’s “SeleriAkinmusire said, “Having tus,” as well as the 1940s’ Matt been a student and later a Dennis classic “Angel Eyes,” plus judge, mentor and teacher in Harold Mabern’s “What Directhis program, I look forward tion Are You Headed.” to sharing my knowledge and Johnathan Blake - “Pascontinuing the legacy.” sage” (Blue Note). On this On October 15, The Herbie recording Blake’s bandmates Hancock Institute of Jazz held include Immanuel Wilkins on its International Piano Compealto saxophone, Joel Ross on tition Finals & Gala. The instivibraphone, David Virelles on tute has held its International piano and keyboard, and DezJazz Competition annually me:ron Douglas on bass. since 1987 and offered a full Blake, a drummer, pays tribscholarship and graduate-level ress: ute to his late father, the violincollege program since 1995. ist John Blake, Jr., who passed For more information, visit away in 2014. His father comwww.hancockinstitute.org. /State/Zip: posed the title track. This is On Oct 12, there was a free
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managing and artistic director of jazz at the Lincoln Center. Among my favorite songs played by Marsalis are “Sunflowers” from the “Marciac Suite” recording; “Embraceable You,” from his “Standards and Ballads” album; and “Autumn Leaves” from the album “Marsalis Standard Coming up at the Time, Vol.1.” Dakota and not to be Blakey held together the missed is the Walker Jazz Messengers for 35 years. West Academy His drum rolls were signature fundraiser billed as statements. He gave young “An Evening of Music musicians valuable experiwith Walker West,” ence and exposure. As a result, happening on Oct. 30. many of them became major jazz artists in their own right. Coming up at the Dakota jor distribution, so this advance screening in his hometown was and not to be missed is the especially meaningful. Walker West Academy fundOn October 18, celebrating raiser billed as “An Evening of his 62nd birthday is world- Music with Walker West,” haprenowned trumpeter and pening on Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. bandleader Wynton Marsalis. Also, returning to the club When he was just starting out is vocalist Cecile McLorin Salas a young musician, he played vant on Jan. 28 at 6 & 8 p.m. with the late great drummer For tickets, visit www.dakoArt Blakey in his band the Jazz tacooks.com. Messengers. Blakey also celRobin James welcomes readebrated a birthday on Oct 11. Marsalis is a leading advo- er responses to jamesonejazz@ cate of American culture and spokesman-recorder.com.
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Thinking outside the box is what we need By Tom H. Hastings
How Asian Americans were used to undermine affirmative action By Dr. Luke Tripp
org to attract plaintiffs. That is how he recruited disgruntled Asian students and used them as pawns to target Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In the name of Students for Fair Admissions, Blum filed federal lawsuits against Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill in November 2014. SFFA petitioned the Supreme Court to review both the First Circuit’s decision in the Harvard case and a similar decision from the Middle District
The original purpose of the affirmative action policy was to address discrimination in education and the workplace. But since the 1960s, right-wing political forces have perverted its purpose to mean the opposite: the perpetuation of unfair racial preferences and racially biased practices. The right-wing, anti-Black forces against affirmative action admission policies in higher education won a pivotal legal victory in June 2023, when the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions in Their divisive strategy higher education. Their victory causes increased racial means a setback in the struggle tensions among against racism. Blacks, Indians and What is the backstory of this Latinos, and makes Asian right-wing legal victory? Edward Blum, a White, Americans appear to be anti-Black legal strategist, is allied with the right-wing the director of the Project for anti-Black forces. Fair Representation, which he founded in 2005. The project focuses specifically on voting, of North Carolina, Students for education, contracting, employ- Fair Admissions v. University of ment, racial quotas, and racial NC, et al., which focused on the reparations. His work is funded impact on both White and Asian by conservative trusts and American applicants at the Unifoundations, including the Do- versity of North Carolina and nors Trust, the Searle Freedom which had been decided in the Trust, the Sarah Scaife Founda- school’s favor in October 2021. On June 29, 2023, the Sution and The 85 Fund. He founded Students for Fair preme Court issued a decision Admissions (SFFA), an offshoot that, by a vote of 6–2, reversed of the Project on Fair Repre- the lower court ruling. In writsentation. This organization re- ing the majority opinion, Chief cruits students who have been Justice John Roberts delivered rejected by selective universi- the majority opinion in Stuties and files lawsuits on their dents for Fair Admissions v. behalf. Harvard and Students for Fair Furthermore, he set up Admissions v. University of websites called Harvardnotfair. North Carolina, which held that org, un not fair. org. and unfair. race-based affirmative action in
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to the farthest of the far right— to the current rudderless ship Little boxes, made of ticky- of state, the Democrats have played it one way, entirely partacky...—Malvina Reynolds tisan, understandably. But our understanding has When someone is determined to ignore the obvious, we limits. sometimes say, “Um, he really has his head in the sand.” What is patently obvious to all Americans right now is the adolescent dysfunction of Congress. Republicans blame each other. If they are not grenadethrowers, Trump labels them RINOs, Republic In Name Only, one of his many favorite go-to insults, as if he is the sole arbiter of who gets to call themselves Republicans. Democrats blame Republicans, with the bright lights showIn my field, conflict transing the reasons for that. Republicans control Congress but cannot formation, we might suggest control themselves, which means getting far more inclusive, creCongress is missing all the levers ative and collaborative. The of power right now. Democrats should be brainThey are not playing well storming toward solutions, not with each other in the sandbox toward more adversarial deadwe call Congress. Time to get ends. They could easily expand their heads out of the sandbox. on my little list: ● Caucus with moderate Democrats, especially those Think outside the sandbox What would you do if you from safe districts, to see who were Hakeem Jefferies, the mi- is willing to take slight risks. ● Find and engage in prinority leader in Congress? So far, from the original battle to vate discussions with moderselect a new speaker nearly a ate Republicans to see about year ago—15 ballots finally in- possible collaboration. Ironistalled a weak Kevin McCarthy, cally, the Democrats who will forced to make fake promises virtually certainly win reëlec-
What is patently obvious to all Americans right now is the adolescent dysfunction of Congress.
both public and private universities violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause. The right-wing, anti-Black forces, while falsely displaying sympathy for bright, hardworking Asian students, employed an insidious strategy that exploits the Asian model-minority stereotype to portray Asian students as being victims of racial discrimination at prestigious universities because of affirmative action policies that advantage “less qualified” Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans at the expense of Asians. Their divisive strategy causes increased racial tensions among Blacks, Indians and Latinos, and makes Asian Americans appear to be allied with the right-wing By Ben Jealous anti-Black forces. The fact is that according Imagine telling your boss to a 2020, Asian American that you’ll complete less than voter survey conducted by half of the work that’s needed, AAPI Data, 70 percent of Asian getting almost nothing done Americans support affirma- over 12 months, then asking tive action when it’s described for a raise. as programs designed to help That’s essentially the story Black people, women, and other of the 77 utility companies minorities get better access to still most heavily invested in higher education. That finding fossil fuel-fired electric plants, was echoed in a 2022 AAPI according to a report last week data survey finding that 69 per- by the Sierra Club and Bloomcent of Asian Americans felt the berg Philanthropies. The utilisame way. ties plan to replace only 30 Edward Blum and his or- percent of that coal and gas ganizations, well-funded by with clean energy by 2030, foundations and corporations, and more than half of them engineered the legal demise have made no progress since of affirmative action policies last year. in higher education. They and For example, We Energies antheir powerful right-wing forces nounced in 2020 that it would have a long-range strategy to retire the mainly coal-fired Oak reverse the gains won by pro- Creek power plant in Milwaukee. gressives. Two years later, it extended the They used Asian students as timeline by 18 months. In Aupawns to dismantle affirmative gust, on a call with investors, coraction and employed the Asian porate officials wouldn’t commit model-minority stereotype to to that schedule. undermine interracial solidarity. Nonetheless, the company is Moreover, they have effectively asking the state public service used the colorblind ideology as for a three percent rate increase, a weapon against the struggle which would follow an 11 perfor racial justice-based policies. cent rate increase last year. White anti-Black politi“We Energies is asking for an cal forces have continued to additional increase saying they scheme against the social gains need it to move toward green enwon by political progressives, ergy and lower greenhouse gas especially Black freedom fight- emissions,” said Keviea Guiden ers. Since the 1970s, White re- of Citizen Action Wisconsin. actionaries have increased their “They should be doing that more political power to the extent quickly, but they shouldn’t be that they put Donald Trump in doing that on the backs of their office and nullified affirmative poorest customers.” action. The homes that those cusTheir legal strategy of divid- tomers live in typically are 100 ing people of color and pervert- or more years old; they aren’t ing the original purpose of affir- well insulated or weatherized, mative action, which addressed Guiden noted. “We’re pulling racial inequality, shows us that more gas for heating and more we are facing highly sophisticated anti-Black forces determined to weaken the Black community. We need to up our game; if we do not, we will continue to lose more fights than we will win.
tion are the best partners with Republicans who also will. ● Keep close count of the numbers as private talks produce willing members who want to restart Congress and actually get back to work. ● Find a moderate Republican who will agree to stand for speaker if guaranteed at least 217 votes. ● Go public, go big, get public opinion quickly on the side of those prepared to take power from the flamethrower extremists. ● Win the floor vote and get back to doing the business of the American people, not the firebrand business of the antidemocracy zealots. If we believe this type of thinking outside the sandbox is impossible, we quite literally are giving up and giving in to the worst ones, the ones who seek power over instead of power with. I do not claim my version of thinking outside the sandbox is the best, but I will vigorously claim that it’s better than the status quo, the Great Sandbox Full Stop we see now. Dr. Tom H. Hastings is the senior editor at PeaceVoice and coördinator of conflict resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University.
The dirty truth about utility companies’ clean energy efforts
Dr. Luke Tripp is a professor at St. Cloud State University.
electricity for cooling.” At the same time, those same residents face exposure to gas and particulate pollution from Oak Creek every month that the transition is delayed, she said. Wisconsin’s minimum wage still stands at $7.25 an hour. “If you’re a family making $1820,000 a year, 10 percent of that income would go to those electric and gas bills,” said Guiden, who organized 24 residents to oppose the rate increase at a state hearing last week.
The fact is there’s never been a more opportune moment for We Energies and other utility companies to make the switch to clean energy. We Energies isn’t struggling. It reported increased revenue of more than $1 billion last year. Wisconsin allows the public utility to earn a profit of almost 10 percent. The fact is there’s never been a more opportune moment for We Energies and other utility companies to make the switch to clean energy. The cost of solar power, which We Energies said would replace more than half of the coal-fired plant’s generated electricity, has fallen nearly 100 percent in the last decade. In its plans, the company acknowledged it would save $50 million in lower fuel and maintenance costs alone at Oak Creek.
Yet the company only has plans to build enough clean energy capacity to replace 8 percent of the energy it makes with dirty fuels and plans to add 66 megawatts of natural gas-fired power—which like coal is more expensive than solar power—by 2030. More significantly, the historic clean energy and jobs package President Biden and Congress approved last year offers corporate tax credits that can lower the cost of solar, wind, and battery storage projects by more than 30 percent (50 percent if they are built with domestic materials and in the most impacted communities). The oil, gas, and coal industries have benefitted for decades from subsidies for everything from exploration to depletion of their reserves in the ground, giving them among the lowest effective corporate tax rates and ballooning their profit margins. In addition, utilities can apply for $30 billion in grants and loans to increase their clean energy capacity. So, utilities can spend less than ever to generate electricity without dirty fuels that will lead to lower energy costs for Americans. It’s past time for utilities to stop making excuses and to take seriously our national target of 100 percent clean energy by 2035. It’s time for the rest of us to be like Guiden and her neighbors and stop accepting those excuses. Ben Jealous is executive director of the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
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In collaboration with Comcast, Brundidge delivered gift baskets to hardworking healthcare professionals at Hennepin Health and the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic. And, General Mills and Children’s Minnesota were on board when she traveled to Uvalde, Texas, to donate books to children there after the mass school shooting.
network, I want to do more than just promote their products and services. I look for ways we can get out and bless people in our community together,” said Brundidge.
ly show on WCCO Radio to congratulate her for winning the Minnesota Retail Champion award. “You do a great job helping retailers connect with consumers and that is super important. You’re bringing retailers into underserved communities to bring an extra helping hand,” he added. “You make retailers better.” Brundidge has also focused her advocacy on small Blackowned retailers by sharing her knowledge with them in free workshops about strategic marketing. During Black Business Month in August, she bought digital billboards to highlight five businesses owned by Black women. Brundidge accepted her award during the Retail Rally event on October 11 at the Mall of America in Bloomington.
Sheletta Brundidge was recently recognized for her involvement in prompting prominent retailers to support the community. As the founder of podcasting platform and multimedia company ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, Brundidge was honored for the way she (l-r) Mike Graham, Hy-Vee district sore director, Lakeville; has partnered with Minne- Sheletta Brundidge; Bruce Nustad, Minnesota Retailers Assosota retailers to benefit oth- ciation president; and Daniel Wolter, Hy-Vee director, governers. The Minnesota Retail ment relations – Minnesota/South Dakota/Wisconsin Association recently named Submitted photo “These big Brundidge a Minnesota ReNustad noted the many help to her work serving the tail Champion and selected businesses don’t her as its 2022-2023 Vendor civic and charitable projects community. Brundidge and Mike Grashow up for us that Brundidge has spearBrundidge has worked with Partner of the Year. ham, Hy-Vee, district store “Once a year we take a mo- headed and brought retailers Hy-Vee to provide Thanksgiv- unless someone director, Lakeville ment and look around and along with her. He applauded ing and Easter food baskets to Submitted photo brings them in think, ‘Who is doing some the way she has transformed families in North Minneapolis. great stuff in the commu- into partners the sponsors Recently, she worked with the and asks for help. “These big businesses don’t show up for us unless nity and involving retailers in who run commercials on grocery chain to distribute I can do that.” someone brings them in and that?’ The award is designed the podcasts she produces. hundreds of free meals to resiasks for help. I can do that.” to recognize them,” said Bruce She asks them to join her by dents of the Little Earth comFor more MSR News stories, Nustad called Brundidge “When companies run their Nustad, president of the Min- providing volunteers, in-kind munity in Minneapolis during contributions, or financial Family Meals Month. commercials on my podcast as she was hosting her week- visit spokesman-recorder.com. nesota Retailers Association.
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Continued from page 4 have had those conversations with bankers. You’ve got to have the capital, and so those are conversations that I want to start having with people who are interested in building a beauty brand. MSR: What’s one thing you wish you knew before starting your business? DP: If I knew that where I’m going was possible, I probably would have quit my job earlier. I just quit a year ago. Less than a year after I quit, we launched into the Macy’s marketplace. And that to me was very empowering, exciting and surprising. Had I known that once I gave my undivided attention to my business that it would start to grow beyond my wildest dreams, I definitely would have done that sooner.
MSR: What advice would you give to an aspiring entrepreneur? DP: Just do it. Do it. Start. Register your business right away. Because there are a lot of people out there who have businesses and their businesses aren’t registered yet and it really just opens up so many doors for you. When the pandemic happened and funds were available, there were people who were running businesses but they weren’t registered. So they couldn’t prove they had a business. So formalize your business and get out there in the community and make sure everybody knows what it is that you do.
am bringing social impact into everything that I do. And for me, it’s about providing products that people need, but it’s also about providing impact for the community and people who might want to start their own businesses. So in the near future I’m going to be showing people how to make their own products, how to bring their products to scale and then to market, and how to barter. It’s a program that we’re finalizing called Black apothecaryism. So apothecary is, you know, the study of plants, the study of herbs. And so I want to make sure that I’m bringing in other makers to help me teach you how to create your own products.
MSR: Would you like to add For more information, visit that we’ve not asked? DP: When I mentioned cre- www.naturessyrupbeauty.com. ating access for young folks Chris Juhn welcomes reader who are interested in starting their businesses, my goal is to comments at cjuhn@spokesdo that by making sure that I man-recorder.com.
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IN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation Court File No.: 27-CV-23-14943
State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 12, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Francis J. Magill, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be access by video at https://Zoomgov.com/ join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 160 407 2732 and the Meeting Password is 309514. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 16, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 16, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 16, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: October 5, 2023 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
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----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., City of Plymouth, County of Hennepin, Plymouth Hotels, LLC, Northeast Bank, United States of America Small Business Administration, WestHealth, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, PHS WestHealth, Inc., CFT NV Developments, LLC, East West Bank, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Bremer Bank, National Association, Delrey Plymouth Associates, Old National Bank, successor in interest by corporate merger, consolidation, amendment, or conversion to First Community Bank, 2980 Empire Lane LLC, Extra Space Storage Inc., Pauly Enterprises, Inc., Holiday Stationstores, LLC, as successor in interest to Holiday Stationstores, Inc., Plymouth Pointe Plaza, LLC, CSM Equities, LLC, Eagan Fitness LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness, SL Plymouth LLC, f/k/a Stretchlab, Christopher J Salon, Inc., TCC Wireless, LLC, FedEx Office Print Services Inc, Crisp & Green, LLC, Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., Boger Dental, P.A., Core Chiropractic & Health, P.A, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents. ----IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 188, which has been renumbered 55, and which has been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described. That it is duly covered by Centerline Orders numbered 20641, 20644, and 43743; Amended Width Order numbered 100107; Amended Access Order numbered 100108; and Temporary Easement Order numbered 100109. II. That the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary that the State of Minnesota for trunk highway purposes obtain the lands herein described in fee simple absolute, together with the following rights: to acquire all trees, shrubs, grass and herbage within the right of way herein to be taken, and to keep and have the exclusive control of the same; to acquire from the owners whose lands front thereon any existing right of access to said highway in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned, and to keep and have the exclusive control of all access to said highway in accordance with the law governing controlled access highways; and to acquire a temporary easement in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned. With reference to Parcel 218B, there appears a mortgage executed by Plymouth Hotels LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company as mortgagor, in favor of Minnesota Business Finance Corporation, and assigned by agreement to the United States of America, acting through the United States Small Business Administration, filed in the office of the County Recorder in Hennepin County, Minnesota, as follows: Dated Date Filed Document No. March 1, 2021 March 1, 2021 T-5868392 It is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order authorizing the Court Administrator to accept and deposit payments, in an interestbearing account, from the Petitioner to the court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order transferring title and possession of the parcels herein described, prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed commissioners, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order requiring the parties to exchange any appraisals at least 14 days prior to a commissioners’ hearing, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.036. The Petitioner reserves its right to recover costs of clean up and testing and all other damages arising from the presence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous materials
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on the property described herein, from all potential responsible parties, including respondents herein where appropriate, in a separate legal action to the extent permitted by law. III. That the following described lands in these proceedings taken are situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota; that the names of all persons appearing of record or known to your Petitioner to be the owners of said lands or interested therein, including all whom your Petitioner has been able by investigation and inquiry to discover, together with the nature of the ownership of each, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows: FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 218A C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Tract A, except the north 40.73 feet thereof, Registered Land Survey No 1424, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 604548; which lies southwesterly and southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 10 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 26.3 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 10 feet to the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; together with that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, which lies northwesterly and southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 60 feet southeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northeasterly at a right angle for 7 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with said southeasterly line to the westerly line thereof and there terminating; containing 690 square feet, more or less; together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and northwesterly of the above described strips, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 14 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 26.3 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 4 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with the southwesterly line of said Tract A to the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating; A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining and northeasterly of the third above described strip, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 60 feet southeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northeasterly at a right angle for 20 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with the southwesterly line of said Tract A to the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating;containing 2151 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Fee City of Plymouth Special Assessments and Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 218B C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 1424, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1438422; which lies southwesterly and northwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 10 feet northeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence southeasterly at a right angle for 13.7 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 10 feet to the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating;containing 137 square feet, more or less; together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and southeasterly of the above described strip, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 5 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 115.23 feet; thence northwesterly to a point distant 14 feet northeasterly of a point on the southwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 135.23 feet northwesterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly parallel with said southwesterly line for 183.7 feet to an intersection with the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating; containing 1584 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Plymouth Hotels, LLC Fee Northeast Bank Mortgage United States of America Mortgage Small Business Administration County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 223 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, West Suburban Health Campus Fourth Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1377437; which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 15 feet northeasterly of the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle to an intersection with the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 7944 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: WestHealth, Inc. Fee U.S. Bank National Association Mortgage PHS WestHealth, Inc. Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 310 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lot 5, Block 1, PLYMOUTH MARKETPLACE, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; which lies southerly and easterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point
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on the east line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 18 feet northerly of the most southeasterly corner thereof; thence westerly at a right angle for 8 feet; thence southerly parallel with said east line to the south line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 174 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: CFT NV Developments, LLC Fee East West Bank Mortgage City of Plymouth Easement Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Easement Bremer Bank, National Association Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 319B C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lot 4, Block 1, Plymouth Freeway Center, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1482208; which lies southwesterly of a line run parallel with and distant 5 feet northeasterly of the southwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described; containing 1568 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Delrey Plymouth Associates Fee Old National Bank, successor in interest Mortgage by corporate merger, consolidation, amendment, or conversion to First Community Bank 2980 Empire Lane LLC Easement Extra Space Storage Inc. Easement Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Easement Pauly Enterprises, Inc. Easement Holiday Stationstores, LLC, as successor Easement in interest to Holiday Stationstores, Inc. Plymouth Hotels, LLC Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 527 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Lot 1, Block 1, CSM Plymouth Business Campus, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1392029; which lies southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 60.00 feet northwesterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence southeasterly on an azimuth of 113 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds for 52.47 feet; thence on an azimuth of 83 degrees 06 minutes 31 seconds for 19.13 feet to the southeasterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 309 square feet, more or less. together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and northwesterly of the above described strip, which lies southwesterly and southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 15.01 feet northeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence southeasterly on an azimuth of 116 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds for 42.29 feet; thence on an azimuth of 126 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds for 61.29 feet; thence on an azimuth of 120 degrees 43 minutes 39 seconds for 71.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 107 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds for 81.02 feet; thence on an azimuth of 77 degrees 24 minutes 48 seconds for 56.99 feet; thence on an azimuth of 29 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds for 46.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 122 degrees 39 minutes 07 seconds for 46.00 feet to the southeasterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 10,006 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Plymouth Pointe Plaza, LLC Fee CSM Equities, LLC Easement Eagan Fitness LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness Lessee SL Plymouth LLC, f/k/a Stretchlab Lessee Christopher J Salon, Inc. Lessee TCC Wireless, LLC Lessee FedEx Office Print Services Inc Lessee Crisp & Green, LLC Lessee Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. Lessee Boger Dental, P.A. Lessee Core Chiropractic & Health, P.A Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: September 20, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. 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IN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation Court File No.: 27-CV-23-15163
State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Carver Property Management A & K LLC Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 16, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Susan N. Burke, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present an Amended Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be access by video at https:// Zoomgov.com/join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 160 466 6423 and the Meeting Password is 786814. A copy of the Amended Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Amended Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 20, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the Amended Petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 20, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 20, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: October 11, 2023 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation
----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Carver Property Management A & K LLC, Lakeside Capital Holdings, Inc., City of Plymouth, County of Hennepin, Lancaster Village Apartments Limited Partnership, L.L.P., Jones Lang LaSalle - Minnesota, Inc., formerly known as The Staubach Company-Minnesota, Inc., Fannie Mae, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, also
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Ravay Whitley, Plaintiff, vs. Gabriel Calero, Defendant.
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Civil-Other Court File No.: 27-CV-23-15544
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THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT. 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this Summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the court and there may be no court file number on this Summons. 2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail a written response, called an Answer, to the person who signed this Summons within 21 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this Summons located at the address below: Aaron Ferguson Law 2700 Snelling Ave N, Suite 460 Roseville, MN 55113 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiffs should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not Answer within 21 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint. 5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case. 6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute. Dated: May 03, 2023
Respectfully submitted, /s Michael Kemp Michael Kemp (#0390426) Attorney for Plaintiff 2700 Snelling Ave N, Suite 460 Roseville, MN 55113 651-493-0426 michael@aaronfergusonlaw.com
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all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents. ----IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----AMENDED PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway numbered 005, being Route numbered 169, and Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 383, which has been renumbered 169, have been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described. That it is duly covered by Right of Way Plat Order numbered 100073 and Graphic Order numbered 100115. II. That the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary that the State of Minnesota for trunk highway purposes obtain the lands herein described in fee simple absolute, together with the following rights: to acquire all trees, shrubs, grass and herbage within the right of way herein to be taken, and to keep and have the exclusive control of the same, and to acquire a temporary easement in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned. It is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order authorizing the Court Administrator to accept and deposit payments, in an interestbearing account, from the Petitioner to the court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order transferring title and possession of the parcels herein described, prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed commissioners, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order requiring the parties to exchange any appraisals at least 14 days prior to a commissioners’ hearing, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.036. The Petitioner reserves its right to recover costs of clean up and testing and all other damages arising from the presence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous materials on the property described herein, from all potential responsible parties, including respondents herein where appropriate, in a separate legal action to the extent permitted by law. III. That the following described lands in these proceedings taken are situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota; that the names of all persons appearing of record or known to your Petitioner to be the owners of said lands or interested therein, including all whom your Petitioner has been able by investigation and inquiry to discover, together with the nature of the ownership of each, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows: FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 221 C.S. 2772 (169=383) 901 S.P. 2772-125RW All of the following: That part of Lot 15, Block 2, GLEN ERIE ADDITION, shown as Parcel 221 on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right of Way Plat Numbered 27-245 as the same is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; together with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of said Parcel 221: Temporary Easement: A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said plat as to said Parcel 221 by the temporary easement symbol, said easement shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Carver Property Management A & K LLC Fee Lakeside Capital Holdings, Inc. Mortgage City of Plymouth Claimant of an Interest
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TEMPORARY EASEMENT ACQUISITION Parcel 202 C.S. 2772 (169=383) 909 S.P. 2772-125RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes; Tract A Lot 5, Block 1, Plymouth Plaza 4th Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1071130; which lies easterly and southerly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the south line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 123 feet westerly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly at a right angle for 14 feet; thence easterly parallel with said south line to an intersection with easterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 1738 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Lancaster Village Apartments Limited Partnership, L.L.P. Fee Jones Lang LaSalle - Minnesota, Inc., formerly known as The Staubach Company-Minnesota, Inc. Mortgage Fannie Mae City of Plymouth Mortgage U.S. Bank Trust National Association Mortgage County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: October 11, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 100947 MINN. STAT. § 549.211 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The party or parties on whose behalf the attached document is served acknowledge through their undersigned counsel that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211. Dated: October 11, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder October 19, 26, November 2,2023
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE
6 columns 8" that default has occurred in the conditions of Declaration Establishing Greenbrier Village Condominium Five, Apartment Ownership No. 126, Minnetonka, Hennepin NOTICE IS HEREBYxGIVEN County, of the belowPCI described real property subject to said Declarations. 1stMinnesota run: $18.10 = $868.80 PURSUANT to Declaration Establishing Greenbrier Village Condominium Five, Apartment Ownership No. 126, dated January 10, 1979, recorded March 27, 1979, as Document No. 1322602 in the 2nd run: $12.06 PCI = $578.88 Office of the Registrar of Titles in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota, and all amendments thereto, and Minnesota Statutes, a statutory lien exists for unpaid assessments and fees incurred through the date 3rd of thisrun: notice $12.06 which lien isPCI described in Statement of Assessment Lien dated May 23, 2023, recorded June 12, 2023, as Document No. 6017644, by Greenbrier Village Condominium Five Associa= $578.88 tion, Inc. against the registered owners, Robert J. Carlson and Carol E. Carlson, in the amount of $10,459.00. Total: THE Assessment Lien was assigned$2,026.56 by Greenbrier Village Condominium Five Association, Inc. to Alabama 2, LLC in assignment dated May 23, 2023, recorded on June 12, 2023, as Document No. PHONE: 612-827-4021 6017778. THAT there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure requirements; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said Assessment Lien, or any part thereof. FOR BILLING AS of the date of this notice the amount due is $10,674.49. PURSUANT to theINQUIRIES provisions of Declaration Establishing Greenbrier Village Condominium Five, Apartment Ownership No. 126, Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota said Assessment Lien will be foreclosed and the land located at 10411 Cedar Lake Road, Unit 304, Minnetonka, MN 55305, in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, tax parcel identification number 12-117-22-34-0290, & TEARSHEETS legally described as follows: E A S EOwnership CON T Village Condominium Five (REGISTERED PROPERTY) Apartment No.PL 304, Apartment No.TAC 126, Greenbrier will be sold by theAC sheriffC of said county at public auction on October O U N T I NG D E P T 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., at Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Room 30, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to pay the debt secured by said Assessment Lien, including any additional assessments and late fees that may become due through the date of sale, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees @ BtoIredemption L L I NG Pmonths OKfrom E Sthe-date of said sale by the fee owners, their personal representatives or assigns. allowed by law, subject within@S six (6) The date on or before premises be vacated if the Mwhich A Nthe-R E Cmust OR DER .CAssessment O M Lien is not reinstated or the property redeemed: April 9, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH ASU RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. M MONS
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Assignee of Assessment Lien HOELSCHER LAW FIRM, PLLC Please proof, respond with email confirmation to By: /s/ Brian G. Hoelscher Brian G. Hoelscherads@spokesman-recorder.com #0238752 Attorneys for Assignee of Assessment Lien 13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 100 The MSR handles billing digitally. Minnetonka, MN 55305 (952) 224-9551 This means you will get e-tears and e-mailed invoices
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NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The above referenced sale scheduled for October 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. has been postponed, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.07, Subdivision 1, to November 14, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Room 30, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dated: October 9, 2023 Alabama 2, LLC Assignee of Assessment Lien HOELSCHER LAW FIRM, PLLC By: /s/ Brian G. Hoelscher Brian G. Hoelscher #0238752 Attorneys for Assignee of Assessment Lien 13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 100 Minnetonka, MN 55305 (952) 224-9551 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder October 19, 2023
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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
IN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation Court File No.: 27-CV-23-13671
State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley. Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 11, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Kristin Siegesmund, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be accessed by video at https://Zoomgov. com/join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 161 082 3319 and the Meeting Password is 013495. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 15, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 15, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 15, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: 10/2/23 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation
----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Thomas Burton, Matthew V. Chafee, P. Burton Gray, and Charles C. Burton, as trustees of Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley, State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Doran Companies LLC, Minnehaha Center LLC, Target Corporation, Minnesota Transitions Charter School, Twin City Laundromat, LLC , Planet Fitness Franchising, LLC, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., County of Hennepin, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents- - - - IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 104, which has been renumbered 55, and which has been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described.
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
In The Matter of Amelmal Abera Endalw vs. Anthony Roger Protho and Francios Junior Telamir
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Civil-Other Court File No.: 27-PA-FA-23-337
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TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Petitioner has filed a lawsuit against you to have the Court determine the paternity of the following minor child: Adonay Protho, BORN 03-08-2022 A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY AND CUSTODY IS SERVED ON YOU WITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS AND ATTACHED COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner has filed a lawsuit against you asking the Court to adjudicate the legal father of a minor child(ren). 2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the Court a written Answer to the Complaint, and you must pay the required Court filing fee. If you do not serve and file an Answer, the Court may adjudicate paternity and give the Petitioner everything he or she is asking for in the attached Complaint. 3. If you do not have a lawyer, you can get the Answer to the Complaint at the Ramsey County Family Court Self Help Service Center, 25 W. 7th St., St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. 4. You must serve your Answer upon the Petitioner within twenty-one (21) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. Dated: May 15, 2023
/s Amelmal Endalw Amelmal Endalw 1601 S 4th St. Minneapolis, MN 55454 651-334-4116
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spokesman-recorder.com That it is duly covered by Graphical Order numbered 94560 and Temporary Easement Order numbered 100097. II. That the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary that the State of Minnesota for trunk highway purposes obtain a temporary easement in the lands herein described, together with the following rights: to acquire all trees, shrubs, grass and herbage within the right of way herein to be taken, and to keep and have the exclusive control of the same. It is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order authorizing the Court Administrator to accept and deposit payments, in an interestbearing account, from the Petitioner to the court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order transferring title and possession of the parcels herein described, prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed commissioners, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order requiring the parties to exchange any appraisals at least 14 days prior to a commissioners’ hearing, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.036. The Petitioner reserves its right to recover costs of clean up and testing and all other damages arising from the presence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous materials on the property described herein, from all potential responsible parties, including respondents herein where appropriate, in a separate legal action to the extent permitted by law. III. That the following described lands in these proceedings taken are situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota; that the names of all persons appearing of record or known to your Petitioner to be the owners of said lands or interested therein, including all whom your Petitioner has been able by investigation and inquiry to discover, together with the nature of the ownership of each, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows: Parcel 364 C.S. 2724 (55=104) 903 S.P. 2724-130RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Par 1: That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 24 West, Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9, Auditor’s Subdivision No. 119, on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for said Hennepin County; thence on an assumed bearing of North 25 degrees 51 minutes West along the Westerly line of Lots 4 and 9, in said Subdivision, a distance of 246.01 feet to a boundary corner of said Lot 4; thence South 64 degrees 09 minutes West along the boundary line of said Lot 4, a distance of 61.5 feet; thence South 25 degrees 51 minutes East, parallel with the Westerly line of said Lots 4 and 9, a distance of 216.21 feet to the intersection with the Westerly extension of the South line of said Lot 9; thence East along said extension a distance of 68.34 feet to the point of beginning. Par 2: Block 22; That part of the adjoining vacated Twenty-Ninth St. lying South of the center line thereof and between the extensions across it of the East and Southwesterly line of Block 22; All in “South Side Addition” To The City Of Minneapolis. according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for said Hennepin County; the Title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1058116; AND All of Block 22, South Side Addition to Minneapolis, and part of Auditor’s Subdivision Number 119 (as both are on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota) and portions of vacated East 29th Street and Minnehaha Avenue and part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 24 West, embraced within the following described parcel of land to wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 in said Auditor’s Subdivision; thence East along the South line of said Auditor’s Subdivision to the Southeast corner of Lot 10 in said Auditor’s Subdivision; thence Northwesterly along the Northeasterly line of said Auditor’s Subdivision to an intersection with the southerly extension of the East line of said Block 22; thence North along the East line of Block 22 and extensions thereof a distance of 426.02 feet; thence at a right angle Westerly a distance of 481.72 feet; thence Southwesterly, deflecting to the left at an angle of 26 degrees 28 minutes a distance of 367.95 feet to an intersection with a line parallel with and 2.5 feet Easterly (measured at
right angles) from the Westerly line of said Auditor’s Subdivision; thence Southerly along said last parallel line to an intersection with the North line of East Lake Street; thence East along said North line of East Lake Street to the point of beginning; which lies southerly of Line 1 described below: Line 1. Commencing at Right of Way Boundary Corner B414 as shown on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right of Way Plat No. 27-90 as the same is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for said Hennepin County Minnesota; thence northerly on an azimuth of 333 degrees 36 minutes 49 seconds along the boundary of said plat for 133.30 feet to Right of Way Boundary Corner B413 and the point of beginning of Line 1 to be described; thence on an azimuth of 83 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds for 2.66 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 47.87 feet; thence on an azimuth of 179 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 5.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 163.46 feet; thence on an azimuth of 101 degrees 12 minutes 28 seconds for 56.09 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 19.41 feet; thence on an azimuth of 359 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 15.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 98.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 179 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 17.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 262.29 feet to the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described and there terminating; containing 4826 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Thomas Burton and Matthew V. Chafee and Fee P. Burton Gray and Charles C. Burton, as trustees of Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Mineral Rights Department of Natural Resources Doran Companies LLC Claimant of an Interest Minnehaha Center LLC Easement Target Corporation Lessee Minnesota Transitions Charter School Lessee Twin City Laundromat, LLC Lessee Planet Fitness Franchising, LLC Lessee Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes, Special Assessment and Easement WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: August 29, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) william.young@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 100945 MINN. STAT. § 549.211 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The party or parties on whose behalf the attached document is served acknowledge through their undersigned counsel that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211. Dated: August 29, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) william.young@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder October 12, 19, 26, 2023
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the media, players, coaches, fore. It’ll be really exciting.” league staff and other related We asked both women if Continued from page 12 From Classifiedpersonnel. they think the two basketball 6 columns x 10" Department/MN “Before the pandemic, it tournaments will draw locals, 1st $18.10 PCIas=MSE $1,086was at 90 percent capacity especially non-sports fans, Civicrun: boosters such Spokesman-Recorder and2nd Meet the with hotels,” reported Black- when they kick off next March. run: Minneapolis, $12.06 PCI = $723.60 city’s and visitors shaw. “We are not even close “We absolutely are actively 3rdconvention run: $12.06 PCI = $723.60 PHONE: association, and others 612-827-4021 strong- to being back to that.” working to draw a local crowd Total: $2,533.20 ly believe that big-time events Added Graham, “During as well,” responded Graham. held downtown areBILLING critical for the 2023 women’s tournaFOR “We’re working directly its economicINQUIRIES recovery, espe- ment, our hotel occupancy with the tournament or with cially after the&pandemic. TEARSHEETSwas 89 percent higher than the conference on making At press time there was it had been in 2022. We’re sure we have accessible pricPLE A SE CON TAC T not available data on the hoping to do that again and ing, not just to all sessions but ACCOU N Big T I NG DEP T economic impact of the break our own records. And single sessions, and we are @ BI LL I NG @SPOK ES - the men’s here working on group discounts Ten media event, but Graham, then bringing ECOR DEjust R .COM Blackshaw M andA N-R others be- will be something like we and senior discounts.” lieve there was a small bump haven’t seen before, because Said Blackshaw, “We will in demand SUMMONS for hotels from they haven’t been here be- be announcing in the next
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couple months,” information on auxiliary events planned around the tournament. “We love the kind of events where it is accessible to everyone.” “We are working very closely with the conference to ensure that we’re giving access to this tournament to as many members of our community as possible,” said Graham, “and not just targeting those who are flying in and the families of the players.” Charles Hallman welcomes reader comments at challman@spokesman-recorder.com.
PREPAID FLAT RATE: $110 X 3 WEEK RUN TOTAL: grams in$300 a way that is truly mer Cheney University WBB to ever lead an HBCU to the
reflective of who Nikki was,” coach Winthrop McGriff, the said Washington. only Black male coach to lead Please proof, respond with email confirmation to a women’s team to the NCAA “[Sunday’s game] is an Cheney’s Coach McGriff passes Final Four (1984). He and ads@spokesman-recorder.com opportunity for us to just Dr. Kyle Adams, Delaware C. Vivian Stringer, who also remember somebody who State Deputy AD, announced coached at Cheney, are the The MSR handles digitally. meant so much to both pro- billing last week the passing of for- only two Black head coaches
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Big Ten postseason will bring extra Madness here next March Both tournaments in Mpls will draw thousands
By Charles Hallman Sports Columnist he countdown is on, as a little more than five months remain before March Madness Big 10-style converges on downtown Minneapolis. Two conference teams will earn the NCAA automatic bid while others will also be vying to keep their season alive. For the first time ever, both Big 10 postseason tournaments will be held in Minneapolis. Thousands of fans of 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams, plus assigned media and others, are expected to spend time and money here—or so organizers hope. “These events are once in a lifetime,” Minnesota Sports and
Events (MSE) President and CEO Wendy Blackshaw declared. “When are you going to get to see the premier Big Ten basketball players, many of whom are the premier in the country, other than at this tournament.”
“We absolutely are actively working to draw a local crowd as well.” Both Blackshaw and Andrea Graham, the co-executive director of Big 10 Basketball Tournaments, last week talked to the MSR after the conference’s media days, at the TimberwolvesLynx downtown arena. ■ See COUNTDOWN on page 11
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Preseason exhibition game honors Olympic and WNBA star McCray-Penson (2008-17), where she helped the Gamecocks become a national power and won the 2017 national championship. She was twice a head coach at Old Dominion (2017-20), and Mississippi State (2020-21) before she had to step down for health reasons.
he Rutgers women’s basketball team will travel to Columbia, SC, this Sunday, October 22, to play South Carolina in a preseason exhibition game. The contest will honor Nikki McCray-Penson, who was an assistant coach on both teams “Certainly our during her coaching career. women’s basketball McCray-Penson died of community lost a cancer July 7, at age 51. great one.” As a player, McCray-Pinson was a two-time All-American and three-time all-SEC selecMcCray-Penson came back tion at Tennessee. After grad- to coaching and joined Washuating in 1995, she played in ington at Rutgers last season. the ABL earning MVP honors She helped the program to its in 1997. McCray-Penson then 1000th win in program history. moved to the WNBA for eight She also is in the Women’s seasons and played with five Basketball Hall of Fame (2012). Nikki McCray-Penson different teams, earning all“I don’t know if enough can be star status three times. said how much Nikki cared about people,” continued Washington. The second-year Rutgers coach recalled how much McCray-Penson wanted her to drink “some green drink” she made for her “so I would be healthy,” noted Washington with a smile. Staley recalled a similar story when she spoke by phone to the MSR last week. “She ended up trying to talk me into juicing,” recalled the South Coquese Washington Photo by Charles Hallman Carolina coach. “I thought it Dawn Staley Courtesy of X was a lot of work.” Her friend even went out She will be deeply missed Internationally, she was a by two friends, Rutgers’ Co- and bought each of her coltwo-time Olympic gold med- quese Washington and South leagues a juicer. “We basically told her no,” Staley added. alist and was teammates with Carolina’s Staley. Both coaches told us they South Carolina Head Coach “Obviously Nikki was close Dawn Staley. to both Dawn and myself,” had to get a waiver from the McCray-Penson then went Washington told the MSR last NCAA to play Sunday’s game. into coaching, first as an as- week. She added that both “You can’t play another Division sistant at Western Kentucky coaches talked about doing I team if you are not benefiting (2006-08), then joining Stal- something meaningful for something that is catastrophic…like hurricane victims,” exey’s staff at South Carolina their late friend.
Many HBCU teams must play big schools to make ends meet his upcoming season, the Minnesota Coach Tony Madlock, who added, “You got Golden Gophers basketball teams will to try to find some games that you have a play four HBCU schools and an indechance of winning.” Added Bethune-Cookman MBB Coach pendent Black university at Williams Arena. and AD Reggie Theus, “A big part of our The Gophers men will open their seanon-conference schedule is almost dicson against Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 6), and fellow SWAC member Arkansas-Pine tated to us because of the number of guarBluff (Nov. 21). The Gophers women will anteed money games that we have to play. host Grambling from the SWAC (Dec. 13), So, we play a number of [non-conference] MEAC member Norfolk St. (Nov. 29), and games to meet those financial requireBlack independent university, Chicago ments and obligations.” State (Nov. 12). Over the years, visiting HBCUs and majority-Black schools were mainly disrespected by local media, unfairly painting a picture that these teams are easy pickings for the home team. Historically Minnesota has dominated Black schools: (MBB 9-0, SWAC 8-1, MEAC 4-0, WBB 3-0, Chicago State 6-3, SWAC 2-1). Tomekia Reed Photos courtesy of Alexis Blue, BPO+ “We’re going to have to Digital Media
Courtesy Rutgers Athletics plained Staley. “I just felt that Nikki impacted a lot of people… I don’t mean to compare… but certainly our women’s basketball community lost a great one,” stressed the coach. Throughout the game, both the Scarlet Knights and Gamecocks will raise funds for In the Middle, a nonprofit organization in Columbia, South Carolina, that provides financial assistance to women who are battling breast cancer and their families. Staley said the organization was started by a breast-cancer survivor around the same time McCrayPenson was going through her cancer treatment. The Gamecocks coach added that she is starting an educational fund for McCray-Penson’s young son. “It’s a trust fund that will hopefully allow him to go to whatever school he wants to go to,” she said. ■ See VIEW on page 11
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ere are five former prep athletes deserving some recognition this week.
McDonald contributing quickly for the Gophers Though the University of Minnesota football team lost big to the University of Michigan a couple of weeks ago, there was one recognizable name being called play after play when the Gophers were on defense. The name was Craig McDonald. McDonald, a defensive back, who starred in football and basketball at Minnehaha Academy, was playing his first game since being granted eligibility after playing at Iowa State University and Auburn University. While in high school, he led the RedHawks to the Class 4A state football championship.
Hooker making mark in NFL Former Park Center High School and University of Iowa football standout Amani Hooker is a member of the NFL’s Tenplay these money games.” ally by the MSR. nessee Titans. “I think our coaches are all on track and The Minnesota men last season were While at Park Center, the 2-0, defeating Pine Bluff by 16 points and they understand what it’s going to take for Keylan Jackson 5-foot 11-inch, 210-pounder, Chicago State by three points. The women us to get that national publicity,” added Courtesy Waldorf University currently in his fifth NFL season, won their only matchup, a 105-54 romp Jackson State WBB Coach Tomekia Reed. was one of 10 finalists for Min“Our teams are not pushovers. We are preover Chicago State. Jackson playing at Waldorf nesota’s Mr. Football in 2015. “I’m happy that the U of M are playing paring for a very tough preseason schedule Keylan Jackson, one of the From there he had an outHBCUs,” said WCCO’s Henry Lake, a More- as we always do.” state’s few three-sport student- standing collegiate career with It’s also no secret that Black schools Reggie Theus house College grad whose parents both athletes who excelled during the Hawkeyes, including being went to Black colleges. But Lake also ad- in both football and basketball schedule an outstanding prep career at named Big Ten Defensive Player mitted that there is local media bias when “guaranteed games” contracted to play at a The MSR plans to run in a later edition St. Paul Johnson High School, is of the Year and All-Big Ten Honit comes to Black schools visiting The Barn. bigger school for an agreed amount. It’s a a preview story on Theus’ Wildcats, when having quite the football season ors in 2018. “We want to be extremely competitive way of life for HBCU athletics. they play Minnesota next month. at Waldorf University (Iowa). Hooker was a fourth-round They often feel forced to play larger when we play the Power Five schools,” One thing’s for sure—the SWAC is one A 6-foot tall, 222-pound de- NFL draft pick (116th) after forsaid Alcorn State WBB Coach Nate schools in order to make ends meet. Their tough basketball league and deserves its fensive lineman for the Warriors, going his senior year in 2019. Kilbert, whose Braves non-conference athletic budgets and revenues are a frac- respect. “We’re good enough to beat any- Jackson, who starred in football, slate includes road games at Nebraska, tion of the Power Five programs. But the body,” said Grambling Men’s Coach Donte basketball and track during his Hall of Fame inductions practice of playing small schools isn’t lim- Jackson. Baylor and Mississippi. time with the Governors beTwo of the latest notable inFurthermore, the SWAC isn’t a push- ited to just Black schools. fore graduating in 2018, has 19 ductions into the St. Paul Cen“We’re going to have to play these monover conference. This was the consensus Charles Hallman welcomes reader com- tackles (10 solo, 9 assists) and tral Athletics Hall of Fame are during a recent media day attended virtu- ey games,” admitted Alabama State MBB ments at challman@spokesman-recorder.com. three sacks in six games. ■ See PREP on page 10