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“Every season presents an opportunity to learn,” said Anoka County Library Board President Dan Greensweig. “The Plow Bunyan activities let families explore the science, math, and history of winter in Minnesota.”

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Since 2004, every year there is a contest held at the Anoka County Fair to name one of the county's snowplows. During the fair, the plow is on display and people can enter their name suggestions into a drop box at the transportation booth. After the fair, all of the names are compiled into one mass list and the highway department employees narrow the list down to a top five. The employees then vote again and the name with the highest number of votes wins. On average, each year turns up well over 200 names. Some of the previous winning names include Blizzard Beater, Darthblader, Plowing Princess, Mr. Fluffenshnowzer, Slush Slayer, Salty Dog and Blizzard Wizard. “Plow Bunyan’s been busy lately, and this is a great way to have a little fun with winter and the snow it brings, while bringing more people into our libraries to learn about the season,” said Anoka County Commissioner and Library Board Liaison Mike Gamache. “We thought it was a great tie-in. We hadn't partnered with the highway department before, and they were eager to help us, so it worked out well,” said Collection Development Librarian Dana Weigman. A gamut of special activities centered around the Paul Bunyan and snow themes will be held throughout January and February. The celebration will kick off with “Plow Bunyan Day” on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Northtown Library in Blaine, 711 County Hwy 10 Frontage Road. After a special storytime at 10:15 a.m., the rest of the day will be filled with winter-related arts and activities. Each of the Anoka County Library locations will host at least one special storytime revolving around the theme during January or February. The Centennial Library will host its special storytime 10-11 a.m. Jan. 19. Each of the library locations will also have writing stations set up; kids can not only write down questions for the snowplow drivers, but also write thank you cards thanking them for their work. The questions will be answered on social media and the cards will be given to the highway department employees. “This is a good opportunity for the kids to thank the plow drivers for their work, because it is such important work for us,” Weigman said. There will also be a snow person contest. Children can make snow people out of any medium (not just snow) and submit a photo of their entry on the library's website

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Something residents may not know about the White Bear Lake Fire Chief: He is fluent in sign language. Both of Tim Vadnais’ parents were deaf so the family communicated through sign language. At times, the chief is called to the lobby of the Public Safety building if a deaf person walks in who needs assistance. That handy interpretive service will be coming to an end, however, as Vadnais is retiring after almost 43 years with the fire department. His last day is Dec. 30. The chief’s stories are many. Those that stuck start with the most horrific: “Probably the small plane that crashed on Price Field behind Central early in my career. There were body parts everywhere and I’ll never forget the smell of aviation gas. The plane’s wing landed in the back yard of a house.” To one down memory lane: A 40-something woman who walked into his office one day with her son. She told the chief: “You don’t remember me, but you were the guy who delivered me on the Lafayette Bridge.” To one of which he’s most proud: A statistic that marks zero fire deaths since 1986. “Up until 1985, we averaged a fire death every 18 months,” Vadnais said. “Then I attended the executive fire officer course in Maryland. I had just become chief (in 1988) and was totally green.” SEE FIRE CHIEF RETIRING, PAGE 8A

Back in court: DNR appeals, judge recommends mediation in lake lawsuit BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

ST. PAUL — Both sides in the lake level lawsuit may once again be headed for mediation at the suggestion of the district judge handling the case. White Bear Lake City Attorney Roger Jensen said the city would certainly participate "if there is likelihood the matter could be resolved." The city is an intervenor on the side of the defendant, the Department of Natural Resources. "We would much rather get this case settled than spend a month in trial," he noted. As the March trial date approaches, Judge Margaret Marrinan recommended mediation between parties with retired Justice James Gilbert, the same

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arbitrator who helped orchestrate the three-year stay. That settlement, of course, failed this year for lack of legislative action. An attorney for the plaintiff, the White Bear Lake Restoration Association (WBLRA), has contacted Gilbert and is waiting to see if he has time on his calendar. It is not uncommon for a judge to recommend mediation, according to Katie Crosby Lehmann, a managing partner with Ciresi Conlin LLP, the ﬁrm co-representing the WBLRA. Marrinan advised the parties to talk during a hearing Dec. 2 in her Ramsey County courtroom. Her suggestion followed oral arguments regarding a DNR motion appealing the judge's allowance of an

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‘Amazing Grace’ for 3 Mounds View High School girls BY SARA MARIE MOORE EDITOR

ARDEN HILLS — “Stronger than the power of the grave, constant through the trial and the change, one thing remains, one thing remains: Your love never fails…” sang Mounds View High School students at a vigil Dec. 1 for two students killed in a car crash that morning, and one who remained in the hospital. The vigil, organized by students, included the song, “One Thing Remains,” by Bethel Music, “Amazing Grace,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and “When

You’re Gone,” by Avril Lavigne, among others. Principal Jeff Ridlehoover spoke brieﬂy to the community gathering of about 200 people gathered to pay tribute to the lives of Bridget Giere and Stephanie Carlson, both juniors, and give hope for the recovery of Sammy Redden. “Sometimes tragedy and sadness prompt love and togetherness,” he said. Students were encouraged to wear blue at school the next day, a favorite color of the girls, a student representative said. Students were also encouraged to write messages on paper stretched on the walls to the two

girls who died. “Once a Mustang, always a Mustang,” said the student representative. Students also wrote messages to the fellow student, also a junior, who remains hospitalized. “Sammy, your whole school is here for you, keep ﬁghting,” wrote one student in pink marker. “Bridget, you were such a beautiful soul and you will truly be missed,” wrote another student. “Stephanie, your soul of sunshine will be treasured

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Kick off your 2016 holiday season in a winter wonderland! By Kathy Carlson “People come from all over the region to attend the North Oaks Holiday Home Tour and Boutique to kick off their holiday season. We hope everyone will join us this year for the Winter Wonderland Home Tour and Boutique, which will be a fun event to

raise money for a great cause — Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota” said Kathy Carlson, President of North Oaks Children’s Hospital Association Guild 1. North Oaks Guild 1 continues its longstanding tradition of hosting this annual event the weekend before Thanksgiving

on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19. Guests are transported to the homes by bus from the North Oaks Golf Club, 54 East Oaks Road, North Oaks, MN. Buses depart throughout the day. This year’s event, entitled "Home for the Holidays," features tours of three beautiful North Oaks homes, each

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Bows and Boughs brings holiday cheer to North Oaks The North Oaks Garden Club is preparing for the arrival of the greens for the annual Bows and Boughs event and tradition. With the help of the community, the North Oaks Garden Club makes and hangs boughs on each and every residential street sign within North Oaks in time for the holiday season. We invite you to join us in helping to make and hang the evergreen swags. This is a great opportunity to visit with friends, meet new people and join in on helping to display some holiday cheer within the community. We welcome your entire family. On Sunday, Nov. 13 at 12:30 p.m., we will meet at the Blacksmith’s Shop, the James J. Hill farm site, located on Red Barn Road. Surrounded by the beautiful aroma of evergreens, we will

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WHITE BEAR LAKE — Though it’s been nearly a century since F. Scott Fitzgerald spent the summers of his youth on the shores of White Bear Lake, his brief presence made a lasting impression on the community. The White Bear Center for the Arts hosted the third class in its series “How to Write Like F. Scott Fitzgerald” last week. Taught by local historian and writer Mary Jane LaVigne, the class focuses on the life, history and fiction of the famous writer, focusing particularly on his connection to White Bear Lake, where he vacationed as an adolescent and briefly resided as an adult. Selected for discussion was Fitzgerald’s 1928 short story “The Captured Shadow,” written while Fitzgerald was living in Paris, but set in his boyhood neighborhood in St. Paul. The semi-autobiographical story features Basil Duke Lee, a character Fitzgerald has depicted in a number of stories that closely follow his own experiences while growing up. When Fitzgerald was a student, he wrote a play called “The Captured Shadow,” in which he starred as The Shadow, which was performed at Mrs. Backus’ School for Girls in St. Paul, according to “The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald.” The short story of the same name tells a fictionalized account of bringing that production to life, with the help of neighborhood friends — and even a few enemies. “Basil Duke Lee is struggling with what many teenagers struggle with: his place in the world,” LaVigne said. “How does his own personal vision interact with the people he knows? How can he be sure of himself and not conceited?” While some of Fitzgerald’s other plays connect more directly to the White Bear Lake community, LaVigne said she chose this story because the White Bear Yacht Club served as one of the venues where some of Fitzgerald’s first productions were performed. “‘The Captured Shadow’ doesn’t really have any direct White Bear connection in the story itself, but the reason I chose it and wanted to highlight the White Bear connection was that ‘The Captured Shadow’ is actually a play that Fitzgerald wrote and put on with his friends,” LaVigne said. “And one of the places they performed plays was at the White Bear Yacht Club.”While there is no direct evidence that this particular play was ever performed at the Yacht Club, other plays he wrote around the same time, such as “The Coward,” were well documented by local papers. Later, Fitzgerald resided briefly at the club, writing the short story “Winter Dreams” while he lived there in 1922, before leaving the community for good.

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BAYPORT — Warden Eddie Miles, a month into his new job at Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater, walks the halls of the close security prison, greeting guards and shaking hands with prison employees he meets along the way. Miles steps into a long line of

Stillwater wardens, stretching back to 1853, when Stillwater opened its ﬁrst territorial prison, north of the current prison. The newer facility, now located in Bayport, was constructed in 1914, and appears much like the classic brick prisons featured in Hollywood ﬁlms. The facility houses approximately 1,600 offenders, making it the state’s largest close security institution for adult male felons, according to the

Department of Corrections. This is not Miles’ first experience at the historic Stillwater Prison — he is a veteran employee of the Minnesota correctional system, with a varied career at several state prisons. He has worked as a correctional officer, special investigator and assistant commissioner, in addition to serving as warden at the Lino Lakes, St. Cloud and Faribault facilities. Originally from Miami, Miles came to the University of Minnesota on a football scholarship. He said he entered the university with the idea that he eventually wanted to become a prison warden. Once, he attended a sociology night class where an employee at the Lino Lakes prison substituted for the usual professor. She asked all the students what they wanted to become, and when he responded that he wanted to be a prison warden, she said, “I know someone you would like to meet.” She introduced Miles to the Lino Lakes warden at the time, and in college he began working at the Lino Lakes correctional facility as an unofficial intern, helping out with activities throughout his academic career. When he graduated, he began working full time as an officer at Lino Lakes.

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the Monarchs and then umpired in the Negro American League until 1946, culminating a 32year baseball career. He died in Kansas City, Missouri in 1967 at age 73. The legendary player, born in Oklahoma City, was also inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Carl was present when a sculpture of his grandfather was unveiled two years later at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The middle of three children, Carl moved with his family from an all-black neighborhood in Kansas City to South Minneapolis when he was in fi fth grade. He experienced the

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was bragging. Then in 1998, 31 years after his death, Carl’s grandfather, Wilber “Bullet Joe” Rogan, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. “It fi nally occurred to me that my grandfather was giving me a verbal legacy,” Carl said. “He never had a clue that any of this would ever be published or come to light, and I’m thankful that he did that.” With his strong wrists and heavy bat, Bullet Rogan was a star for the Kansas City Monarchs for almost 20 years. Described by some as second to none, he was dubbed “the greatest player in Cooperstown.” But to young Carl, he was simply “Pops.” Spending summers with his grandparents in the Ozarks, in a black resort area southeast of Kansas City, Carl heard about his grandfather’s exploits from people who’d seen him play. They gave credence to the stories, he said, “putting all the superlatives on what he did.” Bullet perfected his skills in the U.S. Army playing for the famous “Wreckers” baseball team in the all-black 25th Infantry. Recommended to the Kansas City Monarchs by Casey Stengel in 1920, Bullet propelled the team to three straight pennants from 1923-1925 and a Negro League World Series championship in 1924. He became known as not only one of the best pitchers in the Negro Leagues, but also one of the best hitters. One statistical compilation shows Bullet winning more games than any other pitcher in Negro leagues history and ranking fourthhighest in career batting average, at .338. Excitement ran high when the Monarchs’ bus would pull into town. “There would be a crowd waiting with great anticipation. Kids would rush him, they wanted to hold his hand and walk with him to the dugout. You cannot manufacture that kind of charisma,” Carl said. “My grandfather was ending his career when Satchel Paige was starting his, and he used to tell me that he taught Satchel Paige how to pitch.” When asked who was faster, himself or Rogan, Paige reportedly replied, “I don’t know, but he was the onliest pitcher I ever saw, I ever heard of in my life, was pitching and hitting in the cleanup place.” After retiring as a player, Bullet managed

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firsthand, is the team leader of the Forest Lake ACT on Alzheimer’s group. “Every disease is horrible,” she said. “(But dementia) is the only thing that will take your essence. Personally I want to see it gone. I can’t make it go away, but I can try to make your life a little bit easier, and make the world around you a little more accepting.” The object of the videos and the education initiatives is to make Forest Lake a dementia-friendly community, Benson said. According to Benson, ACT on Alzheimer’s became active in Forest Lake in 2013, when it was chosen as one of the first seven pilot projects in the state. Now there are 37 communities embracing dementia initiatives across Minnesota. “With the pilot project, we formed a committee and collected data,” Benson said. “We interviewed people in the area — the clerk at the bank, the checkout person at Cub Foods, the mailman — to find out what they knew about dementia.

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“HIDDEN FIGURES” (PG) [THEMATIC ELEMENTS AND SOME LANGUAGE.]

— An intriguing, captivating, factually based, well-paced, superbly acted, star-studded (Kevin Costner, Kristen Dunst, Jim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Mahershala Ali and Gary Weeks), 126-minute film that follows the inspirational, groundbreaking careers of three genius, tenacious, “human computer” African-American friends who worked at NASA in Virginia during the space rush between 1961 and 1962, including brilliant, widowed mathematician Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), aeronautical engineer Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) and Fortran specialist and IBM computing supervisor Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), who were instrumental in getting astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into space on the Friendship 7 Atlas rocket.

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WEATHER TIDBIT We wrapped up the month of December as well as 2016 on a wet note. A rare Christmas Day thunderstorms dumped 1.02” of rain on us instead of 10” of snow. Winds gusting to 50 mph during the overnight hours littered the snow cover with small branches and twigs on Dec. 26. For the year 2016 I totaled 42.80” of precipitation, 9.8” above normal. 2016 averaged 3.3º warmer than normal at 48.3º. January outlook, near to slightly below normal temperatures and below normal snowfall.

WEEKLY AVERAGES JAN. 4 TO 10, 2017 High 24° Low 8° %Sun 48% PCP 0.25”

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[BRIEF STRONG VIOLENCE AND SOME LANGUAGE.]

— A captivating, superbly acted, factually based, star-studded (John Hurt, John Carroll Lynch, Greta Gerwig and Richard E. Grant), 98-minute film that chronicles through an interview with a journalist (Billy Crudup) at Hyannis Port the brave face that First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman) put on following the horrific and tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Peter Sarsgaard) and cleverly intertwines the filming of a documentary that the first lady made about the White House in 1962.

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“A MONSTER CALLS” (PG-13)

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— When an angry, distraught, bullied, artistic, 12-year-old British student (Lewis MacDougall), who has a strained relationship with his well-meaning grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) and his remarried father (Toby Kebbell) who lives in Los Angeles, tries to cope with the impending death of his beloved, terminally ill mother (Felicity Jones) in this extremely touching, riveting, heartbreaking, tear-inducing, superbly acted, imaginative, 108-minute film based on Patrick Ness’s 2011 novel and highlighted by amazing cinematography and terrific special effects, he is plagued with disturbing nightmares and then visited by a gargantuan tree monster (voiceover by Liam Neeson) that tries to support him and help him heal through three stories at 12:06 a.m.

“PASSENGERS” (PG-13) [SEXUALITY, NUDITY, AND ACTION/PERIL.]

— When two passengers (Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence) onboard a spaceship wake up from their hibernation chambers 90 years too soon on their way to the Homestead II Colony in this unevenly paced, intriguing, imaginative, 116-minute sci-fi thriller with amazing special effects, they find themselves dealing with a cheeky bartender (Michael Sheen) and catastrophic system failures and must quickly figure out how they are going to save the ship and the lives of 5,000 passengers and crew (Laurence Fishburne, et al.).

WENDY SCHADEWALD The preceding films were reviewed by Wendy Schadewald, who has been a Twin Cities film critic since 1986. To see more of her film reviews, log on to www.shortredheadreelreviews.com.

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