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Social media posts swirl about Madinah Lakes BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
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Centennial Middle School will perform “Finding Nemo JR.” April 4-6. Pictured (from left) are: Britta Clapp, K.K. Luther, Lucy Johnson, Carson Hooper, Madison Rude and Brennan Carlson (front).
Centennial dives into depths of ‘Finding Nemo JR’ BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
Centennial Middle School (CMS) will soon add another Disney/Pixar show to its repertoire. Centennial Theatre has previously performed “Frozen,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Mary Poppins,” “Lion King,” and “Aladdin” at CMS. Later this week, CMS will perform “Finding Nemo JR.” “It’s brand new and just released,” said codirector Eric Webster. “It was a very exciting opportunity to produce a story that everybody knows and loves. Who doesn’t love ‘Finding Nemo?’” There are approximately 70 students in the cast and 35 students involved in set/costume and booth crew. In addition to co-directors Webster and Laurie Tangren, Kris Schmidt serves as the set/
prop/costume designer and Mary Rudquist is the music director. Disney’s “Finding Nemo JR” is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie “Finding Nemo,” with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laidback sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.
LINO LAKES — Posts have been circulating on social media lately regarding Madinah Lakes, a proposal for land located approximately 1.5 miles east of Lexington Avenue on the south side of Main Street (County Road 14), near the city’s border with Blaine. According to the website for the project, Madinah Lakes will be the first of its kind, master-planned Masjid-centric community in Minnesota. The 156-acre development would be home to over 450 families. The developer is Zikar Holdings, and the project is proposed to include apartments, townhomes, villas, single-family homes of all sizes and senior living homes; a park pavilion, soccer fields and tennis courts; restaurants/ coffee and retail shops; day care and banquet facilities; and a $15 million, 40,000-square-foot masjid, or mosque. According to City Planner Katie Larsen, the city of Lino Lakes has not yet received a land use application for the project. “We anticipate they will be submitting a concept plan soon,” she said.
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Developer Zikar Holdings plans to submit a land use application for the Madinah Lakes project soon. The project is proposed on the Robinson Sod Farms property in Lino Lakes.
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Local vet meets urgent need with Twin Cities 1st stand-alone clinic Local veterinarian Dr. Liz Sitter is hoping she can fill a need in the north metro. The Marine on St. Croix resident recently opened Aurora Urgent Veterinary Clinic in White Bear Lake, which is likely the first stand-alone pet urgent care in the Twin Cities. “There’s a high demand. It is hard to get into your regular vet, and a lot of times you have to wait for weeks, and the emergency clinics are at capacity,”
Sitter explained. “I saw a big need in the market for urgent care. It’s kind of a newer thing.” Before the pandemic, general practices could generally carve out time for both regular visits in addition to urgent care, but now there are so many pets in the market that they are having a tough time accommodating them all. Some emergency clinics in the Twin Cities also provide urgent care, but as far as Sitter knows, she is the first vet to open a stand-alone urgent care. Sitter, who is originally from New Jersey, went to vet school in Oklahoma.
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clients,” Sitter recalled. “I thought it really stunk that their only option was the emergency clinic, which is really expensive, and you have to wait for hours and hours.” The urgent care offers same-day appointments only from Monday through Friday. It offers in-house blood work and diagnostics, imaging via X-rays and ultrasounds, minor surgeries, end-of-life care and an inhouse pharmacy. SEE VET CLINIC, PAGE 7
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She moved to Minnesota about 11 years ago to be close to her sister. She has been in general practice for 10 years; she formerly worked at Stillwater Veterinary Clinic and Century Animal Clinic in Maplewood. It was that need she saw while working in general practice that prompted her to open Aurora Urgent Care. “After the pandemic, I just saw we were turning so many people away every day, especially new clients that didn’t have a clinic, because we were barely being able to fit our current
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