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Nuptials gone awry: Coping with COVID-19 BY SHANNON GRANHOLM LEAD EDITOR
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Molly and Chris Seven weeks before Molly Lund and Chris Kieger were supposed to say “I do,” everything turned upside down. Lund grew up in Hugo and Kieger in White Bear Lake. They are both White Bear Lake grads (2009 and 2008, respectively). They became engaged in August 2020. Lund is a site manager for Kids Club at Rice Lake Elementary School in Lino Lakes, and Kieger is a document control specialist at Sensata Technologies in White Bear Lake. The Forest Lake residents were planning to get married at a small ceremony at a resort up north on April 30. In March, they found out they would need to cancel and start their venue search all over again.
Later this week, north metro residents could have another option to be vaccinated close to home. The Lino Lakes City Council has approved a resolution authorizing city staff to enter into a license agreement with the state of Minnesota to use the YMCA building/future recreation center, as a COVID-19 vaccination site. Jamie Wallerstedt, of the State Emergency Operations Center, thanked city staff for working so quickly to get the site up and running. “Staff really responded well, fast, were very willing to talk about all of our ideas to bring this vaccination site to your community,” she said at the March 30 special meeting. “We are really looking forward to having this opportunity for your city, your county and the surrounding communities in the north metro.” Last winter, the city was approached by the state to possibly use the YMCA facility as a testing facility, but nothing ever transpired. Community Development Director Michael Grochala explained that under the agreement, which runs from April 5
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Molly Lund and Chris Kieger will get married April 30 despite a last minute change of plans.
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81%
82%
2 in 3
36%
feel the pandemic has changed their expectations for their wedding
said that living through the pandemic has made them want to marry their significant other more
couples had to postpone their wedding due to COVID-19
of couples decided to still have their wedding during the pandemic
47%
23%
of couples are of couples are still planning to downsize planning to host a their guest list destination wedding
Source: 2020 American Wedding Study from brides.com
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Kids Cooking School rebrands to Kids Creative School The pandemic has forced the owner of Kids Cooking School to get even more creative. Kids Cooking School, located at 307 Village Parkway in Circle Pines, has rebranded as “Kids Creative School.” This summer, in addition to cooking classes, the business will also offer art and crafts classes. Lino Lakes resident Tiffany Cavegn opened the business in Lino Lakes in February 2017. Cavegn, a chef and health coach, is the founder of a nonprofit organi-
zation, Healthy Strong Kids of Minnesota, whose mission is to provide food assistance to families in need while teaching young people how to cook healthy recipes. After she taught community education classes, she realized there was a need for a local children’s cooking school. The business had to close its doors in September 2018. The Kids Cooking School found a temporary home at Oak Hill Montessori School in Shoreview in 2019. Two weeks before the March 2020 shutdown, Cavegn signed a lease for the school’s new (and current location) in Circle Pines.
“Like everyone, it's been challenging for us. We got just enough federal funding last year to make it through the summer,” Cavegn explained. “Due to the nature of classes, when we had to reduce capacity by 50%, it reduced our revenue but did not reduce our expenses. We are currently running at 50% revenue and 110% expenses when you take on the extra sanitizing required and because students can't share anything, so we have to order more individual ingredients.”
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Fifth grader Dylan Allshouse has attended classes at the Kids Cooking School, now Kids Creative School, since he was in second grade. This spring he will take a class on macarons, and this summer he will participate in the Italian Favorites camp.
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