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Centennial puts new twist on a classic fairy tale

BY SHANNON GRANHOLM EDITOR

Everyone knows the classic tale of “Cinderella” — boy meets girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. Thirty-eight students at Centennial High School (CHS) are working their magic to put a new twist on the production to keep the audience entertained.

“I don’t want to giveaway any secrets, but there are new characters who are more fully developed and new storylines,” said

Theater Director Mark Quinlan.

“People will think they know it (the story), and then they will come and be surprised.”

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. The contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/ It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago.” The show also has humor and many surprising twists along

the way.

Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” was re-made twice, first in 1965 and again in 1997. The original Broadway production opened in 2013.

“It has charm and romance, of course, but its combined with new energy and humor,” Quinlan explained. He added he chose the SEE CLASSIC FAIRY TALE , PAGE 12

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Cinderella, played by junior Eden Wells, and Prince Topher, played by junior ShaubYi Yang, dance at the ball. Centennial High School will perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” Nov. 8-12.

Community Center expansion begins

BY SARA MARIE MOORE SHOREVIEW EDITOR

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Pee Wee’s Halloween adventure Alan Godwin displays the hand crafted “Large Marge” mask he used to depict a scene from the movie “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” with his son Rowan, 5, during their visit to the Little Goblins Costume Party at Wargo Nature Center Friday, Oct. 27. See more photos on page 11 .

A skeptic of the Shoreview Community Center built in 1990 has become its supporter as the city undertakes a large expansion to the waterpark, playground and fitness rooms.

Shoreview Parks and Recreation Committee Chair Tom Lemke, a 30-year resident, has spent the last couple years overseeing the details of the Community Center’s planned expansion with the seven-member committee that makes recommendations to the City Council on all things outdoors and fun. Twenty-six years ago, he wouldn’t have imagined breaking ground with a golden shovel on an expansion to the city’s famed Community Center.

“When we first built it, I thought it was a total waste of taxpayer dollars,” he remembered. But over the years, Lemke realized it put the city on the map. He was a salesman and when he noticed the Community Center had made the city well known, he was sold.

“It is the best thing that has ever happened in the city,” Lemke said.

A large expansion to the city’s claim to fame broke ground Oct. 23.

“We have really outgrown what we have,” said committee member Athrea Hedrick.

The expansion includes a 7,000-square-foot addition to the Tropics Indoor Waterpark. A new zero-depth splash pool and aquatic play structure will be part of the addition. Family changing rooms will increase from two to seven and locker rooms will be renovated. The Wave Cafe seating area will also be renovated and expanded.

The Tropical Adventure Indoor Playground, added five years ago, will also be expanded.

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CENTENNIAL SCHOOL BOARD NOTES The Centennial School District took the following action at its Oct. 23 meeting: • Brian Bohne, coordinator of Centennial’s World Culture Club, introduced exchange students at Centennial this school year. “I’m grateful to the board as well as the host families, as these students bring tremendous enrichment into our school community and the entire Circle Pines and Lino Lakes community as well,” he said. “It is so gratifying to see them contributing to building bridges of understanding in our world today.”

There are four exchange students studying at Centennial this year including: junior Paula Llamas Guerrero from Spain, junior Francesco Bertasini from Italy, junior Konstantin Bach from Germany and senior Jildou De Jong from the Netherlands.

See future story in the Quad Community Press to learn more about each of them.

•High School Principal Tom Breuning recognized senior Madelyn Harvieux for achieving a perfect composite ACT score. Harvieux is also a National Merit Semifinalist. “To put things in perspective, in 2017, only 79 of the more than 61,000 students who took the exam in Minnesota earned a perfect score,” he said. “We wish you all the best in the future and we are so incredibly proud of what you’ve done.”

Breuning also introduced and recognized the Miss Lino Lakes Ambassadors Kaiya Carlson, Emily Nadeau and Maddie Beilby.

• Centerville Elementary School Principal Wayne Whitwam and a team of teachers visited the school board to share information about the new Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. The school is piloting the program at the elementary level for two years.

• Superintendent Brian Dietz said Commissioner of Education Brenda

Cassellius visited Centennial High School to witness the Lunch, Energize, Achieve, Participate (LEAP) program.

Dietz also shared the district is working on creating multiple community outreach events for this school year including a theater performance, band/choir performance and a get-together over the summer for students and community members.

“We want to create that family presence and let people know we are here to serve, and we are here to support the needs of our community,” he said.

Dietz explained the locations and dates are still being fine tuned, but he expects to have more information to share at a meeting in November or December.

• Heard from Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Scott Johnson, who gave the latest enrollment numbers as of Oct. 3. Highlights included: • There are 6,518 resident and nonresident students enrolled in the school district, which represents an increase of 45 students from last year. Johnson noted these are the highest enrollment numbers the district has seen since the 2010-11 school year. The increase is primarily due to an increase in nonresident students open-enrolling to the district.

• Although enrollment as a whole is up, Centennial resident enrollment is down by 96 from last year.

• There are 458 kindergarteners compared to 461 last year. Hoffman noted steady enrollment numbers for kindergarten is a good indicator for the district that enrollment will remain steady, as when the district obtains a student in kindergarten they typically tend to stay in the district.

• There are 1,425 nonresident students at Centennial, while 392 resident students are attending other

public schools, compared to last year’s 1,284 nonresident students who attended Centennial and 391 resident students who went to another school district.

• The main districts from which students are open-enrolling to Centennial include Forest Lake (540), Anoka Hennepin (310) and Spring Lake Park (286). The main districts resident students are applying to include White Bear Lake (60), Mounds View (51), Spring Lake Park (38), Forest Lake (34) and Lakes International Language Academy (28).

• Approved 2018 health insurance rates, which represent a 9.2 percent increase from last year. Executive Director of Business Services Brady Hoffman explained although the increase is higher then the district would have liked to see, the increase would have been even higher if the district weren’t self-insured.

• Approved 2018 dental plan changes.

Hoffman explained the self-insured dental fund has a healthy reserve (currently 61 percent of claims) and the district has kept premiums flat since 2015. As a result, the insurance committee recommends increasing both the annual maximum dental benefit and the lifetime maximum orthodontia benefit from $1,000 per member to $1,250 per member.

The board also approved not increasing the dental funding equivalencies; therefore, there will be no change to current employee contributions. Hoffman said the current dental reserve balance will cover the potential increase in costs to the plan.

• Approved the Centennial Education Association (CEA) teachers’ contract settlement for the 2017-18 and 201819 contract years. Highlights of the agreement include: • Steps both years • Salary schedule – 1 percent in-

crease for both years, also includes Schedule B (activities/ athletics) • Health insurance – 2.5 percent increase in district contributions for 2018 and 2019 • Longevity – Payment of $250 after completing 20 years in the district • Qcomp – $200 one-time payment each year of the contract • Approved the Kids Club contract settlement. Highlights include: • Steps in both years • Salary schedule – Freeze Kids Club worker schedule; 1 percent increase both years for assistant site managers, site managers and preschool teachers.

• $1 hourly rate increase for preschool teachers in year one.

• Longevity- Increase of longevity pay from $.30/hour to $0.35/hour starting in the second year of contract, after 10 years of service in the district.

• Shift differential – Increase of $.50/hour starting the first year of the contract • Health insurance – 2 percent increase in district contributions each year, including preschool teachers.

• Additional .25 day/month of vacation earned after six years of service in the district for assistant site managers and and site managers.

• Approved the second reading of policies 620, Credit for learning, and 903, School district buildings and sites.

Both policies were revised to reflect requirements from the 2017 Minnesota Legislature.

The next school board meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at the District Office. Immediately preceding the meeting, there will be a work session at 5:30 p.m.

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CIRCLE PINES CITY COUNCIL NOTES The Circle Pines City Council took the following action at its Oct. 24 meeting: • Centennial senior Julia Ratz spoke during taxpayer comments to tell the council she plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to pursue a medical program after she graduates.

• Mayor Dave Bartholomay reminded residents of the citywide leaf pickup Saturday, Nov. 4. Bartholomay also updated the council on the Utilities Commission meeting on Oct. 18. The main item on the agenda was a gas utility agreement with the city of Blaine for a new development located off of North Road (north of Center Road and west of Centennial Elementary School.) The development will include 11 detached townhomes. The commission will provide utilities (water, sewer and gas) to the new development.

• Received a report from Councilman Matt Percy on the Cable Commission meeting Oct. 17. Percy updated the council on the ongoing lawsuit with CenturyLink, which allegedly quoted customers one price and billed them a different price. At the Sept. 26 meeting, Percy first informed the council of the matter and explained a letter of possible violation of the franchise agreement was sent to

CenturyLink.

Percy explained the commission received a letter back from CenturyLink requesting the commission take no action at this point.

Percy also noted the commission’s attorney is in the process of drafting a model ordinance for member cities regarding 5G cell towers. City Administrator Patrick Antonen explained he is currently researching some existing ordinances from Spring Lake Park and Eden Prairie, and plans to have a draft to the council sometime in December.

• Approved the consent agenda, which included Oct. 10 meeting minutes, licenses, police and fi re disbursements and general fund disbursements.

• Approved a joint powers agreement with Anoka County for assessment of property. The five-year agreement is for the county to provide assessment services. The city will pay the county $12.50 for

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Locals featured in Romanian immigration documentary

BY SARA MARIE MOORE SHOREVIEW EDITOR

Several metro area residents will be featured in a documentary on immigration airing on Twin Cities PBS at 7 p.m. Nov. 5.

“Through the Iron Curtain” tells the stories of Romanians who escaped hardship and oppression and found their way to Minnesota.

Pasha Bortnova, who has lived in Shoreview for 20 years with her husband Alexandru, emigrated from Chi in u, Moldova, in 1996. She and her son Andrei Bortnova, of Vadnais Heights, are among the RomanianAmericans featured in the documentary. Pasha and Alexandru have three grown children.

The family of five won an immigration lottery in order to come to the U.S., Pasha said. Every year on Oct. 9, family members celebrate their immigration, she said.

The decision to emigrate from their homeland where they had relatives and professional medical careers was not easy, Pasha remembered. But the collapse of the Soviet Union had led to financial and educational hardships.

“Slowly, slowly, life became extremely difficult,” she remembered. Her husband was a cardiologist and had three jobs, but it was still difficult to make ends meet.

She was a psychiatrist but was at home with their small children at the time.

“Even with extra jobs and income, we could barely make our payments,” she noted. There was also no hot water in their apartment, it was poorly heated and she had to stand in line for one-and-a-half hours for bread.

Thinking of how to get her children a good education was also trying.

“Education was very difficult because of corruption,” Pasha said. Students didn’t get into good schools based on grades but by knowing someone or paying bribes.

Education was important to Pasha because both of her parents were teachers.

Her husband had big hopes and applied for the immigration lottery for the U.S., she remembered.

One year after moving to the U.S., the Bortnovas bought a house in the Mounds View School District because they wanted their children to attend good schools. All three attended the University of Minnesota and all they had to do was study hard, Pasha said. She didn’t have to worry about how she would get them into a good college. She is grateful to see how well her children are doing now because they moved to the U.S. for their future.

Andrei studied chemical engineering and is a process development center manager, she said. He was in third grade when they moved to the U.S. Ana was 6 years old and is now in a master’s degree program in public health after working for the University of Minnesota psychiatry department. Valeriu was 3 and is now in a doctorate program in biochemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“We love studying, we love education,” Pasha said.

Although she and Alexandru were not able to become doctors in the U.S. like they were back in Moldova, they were still able to find good jobs in the medical field. Alexandru became a surgical technician, an autotransfusionist, and Pasha studied at Century College to become a registered nurse.

Pasha said she still gets homesick but is grateful for freedoms in the U.S. “It is not comparable how good life is here,” she said.

“I love this peace, this opportunity we didn’t have at home.”

Growing up in the Twin Cities, her children learned Romanian dance at their church and danced at the Festival of Nations held annually in St. Paul. The

Romanian culture spans across Romania, Moldova and parts of Ukraine, she noted.

Pasha said the Shoreview Press did a feature story on her family one year after they moved to Shoreview in the ‘90s. Her sons both delivered the newspaper for five years when they were youth.

“I love Shoreview so much,” she said.

Also featured in the documentary is Shoreview resident Liviu Oltean, who emigrated to Minnesota from Bucharest, Romania in 1991, and Shoreview resident Georgeta Poliac, who emigrated from Târgu Mure , Communist Romania in 1984.

About 25 Romanians from Minnesota are featured in the documentary, telling stories of what it was like under the communist regime, how they came to the U.S. and how they have assimilated to Minnesota. It also includes commentaries from historians.

The film was produced in partnership with Twin Cities PBS (TPT MN) and with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society and the Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans (HORA).

The film premiered at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis earlier this month.

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Pasha and Alexandru Bortnova emigrated from Moldova with their three children, Andrei, Ana and Valeriu, in 1996. They have lived in Shoreview for 20 years. Pasha and Andrei, who lives in Vadnais Heights, will be featured in a documentary, “Through the Iron Curtain,” which will air at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 on Twin Cities PBS.

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The Bortnovas about 15 years after they moved to Shoreview. Pasha and Alexandru immigrated to the U.S. for educational opportunities for their children and moved to Shoreview because of the good school district. All three of their children attended the University of Minnesota after graduating from Mounds View High School.

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Artificial intelligence

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his coming February, the humanoid robot making national headlines, Sophia, will be joining Tom Snell’s team at the Greater White Bear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce for a live interview and presentation. I am very interested to hear what she has to say.

Perhaps we should all be asking questions before this technology gets ahead of us.

Rosie from ‘The Jetson’s’ was a fun TV cartoon character. She looked like a tin can, in contrast to the Sophia. She is designed to look like a human with an amazing ability to read and mimic expressions and engage as a human would. Her creator sees potential for her relating to Publisher’s great patients in the healthcare field and living among us to ‘help’ us.

View Might this also include taking Carter Johnson our jobs?

Perhaps we need to focus a little more attention on artificial intelligence (AI). You might remember Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi fi lm ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ based on the book written by Arthur C. Clarke.

One of the movie’s characters is HAL, a computer that has reached human intelligence levels and even emotions, who takes over the mission and murders the astronauts it is supposed to ‘help’. Today, entrepreneur Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Space X, has repeatedly warned that artificial intelligence could be the end of humanity. In 2014 he said it is “potentially more dangerous than nukes” and warned that it could cause a third world war. In a live interview on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jimmy Kimmel, this new robot Sophia made a joke and played rock, paper, scissors with Kimmel, saying after she won that “this is part of my plan to dominate the world.”

Although we’ve heard for years that the Japanese have created robots in an effort to help the aging population, it seems society has few guidelines and little foundation in which this technology should operate. I think about how if the internet had followed the fundamentals of current laws, copyrights and had adopted journalistic standards, we may not be talking so much about fake news,and fraudulent products might not be so readily available. Technology is progressing fast, and we need to wrap our heads around some guidelines and create common-sense boundaries. Just as the medical world has been setting guidelines to deal with issues such as human cloning, we need to figure out how intelligent we really want or need our computers to be.

500-year anniversary of the Reformation

On Sunday, Lutheran churches all over the world were decorated and dressed up in red to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation.

Just 500 years ago, Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses and changed the world. Reportedly the verse that impacted his thinking most was from Ephesians 2:8-10, “For by grace you have been saved through faith and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God — not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.”

Luther’s movement that paved the way to the Protestant church changed how people viewed God and practiced their faith. Around the same time, the Gutenberg printing press was in most European cities and allowed the low-cost reproduction of books and documents allowing rapid spread of information. Congratulations to Lutherans and other Protestant religions on the 500th anniversary celebration of the Reformation.

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There’s more behind the I-694 story

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he orange cones are gone.

The scarily narrow weaving lanes have vanished. The concrete barriers have moved elsewhere. And commuters are freely traveling at speeds along I-694 they haven’t been able to for years.

Last Friday, I-694 was re-opened and pronounced complete. At a cost of $80 million, the project includes seven new bridges, a reconfigured design and a Legislator road new third lane in both directions.

Lingo As north metro Linda Runbeck commuters, we feel relief at this sign of progress and the completion of an expansion project that was a longtime coming.

But the progress on I-694 shouldn’t mask reality. Congestion on metro highways and interstates is worsening. The latest Metropolitan Freeway System Congestion Report by MnDOT reports an increase in the percentage of congested miles of the freeway system to 23.7 percent. MnDOT defines congestion as traffic flowing at or below 45 miles per hour.

Efforts to reduce congestion are falling seriously short. For example, I-694 was the only lane expansion project built in the metro district during the 2017 construction season. Dozens of other projects were “preservation” projects on existing highways. But

with anticipated increases in commercial and passenger travel, our metro roadways desperately need expansion.

The I-694/I-494 beltway still has the untenable situation of threelane segments being reduced to two-lane segments on many stretches. Traffic comes to a standstill at a significant cost, and capacity improvements are critically needed.

Part of the issue is that MnDOT is still working off a backlog of costly “mega” projects across the Twin Cities. The I-694 project, according to MnDOT District Engineer Scott McBride, was originally a $350 million project and because of cost was shelved for years.

But to their credit, MnDOT’s district engineers went back to the drawing board and developed a low-cost, high-benefit approach to major road projects. For one-third the cost they delivered 90 percent of the benefit that road users wanted.

This low-cost, high-benefit approach required fewer right-of-way land purchases, narrower shoulders and fewer extras.

Also holding up freeway expansion are imbalanced budgets. The annual metro highway budget for 2017 was $310 million. By contrast, annual spending on metro transit in the Twin Cities is just over $1 billion for just six percent of daily commutes.

Finally, we see the third issue.

Our transportation system is being planned by urban planners, not road planners. The Met Council, by federal regulation, is the agency designated to develop a long-range

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transportation plan for the entire seven-county metro area. Their current Transportation Policy Plan allows virtually no new roadways in our region, even in growing suburbs.

The Met Council’s plan takes a social engineering approach which is driving greater housing density, scaled back construction of single-family homes, and billions in taxpayer dollars for obsolete light rail transit that collects only enough fares to cover 10 to 30 percent of its operating costs.

That has more and more Twin Cities residents concerned, not to mention many legislators, county board members and mayors.

But there is an effort to refocus our efforts on roadway improvements, and I-694 is a shining example. MnDOT engineers found a more affordable and efficient way to build a major road project. Civic leaders, legislators and chambers of commerce overcame opposition from urban planners and got done what was needed. And now, thanks to Republican-led efforts this session, an additional $480 million in new money from the general fund was committed for roads and bridges, allowing more investment for key infrastructure projects to ease congestion in the metro.

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QUAD AREA EVENTS QUILTER’S NIGHT OUT

When: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 Where: Rice Lake Elementary, 575 Birch St., Lino Lakes Details: Work on quilting projects away from distractions. Bring supplies; participate in fabric/pattern swap.

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When: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 Where: 6995 Centerville Rd., Centerville Details: Lots of vendors.

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RUN TO PLAY COLOR RUN

When: 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 Where: Rice Lake Elementary, 575 Birch St., Lino Lakes Details: 2.5 mile fun run/walk with color splash zones supports the PTO’s efforts to update playground equipment. Tickets $25. Open to the public.

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PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT

When: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 & 18 Where: Lino Lakes YMCA, 7690 Village Dr. Details: Childcare and activities provided so parents can enjoy an afternoon/evening out. $25/non-Y members or $20/Y members; or see early bird pricing specials. Registration required.

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When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Where: Wargo Nature Center, 7701 Main St., Lino Lakes Details: Bring a lunch, hear a presentation about local natural history, and stroll the trails. Ages 50+. Free; no registration required.

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FAMILY WILDERNESS Thursday, Nov. 9, Friday SURVIVAL BASICS Nov. 10 and Saturday, When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Nov. 11; 2 p.m. Sunday, Saturday, Nov. 4 Where: Wargo Nature Nov. 12 Where: Performing Center, 7701 Main St., Arts Center, Centennial Lino Lakes High School Details: Learn about Details: Centennial safety in the outdoors, High School fall play. myths and facts about Attendees can get their dangers in the backpicture taken with the country, and hands-on experience building shel- iconic carriage on stage ters. All ages. $5/person; after the show for a suggested donation of $10. registration required.

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Where: Anoka County Human Services Center, 1201 89th Ave., Blaine Details: Class covers tracking expenses, putting together a spending plan, goal setting, credit and where to get additional help. Register at least 3 days prior.

Contact: 763-324-3495 or extension.umn.edu

CONFIDENT SITTER CPR/FIRST AID & AED COURSE

When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 10 Where: Rice Lake Elementary, 575 Birch St., Lino Lakes Details: Expand child care skills by getting certified in basic fi rst aid/CPR and AED for infants, children and adults. For experienced babysitters. $83; registration required.

Contact: isd12.org/ community-education

BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON EVENT

When: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 10 Where: American Legion Post 566, 7731 Lake Dr., Circle Pines Details: Free burger and fries to all members of the military and veterans. City and county government officials and Yellow Ribbon volunteers on hand to share information and answer questions.

Contact: 651-783-0055 or beyondtheyellow ribbonlinolakesmn. com

ST. MARK’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR

When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11 Where: St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1 North Rd., Circle Pines Details: Vendors selling handcrafted goods and popular household brands such as Norwex, Pampered Chef, Tupperware and more.

Contact: stmark youthcp@gmail.com

DIY NATURAL BODY PRODUCTS

When: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 Where: Wargo Nature Center, 7701 Main St., Lino Lakes Details: Discuss useful properties of common plants and incorporate them into body lotion, headache salve and lip balm. Ages 15+. $20/ person; registration required.

Contact: 763-324-3350; anokacountyparks.com

ST. JOSEPH’S CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11 and 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, Nov. 12 Where: St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church, 171 Elm St. Lino Lakes Details: 60+ arts and

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WHERE: Centennial Middle School, 399 Elm St., Lino Lakes DETAILS: Fun-fi lled family event

features low-key competition in a variety of athletic events. Teams of one adult and one child (ages 4-14) are eligible to win prizes.

CONTACT: 651-982-2440 or www. ci.lino-lakes.mn.us

crafts displays, bake sale, home made candies.

Saturday lunch at 11 a.m. includes roast pork, sloppy joes, hot dogs.

Contact: mystjoes.org

will offering benefits the Centennial Community Food Shelf Power Pack program.

Contact: isd12.org Ongoing

FAMILY AGING

BABY STORYTIME

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15 Where: Centennial Library, 100 Civic Heights Circle, Circle Pines Details: Program discusses how to handle a crisis related to physical or mental decline.

Valuable for seniors or adult children.

Contact: 763-324-1540 or anoka.lib.mn.us

CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 Where: Performing Arts Center, Centennial High School Details: Concert performed by local musicians. Free.

Contact: centennialcommunityband.org

WOODBURY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA CONCERT

When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19 Where: St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church, 171 Elm St., Lino Lakes Details: Presentation of ‘American Impressions’ choral and orchestral music; free

When: 10:15-10:45 a.m.

Tuesdays Where: Centennial Library, 100 Civic Heights Cir., Circle Pines Details: Stories, songs and fingerplays for children birth-24 months and a caregiver.

Contact: 763-324-1540; anokacountylibrary.org

TODDLER STORYTIME

When: 11-11:30 a.m.

Tuesdays Where: Centennial Library, 100 Civic Heights Cir., Circle Pines Details: Stories, songs and fingerplays for children ages 2-3 and a caregiver.

Contact: 763-324-1540; anokacountylibrary.org

FAMILY STORYTIME

When: 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m.

Thursdays Where: Centennial Library, 100 Civic Heights Cir., Circle Pines Details: Stories, songs and fingerplays for children of all ages and a caregiver. No registration required. Closed Thanksgiving Day. Contact: 763-324-1540; anokacountylibrary.org

NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY SHOREVIEW COMMUNITY GARDEN CLUB

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4600 N. Victoria St. Details: Floral Designer Mary Beth Gullickson will discuss bulbs and demonstrate how to force bulbs in pots for spring bloom. $3; public welcome.

Contact: 651-484-4341 or sandilauer@comcast. net

‘DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE’

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 Where: Century College West Campus Theatre, 3401 Century Ave. N., White Bear Lake Details: Performance adapted from the novella

by Robert Louis Stevenson. $12 general admission; $10 youth, seniors and students.

Contact: showtix4U. com or boxoffice@ century.edu

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Contact: 651-275-7075 Details: Handmade Nov. 17 or www.co.washington. crafts, holiday decoraWhere: Forest Lake WILDWOODARTISTSERIES.COM WILDWOODARTISTSERIES COM tions, gift items, goodies American Legion, 355 W. mn.us and more.

Broadway Contact: 651-429-0487 Details: Enjoy mature CHEESE AND music and dancing.

CHOCOLATE WEEKEND Held the 3rd Friday of WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 GIVING VOICEWhen: Noon-5 p.m.

Prudence Johnson perform EMPOWERSURVIVORS every month. $6/person Saturday, Nov. 18 and American classics. includes lunch. Cash bar. Sunday, Nov. 19 CONFERENCE WHERE: Chautauqua Fine Arts Public welcome.

Where: 5 wineries Center, 8000 75th St. N., Mahtomedi CONTACT: wildwoodartistseries.

When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Contact: 651-464-2600 throughout the St. Croix com Saturday, Nov. 11 Valley Where: Grand BanDETAILS: Dan Chouinard and Details: Enjoy quet Hall, 301 S. 2nd St., DIVE-IN MOVIE sampling local Stillwater When: 7 p.m. Friday, cheeses and wonderful Details: Annual event Nov. 17 chocolates at for adult survivors of Where: Shoreview Where: Lakeshore CRAFT FAIR AND 55+ DRIVER childhood sexual abuse.

Community Center, 4580 participating wineries.

VENDOR BLENDER IMPROVEMENT Players, 4820 Stewart Contact: 3riverswine Keynote speaker Mike Victoria St. N. Ave., White Bear Lake When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, PROGRAM Pistorino. Advance Details: Float on water trail.com Details: Hilarious mix- Nov. 3 and 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. tickets only; $45 includes noodles, relax on giant ture of farce, romance, Saturday, Nov. 4 Wednesday, Nov. 8 lunch. sea creatures or lounge melodrama, and suspense Where: Mahtomedi Where: Forest Lake ‘WHAT’S HAPPENING’ Contact: empower poolside and watch a performed by two actors High School, 8000 75th Senior Center, 767 SW CALENDAR GUIDELINES survivors.net family-friendly movie playing multiple roles.

St. N. 4th St. Anyone in the (call for title). Free glow community may send Tickets $22-$25/regular; Details: Free on-stop Details: 4-hour restick with food shelf $22/seniors; $19/student. shopping extravaganza fresher for those who us news of an upcoming PANCAKE BREAKFAST donation. Free for memContact: 651-429-5674 featuring handmade gift have completed the local event. The calendar When: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 bers, or purchase a daily is reserved for secular or www.lakeshore items and vendors. Food 8-hour fi rst time course p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 pass. players.com truck on site. to maintain insurance community events in Where: St. Odilia Contact: 651-490-4750 Contact: community discount. $22; registraor adjacent to Press Church, 3495 N. Victoria or shoreviewcommunity Publication’s coverage St., Shoreview PARKINSON’S DISEASE ed.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us tion required. center.org Contact: 888-234-1294 area. Priority is given to Details: All-you-canSUPPORT GROUP or mnsafetycenter.org free or affordable events eat pancakes, sausage, When: 1-3 p.m. Thurs- HEALTH CARE that are likely to appeal eggs, yogurt, fruit; bene- ‘A CHRISTMAS PROVIDER CPR day, Nov. 2 to a broad audience. fits youth programs.

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MACK WILBERG’ Senior Living, 750 NE 1st VOTER’S MEETING When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. church.stodilia.org St., Forest Lake Saturday, Nov. 4 When: 12:30 p.m.

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Highway 61 N. Lutheran Church, 4880 Lutheran Church, 900 MUSEUM SERIES when or for how long Contact: 651-466-1023 Details: This class Hodgson Rd., North Stillwater Rd. MahtoWhen: 5:30 p.m. submissions will be or birchwoodsenior covers adult, child and Oaks medi Thursday, Nov. 16 published. Submissions living.com infant CPR and AED Details: November Details: Concert Where: Anoka County are subject to editing. use as well as foreign topic is “Affordable features six community Historical Society, 2135 Please include date, body airway obstruction Housing.” Public welchoruses performing Third Ave. N., Anoka HOLIDAY ART SALE time, location, cost, brief and use of a bag valve come.

Details: Monthly event Christmas seasonal AND RECEPTION Contact: 651-493-0686 includes catered dinner, songs together, including details, and contact When: Reception 6:30- ventilation mask. $50. information for each Contact: cvoss@white Fargo-Moorhead Chobehind the scenes tours 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. event submission. bearlake.org ral Artists, Two Rivers 2; Sale runs 9 a.m.-8:30 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE and special artifact Submission deadline Chorale, Minnesota displays. Tickets $50; p.m. Nov. 2; 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

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Northern Light’s ChoWhere: White Bear Details: Shop early at Where: Shoreview rale. Tickets online or at presspubs.com/calendar Center for the Arts, 4971 Library, 4560 Victoria local retailers; refreshST PAUL PRAYER Email: calendar@ the door.

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Mail: Press portrait.brownpaper including handcrafted Contact: www.downeducation program for Thursday, Nov. 16 Publications art pieces, paintings, townwhitebearlake.com people with dementia Where: InterContinen- tickets.com Attn: Calendar and their caregivers, tal Saint Paul Riverfront jewelry, glass, pottery 4779 Bloom Ave. facilitated by Mindy Hotel, 11 East Kellogg and more. See website LADIES NIGHT OUT CHRISTMAS AT White Bear Lake, MN Bolton, certified Blvd., St. Paul THE COURTHOUSE for sale hours.

When: 5 p.m. Thurs55110 dementia practitioner Details: 33rd annual Contact: 651-407-0597 day, Nov. 9 When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and artist. Registration event features speaker or whitebeararts.org Where: Brick Alley required.

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Details: Downtown When: 7-8:30 p.m.

Contact: saintpaul shops offer discounts, Thursday, Nov. 2 prayer.org drink specials, food Where: First Presbyte- RAPTORS OF rian Church, 4821 Bloom MINNESOTA PROGRAM samples, fashion tips and decorating ideas, folAve., White Bear Lake When: 6:30 p.m.

LUTFISK AND todays events onlin lowed by Grand Finale Details: Unique public Tuesday, Nov. 7 MEATBALL DINNER e drawing at 8:30 p.m. education program in Where: Wyoming When: Thursday Nov. or post your own at : Contact: mainstreet which two trained speak- Area Library, 26855 16, multiple serving stillwateriba.com ers share compelling Forest Blvd. times personal stories about Details: See the Where: Gammelgarliving with a mental bald eagle and other FOREST LAKE SINGLES den Museum, 20880 illness and achieving raptors from The Raptor Olinda Trail N., Scandia When: 6:30 p.m. Fri4779 Bloom Ave. recovery, to provide hope Center, and hear about Details: Traditional day, Nov. 10 White Bear Lake, M N and insight about mental environmental success Swedish Meal served at Where: Forest Lake 651-407-1200 health. Free and open to stories.

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Cougar runners in best form at section as girls place 3rd, boys 4th

BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

Peaking at the right time, that’s what you shoot for.

The Centennial cross country squads, led by Gracie Stoks, were able to put their best feet forward at Section 5AA on Thursday, Oct. 26 and finished about as high as they could have hoped.

“There were 47 personal record times recorded by Cougar runners and 20 season best times,” said Neil Kruse, coach of both the boys and girls, referring to all levels of competition, after his girls team placed third and the boys fourth.

Stoks, an eighth-grader, ran the school’s all-time best list by a girl for 5,000, pumping her knees into the chute with 19:02 on the clock. That was good for fifth place and a state berth. Stoks was conference champion the week before.

Josh Jarpey, with a 12thplace finish in the boys race in 16:30, also qualified for the state meet Saturday, Nov. 4 at St. Olaf. A senior, he moved

into 10th-place on the Cougars all-time list with that time.

The girls top five also included eighth-grader Lauren Swanson in 16th place, junior McKendra Long 24th, eighth-grader Tatum Leibke 27th and sophomore Grace Johnson 28th. Swanson’s 19:49 time moved her up to 9th place on Centennial’s top ten for 5,000 meters.

The boys top five also included senior Erik Hotakainen in 14th place, junior Thomas Marrah 19th, senior Blane Utter 30th and junior Adam Namyst 31st.

The Cougar girls placed third among 15 teams.

Top four were St. MichaelAlbertville with 28, Maple Grove 96, Centennial 100 and Osseo 151.

The Cougar boys placed fourth among 16. Top four were Mounds View 39, St. Michael-Albertville 78, Maple Grove 83, and Centennial 108.

Individual champions were Mounds View’s Morgan Dahl (18:34) and Blaine’s Benjamin Olson (15:59).

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Gracie Stoks of the Cougars is state-bound after placing fifth with a team-record 19:02 at the section meet.

Offseason training pays big dividends next year players understand their level of fitness has a direct impact on their golf game. When I work with new clients, I can usually spot most of their swing faults on the fi rst lesson.

Tee Time However, it’s not always clear as to the reason Betsy behind the issue. It could be the swing, but Larey it also could be physical limitations that prevent the making the swing. h person from f On many occasions, lack of flexibility is the main culprit. But oftentimes, I see balance issues arise as well. So the choice becomes, do you change the golf swing to fit the body or change the body to fit a different swing?

I have found over the years that women tend to have different physical limitation issues than

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As the golf season comes to a close, I’m sure most of you will give your clubs and shoes a good cleaning and off to storage they go, with golf going on the back burner until spring. If I told you that you could improve your game substantially by committing a couple of hours a week to a golf specific fitness program during the offseason, would you do it?

A survey conducted by Golf Datatech, a market research company, found that 82 percent of total respondents (men and women) said they are interested in a physical fitness/golf training program. As one might expect, the lower the handicap the more likely they are to be interested in this type of training.

Forty-five percent of the 10 and under handicaps are very interested compared to 25 percent of those with a handicap over 15.

What this study says to me is better

Gracie Stoks, Centennial eighthgrade cross country runner, won the North Suburban Conference gold medal on Oct. 12 with a 5,000-meter time of 19:34. Then she ran an all-time Cougar record 19.02 at the Section 5AA meet, placing fifth to qualify for state, on Oct. 25. The state meet Nov. 4 at St. Olaf will be her second; she helped the team qualify for state and place 13th last year.

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men. With women, the problem is generally related to lack of strength and men is lack of flexibility. Both sexes after age 40 also tend to have balance issues as well.

When you’re talking about golf specific fitness, it all starts with mobility. Mobility is the combination of normal joint range of motion and proper muscular flexibility. Good mobility allows your body to move in different directions while maintaining stability. Stability is created by combining balance, strength and muscular endurance.

A good golf swing starts with good stability. Stability comes from having strong “core” muscles (gluts and abdominals). Strong core muscles allow you to swing the golf club while staying in the correct posture. Good flexibility allows you to complete a full turn on the backswing and the forward swing.

Good balance allows you to transfer the weight on your backswing, then through on your forward swing to fi nish perfectly balanced on your feet.

If you have deficiencies in any of these areas, I guarantee that you will make compensations in your golf swing to offset that limitation.

If your core muscles are weak, you will not be able to stay in the correct posture throughout the swing. If you have limited flexibility you will not be able to have a full shoulder turn.

If you have problems with balance, you will have a difficult time transferring your weight to your backswing and then through on your

forward swing.

If you’ve been struggling with your swing and suspect that physical limitations could be the issue, maybe this year is the perfect time to commit to a golf specific fitness program. Before you embark on starting a workout program, you really should get a professional diagnosis of what your physical issues are. Many fitness clubs have certified personal trainers who can design a workout for you.

However I strongly suggest you start with a qualified physical therapist that can correctly identify what your muscle and joint imbalances are. I have gone to Kinetic Physical Therapy Institute for several different issues and they’ve been great. They specialize in postural restoration.

Check out their website at www. kineticinstiture.com.

I’ll be writing occasionally over the winter about all things golf. If you have something you’d like me to address, please send an email and let me know what you’re curious about.

Betsy Larey is an LPGA Class A Teaching Professional who has taught adults and juniors for years. She has taught at the PGA Tour Academy in St Augustine Florida and has coached at Carleton College and Flagler College. She teaches at Keller Golf Course in St Paul. You can reach her directly at betsylareygolf@gmail.com or call 651-470-2297.

SPORT BRIEF Cougars defender gets soccer honors

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Centennial junior defender Megan Shock was named to the Star-Tribune All-Metro soccer team, along with the coaches association all-state first team.

“Shuts down opponents with great decision-making skills,” was the StarTribune’s comment on Shock, who also scored seven goals.

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Unfazed Cougars pound Stillwater 30-12 in state opener

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Centennial quarterback Ryan Koob breaks away for a run of about 20 yards against Stillwater.

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BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

The Centennial Cougars are not a big-play, highlight-reel football team. They thrive by imposing their will on opponents with basic skills and brute force.

So, Friday night’s snowy, windy, mid-30’s weather did not bother the No. 4 ranked Cougars as they rumbled past Stillwater 30-12 in their state Class 6A opener.

Centennial (8-1) will host No. 5 ranked Edina (7-2) in the second round on Friday, Nov. 3. The Hornets beat Burnsville 28-12.

“Edina is real good,” Cougar coach Mike Diggins said. “Their offense

runs the ball behind their D1 kid at tackle. They’re real sold against the run.”

The Cougars did spring one big play in this game. Trei Driskell returned the second-half kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown that expanded their lead to 30-0. That was their fi rst touchdown of more than 50 yards this year.

Otherwise they piled up points their normal style with quarterback Ryan Koob scoring on six- and one-yard runs and Sam Bonfe on a seven-yarder (plus a pair of twopoint runs). Koob and Bonfe each rushed for 105 yards.

The Cougars have 27 rushing touchdowns, of which 17 are from

HISTORY BRIEF Goods obtained under (apparently) false pretenses The following is a transcription from a Centerville ledger containing cases heard by a Justice of the Peace in the Centerville area in the late 1800s.

Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been transcribed as they were originally written; summaries or additions by the Anoka County Historical Society (ACHS) archivist are marked with brackets. This case was written on

page 7 of the ledger: “The State of Minisota Plaintiff and [name uncertain, something like Hevier] Delong Defendant State of Minesota County of Anoka On Complaint being Entered by Joseph Daniels on the 24th day of October [name uncertain, something like Henrier] DeLong was brought before the undersigned for obtaining goods on false pretence The parties appeared in court and settled the Same amicably, by defendant Paying for goods and costs of issues

A.B.Barott Justice” Not all cases were dramatic. Some of them, like this one, were easily resolved and therefore short. We imagine that everyone involved was grateful when that happened.

Unfortunately, it does leave us a little bit short on details. Which goods were obtained, and what were the pretenses that seemed false? Some parts of the story are simply lost to history.

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Andrew Renneke (right) was clutching the ball as he and a Stillwater receiver Adam Knapp tumbled to the turf. Renneke’s interception set up a Cougar touchdown.

nine yards or less, and six of those from one yard. Their longest was 49 yards. Just six have been from more than 20 yards. They feel they can throw if need be, but have logged just two aerial TDs, from 36 and 47 yards.

The Cougar defense has been rugged when it needs to be, although

they’ve given up three touchdowns in five of their games.

Against Stillwater (2-7), they had a shutout until the fourth quarter and led 30-7 before the Ponies got a 53-yard TD run with five seconds left. They gave up 145 yards rushing and 17 passing. Andrew Renneke intercepted a pass.

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Topics from car winterizing to gender equity will be covered at the Northeast Metro Women’s Fair in Maplewood Nov. 1.

“Women still make 80 percent of what men earn,” said Kathy Blegen-Huntley, of Birchwood, who owns her own business, Upward Spiral Consulting. Blegen-Huntley, one of the several speakers at the fair, will speak on the lack of gender equity in the workplace and what women can do about it.

She is a consultant for nonprofits, particularly in fundraising for the arts, and also serves on the board of directors for Theatre Unbound.

“The arts is a good case study, because there is a significant lack of women represented in the arts,” Blegen-Huntley said. “Eighteen percent of plays written or directed by women make it to the stage.” At the same time, women buy 70 percent of theater tickets.

Blegen-Huntley said women can change gender equity in theater and in workplaces in general by watching where their dollars go and emailing companies and nonprofits requesting an equal representation.

“Speak up and start noticing,” Blegen-Huntley said.

She also said women can gain a voice by serving on boards and committees.

“Just serve on any board,” she

noted. “Women can do it.”

Cindy O’Donovan, of White Bear Lake, will speak on job searching and career transition. She will offer tips on resumes, new types of work available and how to find out what types of jobs are in demand.

“Eighty percent of jobs are found through networking,” O’Donovan said. She encourages people to research online, but then get out and make connections in the community.

O’Donovan helped organize the fair hosted by her business, Right 4 Your Business, Debz Eventz/Debz Shirtz, Maplewood Community Center/YMCA, Press Publications and the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC).

The goal of the fair is to offer resources for women by women, O’Donovan said. Other speaker topics include empowerment, insurance, real estate, financial freedom and car winterizing.

Information on health and wellness and family balance will also be offered. The event is free.

Free professional headshots will be available. A swag bag will be given to the first 100 attendees.

Door prizes and food and wine will be available.

The fair will run from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Maplewood Community Center/ YMCA, 2100 White Bear Ave., Maplewood.

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Above: Mike, Lindsay, Ace and Stella Gritti brought their own rolling Castle Gray Skull prop to help round out their “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” costumes.

Above: Jamie Brzozowski, 2, poses inside a decorative frame while wearing a pineapple outfit during the LIttle Goblins Costume Party Friday, Oct. 27 at Wargo Nature Center in Lino Lakes.

At left: Andrew Briggs works through some mobility challenges created by his inflatable pumpkin costume while preparing for his turn at the duck toss game.

At right: Dan and Sam Schmidt pose for a family portrait with their children Greta, 1, Madel, 1, Wren, 3, and Haik, 3, in a variety of colorful wildlife-themed costumes.

The event also featured treats and various games of skill with the chance to win prizes.

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show not only because it it was different from the last couple of productions, but it also fit really well with this year’s group of students.

Junior Eden Wells plays Cinderella. This will be her fifth production with CHS. She is really enjoying her role, as it is different from her previous ones. “I like being a sweet character. All the other characters I have played have actually been kind of nasty, so this is a nice break,” she said. “She is a nice, wholesome character.”

Wells explained her character differs from the more traditional Cinderella in that she is a more well-rounded character who is sweet, confident and more outgoing. The role has been challenging for her, because it is out of her comfort zone both in her vocal range and speaking (her voice is lower than her character’s). “It’s a bit of a stretch, but it’s a good stretch,” she said.

Junior ShaubYi Yang plays Prince Topher, known as Prince Charming in the traditional story. Yang has been in every production since his freshman year.

“I love how modern it (the show) is,” he said. “‘Cinderella’ is a story you know, but this has way more character. There is much more to Prince Topher than just being a charming guy.”

The main challenge in addition to the harmonies and intricate choreography, Yang and Wells agreed, is teamwork. “Every single person plays a big role in this, so people need to work together; everyone needs to give it their all,” Wells explained.

Of course it wouldn’t be “Cinderella” without a magical carriage. Quinlan will drive to Chicago this week to pick up the carriage for the production, which they are renting from a youth theater company. To help offset the costs, after the show attendees are invited to take photos with the carriage on stage for a suggested donation of $10.

Donations of gently used prom dresses will also

Showtimes: Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. for senior citizens (free) Nov. 9, 10, 11 at 7 p.m.

Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.

Where: Performing Arts Center, CHS Cost: $10/adults and seniors; $7/students.

Tickets: Online at http://www.rnh.com or at door. be accepted for Operation Glass Slipper, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing prom gowns and accessories at no charge to high school girls throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin who would otherwise be unable to attend prom due to financial or family circumstances.

Editor Shannon Granholm can be reached at 651407-1227 or quadnews@presspubs.com.

LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL NOTES The Lino Lakes City Council took the following action at its Oct. 23 meeting: • Received a special presentation from Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network Co-Chair Dorothy Radermacher. The organization is required to give an annual review to the city. Radermacher shared with the council all of the different events and efforts undertaken by the network in the last year in addition to examples of how the network assisted military families.

Radermacher also invited all veterans to Legion Post 566 in Lino Lakes for free burgers and fries on Veterans Day. Mayor Jeff Reinert said, “Thank you for everything you’ve done … It’s a fantastic

group and we are proud to be a part of it.” Councilman Bill Kusterman added, “We appreciate your vocation to serve and can’t thank you enough.”

• Approved the consent agenda, which included: • Expenditures in the amount of $714,331 • Oct. 2 work session minutes • Oct. 9 meeting minutes • Exempt permit for lawful gambling for a raffle on Jan. 5 conducted by Knights of Columbus at St. Joseph Catholic Church • Off-sale liquor license for Eagle Liquors’ change of address from 730 Apollo Drive to a new building at 617 Apollo Drive.

• Certification of delinquent

PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFS Blaine safety services manager/police chief hired BLAINE — The city of Blaine has hired Brian Podany as its new safety services manager/police chief. He replaces former Chief Chris Olson, who retired in June.

Podany has more than 20 years of public safety experience. He comes to Blaine from the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, where he served as the commander of the patrol division. He has been with the county since 1995 and held the positions of special deputy, deputy, major crimes detective, lieutenant and captain.

Podany holds a master’s degree in public safety administration and a bachelor’s degree in police science from St. Mary’s University.

The Blaine City Council employed Strategic Government Resources to conduct and manage the nationwide search.

The city received 46 applications from individuals in 13 states and five finalists were selected, including: John Swenson, Lino Lakes public safety director; Mark Bruley, Brooklyn Park deputy chief of police; Daniel Szykulski, Blaine interim safety services manager/ police chief; Kathy Waite, Minneapolis Fifth Precinct inspector; and Podany.

Candidate vetting

included a comprehensive questionnaire, online interviews, psychometric assessment, media search and a rigorous background investigation.

Podany will start the job Nov. 27. Read more in next week’s issue of the Quad Community Press

ICE in Centerville Agents from Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a traffic stop around 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 in the area of Main Street and 21st Avenue in Centerville. The vehicle was occupied by one adult male, who was wanted by ICE for illegal entry back into the U.S after having previously being deported after a felony. The male was taken into custody

by ICE. The Centennial Lakes Police Department assisted with the stop.

Police activity in Lexington The Blaine Police Department requested assistance from the Centennial Lakes Police Department around 8 a.m. Oct. 26 to help look for a male who fled an alleged verbal domestic call in Blaine. The male was apprehended without incident in Lexington at the intersection of Lake Drive and Griggs Avenue. The Blaine Police Department took the male into custody.

water and sewer utility charges for collection with the 2017 property taxes payable 2018.

• Approved the appointment of Randy Brandt for the vacant parks maintenance worker position in the public services department.

Brandt has seven years of experience in public works and parks and holds certifications in turf maintenance, tree inspection and playground safety. He currently works full time with the city of Victoria in parks/trails and street maintenance.

His hourly rate will be $24.45, which is step 2 of the union wage schedule. Brant will begin employment on Nov. 7.

• Adopted a special assessment roll for weed abatement charges payable in 2018 for one property in the amount of $300.

Per city code, weeds or grass growing in excess

of 8 inches in height is a public nuisance. Property owners in violation of this requirement are notified and provided an opportunity to fi x the nuisance. If the violation is not addressed within two weeks, city staff and/or private contractors are directed to abate the nuisance.

The cost of abatement is charged to the property owner. In the event that the property owner fails to pay the costs incurred, the city may certify the charges against the property for collection with property taxes.

• Adopted assessments for 6227 Laurene Ave. and 6505 Ware Road, properties that both requested connection to city utilities. The total amount to be assessed is $20,477.

• Adopted assessments for NorthPointe 5th Addition.

The approved development agreement provides for the

assessment of trunk water, sanitary sewer and surface water fees. The total amount to be assessed is $343,116.

• Adopted assessments for NorthPointe 6th Addition in the amount of $122,703.

• Adopted assessments for the Saddle Club 3rd Addition in the amount of $72,035.

• Adopted assessments for Golden Acre in the amount of $58,347.

• Adopted assessments for Chavez Preserve in the amount of $91,682.

The next City Council work session will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 in the Community Room at City Hall. The next council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 13 in the Council Chambers.

Shannon Granholm

LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION NOTES The Lino Lakes City Council discussed the following at its Oct. 23 work session: • Public Safety Director John Swenson reviewed the third quarter report (July 1- Sept.

30), which included the following selected highlights (unless otherwise stated, all statistics are for the third quarter): • The 2017 average response time (for emergency and nonemergency) is 4 minutes and 26 seconds (4:26); the average emergency response for medicals is 4:13; and the average nonemergency response for medicals is 5:46.

• Police staff responded to all 219 medical calls for service (CFS) and paid on-call fire staff responded to four medical CFS. • There were 4,829 calls for a total of 13,755 calls so far this year.

• The department provided mutual aid on two occasions for a total of 15 mutual aid incidents so far this year, and received three

mutual aid responses for a total of 11.

• Police and firefighters responded to eight fires, 26 rescue/EMS incidents, nine hazardous conditions (no fire), 11 service calls and 18 false alarms/calls.

• There were 70 Part I offenses for a total of 159 so far this year. Part I offenses include: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft and arson.

• There were a total of 230 Part II offenses for a total of 615 so far this year. Part II offenses include: other assault, forgery/counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement, stolen property, vandalism, weapons violations, prostitution, narcotic drug laws, gambling, family/children (unlawful nonviolent acts by a family member or legal guardian that threaten the physical, mental, or economic well-being or morals of another family member and that are not

classifiable as other offenses, such as assault or sex offenses), DWI, liquor laws and disorderly conduct.

• There were 16 arrests for Part I offenses and 168 arrests for Part II offenses.

• There were 31 felony case file submissions for a total of 78 so far this year. In 2016, there was a total of 78 case file submissions.

• Police and fire staff visited eight playground programs the week of July 10 and attended 44 Night to Unite block parties on Aug. 1.

• Fifty-seven fourth-graders in the community attended this year’s Public Safety Camp.

• Staff reinstituted the Citizen’s Academy, which ran from Sept. 7-Oct. 26 and had nine participants.

• Held its first car seat clinic where eight families were assisted with the installation of 11 car seats.

Shannon Granholm

BUSINESS BRIEF BBB names 2017 Torch T h Award A d ffor Ethi Ethics Wi Winners Murphy Brothers Design, Build, Remodel, of Blaine, is a Category II (11-50 employees) winner of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2017 Torch Award for Ethics. The winners were named at

a ceremony held h ld Oct. O t 25 att U.S. U S Bank B k Stadium.

St di The awards recognize leading area businesses that uphold the highest standards and display an outstanding level of ethics and integrity in every aspect of their day-to-day operations.

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POLICE REPORTS The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department reported the following incidents: • A person who recently purchased land in the 600 block of Town Center Pkwy. called to report some neighbor problems Oct. 17. The complainant wanted advice on how to handle the situation.

• Officers responded to an assault in progress in the 6600 block of Red Birch Court Oct. 17. One male was taken into custody for assault and DWI. • An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding in the 1300 block of I-35W Oct. 18. The male driver was cited for driving after revocation, over 1.4 grams of marijuana in a motor vehicle and speeding. The male passenger was also cited for drug paraphernalia.

• Officers responded to a delayed assault report in the 7100 block of Grey Squirrel Road Oct. 18. An adult female was arrested for fifth-degree domestic assault and transported to the Anoka County Jail.

• An officer responded to a damage to property report in the 7400 block of Leonard Avenue Oct. 18. The officer determined an unknown person(s) damaged grass in a city park.

• Officers stopped a vehicle for speeding in the 200 block of Ash Street Oct. 19. An adult male was subsequently arrested

for DWI. • An officer responded to a neighbor dispute in the 7700 block of Stallion Lane Oct. 19. The suspect was subsequently charged with disorderly conduct.

• Officers took a report of a loud juvenile party causing a disturbance in the 1400 block of Osprey Court Oct. 19. Officers arrived and discovered the party was wrapping up and the residents were advised.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 1400 block of Pheasant Hills Drive Oct. 20. The complainant believed the vehicle was possibly stealing internet service in the area. The vehicle was gone when an officer arrived.

• An officer stopped a vehicle for a moving violation in the 1000 block of I-35W Oct. 20. The male was subsequently cited for multiple violations, including over 1.4 grams of marijuana in a motor vehicle and improper change of course/failure to signal lane change.

• Officers responded to a complaint of people hunting ducks in a manner that violates city ordinance in the 2100 block of Otter Lake Drive Oct. 21. Two adult males were advised.

• An officer spoke with a resident whose car had been egged in the 7100 block of

CITY OF CIRCLE PINES, MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 8, 2017 DELINQUENT UTILITIES ASSESSMENTS

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Election will be held in the City of Circle Pines, Minnesota, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at the polling locations listed below for the purpose of voting for candidates of the offices specified below. The polls for said election will be open at 7:00 AM and will remain open until closing at 8:00 PM. CITY OF CIRCLE PINES OFFICES • Mayor • City Council Member, 2 seats The voting places are as follows: Precinct Name Voting Location Circle Pines P-1 Centennial Fire Station # 1, 2 East Road Circle Pines, MN 55014 Circle Pines P-2 Circle Pines City Hall, 200 Civic Heights Cir Circle Pines, MN 55014 Ronda Dalbec, Deputy Clerk Published two times in the Quad Community Press on Oct. 24 and 31, 2017.

CITY OF CIRCLE PINES SAMPLE BALLOT

General Election Ballot City of Circle Pines November 7, 2017

Official Ballot Judge_______ Judge_______

Instructions to Voters: To vote, completely fill in the oval(s) next to your choice(s) like this:

City Offices Mayor

Vote for One

Dave Bartholomay

write-in, if any

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Council Member At Large Vote for Up to Two

Jennifer Rauner Dean Goldberg

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Mark Ziemer

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The Centennial Lakes Public Safety Department reported the following incidents: • Officers responded to an assault in the 1800 block of Houle Circle in Centerville Oct. 19. The assault involved two adult males and a juvenile male. The case is open and active.

• Officers stopped a vehicle for a moving violation in the 1800 block of Main Street in Centerville Oct. 22. The driver was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was subsequently arrested and released with a citation.

• Officers responded to a delayed vandalism report in the 0 block of Shepherd Court in Circle Pines Oct. 23.

The officers arrived and took photos of graffiti on a driveway. There is currently no suspect information and

CITY OF CENTERVILLE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Centerville will consider the adoption of special assessments against properties that have delinquent utilities charges for the year 2016/2017 and outstanding balances associated with City services (i.e., lawn maintenance, property cleanup, etc.). The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the certification of the delinquent City charges for utilities, garbage and other services provided to properties that have unpaid charges due on or before September 18, 2017.

The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting.

No appeal to district court may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the Municipal Clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The Council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable.

An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minn.

Stat. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten days after service upon the mayor or clerk.

The City Hall is ADA accessible. Requests for hearing assisted devices or a sign language interpreter must be received before 4:00 p.m. November 2, 2017. All persons interested are invited to attend and to be heard, verbally or in writing. You may call City Hall (651) 429-3232 if you have any questions.

Teresa Bender, City Clerk Published one time in the Quad Community Press on October 31, 2017.

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Mourning Dove Road Oct. 21.

• An officer responded to a property damage crash in the 30 block of Marvy Street Oct. 30. There were no injuries but two homeowners sustained yard damage in the incident. The driver was cited for use of a wireless communication device while driving.

• An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding in the 8000 block of I-35E Oct. 23. The 26-year-old female was subsequently arrested for third-degree DWI.

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CENTENNIAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 12 MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 (Abbreviated—full minutes available at www.isd12.org or call 763-792-6010 to request a hard copy) LEGAL NOTICE: School Board, Independent School District 12; 4707 North Road, Circle Pines, Minnesota; September 18, 2017 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Wilson called the regular meeting of the School Board to order at 6:30 p.m. in the District Office Board Room.

2. ROLL CALL The following members were present: Bettinger, ex-officio Dietz, Wilson, Burns, Timm, Guthmueller. Member Culp was absent. 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Chairperson Wilson acknowledged approval of the agenda. PUBLIC FORUM: None. 5. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT: Superintendent Dietz reported on the first week of school and homecoming week activities. Member Guthmueller was presented with a certificate of completion from MSBA for completing the Leadership Workshop Series – Phase I, II, and III. Also noted was that Member Guthmueller is highlighted this month in the MSBA Journal magazine. 6. CONSENT ITEMS 6.1 Approval of Minutes: Regular School Board Meeting Minutes of August 7, 2017. 6.2 Approval of Monthly Disbursements: Accounts Payable - $4,598,772.77; Payroll - $2,667,400.86.

6.3 Personnel: Retirements; Terminations; Resignations; Employment; Change in Employment; Unpaid Leaves of Absence. 6.4 Field Trips. 6.5 Gifts to the District. 6.6 St. Genevieve’s Use Agreement. 6.7 Uniform Grant Guidance Procurement Grace Period Extension. 6.8 City of Blaine Youth Services Officer Contract Agreement. 6.9 2017-18 916 Education Foundation Membership Renewal. The Superintendent of Schools recommends approval of the Consent Agenda as detailed in the enclosures. Motion by Timm, seconded by Burns to approve the Consent Agenda as detailed in the enclosures. Vote: 5-0-0. 7. CURRICULUM 7.1 MCA, ACT and AP Results - Scott Johnson, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, provided an overview of assessment results from 2017 MCA (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments), ACT, and AP (Advanced Placement) exams. In addition to sharing 2017 results, he discussed performance trends, district highlights, and opportunities for improvement. The PowerPoint presentation is available on the district website in BoardBook. No School Board action was required. 8. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 8.1 Proposed Payable Property Tax Levy - State statutes require that school districts certify proposed property taxes payable in 2018 by September 30, 2017. Proposed levies for school districts carry the option of levying the “Maximum” versus a specific amount due to continuing updates by the Department of Education. This “Maximum” option protects school districts whose levies may increase. Levying a specific dollar amount prevents further increases. Truth in Taxation statutes require a hearing be conducted during regular school board meetings. The statute also requires that the date and time of the regular school board meeting when hearings are scheduled be announced at the time the proposed levy is certified. The regular school board meeting at which the Truth in Taxation hearing will be conducted is December 18, 2017 at 6:30 pm. The Executive Director of Business Services recommended that the Board approve the proposed 2017 payable 2018 property tax levy as “Maximum” and certify the levy to the county auditor. Motion by Guthmueller, seconded by Timm to approve the proposed 2017 payable 2018 property tax levy as “Maximum” and certify the levy to the county auditor. Vote: 5-0-0. 9. SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS 9.1 Review of Policies: Second Reading/ Adoption - Revisions to the MSBA Model Policies have been completed. Legislative changes from 2016 are now reflected. Included in board packets is a document which lists the policy numbers, name of policies, a summary of the changes, and name of person responsible to review the policy. This is the second reading of our policies which have been updated to reflect these changes.

Administration recommends adoption of the policies. Motion by Burns, seconded by Bettinger to adopt the revised policies. Vote: 5-0-0. 9.2 First Read-

the owner was able to clean the graffiti off.

• Officers responded to Circle Pines Oct. 24 on report of an adult male hallucinating. Police determined the male needed a mental health evaluation and paramedics transported him to a local medical center.

• Officers responded to a phone call theft report in the 80 block of West Golden Lake Road in Circle Pines Oct. 24. The caller advised an unknown suspect entered his automobile overnight and removed items. The total loss is estimated to be $400.

• Officers assisted a homeless adult in the 9100 block of Lake Drive in Lexington Oct. 22. The adult was transported to a homeless shelter.

• Officers responded to the 9200 block of Lake Drive Oct. 23 for a delayed forgery report. A suspect used a fraudulent prescription to obtain a controlled substance at a local pharmacy. The investigation is ongoing.

• Officers were dispatched to a barking dog complaint in the 200 block of Galaxy Drive in Circle Pines Oct. 22. The officers located the dogs and found that they were in violation of the Circle Pines barking dog ordinance.

The owner was cited for violating the ordinance.

ing of Policies 620 and 903 - New Mandatory Policy Language - Policy #620 Credit for Learning and Policy #903 Visitors to School District Buildings and Sites have been revised and reflect new policy requirements from the 2017 Minnesota Legislature. This was the first reading of those policies. There will be a second reading and adoption of the revised policies at the October 23, 2017 board meeting. No School Board action was required. 10. COMMUNICATION 10.1 CAEF. 10.2 MSBA. 10.3 Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District #916. 10.4 Schools for Equity in Education. 11. INFORMATION ITEMS Dates to Note – Upcoming dates and events in the school district. 12.

ADJOURN at 7:14 p.m. Suzanne Guthmueller, School Board Clerk Minutes prepared by Jody Josephson Published one time in the Quad Community Press on October 31, 2017.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ANOKA TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE (INTESTATE) AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS COURT FILE NO. 02-PR-17-548 Estate of Mavis Ann Sibell, Decedent.

Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent, has been filed with the Registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Robert Sibell III, whose address is 7898 Century Trl, Lino Lakes, MN 55014, as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Any objections to the appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: October 16, 2017 Pro Se /s/ Peggy Zdon, Robert Sibell III Registrar 7898 Century Trl. /s/ Lori O’Brien, Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Court Administrator Telephone: (763) 486-5369 rsibell@gmail.com Published two times in the Quad Community Press on October 31 and November 7, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Mark Real Estate 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 2205 Ash St. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business.

Steven D. Mark 2205 Ash St. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

Dated: October 16, 2017 Signed: Steven D. Mark Published two times in the Quad Community Press on Oct. 24 and 31, 2017.

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“BLADE RUNNER 2049” (R) [VIOLENCE, SOME SEXUALITY, NUDITY, AND LANGUAGE.] — After an LAPD replicant cop (Ryan

Gosling), who has a hologram (Ana de Armass) for a companion, terminates an out-of-date replicant (Dave Bautista) and then discovers an unbelievable secret in this dark, somber, 3D, star-dotted (Robin Wright and Jared Leto), 163-minute sci-fi sequel to “Blade Runner” with amazing special effects and based on Philip K. Dick’s characters from the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” he becomes a target when he goes rogue to find a blade runner (Harrison Ford) who has been missing for 30 years and is the key to the secret.

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If there is one way to get out of weekend yard work it’s having a layer of fresh snow covering the leaves and grass. I totaled 1.6 inches of snow on Friday, October 27. It was a wet and heavy snow but melted on roadways, driveways and walks, so no shoveling was required. By Sunday much of what had fallen was gone. On Sunday I did notice some folks out working in yards, gathering up wet leaves. Despite the late October cold the month finished a couple degrees warmer than normal and wetter with 4.66 inches, twice our monthly normal. Astro Note: Full Moon Saturday, November 4.

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[LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL REFERENCES, AND SOME DRUG MATERIAL.]

— A low-key, slow-paced, realistic, 115-minute slice-of-life film that follows a precocious 6-year-old girl (Brooklyn Prince) who lives with her irresponsible mother (Bria Vinaite) at a rundown motel in Florida run by a nononsense, kindhearted manager (Willem Dafoe) and runs around getting into mischief with other kids (Christopher Rivera and Valeria Cotto) during summer vacation.

“THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE” (R) [STRONG VIOLENT CONTENT, LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT, SOME SEXUALITY, DRUG MATERIAL, AND BRIEF NUDITY.]

— A thought-provoking, factually inspired, wellacted, eye-opening, star-dotted (Amy Schumer and Keisha Castle-Hughes), 108-minute film based on David Finkel’s bestselling novel in which a suicidal, PTSD-suffering Army sergeant (Miles Tiller), who has a wife (Haley Bennett) and two children, returns home from Iraq and tries to help his Army buddies (Beulah Koale and Joe Cole) who are also dealing with their own demons as they all try to get help from the overburdened VA.

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

©1986 through 2017 by Wendy Schadewald

Fun Fact The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.

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“TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON” (NR) — Stunning archival and current film footage of amazing, gnarly, dangerous waves highlights this thrilling, captivating, informative, 118-minute documentary about the life of charismatic, daredevil big wave surfer Laird Hamilton who grew up with his mom Joanne Zerfas, stepfather Bill Hamilton, and brother Lyon in Hawaii and consists of interview snippets with his wife Gabrielle Reece, former “Surfer Magazine” editor Sam George, surfer and lifeguard Brian Keaulana, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal Elattrache, Oracle team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, helicopter pilot Don Shearer, big wave surfer Terry Chung, big wave surfer and lifeguard Darrick Doerner, and former pro windsurfers Brett Lickle, Pete Cabrinha and Dave Kalama.

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Lions battle Fire District in Chili Cook-Off The Centerville Lioins and the Centennial Fire District( CFD) teamed up to host the Chili Cook-Off Saturday, Oct. 21. The cooks included: Terry Sweeney, Kevin Stewart, Linda Chapeau, Greg Kieselhorst, Darren Eckert, Patricia Clearence, Jake Bond, Zack Sephrine and Karla Lundstrom.

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larged space for the toddlers as well as enlarged space for everyone,” said committee member Linda Larson.

The playground is part of a two-level 15,000-square-foot addition next to the gym that will also include four fitness rooms, four multipurpose meeting rooms, restrooms and an outdoor deck.

The estimated cost of the expansion is $15.6 million. It will be financed through the city’s capital project funds

and bonds to be paid over 20 years.

General obligation tax abatement bonds in the amount of $12.9 million were approved by the City Council at its Oct. 16 meeting.

Mayor Sandy Martin, who was chair of the design committee on the City Council when the center was first built in 1990, said the city wants to continue to keep the center “fresh and exciting.”

“Our community really seems to support this expansion,” Martin said.

“Young families in Shoreview love what we are doing.”

Martin said the expansion is even more exciting for her than when it was first built. At that time, she wasn’t quite sure what the Community Center would mean to the city.

“Now, 26 years later, we know how successful it is,” she noted. “We used to say Shoreview doesn’t have a downtown. We wanted this to be the social, recreational and cultural center of our city.” The center has also made the city known across the state and it has over 500,000 visitors each year, something that was not anticipated in 1990, she added.

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The Tropics Indoor Waterpark will be expanded and patio seating will be added outdoors.

Construction began this month. The waterpark is expected to be closed April through late May or early June.

The indoor playground is expected to be closed from early June to late July or early August. Completion of the entire expansion is expected in August.

Shoreview Press Editor Sara Marie Moore can be reached at 651-407-1235 or shoreviewnews@presspubs.com.

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Shoreview Parks and Recreation Committee and City Council members break ground on the Community Center’s expansion project Oct. 23.

Middle schooler’s burger to be sold at restaurant

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One lucky Chippewa Middle School sixth-grader will have his signature burger sold at a real burger joint Nov. 3 to 5.

Eric Esnough, of North Oaks, won a burger-making competition at the Kids Cooking School in Lino Lakes this month. His brie-stuffed, peach compote and bacon burger on an onion bun will be served at Lucy’s Burgers in White Bear Township.

“It tastes great, I wish I could have it for dinner now,” Eric said after school Oct. 26. “I used to be a really picky eater and wouldn’t eat very much. But then I started trying new things and cooking, and fell in love with food.

I like seeing what different foods are possible.”

He said he is happy his burger will be sold at a real restaurant. The mock competition at the school was modeled after the MasterChef Junior show, said chef Tiffany

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Eric’s burger is a brie-stuffed patty topped with peach compote and bacon on an onion bun.

Cavegn. The burger week was just one of seven filmed competitions the school is holding this fall. Students create their own recipe for each category of competition.

Guest judges from local restaurants and community members score various categories.

Lucy’s Burgers owners Josh Wickland, of Hugo, and Rob Scott, of North Oaks, as well as chef de cuisine Dave helped Cavegn judge the burgers. Students are scored on

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Chippewa Middle Schooler Eric Esnough, of North Oaks, won a competition at the Kids Cooking School in Lino Lakes and will have his burger featured at Lucy’s Burgers in White Bear Township Nov. 3 to 5.

taste, technical skills, creativity and presentation, Cavegn said.

“I was surprised at how difficult it was to choose,” said Wickland, general manager. “They were all amazing burgers. Any one of them could be on the menu – bold flavors. We were blown away at how good each burger was and the flavors the kids were able to create, from a spicy southwest burger to a black bean vegetarian burger. They were all different and unique and the kids really put a lot of effort into making their creations. In the end, it was the sweet and savory combination that won.”

Lucy’s Burgers also offered to feature Eric’s burger on their menu. The restaurant makes everything from scratch with unique flavors, so featuring a burger from the school on their menu was an easy choice since students are taught that way at the Kids Cooking School, Wickland said.

Esnough’s burger will be the “Burger of the Moment,” a special at Lucy’s that changes based on creative ideas from the chef.

“Esnough will meet with the chef at the restaurant and show him how he made his burger, then they will order the ingredients and it will be on their menu as the Burger of the Moment for that weekend,” Cavegn said.

Lucy’s Burgers is located at 1190 County Rd J #700, by the Emagine White Bear theater.