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Preliminary plans for apartment complex approved BY MATT VAUGHN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Anderson home. And their relationship isn’t one-sided either. Nancy, an avid photographer, took photos of Abriana and her date for homecoming last fall. “Abriana has helped in the house and outside the house,” said Nancy. She and her roommate moved into their
SHOREVIEW — The City Council unanimously approved a preliminary agreement for Elevage LLC to construct a multipurpose apartment building, commercial retail building and 14 townhomes. The new development would be located at the corner of Rice Street and County Road E, as well as along Rustic Place. The vote, which took place at the March 7 meeting, was by far the most hotly debated item on the council’s agenda. The land that Elevage plans to develop totals 4.2 acres and lies between Rice Street and Rustic Place. County Road E borders the southern edge of the parcel. Currently, a 34,887-square-foot strip mall which houses Pet Junction, Subway and Hair Smith Salon and other businesses is located on the property. Plans show the main apartment complex will be 55 feet in height and will host a restaurant and other retail companies on the bottom level. Trails, green space and a pool are also part of the design presented to city officials. Citizen comments, council deliberation, and presentations from the Shoreview Planning Commission brought the discussion just over the two-hour mark. Public hearings held during city planning meetings dating back to last year have already included more than nine hours of public comments. The largest concerns raised by citizens addressed the height of the building. “Our biggest concern is our overwhelming loss of our privacy,” said Tom Johnson, who shares a property line on the north side of the proposed development. “There are apartments that will have a direct and unimpeded
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Abriana Anderson works on spring raking at the home of Nancy Shreve, a senior she works for through the Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) Senior Chore Program.
Youth finds work and a friend BY SARA MARIE MOORE STAFF WRITER
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Abriana Anderson considers her work with the Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) Senior Chore Program to be more than a job. The White Bear Lake High School junior has befriended
the senior citizen she serves, Nancy Shreve. “It’s not just a work relationship,” said Abriana. “We go garage saling together.” “Or I will hijack her mom and we will go garage saling,” piped in Nancy. Abriana’s job with NYFS has become a family friendship with Nancy, who lives only five minutes away from the
Friendships form as walkers fight cancer of her walking friends during happy hour at a bar. “We always joke around that we actually met in a bar,” said Dahlke. This year she has seven members on her team so far. She makes a point to make their training together fun. “We walk every weekend. We do a lot of walking from downtown St. Paul,” said Dahlke. “We just try to see some of the sites in the city.” Often her team members pack a picnic lunch in their backpacks and listen to music. And they chat. “There is always life to talk about,” she said.
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SHOREVIEW — Debbie Dahlke and her team, the Twin Titties Trekkers, are gearing up for another 60-mile Susan G. Komen 3-Day breast cancer walk August 19-21. Dahlke has been taking part in the walk for 12 years. In her fi rst year of training she didn’t know anyone, but met two other newbies through a training program. “When you are walking those 16-18 miles, it is hard to do it alone,” said Dahlke. The trio walked together for many years and still make crafts, such as scarves, to raise money for Dahlke’s team. Her team has changed over the years and has always been open to new members. She recruited one
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Debbie Dahlke, right, and her friend Michele Goodwin walk the Susan G. Komen 3-Day to fight breast cancer. SUBMITTED
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Compost bins discounted Ramsey County residents are currently eligible for a $20 discount on compost bins purchased through the Recycling Association of Minnesota. Bins are $39, regularly $59. For more information visit recycleminnesota.org or call 651-641-4589.
Legislators hold town hall meeting Rep. Jason Isaacson, Rep. Barb Yarusson, Sen. Bev Scalze and Minnesota Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans will hold a town hall meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. April 2. The focus of the meeting is on how the state budget works and how revenue is collect-
ed. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in the Shoreview City Council Chambers, 4600 Victoria Street North.
Lions host waffle breakfast The North Suburban Evening Lions Club will be holding an “All the Waffles You Can Eat” breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sunday, April 16 at the Roseville Skating Center. Sausage, coffee, milk and juice are also included. A cake walk will be held. Cost is $8 per person; children ages 5 and under are free. Proceeds will fund community projects. Eyeglass donations will be collected. The center is
located at 2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville.
Health care event held Peace United Methodist Church in North Oaks will hold a National Health Care Decisions Day event 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. April 24. Free information about advance care planning and advance directive forms will be available. Chaplain Edward Holland, a certified advance care planning facilitator and instructor, will facilitate a discussion about health care directives. For more information call 651-484-2226. Peace United Methodist Church is located at 5050 Hodgson Road.
ELEVAGE: Apartment building and townhomes may be coming FROM PAGE 1
view into our home.” Mayor Sandy Martin responded by requiring Elevage to provide additional screening using tree coverage, berms or fences on the north property line before final planned unit development (PUD) approval is given. “We’re happy to sit down with Mr. Johnson,” said Mike Mergens, one of the owners representing Elevage at the meeting. “We are very happy to work with staff when we come back for the final PUD to provide screening.” During plan development, the complex was pushed closer to County Road E and Rice Street in an effort to address neighbors’ concerns about the height of the structure. Consequently, the parking lot is almost entirely located behind the complex, as there is now little room for a parking lot between the
building and the street. Despite the design compromises, some neighbors were still adamantly opposed to the new development at the meeting. “The neighborhood has nothing to gain from Elevage’s proposal,” said Janice Bundy, resident of Rustic Place. “I know your neighborhood and you know I know your neighborhood,” said Martin. “I’ve been working with you for the last 17 years. I believe some of these millennials, who will move into these apartments, could eventually become one of your home buyers.” “We want a successful property that brings value to the people around it,” Councilman Terry Quigley added, after speaking to the changes that face the residents of Rustic Place. The next step in the process is for Elevage to submit a final PUD plan for council approval.
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A new apartment building and townhomes are proposed on the current site of a strip mall at the intersection of Rice Street and County Road E.
City funds Kowalski’s construction $1.3M going to Rainbow Foods replacement BY MATT VAUGHN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
SHOREVIEW — The city of Shoreview will help Kowalski’s move into their new location by contributing $1.3 million to the grocery chain’s construction costs. The City Council voted unanimously at its March 7 meeting to contribute $1.1 million from existing tax increment development fund resources to support economic development and business expansion for Kowalski’s. In addition to the cash contribution, the city will also fund the left-turn lane improvements along Highway 96 in front of the new grocery store. Between the purchase of the property and the planned renovations,
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Kowalski’s will be opening in the old Rainbow Foods location on Highway 96 by Thanksgiving.
Kowalski’s will be investing around $20 million for the project, which will revitalize the vacant building along Highway 96, formerly the home of
Rainbow Foods. The company’ proposal involves the complete renovation of the existing building to host a wine shop, Star-
bucks Coffee, Cooks of Crocus Hills cooking store and, of course, their standard groceries, which are carried throughout the Twin Cities area. Kowalski’s will also be consolidating operations from other communities to create a new central facility for its signature bakery, kitchen and catering operations. Mike Oase, Kowalski’s vice president of operations, was present at the meeting to express his gratitude to be able to work alongside the city. “Thank you to the residents for their support,” Oase said, “we’re looking very forward to being part of Shoreview.” Councilwoman Amy Johnson echoed the same sentiments. “We feel it’s the right decision for our community based on the incredible amount of interest from our residents,” she said. The building is proposed to be 28,000 square feet and plans are still on track to open by Thanksgiving of this year.
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Me volunteer? Why? he benefits are tremendous. “Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.” –Author Unknown Almost everyday we run into someone who is volunteering for something. It might be at church, at a doctor’s office, at a school, at a small business, in the police department, with the fire department, the library or hundreds of other organizations and individual endeavors. We sometimes hear people talk about Americans as having developed into an “Entitled” society. When I look around and see all the people who volunteer for various activities to make schools, churchGirl Scouts and Boy Scouts, About the es, hockey, football, basketball, wrestling, skiing and many other Town extra-curricular programs work, Gene Johnson I am very proud of this attitude of giving in my fellow Minnesotans. Carrin Mahmood, volunteer coordinator at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi uses 100 volunteers every weekend to cover their Sunday services. They use 70-80 to run their Community Resource Center, 250 during special services such as Christmas and Easter, 120 for their annual block party and 20 for their weekly community dinner. Carrin commented, “Volunteers are absolutely essential to St. Andrews. Our staff couldn’t possibly do everything and volunteering gives individuals ownership to the community.” The White Bear Lake Area Historic Society uses 15-20 volunteers for cleaning and decorating projects each season. The September House Tour uses 120-150 volunteers and the Town Hall project took several to acquire and get the Town Hall moved. They will need many more to get it ready to be on display for the public. The Minnesota Science Museum and Nature Center have approximately 700 dedicated volunteers who lead tours, clean exhibits, direct people traffic, watch over the hand on exhibits, catalog items and serve in many other ways. Alicia Peterson of the White Bear Lake Emergency Food Shelf reports having 178 volunteers. Eagle Brook Church, with its six campuses, use 6,977 volunteers for various tasks such as traffic control, greeters, and ushers. Of those, 2,790 specifically volunteer for children programs and the nursery. “Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.” –Erma Bombeck According to a survey by Twin Cities Business, “Minnesota ranks fourth in the nation in 2011 with 38% of its residents volunteering. Across Minnesota, 1.6 million volunteers collectively worked 173.9 million hours and contributed $3.8 billion in service through organizations, with average volunteer hours per resident amounting to 41.5. About half of those organizations had religious affiliations; the other half included groups related to education, social service, sports and the arts, civics, and health.” So why do people volunteer? What is the reward? Several years ago our daughter gave us a book “Helping You is Helping Me” from Habitat for Humanity. The message is that you not only do good for someone else, but you also develop new qualities within yourself. “Volunteers are paid in six figures... S-M-I-L-E-S.” –Gayla LeMaire All in all I want to stress the importance of volunteers to organizations, churches, schools and individuals. In the words of William Shakespeare, “I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.”
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Session preview with Rep. Jason Isaacson his year’s shortened legislative session started on Tuesday the 8th. The late start is due to the ongoing restoration of the State Capitol. The session will only last 10 weeks, but we have a great opportunity to get things done for our state. Just before the session started we learned that our projected state budget surplus dropped from $1.2 billion to $900 million. Mineconomic Legislator nesota’s outlook remains positive for the Lingo foreseeable future, Jason Isaacson but larger economic forces have slowed growth expectations. While our overall economy is stable, many Minnesotans are being squeezed by an economy that’s leaving too many behind. My focus this session will be working with my colleagues to invest in areas that provide opportunities to get ahead and rebalance the economy so it works for all of us. That means continued investments in areas such as education. That starts with expanding early childhood education opportunities, which help kids get ahead by starting earlier and allow families to offset some costs of childcare. On the other end of the education spectrum, as a professor, I see the
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My focus this session will be working with my colleagues to invest in areas that provide opportunities to get ahead and rebalance the economy so it works for all of us. incredible burden of student debt on the next generation. We need to ease that by freezing tuition for all undergraduate students and expanding Minnesota’s new student loan refi nancing program. Our crumbling transportation and transit infrastructure is another area I’m hoping we can make progress. We’ve woefully underfunded transportation improvements, we need to invest $6 billion over the next 10 years to maintain what we have and make needed improvements in other areas. That will require stable funding that doesn’t raid money from the general fund and take money from important state government functions like education. We need to make sure that people are treated fairly with common sense policy changes, such as paid family leave and earned sick time. Minnesota should join every other industrialized country in the world and ensure that people
are able to take care of newborn children and sick or dying family members. We also shouldn’t force people to go to work sick and infect others just because they can’t afford not to. While I’m hopeful that we can use this opportunity to get a lot done for the people of our district and the state, it is an election year with divided government. As such, it may be tough for many of my colleagues to rise above partisan posturing to do what’s best for ordinary Minnesotans. I would also like to extend an invitation to an upcoming town hall meeting on the state budget process with Sen. Bev Scalze, Rep. Barb Yarusso and Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans. The event will be at the Shoreview City Council Chambers (4600 Victoria Street North) on Saturday, April 2nd from 1 to 3 p.m. It’s a great pleasure to serve you at the Capitol and I look forward to hearing from you over the coming months. You can email me at rep. jason.isaacson@house.mn or call my office at 651-296-7153. With the ongoing construction at the State Capitol and shortened session, it’s best to plan ahead and make an appointment if you would like to visit me at the Capitol complex. Rep. Jason Isaacson represents District 43A in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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Uncivilized politics “Look out! There’s mud being slung somewhere.” he dinner party was going quite well. The food was palatable and the guests congenial. I was in the kitchen preparing coffee and dessert when I heard the dreaded word - politics. Within minutes my guests became polarized with opinions and soon disparaging words were flying. That’s when I knew it was time to change the course of this dinner party cruise. “Ok everyone, enough about that. Jerry, tell us about your trip to Nashville.” Whew – a dinner party disaster averted. The rules of etiquette at a dinner party are to avoid any conversation topics that involve: politics, religion, gossip, or anything gross. And, with this being a political year, there needs to be some rules of engagement for our politicians. George Washington, our fi rst president, would have never behaved as some of our current contestants are. He, at the age of fi fteen, memorized 110 rules of civility and decent
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behavior and so ingrained them into his life that even as he climbed the political ladder he never failed to be courteous and respectful to those around him. Here are four of George’s rules that I would advise our politicians to use: RULE #1 “Every action done in company, ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.” Everyday Eye rolling, cursing, name calling, and perEtiquette sonal attacks combine to make a short list of Julie Frantz behaviors we see from both Where’s the respect? b th parties. ti W Respectful behavior includes: * If you can’t be kind, be quiet. *Agree to disagree *Allow differing opinions without attacking the character of another person *Let the person speaking fi nish their thoughts, then respond *Keep voice levels at a moderate range, no yelling
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RULE #49 “Use no reproachful language against anyone, neither curse nor revile.” I’m wondering if they would have anything to say if they eliminated the reproachful language? Why not focus on the issues and what you plan to do rather than bring disgrace upon your competition? Cursing is very unprofessional and shows a lack of intelligence and revile means to “call bad names” which is just plain childish. Are they running for the Presidency or backyard bully? RULE # 50 “Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any.” White lies and half-truths are still lies. Politicians need to speak the truth in love. (Sounds like a sermon,
Julie Frantz is the founder of Everyday Etiquette, a Twin Citiesbased business whose mission is to bring an awareness of civility to the community. She’s on the web at www. everydayetiquette.com.
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STUDENT NEWS Lydia Grimes of Shoreview was selected for the 2016 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) as a viola player. One hundred nine members ages 16-19 were chosen from 32 states for the fourth annual NYO-USA sponsored by Carnegie Hall. The orchestra will play in New York this summer and will also travel to Europe. The program will include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22.
George Washington, our first president, would have never behaved as some of our current contestants are.
doesn’t it?) Focus on the issues instead of digging up dirt on others. With 89 percent of Americans saying rude behavior has hit an all-time high and they want a change, I would think candidates running on a platform of courtesy would garnish votes. America was built on a code of civility starting with our fi rst president, George Washington. He left a legacy of correct conduct, being a gentleman and giving his all for his country. The last rule in his list of 110 rules of civility and decent behavior is “Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fi re called conscience.” We can only hope that the mud-slinging will subside and we will turn the tide to a new set of “rules of engagement” for those aspiring to the highest offices in this country. God Bless America!
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SHOREVIEW AREA EVENTS SOCIAL MEDIA: HOW TO USE PINTEREST AND INSTAGRAM When: 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 24 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Learn the basics of navigation these two social networking programs. Participants receive social media guide. Contact: shoreview communitycenter.org
YOUR AMAZING BRAIN – INSIDE OUT When: 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 24 Where: Shoreview Library, 4570 N. Victoria St. Details: Children and teens can learn facts about the brain, play brain games, take a scavenger hunt, and see real brains from the U of M’s Neurology Department. Stop in any time, no registration required. Contact: 651-724-6006
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Victoria St. N. Details: Learn how to get the most out of two of the best resources on the internet, as well as look at the new records that have recently become available. $30/resident; $35 non-resident. Registration required. Contact: shoreview communitycenter.org
SHOREVIEW FICTION BOOK CLUB When: 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 25 Where: Shoreview Library, 4570 N. Victoria St. Details: Contact the library for the title; read the book and join the discussion. Contact: 651-724-6006
SHOREVIEW GARDEN CLUB When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 6 Where: Shoreview Community Center Details: Contact: 651-484-4341 or sandilauer@comcast. net
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When: 2-7 p.m. Monday, Mar. 28 Where: Lake Johanna Fire Dept., 5545 Lexington Ave. N., Shoreview Details: All blood types needed. Contact: 800 RED CROSS or redcrossblood. org
BARBEQUE BINGO When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 Where: St. Odilia Catholic Church, 3495 N. Victoria St., Shoreview Details: Prizes are meat and cash; proceeds support the school athletic program. Contact: stodilia.org
TWO BEST GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET When: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 5 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580
When: 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Apr. 9 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Details: Students ages 10-13 will learn the responsibility needed for babysitting, including child care, fi rst aid, sitter safety, crafts and toys, child proofi ng, nutrition and more. Contact: shoreview communitycenter.org
MYSTERY TRIP TO NORTHFIELD When: 8:30 a.m.-4:40 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 14 Where: Bus leaves from the Shoreview Community Center Details: See 1800’s architecture and learn about history throughout the community of Northfield. $70 fee includes transportation, tours and lunch. Registration required.
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SHOREVIEW NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIETY BAND SPRING CONCERT When: 7 pm Sat., April 23 Where: Bethel University, Benson Great Hall, 3900 Bethel Dr., Arden Hills Details: Local instrumental ensemble spring concert. Contact: www.snlvb. com
Ongoing BOOK CLUB When: 1-2 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, including Mar. 9 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Details: Read a book and join the discussion. Call for book list. Contact: 651-490-4750 or shoreview communitycenter.org
FAMILY STORY TIME When: 10:30-11 a.m. Mondays Where: Shoreview Library, Details: Stories, songs and fingerplays for children ages 2-5 to enhance early literacy skills. Contact: 651-724-6006 or rclreads.org
PAWS TO READ When: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays Where: Shoreview Library, Details: Licensed therapy dogs read with school-age readers. Contact: 651-724-6006 or rclreads.org
BRIDGE When: 12:30 p.m. Thursdays Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Details: Seniors get together to play bridge. No sign-up or partner required. Free. Contact: shoreview communitycenter.com
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When: 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, through Apr. 27 Where: Island Lake School Gym, 3555 Victoria St. N. Details: Pickleball is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping pong, played with
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WHERE: Irondale High School DETAILS: Night of entertainment includes short skits, singing, dancing, and music that is written, directed, and performed by staff from the Mounds View School District in conjunction with the Mounds
paddles by four people on a badminton-sized court. Equipment provided. $3 per person. Contact: 651-490-4750 or shoreviewcommunity center.com
NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY TRANSPORTATION AT THE CROSSROADS: ARE WE READY? When: 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 22 Where: Guardian Angels Church, 8260 4th St. N., Oakdale Details: Free panel discussion about what can be done to invest in transportation, the opportunities in Washington County, and what the legislature is doing. Contact: andreak@ tlcminnesota.org
LUNCH AND TABLE GAMES When: Noon Wednesday, Mar. 23 Where: Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 3676 Centerville Rd., Vadnais Heights Details: Seniors can bring a bag lunch and play games with friends. Contact: 651-204-6000 or cityvadnaisheights. com
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CONTACT: 651-485-7699 or moundsviewschools.org
22 and Wednesday, Mar. 23 Where: University of Wisconsin-River Falls Details: 2-day conference features experts on numerous topics presenting information about the health of the St. Croix River and its watershed. Wild and Scenic Film Festival features movies focused on nature, outdoor adventure and environmental issues, and will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 23 at Juniors Bar in River Falls; $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Register online. Contact: stcroixriver association.org
18TH ANNUAL LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS When and Where: Friday, Mar. 25 at noon at the Church of St. Peter, 2600 N. Margaret St., North St. Paul; 3 p.m. at St. Jude of the Lake, 700 Mahtomedi Ave., Mahtomedi; and 7 p.m. at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 2119 Stillwater Ave. E., St. Paul Details: the ‘Servants of the Cross’ will re-enact the Passion of Jesus Christ at three locations on Good Friday. Contact: servantsofthe crossmn.com
SPRING FLING When: 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Mar. 25 Where: Lino Lakes
Senior Center/City Hall Park Details: Children 10 and under can kick off spring with an egg hunt. Candy-fi lled eggs, goodie bags, refreshments and crafts. Registration required; $8. Contact: 651-982-2400 or ci.lino-lakes.mn.us
SPRING GARDENING PROGRAM When: 1 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 26 Where: Stillwater Area High School, 5701 Stillwater Blvd. N. Details: Sponsored by the Master Gardeners of Washington County, event includes presentations and educational materials and resources. Free; no registration required. Contact: master gardenersinwash ingtonco.org
GUIDED BIRD HIKES When: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 26 Where: Big Marine Park Reserve, 17495 Manning Tr. N., Marine on St. Croix Details: Learn to identify birds on a 1 hour hike and contribute to citizen science data collection by completing bird count surveys with a guide. Free with vehicle permit. Contact: 651-430-8370 or co.washington.mn.us/ parks
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HEART SAVER CPR/AED When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 9 Where: White Bear Lake Fire Station 2, McKnight Rd. and County Rd. E Details: AHA class covers adult, child and infant CPR, airway obstruction and AED use. Contact: 651-429-8568 or whitebearlake.org
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WHERE: PHD Baseball, 3773 Lexington Ave., Arden Hills
EASTER EGG HUNT When: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 26 Where: First Lutheran Church, 4000 Linden St., White Bear Lake Details: Free egg hunt for children age 1 through 6th grade. Games and prizes, coffee for adults. Contact: 651-429-5349 or flcwb.org
BEAR BOATING DANCE When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, March 26 Where: White Bear Lake Armory, 2228 4th St. Details: Dance to music by the Free and Easy Band and support Bear Boating. Contact: www.bear boating.org
RESEARCH IN LAND RECORDS When: 6-7 p.m. Monday, Mar. 28 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: Genealogist Tom Rice looks at genealogical value of land records, where to find them, their history and how to get full value. Free. Contact: 651-407-5327 or whitebearhistory.org
KNOWING YOUR VA BENEFITS WITH SENIOR HOUSING When: 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Mar. 29 Where: Fairfield Inn, Vadnais Heights Details: Program for seniors; call to RSVP. Contact: 651-829-3171
ROTARY STRIVE SCHOLARSHIP RACE When: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 2 Where: Boatworks Commons, 4495 Lake Ave. S. White Bear Lake Details: 5K Run/walk and 5 mile run along White Bear Lake. Registration is $25 before March 28; includes an event t-shirt. Proceeds benefit the Strive Scholarship Inc. Fund. Contact: 651-653-1230 or whitebearrotary.org
TRAUMATIC LOSS GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP When: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Apr. 7-May 26 Where: Forest Lake Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N Details: Specialized grief support groups for individuals who have survived a homicide, suicide, accidental death or overdose, to move through grief process with others who have experienced the same type of loss. Free, but registration required. Contact: 651-266-5674 or survivorresources. org
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THE NEW STANDARDS When: 7:30 pm Fri., April 8 Where: Chautauqua Fine Arts Center, 8000 75th St. North, Mahtomedi Details: Jazz trio reinterprets songs from a wide variety of genres. Contact: 651-269-9888 or www.wildwood artistseries.com
HOME LANDSCAPING AND GARDEN FAIR When: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 9 Where: Bunker Hills Activity Center, 550 Bunker Lake Blvd., Andover Details: Event includes speakers on a variety of topics and is sponsored by the Anoka County Master Gardener Program. Registration required. $25 by Apr. 1; $30 late registration/walk-in. Bag lunches available. Contact: 763-755-1280 or anokamaster gardeners.org
TAMARACK TYKES: M IS FOR MUD When: 9:30-11 am Sat., April 9 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township Details: Dig in the dirt, find worms and eat a dirt snack. Ages 2-5 with adult. Contact: 651-407-
When: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., April 10 Where: Stillwater Area High School, 5701 Stillwater Blvd. N., Oak Park Heights Details: Local exhibitors, including home and garden vendors, connect with the community at this event sponsored by the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce. Contact: greater stillwaterchamber. com/communityshowcase
‘ABOUT BOATING SAFETY’ COURSE When: 6-9 p.m. Fridays & 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, Apr. 15/16, May 20/21 & June 24/25 Where: St. Croix Marine, 16 First St., Hudson, Wis. Details: The Hudson Flotilla of the United Stated Coast Guard Auxillary offers this 8-hour course on the fundamentals of boating and safety. Completion satisfies the Wis. and Minn. operatior requirements for both boats and personal watercraft. Contact: 612-418-0929 or trevorcroteau@aol. com
WINE FOR THE WOLVES When: 6:30-9 pm Fri., April 15 Where: Vannelli’s by the Lake, Forest Lake Details: Fundraiser for Wildlife Science Center includes dinner, wine-tasting, silent auction, raffle. Contact: 651-464-3993 or www.wildlife sciencecenter.org
MINNEAPOLIS COMMODORES BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS When: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16 Where: Bethel University, Benson Great Hall Details: 75-man a cappella chorus and quartets perform 69th annual show “Way Out West”. Also features North Star Choir. Tickets $15-$25. Contact: 612-927-9363 or minneapolis commodores.org
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MUNCHKIN MARKET When: 9 am-4 pm Sat., April 16; 9 am-2 pm Sun., April 17 Where: Blaine Sports Center Details: Consignment sale featuring everything related to babies and children. Contact: www. munchkinmarkets.com/ blaine-sports-center
USED BOOK SALE When: 5-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 20; 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 21; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 22 and Saturday, Apr. 23; noon4:30 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 24 Where: Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville. Details: Thousands of books, movies, talking books and CDs from all branches of the Ramsey County Library, as well as private donations. Most items $1 or less. Hosted by the Friends of the Ramsey County Libraries. Contact: rcl.ramsey. lib.mn.us
NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY 2016 DOG AND CAT CLINIC When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 2 Where: Wildlife Science Center, 5463 W. Broadway Ave., Columbus Details: Get pets a check-up at a fullservice mobile vet clinic while enjoying the resident animals. Contact: wildlife sciencecenter.org
NORTH ARTISTS STUDIO CRAWL When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 2 & Sunday, Apr. 3 Where: 13 studios throughout Anoka County; see website for locations Details: Explore the works of nationally and internationally recognized local artists on a self-guided tour of 13 open studios. Demonstrations and art for sale. Affi liated with Artists del Norte and the Anoka County Arts Alliance. Contact: nascrawl.org
ACTORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE: THE REAGANS When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 or 1-3 p.m. Thursday, April 7 Where: Gladstone Community Center, room 105, 1945 Manton St., Maplewood Details: Learn about the Reagan’s unusual journey from movies and commercials to the White House, their successes and failures and his battle with Alzheimers. Registration required. Contact: whitebear. ce.feepay.com
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WOMEN AND MONEY: TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCES When: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 5 Where: District Center, room 201, 4855 Bloom Ave. Details: Women can learn six steps to take control of their money and achieve financial security. Registration required. Contact: whitebear. ce.feepay.com
RAISING SPIRITED CHILDREN When: 6:15-7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26 Where: Mahtomedi District Education Center, room 109, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave Details: Explore what it means to be spirited, effective parenting tools, and how parenting styles can influence spirited children. Sliding fee; registration required. Contact: community ed.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us
2016 NORTHSTAR WATERMEDIA MEMBER EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION When: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 7 Where: Gallery One TractorWorks, 800 Washington Ave. N., Minneapolis Details: ‘Radiance’ exhibition features nationally and internationally known watermedia artists and runs through April 30. Gallery is open M-F, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Contact: northstar watermedia.com
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RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS
• A friendly male black Lab running loose in Tony Schmidt Park turned himself in March 5 by jumping into the back of a police vehicle after a deputy opened the tailgate. Dogs need to be leashed when on park property. Authorities will attempt to learn the dog’s address from the number on his rabies vaccination tag. • Deer came out on the short end after colliding with moving vehicles at midday March 6 at Highway 96 and Highway 10 and late on the afternoon of March 8 on Lexington Avenue. • Two men unsuccessfully attempted to use credit cards to purchase two cartons of cigarettes the afternoon of March 8 at a store in the 3700 block of Lexington Avenue. One card was declined and the other brought up a message to the cashier, requesting them to confiscate the card. The pair fled the scene and hid in the restroom of a nearby fast food outlet but eventually emerged, leaving behind several cloned cards in one suspect’s name. The men, ages 23 and 29 and both out of Chicago, were arrested for fi nancial transaction card fraud and are facing felony identity theft charges. • Crooks continue to fi le fake tax returns or make telephone calls “phishing” for fi nancial information from honest citizens. Report suspicious activity regarding your taxes to phishing@irs.gov. • Following a March 10 traffic stop at Lexington Avenue and Amble Drive, a deputy ran the plate and arrested the driver on a misdemeanor warrant. The 19-year-old was booked at the Ramsey County Jail. • A “FitBit” activities tracker and a speaker were reported stolen from an electronics store March 10 in the 3800 block of Lexington Avenue. • A Grand Avenue couple reported fraudulent activity on their debit card the morning of March 11. Their son admitted using the card and $1,466 in charges have been identified. An investigation continues. • A woman came into the sheriff’s office the afternoon of March 12 to report that two days earlier she had been called to pick up a friend having car trouble. The friend had a friend with
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Shoreview • Deputies patrolling a parking lot in the area of Rice Creek Parkway and Bluestem Lane in the wee hours of Feb. 29 came across two males driving away. Since all businesses in the area were closed, the deputies were curious as to what the men were doing. Their vehicle was stopped and ID checks revealed the driver, a 30-year-old out of Shoreview, had a revoked license. His passenger, a 24 yearold from Fridley, was wanted on a misdemeanor Anoka County warrant. The two were booked into jail and the vehicle was impounded. • Carpet scraps and padding, along with the rear seat from a van, were dumped unceremoniously in front of a business overnight March 1 in the 600 block of County Road E. The dumper, however, forgot to tear off a carpet label that enabled investigators to trace the product to a customer. The 29-year-old man, noted as “uncooperative” in a police report, was cited for misdemeanor trespassing and littering. • Tax scammers continue to call people attempting to get them to give up their personal infomation, even their money. The IRS continues to tell people that should the IRS want to make contact, the agency will initiate it by mail, not by telephone. • A 20-year-old Centerville man is currently under investigation for violating a “no contact” order after his ex-girlfriend reported seeing him near her residence on March 4. The suspect is also accused of sending a threatening message to the victim’s current boyfriend. The new boyfriend was advised by deputies to seek a restraining order against the old boyfriend. • A resident in the 1000 block of Tomlyn Avenue reported a solicitor in a white van offering to sell him steaks on March 4. A Ramsey County
• Four people were spotted on the roof of Emmett D. Williams Elementary School in the 900 block of County Road D just before midnight on March 7, according to a male caller. The foursome was gone when deputies arrived. • Deputies investigated a report of a slumper behind the wheel March 7 just after midnight in the left traffic lane of Victoria Street with the engine running and the transmission in drive. The woman from Green Bay, Wisconsin was awakened and went on to fail field sobriety tests. The 24-yearold tested .15 and was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on a fourth-degree DWI charge. • A Tanglewood Drive homeowner saw a dog in his yard March 9 that he didn’t recognize from the neighborhood.The black Lab, which had no collar or chip, was impounded at Hillcrest Animal Hospital where it will rack up room and board charges until it’s claimed. • A Shirlee Lane homeowner heard someone banging on his back door the night of March 9, yelling that he was “looking for Al.” There was no Al there. The homeowner called 911 and the mystery man at the back door was gone when a deputy arrived. • Following a March 9 argument with a 43-year-old woman about another woman’s number found on his phone, an Owasso Street tenant called 911 and said he wanted the woman removed from his apartment. The woman was transported to Ramsey County Detox but was too disruptive to be admitted, so she was taken to Regions Hospital where she was treated for intoxication. A day later, the woman was yelling at the 51-year-old man by phone from her hospital bed, threatening to bring her brother and “people from Hells Angels.” She was found later that night sitting outside the man’s apartment and arrested and booked on disorderly conduct and harassment charges. • After barking outside a door on Chatsworth Circle March 10, a visiting bulldog named Cletus was turned in to authorities by neighbors. The homeowner was issued a warning about the dog, which belongs to her daughter. • A grass fi re spread to the deck of a home in the 1700 block of Pinewood Drive March 12 and then to the home itself before it was brought under control. • A panhandler reportedly practicing his craft on March 12 on Alameda Street was gone when a deputy arrived.
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• A deputy randomly running license plates on Hwy. 10 in the wee hours of the morning of March 3 discovered a misdemeanor warrant on fi le for one driver. The 36-year-old Columbia Heights man was pulled over, arrested and booked at the Ramsey County Jail.
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him called “Lil Manny.” Later, after dropping “Lil Manny” at a Little Canada mobile home park, the woman noticed her $600 LG cellphone and her gold wallet containing $200 in cash were missing from her purse. Deputies would like to talk to “Lil Manny” but have not been able to locate him.
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New roads, lights coming to the neighborhood BY MATT VAUGHN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
SHOREVIEW — Following a public hearing, council members unanimously authorized the summer reconstruction of four residential streets at their meeting March 7. Virginia Avenue, Dennison Avenue, Lilac Lane and Grand Avenue in Shoreview will all be rebuilt at a cost of $2.1 million, to be staged in two separate phases. The fi rst phase will reconstruct Virginia Avenue, Dennison Avenue, and Lilac Lane, each of which is in close proximity to the others. Grand Avenue will be the lone street involved with the second phase. Virginia Avenue will be reconstructed to a 32-foot-wide paved street while Dennison and Lilac will be reconstructed to 29 feet in width. A surmountable-style concrete curb and gutter will
be installed on all three streets. Grand Avenue will be reconstructed to 24 feet in width and will have a barrier-style curb installed. Planning for street reconstruction began last July, when the City Council authorized the city engineer to prepare a feasibility report for the project. The engineer noted major pavement distress, and that the streets light posts needed upgrades. They currently consist of wooden poles with cobra-head light fi xtures. In response to the fi ndings, the motion authorizing the project also includes the installation of new street lights. Advertisement for bids is expected mid-April. Anticipated start date of construction is May or June, with construction completion in October. There were no comments at the public hearing.
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SHOREVIEW CITY COUNCIL NOTES The Shoreview City Council took the following actions at its Mar. 7 meeting: Honored Cameron Johnson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout within Boy Scouts. Cameron is a senior at St. Thomas Academy. His Eagle Scout Project was to create a transportable structure to be used annually at the Slice of Shoreview event each summer. He is a member of Troop 93. Matt Vaughn
CITY OF NORTH OAKS NOTICE OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST Notice is hereby given that a request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) has been made by Panino’s Restaurant at 857 Village Center Drive to expand their space west into part of the existing Wine street Spirits liquor store. This would increase the size of Panino’s from 4,551 square feet to 6,562 square feet. The public hearing for this CUP will be held at the North Oaks Planning Commission on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Room at 100 Village Center Drive, Suite 150. Please contact North Oaks City Hall at 651/792-7750 for additional information or questions. Michael Robertson, City Administrator Published one time in the Shoreview Press on March 22, 2016.
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ORDINANCE NO. 156 AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS THIS ORDINANCE DELETES EXISTING ORDINANCE 153.054 AND REPLACES IT WITH A NEW ORDINANCE 156: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 156: STORMWATER MANAGMENT § 156.001 TITLE. This chapter shall hereafter be known, cited, and referred to as the Stormwater Management Ordinance of the City, except as referred to herein, where it shall be known as this chapter, and is adopted pursuant to the authorization of M.S. §115.03, as it may be amended from time to time. § 156.002 IN GENERAL. (A) Applicability. No person shall develop land for any purpose without first providing stormwater management measures that control or manage runoff from such developments except as specifically exempted in this Chapter. (B) Use of natural topography. An applicant seeking to develop land shall reduce the need for stormwater management infrastructure by utilizing natural topography and land cover such as swales and depressions that exist before development to the degree they can accommodate the additional flow of water without compromising the integrity or quality of a receiving water body. Development or redevelopment shall minimize impact to significant natural features. (C) Best management practices. Proposed design, suggested location, and phased implementation of effective, practicable stormwater management measures for plans shall be designed, engineered, and implemented to achieve all applicable City stormwater standards. Any combination of best management practices (BMPs) may be used with highest preference being given to Green Infrastructure techniques and practices necessary to meet required conditions to the maximum extent practicable (MEP). § 156.003 RUNOFF RATES Runoff rates resulting from a project shall not exceed the pre-project runoff rates for the one-year, two-year, ten-year and one hundred -year critical duration storm events. § 156.004 The basin or basins will be required to comply with all MPCA standards regarding infiltration/filtration and will be subject to approval by the VLAWMO
and the City Engineer. If basins are approved, the owner must provide a maintenance agreement for each basin constructed. The City will not maintain private filtration basins. § 156.005 VOLUME CONTROL/REDUCTION. (A) New Development. Stormwater discharge volumes on newly developed property, unless precluded by allowable stormwater management limitations, shall be controlled in a manner that achieves no net increase of the pre-project conditions (on an annual basis). (B) Redevelopment. Stormwater discharge volumes on property being redeveloped, unless precluded by allowable stormwater management limitations, shall be controlled in a manner that achieves a net reduction of the preproject conditions (on an annual basis). (C) All Development. (1) Utilization of infiltration techniques to achieve the conditions for post-construction stormwater management shall be prohibited if the proposed infiltration structural stormwater BMP would receive discharges from or be constructed in the following areas: a) Where industrial facilities are not authorized to infiltrate industrial stormwater under an NPDES/SDS Industrial Stormwater Permit issued by the MPCA; b) Where vehicle fueling and maintenance occur; c)) With less than three (3) feet of separation distance from the bottom of the infiltration system to the elevation of the seasonally saturated soils or the top of bedrock; (d) Where high levels of contaminants in soil or groundwater will be mobilized by the infiltrating stormwater. (2) Infiltration techniques to achieve the conditions for post-construction stormwater management shall require high level engineering review sufficient to provide a functioning treatment system and prevent adverse impacts to groundwater whenever an infiltration structural stormwater BMP is proposed to be constructed in the following areas: a) In areas with predominately Hydrologic Soil Group D (clay) soils; b) Within 1,000 feet up-gradient, or 100 feet down-gradient of active karst features; c) Within a Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) as defined in Minnesota Statutes; or d) Where soil infiltration rates are more than 8.3 inches per hour. § 156.006 TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS (TP) CONTROL. TP loading shall be controlled as follows where new development activity results in one-half acre or more of impervious surface, or when redevelopment activity results in any additional impervious surface: (A) New Development. Stormwater runoff on newly developed property shall be treated to the following standard on an annual basis before discharge to natural water bodies: (1) Achievement of no-net-increase to the predevelopment TP load. (B) Redevelopment. Stormwater runoff on redeveloped property shall be treated to achieve a net reduction from pre-project TP load conditions on an annual basis before discharge to natural water bodies. (C) All Development. Where water quality ponding is exclusively used to meet the TP removal requirement, the pond(s) shall be sized to store, below the normal outlet elevation, the site runoff from a two and one-half-inch rainfall.
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§ 156.007 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) CONTROL. TSS loading shall be controlled as follows where new development activity results in one-half acre or more of impervious surface, or redevelopment activity results in any additional impervious surface: (A) New Development. Stormwater runoff on newly developed property shall be treated to the following standard on an annual basis before discharge to natural water bodies: (1) Achievement of no-net-increase to the predevelopment TSS load. (B) Redevelopment. Stormwater runoff on redeveloped property shall be treated to achieve a net reduction from the existing-conditions TSS load on an annual basis before discharge to natural water bodies. (C) All Development. Where water quality ponding is exclusively used to meet the TSS removal requirement, the pond(s) shall be sized to store, below the normal outlet elevation, the site runoff from a two and one-half-inch rainfall. § 156.008 OFF SITE MITIGATION. Any stormwater discharges of TSS and/or TP not addressed on the site of the proposed construction activity shall need to be addressed through off-site mitigation meeting the following standards: (A) Site Selection; Off-site mitigation project areas are to be selected using the following order of preference: (1) Locations that yield benefits to the same receiving water that receives runoff from the proposed construction activity; (2) Locations within the same Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) catchment area as the proposed construction activity; (3) Locations in the next adjacent DNR catchment area up-stream from the proposed construction activity; (4) Locations anywhere within the City. (B) Off-site mitigation projects must involve the creation of new structural stormwater BMPs, the retrofit of existing structural stormwater BMPs, or the use of a properly designated regional structural stormwater BMP. (C) Routine maintenance of structural stormwater BMPs already required cannot be used to meet mitigation requirements of this subsection. (D) Off-site mitigation projects shall be able to be completed within 24-months following the start of the proposed construction activity. (E) The party responsible for long-term maintenance of the off-site mitigation project shall be identified. (F) If off-site mitigation can be demonstrated to be infeasible, the City may accept a payment in-lieu of the mitigation that would have otherwise been required, and such payment shall be applied to a public stormwater project in compliance with all applicable regulations. § 156.009 SPECIFIC STANDARDS (1) Impervious surface coverage of lots must not exceed 25% of the lot area. (2) When constructed facilities are used for stormwater management, documentation must be provided by a qualified individual that they are designed and installed consistent with the field office technical guide of the Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation District. (3) New constructed stormwater outfalls to water must provide for filtering or settling of suspended solids and skimming of surface debris before discharge. Published one time in the Shoreview Press on March 22, 2016.
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Sports injury survivor signs his books Duke Pieper, center, signs his book “I’m Alive: Courage, Hope and a Miracle” at Shoreview’s City and County Credit Union March 12. Pieper survived a brain injury while a Hill Murray hockey player.
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3-DAY: 60-mile walk across the Twin Cities fights cancer FROM PAGE 1
The Susan G. Komen provides a 24-week training schedule to prepare for the 3-day, 60-mile walk across the Twin Cities. “They do a really good job of helping us be prepared. You build up to it,” said Dahlke. “Our motto is, the harder we train the more fun we have on the walk.” Dahlke has built lasting friendships with her team members. “You become lifelong friends once you do something like this together — it bonds you forever,” said Dahlke.
Dahlke also walks to give strength to those facing cancer. “I can fight for those who can’t fight or those who have lost the battle,” she said. “I do hope to be able to walk until we fi nd a cure.”
Walking across the Twin Cities The Susan G. Komen walk in the Twin Cities draws more than 1,000 walkers per year. It begins at the Southdale Mall in Edina. After walkers conquer the fi rst leg of the journey in Minneapolis, they are shuttled to a park in Maplewood to sleep in tents. The camp also has a dining tent and shower trucks. Walkers dance and sing to encourage each other. Fighting for a cure “We sleep in Dahlke has not pink tents, of lost any of her course,” said Dahlteam members to “I can fight for those who ke. On the second cancer, and many day they pass of them have never can’t fight or those who through Shorevhad cancer themiew and Vadnais selves. But Dahlke Heights. On the is a two-time canhave lost the battle. third day they end cer survivor. at Harriet Island “At the walk I I do hope to be able to walk in St. Paul. will be celebrating Dahlke also has 12 years and six until we find a cure.” supportive friends years cancer-free,” and family who she said. When meet her team for she fi rst started Debbie Dahlke, cancer survivor lunch at Island walking the Susan Lake Park as they G. Komen 12 years pass through ago, she was still Shoreview. going through recovery. She asked “They spoil us and bring us our own her plastic surgeon to help her schedchairs,” she said. “They bring us our ule surgeries around the walk. lunches and candy. They treat us so “It was important for me to still well.” Last year, they even gave her walk even though I was fighting my team Epsom salt foot baths. own battle,” she said. And since that Walkers raise $2,300 each to take time she has taken the stage as a surpart in the 3-day. Dahlke’s team does vivor during the walk’s opening and it as a team effort. closing ceremonies. “We get creative,” she said. “We Dahlke wants to help fi nd a cure start fundraising early in the year.” for breast cancer so her 31-year-old daughter won’t ever have to face it. Who is Susan? “I just really feel that this is importThe Susan G. Komen organization ant for me to bring awareness so we was started in 1982 by Nancy G. can help find a cure,” she said. “I just Brinker as a promise to her dying sisdon’t want her to ever have to fight ter, Susan, to do everything she could this battle.”
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Debbie Dahlke receives encouragement from a firefighter who walks all 60 miles in full gear at the Susan G. Komen 3-Day breast cancer walk.
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Pollinator symposium educates BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER STAFF WRITER
WEST ST. PAUL — Pollinator lovers from around the state attended a sold-out People for Pollinators educational symposium. The event was hosted March 8 by Stillwater’s Pollinator Friendly Alliance in partnership with Pollinate Minnesota, and held at the Dakota Lodge in West St. Paul. “It was a day-long symposium, each speaker had about an hour,” said Pollinator Friendly Alliance President Laurie Schneider. “They delved into more than just the surface general information, rather than education 101, which is usually what you get at conferences. This was sort of like a 202. Some people there are already doing advocacy work and wanted to learn more.” There were 180 people in attendance, drawing a very mixed crowd of children and adults, pollinator advocates, gardeners, community officials and a few state agency representatives. The event featured an expert panel, as well as presentations on becoming pollinator-friendly in rural and urban settings. “The urban topic was about rethinking urban habitat—a lot of people have turf for lawn, but that is such a narrow way to look at a yard for an environment to live, because there are so many possibilities,” Schneider said. “Instead of Kentucky bluegrass, you might have low-growth flowering bee lawn with prairie. Then you get all these beautiful birds and butterflies integrated into your yard. The rural presentation was on farming habitat and it was presented by Jim Riddle, who was instrumental in developing the organic certification program. He tries to help people understand that there are ways to farm other than monoculture and using harmful pesticides and chemicals. He showed all different methods like windbreaks and bumper strips, companion planting, beneficial insects and growing crops in a friendly, healthy way.” Schneider said that attendees also got some valuable time to network during lunch roundtables, and shared ideas about improving pollinator health in their own communities. Stillwater was the second city in the state to pass a pollinator-friendly resolution, and Schneider said that the Pollinator Friendly Alliance has been mentoring other communities in how to establish similar resolutions. The city of Scandia recently passed a resolution, and Schneider said that the phenomenon is spreading quickly. “It’d be great if every city in Minnesota passed a pollinator-friendly resolution, because that would have a huge effect on state policy, and it’s nice for the state to be healthy.”
Schneider referred to the symposium as “education for educators,” but the topics of conversation covered an accessible range of concerns, including environmental, clean water, wildlife and conservation issues that are inherently tied to the health of pollinator populations. “Those experts are really top of their game, and they have so much valuable information to impart,” Schneider said. “I learned a lot.” Next on the agenda for the Pollinator Friendly Alliance are plans to install a pollinator park at the Laurel Street Reservoir in Stillwater. In the past, the group was able to use a grant awarded by the Stillwater Area Foundation’s (SAF) Great Idea Challenge for some of its work, and the group is once again applying for the grant in 2016 to help fund this proposed park. Schneider noted that the Great Idea grant was key in helping the Pollinator Friendly Alliance establish itself in the community. “When we received last year’s award, not only did it enable us to do the project we proposed, but it really helped us to get our organization going,” she said. “It was our jumpstarter, so we’re very grateful to the Foundation for that opportunity. It was perfect timing. When philanthropy works right, it enables organizations that do good work in communities, and fosters growth.” She also mentioned that the group is considering several other ideas to present to the SAF in addition to the Laurel Street park.
The Pollinator Friendly Alliance will host several public workshops throughout the spring for anyone who wants to learn more about pollinators and help install the four types of pollinator habitats at the reservoir site. If they wish, participants will be able to use this information to convert their own home areas into pollinator habitats. “The habitats are short prairie, bluestem, bee lawn and flower garden,” Schneider said. “Each workshop will educate the public on how to install those four types of habitats.” The Pollinator Friendly Alliance is also looking ahead toward its second annual Polli-NATION event in September, which unites art and science for a daylong, family-friendly pollinator education. Schneider said that as an artist herself, she appreciates the intersection between science and art, and hopes that an event of this type will increase awareness and promote the spread of pollinator education. This year’s theme will be tiny GIANTS. “It will illustrate idea that a honeybee or pollinator is really small but does really big work,” Schneider said. Videos from the People for Pollinators symposium will be available on the Pollinator Friendly Alliance website (www.pollinatorfriendly.org) on the fi rst week on April. Visit the website for more information about the Laurel Street park plans or upcoming pollinator events.
Plans to install a new pollinator park in Stillwater are in the works.
It was a sold-out crowd at the People for Pollinators educational symposium, hosted by Stillwater’s Pollinator Friendly Alliance on Tuesday, March 8.
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Junior golf tour comes to Minnesota for the first time in 2016 The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) is heading to Minnesota for the first time in 2016. Starting with the Minnesota Kickoff on June 25-26 at Oak Marsh Golf Club in Oakdale, the HJGT will be hosting three
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The corporate events help keep the nonprofit club running. “It is an awesome source of revenue,� said Regan. The events cost $35 per person, and there are discounts for nonprofits. The corporate events are staffed by volunteer members of the club. They have the option to cash in their work as credit towards their league fee, but many of them choose not to, said Regan. “They will teach anybody who wants to curl at the drop of a hat,� she said. “I credit our success to our members.� The club started with 300 members in 2013 and now has well over 700 members. CorTrust Bank, which has a location in Blaine, went to the Four Seasons Curling Club for a team building event March 1. CorTrust is also a sponsor of the arena.
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BLAINE — Curling is becoming the cool thing to do for corporate team-building events. The Four Seasons Curling Club at the Fogerty Arena hosts two or three curling clinics for corporate events every weekday from November to March. And they host them in the summer, too. A large portion of the attendees have never curled before. The groups spend two hours on the ice with volunteer coaches who teach them the game. But Regan Birr, communications manager, said the sport is great for all skill levels and ages. “We welcome everybody, and everyone can do the sport. We used to say it is for players age 8-80,� she said. “I say 5-95.� Her grandmother, who is 90 years old, still plays. Regan grew up curling in her hometown of Shellbrook in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. “I learned when I was 11,� she said. “It is basically our winter sport, besides hockey. Curling is a 500-year-old sport. We think it originated in Scotland. And then the Canadians took over. Where I grew up, you could count your curling towards high school credit.� While currently, to Regan’s knowledge, no high school in the Twin Cities has curling as a letter sport, the Four Seasons Curling Club is working with schools on getting that implemented and provides a high school league.
It also has a seniors’ league, among others. It hosts beginner courses, birthday parties and other events. In the summer it holds curling camps. The Fogerty Arena was built about 30 years ago through community volunteer efforts. The goal was to provide affordable athletics to youth in the community. The arena began with one hockey arena and then added another sheet. Then it expanded into curling in 2013, when the Four Seasons Curling Club opened. The site, with six sheets for play, was unprecedented. It became the National Training Center of USA Curling and was then designated an Olympic Training Site in August 2015. “We are the only dedicated Olympic Training Site in the country for curling,� said Regan. “We want to see the next Olympian be a kid who started here and worked their way up.�
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— A surprising ending highlights this suspenseful, enthralling, creative, well-paced, 115-minute thriller based on Josh Campbell’s story in which a wannabe fashion designer (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in an underground bunker after she is accidentally run off the road in Louisiana and finds herself seemingly held captive with a stranger (John Gallagher Jr.) by an intense, hotheaded retired Naval man (John Goodman) who claims the United States has been attacked by an unknown force and that the air outside is not fit to breathe.
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“CITY OF GOLD” (R) (3) [SOME LANGUAGE.]
— An informative, insightful, fascinating, 96-minute, Laura Gabbert documentary that focuses on the Los Angeles food scene primarily through the eyes and stomach of well-respected, Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic and writer Jonathan Gold and consists of interviews with his wife/Los Angeles Times Arts and Entertainment editor Laurie Ochoa, daughter Isabel Ochoa Gold, novelists Michelle Huneven and Jervey Tervalon, chefs/restaurant owners (such as Bricia Lopez, Duane Earle, Ludo Lefebvre, Nancy Silverton, Gener Agonafer, Jazz and Tui Singsanong, David Chang, Raul Ortega and Ray Choi), authors David Sax and Ruth Reichl, James Beard Foundation executive Mitchell Davis, food TV hosts Andrew Zimmern and Zach Brooks, University California at Berkeley professor Michael Dear, Los Angeles Times writer Carolina Miranda, Los Angeles Times Editor-in-Chief Davan Maharaj, senior food critic Robert Sietsema, architectural critic and educator Reyner Banham, radio host and culinary multitasker Evan Kleiman, editors Sue Horton and Peter Meehan and journalists Laurie Winer, Allan Salkin and Calvin Trillin.
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— A low-key, dark, somber, critically acclaimed, low-budget, realistic, 83-minute, 2015 film loosely based on Trey Edward Shults’ family in which chaos ensues when a mentally-unstable, 60-ish alcoholic (Krisha Fairchild), who has been estranged from her dysfunctional family (Bryan Casserly, Alex Dobrenko, Olivia Grace Applegate, Billie Fairchild et al.) for more than 10 years, returns to the Texas home of her sister (Robyn Fairchild) and brother-in-law (Chris Doubek) during the Thanksgiving holiday where the festivities quickly unravel.
“REMEMBER” (R) (4) [SEQUENCE OF VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.]
— A shocking ending and awesome acting punctuate this terrific, captivating, well-paced, unpredictable, star-dotted (Dean Norris, Jürgen Prochnow and Bruno Ganz), 94-minute Atom Egoyan film in which a 90-year-old widower (Christopher Plummer) with dementia leaves his retirement home where he has been befriended by a Holocaust survivor (Martin Landau) and worries his distraught son (Henry Czerny) when he goes on a road trip that takes him to Cleveland, Canada, and Nevada in the hopes of finding a Nazi SS guard who has been living in the United States for more than 70 years under an assumed identity and was allegedly responsible for killing his entire family at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Fragile works of art an Easter tradition BY DEBRA NEUTKENS REGIONAL EDITOR
At Debi Johnson’s home in Hugo, Lenten season is time to make Ukrainian eggs. She was taught the centuries-old art of decorating Easter eggs, known as pysanky, by her dear friends Tamara and Alex Zaluckyj, both born in the Ukraine. Johnson met the couple when their daughters became friends at Little Lambs preschool in Hugo some 30 years ago. “We became close, too,” said Johnson, who owns H.D. Sod with husband Harley. “They were doing eggs one year and I said, ‘that looks like fun. Will you teach me?’” According to Alex, the word pysanka actually means “to write on.” The traditional craft of decorating raw eggs goes back at least 1,000 years, he said. There is a museum in Ukraine that has more than 12,000 Easter eggs on display, some dating to the 9th century. The process is laborious and takes a steady hand, but the intricately designed eggs are truly small works of art. “Each egg tells a story,” Johnson noted. The symbols drawn with beeswax have religious meanings for the people who make them to celebrate Easter. A ribbon or belt around the egg represents the endless line of eternity. Woven triangles symbolize the Holy Trinity and a rose or eight-pointed star is an ancient symbol for Christ. A leaf or flower suggests life and growth and deer or horses wish wealth and prosperity. The art of egg decorating is handed down through generations of Ukrainian people. Each region has its own designs, Alex said, and favorite color combinations. Most Slavic people practice the custom and again, use designs specific to their area. Traditionally made during the last week of Lent, pysanky were usually made by the women in the family. Johnson has taught her two children, grandson, nieces and nephews how to make the eggs. Alex complimented her on her pysanky talents.
“If anyone can make something beautiful, Debi can,” he said. “It’s very relaxing,” added Johnson, “and kids love to make them.” The more colors or dyes you use, the more steps it takes. The process requires beeswax, stylists for applying the wax, called kystkas, candles and dye. Patterns are fi rst applied to the eggs by pencil. Farm-fresh eggs are best since chemicals used to wash storebought eggs can interfere with the dyes. “Like anything,” Alex said, “practice makes perfect.” Pysanky are often given as gifts, exchanged with friends and used as decorations. When complete, the beautiful creation carries proof of the effort extended upon it. Each one has a story written with wax.
Debi Johnson displays a basket of “psyanky” Ukranian eggs. It took Ukrainian-born Alex Zaluckyj, above right, about an hour to create the intricately detailed egg. The 82-year-old admitted he hadn’t made an egg in eight years.
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