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Northeast metro area is ‘bear country’ BY ROY HEILMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Shoreview daughter takes comedic talents to the big apple Shoreview native Jennifer Mills is an artist and comedian living in Brooklyn New York. She is currently a writer and producer for National Public Radio’s (NPR) popular news quiz show, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” which reaches millions of listeners nationwide. See page 6 for story.
Area salon offers wigs to those battling cancer BY CORINNE STREMMEL STAFF WRITER
“Our hair is our crown,” said Kim Schoonover, owner of Indulge Salon. For the last 6 1/2 years, Schoonover has helped cancer patients as well as others dealing with hair loss replace their “crowns” with wigs, all cut, styled and fitted by Indulge Salon. “I just wanted to offer people a safe space to talk about their concerns and come up with a solution to make them feel confident again,” said Schoonover. “When you go through hair loss, it just feels unfair, and this is something we can do to make people feel confident and beautiful.”
Schoonover offers a 90-minute consultation to talk through clients’ goals and find a wig that best matches their biological hair. This element was especially important to Sara Copeland, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this January. “I remember asking my young daughter if she knew what cancer was. and she replied, ‘It means you lose your hair,’ and to me, I didn't want her to see her mom lose her hair,” said Copeland. Not long after Copeland began chemotherapy, she set up an appointment at Indulge. Schoonover brought Copeland to a private room in the basement of the salon and showed her the
different types of wigs she could use to replace any of the hair she lost. “She was so kind and understanding. It felt like I was there with a friend. I remember thinking, ‘This lady has a heart for this,’” said Copeland. Schoonover fitted Copeland with her new wig and even cut and styled a pink wig for Copeland to wear for fun. “I’m not the typical cancer patient. I’m not elderly, and I have a young daughter. I didn’t want (losing my hair) to be a scary experience for her,” Copeland noted. Schoonover works with a SEE WIGS, PAGE 7
“If you live in Minnesota, you live in bear country.” That is the first message visitors will receive when they navigate to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ “Living with bears in Minnesota” webpage. This broad statement may come as a surprise to those who think of bear country as somewhere “up north,” but recent bear encounters in the metro area are evidence to the contrary. Forest Lake area DNR wildlife supervisor Scott Noland has been at his post for the past eight years. He said in that time, he has fielded calls about bears every year. When asked how many live in the area, he acknowledged that the statistic is not known, but generalized, “we don’t have many down here.” Pertaining to the number of complaints and reported sightings, Noland pointed out that “one bear can generate a number of calls and concerns.” He said people call him for many reasons, including out of curiosity or alarm, or simply to report what they saw. Though Noland said, “We’re definitely getting more reports,” he does not draw any conclusions from that alone. In fact, he said an increased number of citizen reports may be attributed in part to a proliferation of electronic surveillance, namely doorbell systems that record images. To help get a handle on a bear population that seems to be expanding southward and westward, the Minnesota DNR launched a bear tracking app on its website in 2018. It is an interactive feature that allows citizens to report bear sightings that occur outside of what is considered the primary bear range. A quick glance at the map reveals dozens, if not hundreds, of reported sightings in Anoka, Ramsey and Washington counties this year. Most involve single bears, but some include cubs, namely one cluster of sightings in the Forest Lake area that appears to be a mother with multiple cubs. While black bears are naturally shy and wary of people, they are often motivated by food to venture closer to homes and human activity. For instance, SEE BEARS, PAGE 14
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A black bear recently climbed in a tree in the Northeast metro.
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