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A collection of honey bees from Pluim’s hive in his backyard in Shoreview. BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Tracy Pluim is from a small town in Southern Minnesota. His family moved to Shoreview from Coon Rapids in 2018. That following summer, Bees and Trees was created. Pluim became interested in beekeeping after
watching Youtube videos about it. He had found a guy in New Hampshire who recorded his process of starting with nothing and learning his way through. From there, Pluim bought a single beehive. Now, he has three hives that he collects honey from and sells it.
“We try to use the honey in different ways,” Pluim said. “We have hot honey, that is just honey with Caroline Repaper peppers and Ghost peppers.” Other products include honey butter and a creamed vanilla honey. At the same time, he also began to tap the
maple trees in his family’s backyard to make maple syrup. “There were a couple of different names,” Pluim explained. “The first one was ‘Shoreview Sugar’ because we were just selling sugar and maple syrup at that point.”
Aug. 30 represents a significant day for those in a mindset different from some. That is National Grief Awareness Day, designed to raise awareness for those struggling with the anguish of losing someone or something special. Some are willing to share their stories of loss, how they learned to accept their emotions, and how they helped others through their own struggles. One of those is Lynn Amon, who lost her mother, Rosie, to dementia last July. Rosie had been working as a hospice nurse at The Pillars Hospice Home. Rosie’s occupation frequently involved talking to and comforting end-of-life patients. Although she had been living with the disease for nine years, it was not until the last year of her life that it began to affect Rosie physically. “She was still a functioning family and community member, but in a very shrinking way,” said Lynn. “All the things she used to be able to find joy in through interactive participation just weren’t there anymore.” After Rosie’s passing, Lynn admittedly struggled to grieve her loss. After attempting to join a Zoom grief support group through St. Croix SEE GRIEF AWARENESS, PAGE 3
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How certain Minnesota school districts regulate cell phone use With the new school year just around the corner, teachers and students’ parents remain concerned: “How good will my students/ son/daughter do in school without getting distracted from using their cell phones?” On May 17, Governor Tim Walz signed SF 3567, also called the Omnibus
Education Policy Bill, into law; the bill requires all school districts throughout the state to adopt their own policies regarding cell phone usage by March 15, 2025. Mounds View High School will adopt a similar approach to Centennial High and Middle School in anticipation of the March deadline. This policy will involve placing a phone caddy in each classroom, where students
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classroom phone caddy,” said Robert. “If they saw a student with their phone out, there was no warning. It was simply that the phone went in the caddy for the rest of the hour. If students complied, they could pick up their phones at the end of the hour. If students refused to comply, a referral was made. The administration would SEE CELL PHONES, PAGE 7
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will drop their phones off at the beginning of class and pick them up once class is over. Despite this, students can still use their phones between passing time and during lunch. Principal Robert Reetz said that the policy change is to help alleviate the stress of teachers having to monitor cell phone use in the classroom. “Originally, teachers had their own
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