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Shoreview resident publishes first book

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BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR

Press Publications recently interviewed Shoreview resident Daniel McDonald about his book, “From Savvy Saver to Smart Spender: How to Pick a Tax-Wise Retirement Withdrawal Strategy.” Specifically, the book focuses on how to develop a plan for withdrawing money from 401(k), IRA, and other retirement accounts with taxes in mind.

A book signing event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.17, in the party room at Churchill St. restaurant, 4606 Churchill St. in Shoreview.

Q: Tell us a little about yourself.

A: I am in my early 60s and figuring out how to make the transition from working full time to working less. As part of that transition (and the increase in remote work), my wife, Kim, and I split our time between Shoreview and Naples, Florida.

I graduated from Irondale High School and the University of Minnesota with engineering and law degrees. I have practiced intellectual property law for over 35 years. We have five kids who all went

Constructing an (almost normal) year

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It’s that time of year when students are headed back to school. Press Publications asked four school districts, including Mounds View, about various topics including: construction projects, the teacher shortage, COVID-19 protocols, security upgrades and more for the 2022-23 school year.

Q: What physical changes will students and parents notice about school buildings when they return this year? Please highlight some of the construction projects that took place over the summer months or are ongoing.

A: The District Center has begun work on an expansion to create a Welcome Center that will provide more personalized enrollment services for families. Mounds View High School will feature a renovated parking lot north of the school later this fall. At Bel Air Elementary School and Sunnyside Elementary

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Q: How is the district doing in terms of hiring teachers? Are you experiencing a shortage? Please explain the shortage (if there is one) and how the district plans to overcome that.

A: We’re not experiencing any significant issues in hiring teachers. We have a few vacancies in August due to some late resignations, but we expect to have our teacher positions filled by the start of the school year.

Q: What types of COVID-19 protocols (if any) will the district have in place

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Organic farm celebrates 150 years, honored by Anoka County

Butch Cardinal accepts the Anoka County Family Farm of the Year Award. The Cardinal farm is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR

“All Good Organics Farm, also known as the Cardinal farm, is the 2022 Anoka County Family Farm of the Year.

“I am honored that our farm is

recognized,” said owner Butch Cardinal. “It’s quite an achievement, and we do work hard for the community.”

The farm is also celebrating its 150th anniversary.

“We also received the Sesquicentennial award from the University of Minnesota,” Cardinal said. “I remember getting the Centennial plaque back in 1983. I didn’t know there was one for 150 years until somebody from Anoka County called me and said we were the only farm in Anoka County that has ever qualified for that.”

The farm in Lino Lakes has been in the family since 1866. The original family owners of the farm came to the United States from Canada.

Cardinal now runs the family farm with his sons, Hunter and Logan, who are the sixth generation of the family to farm the land.

“I was born a farmer and really didn’t have a choice,” Cardinal laughed. “When I was growing up, we had cows, hogs and chickens and worked every day on the farm.”

The family plants 38 acres of the 68-acre farm. It produces a variety of fruits and vegetables, and includes 40 fruit trees. The produce is sold through more than 100 memberships in the farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, in which individuals pledge financial support to the farm operation.

“Prior to my dad, we were organic,” said Cardinal. “Then my dad started using synthetic fertilizers and chemicals.”

According to Cardinal, the farm was certified organic in 2010 and continues to go through the requirements of certification for the

health and well-being of the farm’s customers and land.

“I started with just a small garden, and then people started coming in and knocking on the door to get more organic vegetables,” he said.

“I did a talk once about tomatoes on how you spray the chemicals on them and then the rain washes the chemicals into the soil. So, then it goes into your tomato, not on your tomato. The soil does break some of the stuff down, but it makes people think.”

The Cardinals operate an on-farm store that’s open year-round. It sells a wide variety of locally produced honey, eggs, meats and fresh produce during the summer. During the off-season, the store carries canned, frozen, dried and dehydrated produce.

The farm offers certified organic ripe Summer Kiss pears, Athena melons and fresh tomatoes. People can also purchase homemade salsa made with organic peppers from the from.

Customers can order produce online and pick it up at the farm.

Delivery is also available if you contact Cardinal. All Good Organics delivers to Lino Lakes, Centerville, Hugo, White Bear Lake, Blaine, North Oaks, Vadnais Heights and Shoreview.

The farm raises about 500 broiler chickens each year.

“My chickens are not organic, they’re free range,” Cardinal said.

“They’re moved on fresh grass every day, and I’m constantly moving them.”

Goats are used on the farm for brush control. “I think we have 16 of them here now,” he noted.

The farm also grows popcorn corn and seeded watermelons. “I won’t grow seedless watermelons because the seeded watermelons taste better,” Cardinal said.

The Cardinals are members of the Minnesota Grown Program. They have been part of the University of Minnesota potato trials over the last couple of growing seasons.

Hunter works on the farm full time.

Logan works on the farm part time and whenever he is needed.

Cardinal hopes the farm will stay in the family for future generations.

“I don’t need a million-dollar home or take trips around the world,” he said. “If I can pay the taxes, pay the utilities, and can fix the stuff when it breaks, I’m good.”

The farm store is open from 7 a.m. until just past sunset, seven days a week. It is located at 6657 Centerville Road in Lino Lakes.

For more information, go to https://allgoodorganics.net.

Shoreview Press Editor Noelle Olson can be reached at shoreviewnews@ presspubs.com or 651-407-1229.

OWNERS OF THE CARDINAL FAMILY FARM • • • • • •

1886-1906: Clement Cardinal 1906-1934: Dolphis Cardinal 1934-1947: Dolphus Cardinal 1947-1963: Anna Cardinal 1963-2019: Andrew Cardinal 2019-Present: Butch Cardinal

An aerial view of the Cardinal Family Farm in the 1970s.

This aerial photo of the farm was taken earlier this month.

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RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office reported these selected incidents in Shoreview: • Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies on routine patrol reported driving through a parking lot in the 3800 block of Lexington Avenue N. at 8:39 p.m. July 31, when a newer model black Honda Accord took off at a high speed, weaving through the parking lot and headed southbound on Lexington Avenue. The pursuit lasted two minutes, covered two miles and was terminated for safety considerations.

• Deputies recovered an green mountain bike abandoned Aug. 1 in the 4100 block of Nancy Place, checked it through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and entered it into property for safekeeping.

• Two credit cards were reported stolen from a wallet inside a vehicle parked in an underground garage in the 100 block of Grass Lake Parkway overnight Aug. 1-2. The cards were used to make $442 in unauthorized purchases at unknown locations. The vehicle, which may or may not have been locked, had been rummaged through.

• A 2019 Ford Fusion was reported stolen overnight Aug. 1-2 from a driveway in the 900 block of Ingerson Road, after a spare key may have been left inside. After being entered into the NCIC database, the vehicle was recovered at 5:30 a.m.

Aug. 3 by police in St. Louis Park.

• The catalytic converter was reported stolen from a Honda Element parked in a driveway in the 300 block of Harriet Circle overnight Aug. 2-3.

• Deputies recovered a Jeep key fob with a set of keys Aug. 2 after a pink key with a Disney Tweety Bird was found on the front steps of a home in the 4900 block of Lexington Avenue N. and entered it into property.

• The city of Shoreview reported graffiti on park equipment at Switzer Park in the 4300 block of Hodgson Road overnight Aug. 2-3.

• Property management at Lake Place Homes Association in the 3300 block of Kent Street reported damage to a garage access door and cable box Aug. 3.

• An Eden Prairie man, 35, was mailed a citation for assault following an Aug. 3 domestic in the 1500 block of Knight Street, during which he punched his girlfriend in the face and injured her lip.

• A Lino Lakes woman reported a purse stolen from the back seat of a vehicle parked Aug. 4 at Rice Creek Dog Park in the 5900 block of Lexington Avenue N., after the rear driver’s side door window was smashed in.

• A catalytic converter was reported stolen Aug. 4 from a Mitsubishi Outlander parked in the visitor

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lot in the 4000 block of Hodgson Road. A witness was able to take a photo of the suspect vehicle, and the case is under investigation.

A juvenile was arrested and cited at 9:24 p.m.

Aug. 4 in the 3200 block of Churchill Street, following a domestic incident.

A Savage woman, 42, was cited Aug. 5 at the intersection of Prairie Clover Drive and Rice Creek Parkway for failure to yield the right of way after she hit a motorcyclist while turning into a parking lot in front of the biker. The biker was evaluated by medics.

A resident in the 4300 block of Hodgson Road reported receiving unwanted phone calls Aug. 6.

A motor vehicle was reported stolen sometime between July 31 and Aug. 6 from the 1100 block of County Road D, after it may have been left unlocked with the key inside. After the vehicle was entered into the NCIC, it was recovered by Roseville police Aug. 6 after being involved in an accident. The vehicle was processed for DNA, towed and removed from the NCIC. A New Brighton woman reported her YMCA locker in the 3700 block of Lexington Avenue N. broken into Aug. 7 and her wallet and keys stolen. Her quick action in canceling her credit cards resulted in a failed attempt to use them fraudulently in Roseville. Information on a possible subject exists, and the fraud component has been forwarded to the Roseville Police Department for investigation.

A Burnsville man, 44, was was mailed a citation Aug. 7 in the 1000 block of Ingerson Road for criminal damage to property after he wrecked the front door of his rival’s house with a large landscape brick.

A Mounds View woman and a Blaine woman reported cash and AirPods stolen Aug. 8 from their backpacks while they were working at Turtle Lake Elementary School in the 1100 block of Lepak Court.

A Blaine man reported his paddleboard stolen Aug. 8 from the lower parking lot at Rice Creek in the 5900 block of Lexington Avenue N. during the short amount of time it took him to retrieve his truck from the upper parking area.

A window of a vehicle was reported broken in overnight Aug. 9-10 in the 3400 block of Kent Street. Nothing was reported missing from the vehicle.

A White Bear Lake woman reported her computer bag and backpack stolen from the front seat of her vehicle while it was parked Aug. 10 in the Rice Creek Park lot in the 1900 block of County Road I as she walked in the park. When she returned to her vehicle, she found the front

passenger side window broken in.

• An Albert Lea man, 28, was mailed a citation Aug. 10 following a domestic incident in the 1500 block of Hall Street, during which he struck a woman multiple times in the face with his fist, causing injury. A Keep Our Kops Safe (KOPS) alert was issued.

• A Shoreview woman, 51, was arrested for DWI at 12:43 a.m. Aug. 11 in the 500 block of Harriet Avenue, following the report of a person slumped over in a vehicle. The suspect was booked and released pending laboratory test results.

• An Otsego man reported his helmet, jacket and gloves stolen from a motorcycle parked in a lot in the 3600 block of Victoria Street Aug. 11 while he was visiting friends at Island Lake Park.

• A Falcon Heights woman reported the catalytic converter stolen overnight Aug. 11-12 from a Volkswagen Jetta she borrowed and parked in a lot in the 3100 block of Lexington Avenue N. • A Shoreview woman, 30, was arrested on three counts of felony assault, following a domestic at 5:26 a.m. Aug. 12 in the 500 block of Arner Avenue, during which she threatened her boyfriend with a knife and stabbed a dresser, a bed and a bathroom door. Deputies had to employ their taser to subdue her. Charges have been filed against her in Ramsey County Court.

• A Minneapolis man, 27, was banned Aug. 12 from a business in the 1000 block of Highway 96 after he stole money from the cash register and later returned it.

• A Fridley woman reported a purse containing multiple credit cards stolen from the front seat of her vehicle Aug. 13 while it was parked at Rice Creek Park in the 1900 block of County Road I, after the front driver’s side window was smashed.

After a card was fraudulently used in Fridley, the case was turned over to Fridley Police.

• A bicycle was reported stolen Aug. 13 from an underground garage in the 5800 block of Rice Creek Parkway. The complainant is awaiting video footage of the theft.

• A St. Paul man, 28, was arrested for DWI at 10:09 p.m. Aug. 13 in the 3800 block of Victoria Street following a report of a suspicious vehicle driving around a parking lot and parking behind a closed business. After the suspect told deputies he was trying to find a friend’s house, deputies observed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage and saw a cooler filled with beer bottles in the back seat.

• A bicycle was reported stolen overnight Aug. 13-14 from an underground garage in the 1000 block of Gramsie Road. No suspect information exists.

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Stabbing the furniture during assault also a crime

A Shoreview woman, 30, faces up to seven years imprisonment and/ or maximum fine of $14,000 for felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a sentence that could be doubled if she is also convicted of a second count of the same charge. She has also been charged with felony threatening violence, which carries a jail term of up to five years and/or maximum fine of $10,000, stemming from an Aug. 12 incident in which she stalked her boyfriend and stabbed everything in sight but him.

At 5:26 a.m. Aug. 12, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched out to the 500 block of Arner Avenue on a domestic assault. When they arrived on scene, the suspect ran out of the house and yelled at them to get away from her. When deputies yelled at her to drop the knife, the suspect kept on coming and aimed the knife point at them. When deputies drew their stun gun and ordered the suspect to drop the knife or else, she started to run toward the house. Deputies then deployed the stun gun and dropped the suspect to the ground.

The suspect’s boyfriend of four years had taken out an order for protection (OFP) against her and had changed all the locks on his house except for the back door. He told deputies he thought the suspect

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still had a key to the house and was able to enter through the back door.

Early in the morning, the boyfriend woke up to find the suspect sitting on his bed beside him. When he told her she needed to leave, she grabbed a knife from his dresser. She then stabbed the bed next to where he was sitting, when he tried to get up and leave.

When he managed to leave the bed, he tried to hide in a closet, but the subject stabbed the dresser next to the closet door. While the knife was stuck in the dresser, he ran and hid in the bathroom, the door of which the suspect kicked twice. When he didn’t hear the suspect, the victim looked for her and found her in his room under a pile of clothes.

The boyfriend escaped to a room at the back of the house, barricaded the door shut and called 911. The suspect eventually ran out to the front of the house where deputies confronted her. Deputies inspecting the scene found two stab marks in the bathroom door, one in the bedsheets and one in the dresser near the bed.

Mask doesn’t disguise odor of alcohol on driver

Nor did the St. Paul man, 28, find his friend’s house in the parking lot behind a closed business. That’s what he told Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies was his reason for maneuvering his vehicle round and round a parking lot

of a business in the 3800 block of Victoria Street N. at 10:09 p.m. Aug. 13.

Stationary deputies were writing a report in the 3500 block of Victoria Street late Aug. 13 when they observed a silver sedan enter the parking lot and park on the west side of the lot. The business served by the lot had been closed for several hours. The vehicle moved and settled several times like a restless dog trying to fall asleep in its bed.

When the driver of the vehicle tried to turn around and drive toward deputies, they stopped the car. Although the driver immediately grabbed a surgical mask, deputies could still smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the vehicle.

Deputies spotted a cooler and case of Heineken beer bottles in the back seat, and the suspect admitted to drinking prior to his tour of the parking lot. The suspect agreed to field sobriety tests, on which he performed poorly. Down at the patrol station, the subject registered a blood alcohol content of 0.24% within two hours of the traffic stop.

The suspect faces up to one year in jail and/or a maximum $3,000 fine for third-degree DUI, a sentence that could be enhanced if he is also convicted of fourth-degree DUI, which carries a sentence of up to 90 days in jail and/or a maximum $1,000 fine.

New curriculum aims to train citizen reporters

MNA’s nonprofit training arm, Minnesota News Media Institute (MNI), and Bethel University are collaborating to train community journalists. The fiveweek Citizen Reporter U, to be launched in September, will be taught by seasoned journalists. It will equip participants with the skills needed to cover sports and human interest stories, report on government meetings and tackle other community stories.

Details of the training curriculum are being developed. The basic format includes online instruction in weekly two-hour sessions with assistance from mentors at community newspapers. The fifth session will be taught in-person at Bethel and will include a luncheon with a guest speaker, awards and a certificate from MNI and Bethel. The training’s organizers hope to attract 25 to 30 participants for the first series of sessions, which are tentatively scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. on a weekday yet to be determined. Potential participants include community enthusiasts (but not political activists), retirees, sports parents and fans, journalism professionals who want to reinvest themselves, high school students ready to freelance and adults looking for side hustles such as covering meetings or sports. Registrations for the curriculum will be accepted starting in early August.

For more information about Citizen Reporter U, follow the MNA Bulletin, or email Lisa Hills at lisa@mna.org.

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COVID still here

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ore than two years into the pandemic and I guess the universe thought it was finally my turn to experience COVID-19.

My husband recently attended his class reunion, which is where we are guessing he picked it up. As soon as he tested positive, we did our best to not come in contact with each other, he wore a mask in the house and even slept in the guest bedroom.

For about a week after he tested positive, I felt fine and was hopeful I would get lucky and not get it.

Before I knew it, I felt a pain in my throat that I have never felt, so I knew it was coming. It felt like my throat was both on Out and fire and closing and just kept getting worse. Then the other About symptoms started to pile on: Shannon congestion, fatigue, chills/sweats and ultimately the loss of taste Granholm and smell. I tested negative three times, before I finally tested positive.

While I was sick, countless people reached out to me daily to make sure I was hanging in there.

Many of my neighbors were more than kind and dropped off homemade soup, bread, pudding and frozen treats. That kind of kindness sure brought a smile to my face when I didn’t feel like smiling.

My pregnancy had me even more scared of the virus and its impacts. Adding to my fears, the week I was in isolation I was scheduled to have an ultrasound, so when I had to cancel that, I found myself fearing the worst.

I’m praying that this bout with COVID-19 will not have any lasting effects on me or our baby.

Hopefully this means that we will have some antibodies to protect us for a while so we don’t have to deal with this virus again anytime soon.

Going forward, I’m told the doctors will have to monitor everything much more closely, just to make sure baby and I are both healthy.

Every day now I’m feeling just a little bit less tired, I can breathe a bit better and taste a little bit more. Hopefully by the time you are reading this column, I will be able to taste my coffee again and smell soap when I wash my hands.

Heartversary Every year at the end of August, I’m sure to celebrate the miracle that my little corgi Twinkie is. We celebrate what we call her “Heartversary,” or the anniversary of a heart surgery that saved her life.

When Twinkie was about 8 months old, she was diagnosed with Patent Ductus Arteriosus (or PDA) — a heart defect where too much blood flows to one side of the heart. PDA causes their heart to grow larger and larger, often very quickly, which ultimately causes a heart attack and death. We were told if we didn’t do the surgery, Twinkie would live maybe a year.

It was such devastating news, but she still had so much life left to live so we made the decision to go through with the surgery and pray for a miracle. Waiting for the surgery, the surgery itself and the recovery was not a fun time. But we are so beyond thankful that the talented doggy cardiologists took such great care of her so she can still be here with us today.

Twinkie is such a lover and spreads joy everywhere she goes. The world is a much better place with her here.

Shannon Granholm is the Managing Editor at Press Publications

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Hometown newspapers stand up to big tech

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he internet that Silicon Valley promised us was supposed to be a haven for new ideas, robust free speech and a free flow of information. Instead, the internet we got is dominated by a handful of Big Tech companies that wield unprecedented power over nearly every aspect of our lives.

While Google and Facebook are amassing billions of dollars in advertising revenue, small, local and independent Movers & media companies, which produce Shakers content that fuels platforms, Christopher P. these have to fight for scraps. Big Tech Reen does everything it can to ensure that its users never leave their platform for other sites – depriving small and local publishers of their chance to monetize their content.

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the Poynter Media Trust Survey said they have confidence in their local newspaper, compared to 55% for national network news stations. Moreover, local news helps bind our communities by reporting on events closest to us, our friends and our families.

It can present diverse ideas and opinions often unexamined by mainstream corporate media.

Data from the News/Media Alliance shows that Big Tech’s ad tech tax takes 50-70% of every ad dollar from news publishers while hiring zero reporters.

Local papers could hire more reporters if Big Tech paid them for the quality journalism that fuels their platforms and profits.

Fortunately, several bipartisan solutions gaining momentum in Congress are designed to reign in the excesses of Big Tech.

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is among the most promising pieces of legislation.

The JCPA is designed to address Big Tech’s unprecedented assault on the free press and free speech by allowing small, local and independent news publishers to band together to negotiate better terms with Big Tech (notably Google and Facebook) for using their content.

Most importantly, the JCPA prohibits viewpoint discrimination, meaning the Big Tech platforms cannot exclude publications with conservative editorial pages.

Due to antitrust laws, news publishers are forced to cut deals with Facebook and Google oneon-one. The bill removes legal obstacles to news organizations’

ability to negotiate collectively and secure fair terms from gatekeeper platforms that regularly access news content without paying for its value.

Hundreds of small, local and independent news publishers from across the political spectrum support the JCPA. Recent polling by the News/Media Alliance found that 70 percent of Americans believe it is important for Congress to pass the JCPA and more than two-thirds (67%) of Republican respondents agree that elected officials who oppose the JCPA are allowing Big Tech to have all the negotiating power instead of arming local media with the tools to fight back.

The JCPA is a crucial first step to standing up to Big Tech’s anti-competitive practices, and it is a bill that both Republicans and Democrats can get behind. Small and local publishers work hard to report the news and cover their communities, yet Big Tech gets to profit from their work.

This is fundamentally unfair, and the JCPA will bring about a much-needed change.

Contact your member of Congress to support the JCPA and ensure Big Tech doesn’t cancel local news.

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To the editor:

Since she was first elected to the Shoreview City Council in 2016, I have found Sue Denkinger to be a dependable and dedicated colleague.

She approaches every issue with an open mind and a desire to learn more. As she is the longest-serving current member of the city’s Economic Development Authority board, represents the city on the Lake Johanna Fire Department Board of Directors, has been a leader in the Ramsey County League of Local Governments and has also been active with the League of Minnesota Cities and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, Sue is extremely knowledgeable about the challenges and opportunities facing city leadership, and is uniquely qualified to become Shoreview’s first new mayor since the 1990s. Although being mayor is a part-time job, it’s an exceptionally important one, and requires in-depth knowledge of city government’s core functions and operations. Sue has that knowledge, as well as the integrity, professionalism and stewardship to be the leader our city needs and deserves, and I look forward to continuing to work with her in her new role.

Vote for Sue Denkinger for mayor!

The decisions made by local government have a powerful impact on our quality of life. These decisions affect public safety, our neighborhoods, parks and trails, our lakes, the environment and, especially, our property values.

Shoreview makes it all look simple, but it requires policymakers who take the time to understand all the complexities of every issue and make the best decisions for the community as a whole.

As my mayoral term comes to a conclusion, I am pleased to support my colleague, Sue Denkinger, in her campaign for mayor. Sue has volunteered her expertise on the Economic Development Commission and the Economic Development Authority for more than 10 years prior to her election to the City Council six years ago. During this time I have had an opportunity to observe her work ethic and her intelligence. She studies every issue, respects the law and understands the professional recommendations, and she listens to all sides. She is very approachable and eager to meet with residents. She makes honest and fair decisions, and I am convinced that Shoreview will continue to move forward with Sue Denkinger at the helm.

You can learn more at Sue’s campaign website: SueDenkinger. com.

Cory Springhorn Shoreview

Sandy Martin Shoreview

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City of Shoreview candidates for 2022 Election The following individuals have filed affidavits of candidacy for a City of Shoreview office for the General Election on Nov. 4.

Construction crews finished the utility work on the northbound side on Lexington Avenue from County Road E to I-694. One lane of northbound traffic is open. All traffic has shifted to the newly constructed lanes, with one lane open in each direction. Lexington

Avenue will be open to one lane of traffic in each direction throughout phase two of construction. Phase two will take place in September and October with construction of southbound lanes and utility work in Arden Hills (west side Lexington Avenue). Phase three is scheduled from October to November with medians, turn lanes and site cleanup. Timelines may shift due to weather and other factors.

Mounds View High School road construction update

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As road improvement and repair projects continue around Mounds View High School, the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County have provided an updated map of the closure with suggested detour routes. Lake Valentine Road is now open in front of the school, allowing traffic access from the west through New Brighton. The section of Old Snelling between County Road E2 and Lake Valentine Road will remain closed through at least mid-September. This will extend into the start of the school year, and the transportation department is adjusting bus routes accordingly.

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John Doan Rose Solomonson Cory Springhorn

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STUDENT NEWS The following students from Shoreview were named to the Dean’s List or received academic honors at a college or university for the 2022 spring semester: • St. Cloud Technical & Community College: Kayla Spehn, presidents list.

• St. Olaf College: Ben Gusdal, physics; Ben Kettelhut, Physics; Sam Ronneberg, environmental studies; Lauren Vilendrer, performance; Ella Wiggenhorn, mathematics.

• Concordia University Wisconsin: Kathryn Ousdigian.

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The following students from Shoreview graduated from a college or university in the 2022 spring semester: • University of Wisconsin: Madison: Paige Leiser, College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of Arts with honors in the major, Political Science, and graduated with distinction.

• St. Olaf College: Samuel J. Ronneberg, Bachelor of Arts.

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Brian Isaacson has been named Ramsey County’s new director of public works. Isaacson has served as the county’s interim director of public works since early May, reporting to Deputy County Manager of Economic Growth and Community Investment Johanna Berg. His permanent appointment will begin Sept. 6.

Isaacson has nearly three decades of experience in the transportation and planning fields. He joined Ramsey County in September 2018 as the deputy director of public works.

In that position, he oversaw the multimodal planning division, which works to advance infrastructure planning and development for current and future county roads, transit corridors and Ramsey County’s All-Abilities Transportation Network. From 1999 to 2018, Isaacson served in several program management and leadership roles at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Prior to that, he held planning positions with multiple agencies in Massachusetts.

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SPORTS PREVIEW MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW CROSS COUNTRY // BOYS Coach: Ross Fleming (37th year)

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state lineup.

Assistants: Aaron Thompson, Tom Wentworth

In the mix: Seniors Otto Coleman, Lelinga, Nick Schulte; Sophomore: Joseph Cole; Coleman and Lelinga were 1-2 in conference JV meet last year with Cole 4th

Last year: 1st in conference, 1st in section, 3rd in state Class 3A

Coach says: “Our strength is team depth, from the middle of the lineup through our top 12-13 runners.”

Captains: Canton Francisco, Victor Lelinga, Elliott McArthur, J.C. Otto

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Returning Starters: Seniors: McArthur, Otto, Francisco; Juniors: Cayden Stoner, Levi Hammerbeck, August Arnold; Sophomores: Owen Kalmes, Sam Geer Fast facts: McArthur placed 3rd in conference and 8th in the state Last year. Mustangs return six of seven from

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Coach: Jimmy McArthur (12th year)

lineup return; Isabel placed 3rd in conference and 10th at state. Roeber was 11th in conference and 42nd at state; Mehta moved in from Thailand after the CC season, was a state track qualifier in the 3200 (placing 11th), and ran a 17:57 in a summer 5K in Alabama.

Assistants: Diane Hessini, Ingrid Narum Last year: 1st in conference, 1st in section, 6th in state Class 3A

In the mix: Leaders of the JV conference champion team Last year are senior Hailey Nelson; junior Maya Surve; and sophomores Margot Derosier, Camille Huntley and Isabel Li

Captains: Taylor Isabel, Laurin Isabel, Julia Dahl, Aubree Klien, Ava Moen, Ella Nyholm, Ella Roeber

Friday, Sept. 2: at Rosemount Thursday, Sept. 8: at Anoka Friday, Sept. 23: at Univ. of MN Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 24: at Anoka Saturday, Oct. 8: at Alexandria Tuesday, Oct. 18: conference at Forest Lake Thursday, Oct. 27: section at Anoka Saturday, Nov. 5: state at St. Olaf

Returning Starters: Seniors: T. Isabel, Nyholm, Moen; Juniors: Lauren Kath; Sophomores: Kate Roeber, Malaina Brodin; 8th grade: Linnea Ousdigian

Coach says: “The team looks to be very strong and seeks to build on the tradition it had last fall. Many had big breakthroughs in track, so look for several runners to PR this fall. The team returns many from Last year’s state squad and adds Emily Mehta.”

In the mix: Seniors: L. Isabel, Dahl, Klien, E. Roeber; Junior: Emily Mehta Fast facts: Five of the seven in the state

MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW SOCCER // GIRLS

MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW SOCCER // BOYS

Coach: Katelynn Fast (10th year)

Coach: Joe Warren (5th year) Assistants: Erick Stevens, Nate Zell, Kevin Arnold, Zuheer Majid

Assistants: Karin Meloch, Wendy Frantz, Malte Reiss

Last year: State Class 3A champions, 7-2 conference (1st place), 16-5 overall

Last year: 7-1-1 conference (2nd place), 15-3-2 overall, section champions

Captains: Aidan Petrich, Bryce Dullum

Captains: Celine Klum, Emily Johnson, Lauren McAlpine, Jessica Eischens

Returning Starters: Seniors: Petrich (GK), Dullum (M), AJ King (D), Max Turchin (D), Aariz Arshad (M)

Returning Starters: Seniors: Klum (F), Johnson (M), Eischens, McAlpine (GK), Grace Freimuth (F); Juniors: Amelia Gregory (D), Mica Ledesma (D)

In the mix: Seniors: Hysem Hamid (D), Max TerMaat (M), Elias Belhadri (F), Suleman Lubega (F); Juniors: Asher Wynn (M), Sebastian Gallegos (M/F)

Coach says: “Our season theme is GRIT, seeing that we graduated a strong 2021 class. We are very confident that the group of returners, combined with our up-and-coming girls, are ready. We look forward to competing within a talented conference and section, and pave our way back to the state tournament.”

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SCHEDULE Tuesday, Aug. 30: Hill-Murray Tuesday, Sept. 6: Simley Wednesday, Sept. 7: White Bear Lake Saturday, Sept. 10: Coon Rapids Monday, Sept. 12: Forest Lake Wednesday, Sept. 14: at Cretin-Derham Hall Saturday, Sept. 17: Spring Lake Park Tuesday, Sept. 20: at East Ridge Thursday, Sept. 22: Irondale Tuesday, Sept. 27: at Stillwater Saturday, Oct. 1: at Champlin Park Monday, Oct. 3: at Roseville Thursday, Oct. 6: Woodbury Saturday, Oct. 8: at Rogers

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SCHEDULE Wednesday, Sept. 7: at White Bear Lake Monday, Sept. 12: Forest Lake Wednesday, Sept. 14: at CretinDerham Hall Saturday, Sept. 17: Park Center Tuesday, Sept. 20: at East Ridge Thursday, Sept. 22: Irondale Saturday, Sept. 24: Duluth East Tuesday, Sept. 27: at Stillwater Thursday, Sept. 29: Park Monday, Oct. 3: at Roseville Thursday, Oct. 6: Woodbury Saturday, Oct. 8: at Spring Lake Park

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Fast facts: McAlpine, Class 3A allstater, had a .930 save percentage and 0.44 goals-against in 2021; McAlpine and Gregory were all-conference. Top returning scorers are Freimuth (7 goals, 5 assists) and Klum (6-4). Freimuth is injured and they hope to get her back soon; Eischens, back from an ACL injury, will be an attacking threat; Squad has nine seniors, six juniors, three sophomores and a freshman.

Coach says: “We will have a strong team of determined young men ready to defend the state title. It will take a lot of dedication and hard work but our team is ready and excited for the challenge.”

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In the mix: Senior: Ashley Arnold (M); Juniors: Sierra Swallen (M), Kyra Chervany (F), Sophia Ohmann (F); Sophomores: Lily Peleska (D), Veronica Warren (M) Freshman: Ivy Nystrom (D)

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Last year: 2-4 conference, 3-6 overall Captains: Owen Wark, Anthony Willier, Abdallah Abed, Sam Hinrchs Returning starters, offense: Seniors: Wark (QB), Jack Brey (WR), Ryan Couhnihan (WR), Willier (OL), Mark James (OL); Junior: Tyler Nystrom (WR) Returning starters, defense: Seniors: Abed (ILB), Hinrichs (OLB); Juniors: Evan Hatton (OLB), Colin Elliot (SS) Fast facts: Wark and Nystrom were allconference last season Coach says: “This group has put in a lot of work this off-season to being the best team we can be in 2022. We return a number of starters at skill positions on both sides of the ball. The key to our

SCHEDULE Thursday, Sept. 1: TotinoGrace Thursday, Sept. 8: at Osseo Friday, Sept.

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30: Anoka Friday, Oct. 7: Roseville Friday, Oct. 14: at Stillwater Wednesday, Oct. 19: at Maple Grove

MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW VOLLEYBALL Coach: Tom Weko (21st year) Assistants: Alicia Jefferson, Jackie Virnig, Taylor Linn

Returning starters : Seniors: Saxton (OH) …

Junior: Kocon (S/OH) … Sophomores; Emma Nordeen (OH), Avery Jedlenski (DS)

Coach says: “While we will be young, the expectations remain high. We expect to be very competitive in the SEC and compete for a section title … We’ll be strong along the net with some added height this year. Defense will be much improved … The keys will always be ball control, consistency, and how fast the new and returning players can gel.”

In the mix: Seniors: Bronson (MH), Schmidt (S), Aubrey Willford (RSH), Elizabeth Serr (RSH),

SCHEDULE

Last year: 3-6 conference, 17-12 overall Captains: Audrey Kocon, Tia Saxton, Cece Bronson, Taylor Schmidt

MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW SWIMMING Coach: Chris Yauch (5th year)

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Wednesday, Aug. 31: at Spring Lake Park Tuesday, Sept. 13: at Tartan Saturday, Sept. 17: Farmington tournament Tuesday, Sept. 20: at Cretin-Derham Hall Thursday, Sept. 22: Stillwater Monday, Sept. 26: at Park, Cottage Grove Wednesday, Sept. 28 : East Ridge Tuesday, Oct. 4: at White Bear Lake Thursday, Oct. 6: Woodbury Friday, Oct. 7: St. Michael-Albertville tournament Saturday, Oct. 8: St. MichaelAlbertville tournament Monday, Oct. 10: Elk River Tuesday, Oct. 11: at Irondale Thursday, Oct. 13: at Roseville Tuesday, Oct. 18: Forest Lake

were state qualifiers last year (medley relay). Both made all-conference, as did Turkington.

Assistants: Rachael Ostrom, Jack Hoeger Last year: 5-4 duals, 3rd place in section, 2nd place in true-team section Captains: Madeline Boespflug, Maren Durand, Brynn Mills, Tejal Narkhede, Alana Schmitzer Returning starters: Seniors: Schmitzer (100 free, breaststroke), Durand (backstroke, 100 free), Mills (200 and 500 free), Boespflug (diving); Juniors: Erika Turkington (butterfly), Alexis Easley (butterfly, 50 free); Sophomore: Grace Bury (breaststroke) In the mix: Seniors: Narkhede (breaststroke, freestyle); Juniors: Jamie Nick (breaststroke), Anna Olson (backstroke); Sophomores: Olivia Landberg (freestyle), Lydia Vranyes (backstroke), Samantha Wheeler (freestyle, backstroke), Hannah Song (freestyle); Freshmen: Ellie Bina (freestyle, IM), Kayley McKee (freestyle, IM) Fast facts: Schmitzer and Easley

Victoria Untrue (OH), Cami Tran (OH) … Junior: Ray Cook (RSH/MH) …. Sophomore: Kaydance Keller (DS) …. Freshman: Victoria Kurilov (MH), Rylee Loween (S) Fast facts: Kocon was all-conference in 2021

2022 Coach says: “I am very excited to see what the team is capable of. We have fewer athletes than the last couple of years, but the girls are dedicated and ready to show what they can do. We have a number of younger athletes with a lot of potential, and older athletes who are excellent role models. Goals are to go after as many wins as we can in the conference without sacrificing our potential to improve and swim our fastest at the end of the season.”

SCHEDULE Thursday, Sept. 1: Forest Lake Thursday, Sept. 8: Irondale Thursday, Sept. 15: Woodbury Thursday, Sept. 22: Cretin-Derham Hall Thursday, Sept. 29: at Stillwater Thursday, Oct. 6: Park Thursday, Oct. 13: Roseville Tuesday, Oct. 18: at White Bear Lake Thursday, Oct. 27: at East Ridge Saturday, Nov. 5: at Stillwater

MUSTANGS // MOUNDS VIEW TENNIS Coach: Scott Sundstrom (6th year) Assistant: Becky Johnson (5th year) Last year: 9-0 conference, 21-3 overall, 3rd place in state, 1st in conference, 1st in section, Captains: Katerina Smiricinschi, Amanda Diao, Emily Aman Returning starters: Seniors: Smiricinschi, Diao, Aman; Juniors: Annabelle Huang, Isabella Myrland; Sophomores: Shae Crockarell, Avery Schifsky; Freshman: Rory Wahlstrand

SCHEDULE Tuesday, Aug. 30: at White Bear Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6: East Ridge Thursday, Sept. 8: at Park, Cottage Grove Friday, Sept. 9: at Minnetonka Saturday, Sept. 10: at Edina tournament Monday, Sept. 12: at Breck Tuesday, Sept. 13: at Woodbury Thursday, Sept. 15: Roseville Tuesday, Sept. 20: at Forest Lake Thursday, Sept. 22: Stillwater Tuesday, Sept. 27: at Cretin-Derham Hall Thursday, Sept. 29: Irondale

Fast facts: It’s Smiricinschi’s 6th year on varsity and Diao’s 5th. The Captains organized and ran a camp for late-elementary and middleschool-aged players, raising over $1,000 for the program.

Coach says: “Lots of options with the line-up. All players can play singles and doubles, so we have a very versatile team. This bodes well for a successful season … Katerina will lead the team … Many have been playing a lot in the off-season and have made tremendous improvements … Also, BRUCE STRAND | CONTRIBUTED very strong leadership.”

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to Mounds View High School. I am interested in personal finance and am a certified Dave Ramsey financial coach.

Q: Is “From Savvy Saver to Smart Spender: How to Pick a Tax-Wise Retirement Withdrawal Strategy.” the first book you’ve written?

A: It’s the first real book. As an attorney, I write a lot. Some of my legal “briefs” were probably too long, but I wouldn’t call them books. I also wrote a comic book when I was about 10 years old. That one remains unpublished.

Q: What inspired you to write this book?

A: In preparing for the transition from working full time to working less, I found plenty of information on how working people could save for retirement. But there was not much out there that helped people making the transition from saving for retirement to using the money they saved in retirement. The tax implications in particular were not

well covered. I’ve always enjoyed working with numbers, so I did some research and created my own tool for analyzing various approaches to withdrawing money from accounts in retirement. What I found showed a better way than “conventional wisdom.” I thought it would be useful for others too.

Q: Provide a brief overview of the book.

A: The book shows how people can lower their income taxes in retirement by planning a strategy for withdrawing from available accounts. “Conventional wisdom” says to leave money in tax-deferred accounts like 401(k) accounts and IRAs as long as possible. Studies show that about 80% of retirees follow this “conventional wisdom.”

My book shows that, while that approach may save taxes in the short term, it can wind up costing far more in taxes over the course of retirement. The book shows how to design your own plan to withdraw from both tax-deferred and other accounts before age 72 to avoid overpaying taxes.

Q: What do you hope readers will gain from “From Savvy Saver to Smart Spender: How to Pick a Tax-Wise Retirement Withdrawal Strategy?”

A: Readers in their 50s and 60s have the most to gain from the book right now because they can learn how to take steps immediately to manage their taxes. Many people will have a few years before age 72, when they will be in lower tax brackets. Those people can potentially use those lower brackets to save thousands of dollars in taxes, or more, in the years after 72.

Even people who are farther away from retirement will benefit from the book by learning about how income taxes work very differently in retirement than they do while working full time. For example, people may assume Social Security benefits aren’t taxable. But, in fact, Social Security can be taxed in retirement. Knowing some basic rules about taxes in retirement will empower people of all ages to better plan their finances. This is true whether they plan their own finances or use a financial advisor.

Q: Who are your favorite authors?

A: John Grisham for law thrillers.

Dave Ramsey for commonsense financial advice. David McCullough and Erik Larson for U.S. and World War II history.

Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, for career advice.

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A book signing event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 for Shoreview resident Daniel McDonald’s book, “From Savvy Saver to Smart Spender: How to Pick a Tax-Wise Retirement Withdrawal Strategy,” at the Churchill St. restaurant in Shoreview.

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Q: Do you have any plans for future works?

A: Tax brackets and rules change every year. I might be making this a yearly thing just to keep up with the changes. My focus will stay on this book for a while. Now that I know how the publishing process works, however, I might look for other topics in the future.

Q: Anything else you would like to add?

A: I’d like to give a shout-out to my writing teachers at Irondale, including Mr. Schwandt (College English) and Mr. Kelley (Creative Writing and the Irondale Eye newspaper). It wasn’t always easy, but I learned a lot about how to write, and enjoy it, from them.

Shoreview Press Editor Noelle Olson can be reached at shoreviewnews@ presspubs.com or 651-407-1229.

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“The Shoreview City Council has determined that the environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for The Bluffs redevelopment project is complete. Residents can review the EAW and send in written comments until Sept. 22.

“Tycon Companies acquired the 18.4-acre former Union Gospel Mission campus on Highway 96 and Snail Lake (580 Highway 96), and is planning for redevelopment of the property,” said Niki Hill, assistant community development director.

“Due to the potential level of development and the need for a Comprehensive Plan amendment, the project meets the threshold for requiring an environmental assessment worksheet, also known as an EAW.” According to Hill, there are existing buildings on site that will be demolished. The redevelopment would include the following: • Multifamily building: One building with 160 multifamily units on the site’s northern 7.3 acres. The building will be five stories tall over two levels of structured parking. The parking will be predominantly below grade when viewed from the north and south, and will be partially visible from the east and west but shielded by existing vegetation. There will be an outdoor amenity space

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comments received after the 30-day period, whether from agencies or the general public, will go to the developer. “They will be required to respond to each of those comments,” he said.

Shoreview resident Jane Freedman asked if public comments are not included in the EAW, how would the agency know about potential issues with the wetlands?

City Attorney Joe Kelly said the written comments for the 30-day period will address the accuracy and completeness of the material contained in the EAW. “This is standard protocol,” Mayor Sandy Martin said. “This is the way it’s handled and the way it’s done. There’s no attempts here to try to discourage any comments, because I think they’re very appropriate and we need to hear those.”

The EAW can be reviewed on the city’s website at https://bit. ly/3pJCM3k.

Written comments regarding the EAW must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Sept. 22 to Hill at nhill@shoreviewmn.gov.

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• Single-family lots: 19 singlefamily lots, including nine lakefront lots, located on the southern 11.3 acres.

According to Hill, at the end of the 30-day comment period, the RGU (responsible government unit, or the city) must prepare written responses to any substantive comments received during the comment period. The RGU can also request additional information from Tycon/ Kimley-Horn to appropriately respond no sooner than three days, and no longer than 30 days, after the comment period ends. The City Council will be asked to determine whether an environmental impact statement (EIS) is needed. If there is no need to complete an EIS, the EAW process would conclude at that time.

The City Council will have time to review all comments received from the public. The decision will take place at the Oct. 17 City Council meeting.

The Bluffs redevelopment EAW was submitted to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) for publication in the EQB Monitor. It was also sent to all affected local, state, and federal agencies for review and comment.

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NATURAL GAS RATE INCREASE NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR XCEL ENERGY MINNESOTA CUSTOMERS

Xcel Energy has asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to approve an increase to natural gas rates for distribution service. The requested increase is for about 6.6 percent or $35.6 million per year. The requested increase would add about $5.12 to a typical residential customer’s monthly bill.

The MPUC may either approve or deny the requested changes, and may approve a lesser or greater increase than was requested for any customer class or classes of service.

The MPUC will likely make its decision on our rate request in the second quarter of 2023. If final rates are lower than interim (temporary) rates, we will refund customers the difference with interest. If final rates are higher than interim rates, we will not charge customers the difference.

If you move before a refund is issued and we cannot find you, your refund may be treated as abandoned property and sent to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Unclaimed Property Unit. You can check for unclaimed property at www.missingmoney.com. To make sure we can send you any refund owed, please provide a forwarding address when you stop service.

PUBLIC HEARINGS Administrative Law Judge Kimberly Middendorf will hold two in-person public hearings and two virtual public hearings so that customers have an opportunity to comment on the company’s request. Any Xcel Energy customer or other person may attend or provide comments at the hearings. You are invited to comment on the adequacy and quality of Xcel Energy’s service, the level of rates, or other related matters. You do not need to be represented by an attorney. The hearings will begin at their scheduled time and adjourn after everyone present has had an opportunity to comment or ask questions.

Date Monday, September 19, 2022

Time

Location

6:30 p.m.

St. Cloud Holiday Inn & Suites 75 South 37th Avenue ROX Banquet Room St. Cloud, MN

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

1:30 p.m.

Virtual WebEx

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

6:30 p.m.

Virtual WebEx

6:00 p.m.

Woodbury Central Park 8595 Central Park Place Valley Creek Room B Woodbury, MN

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Bad weather? Find out if a hearing is canceled – call (toll free) 855-731-6208 or 651-201-2213 or visit mn.gov/puc.

VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS Public hearings have been scheduled as follows to be held via video conference.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Attend by Internet Connection (Audio and Video) To join the virtual hearing using a computer, tablet or smart phone, where you will have audio and video capability, go to: https://minnesota.webex.com. In the gray box where it says, “Enter Meeting Information,” type the Event Number below for the public hearing date you are attending: September 20, 2022 1:30 p.m.

September 20, 2022 6:30 p.m.

Event Number: 2481 879 9949 Event Password, if needed: MnPUC!

Event Number: 2487 449 7215 Event Password, if needed: MnPUC!

Directions for Appearing via WebEx. • Log on 5 to 15 minutes before the hearing begins. You will be asked to join the hearing through a Webex application or through a plug-in for your web browser.

• Enter the Event Number shown in the box above.

• Next you will be asked to enter your name, your email address, and an event password (if required). After entering this information, click “Join Now” and you will be granted access to the virtual hearing. © 2022 Xcel Energy Inc.

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• When you enter the hearing, your microphone will be muted. If you would like to ask a question or make a comment during the meeting, use the chat function to send a message to the meeting moderator, who will place you in the queue to comment. When it is your turn to comment, your name will be called and your line will be unmuted. You will then be able to ask questions or make a comment.

To Attend by Telephone (Audio Only) If you do not have access to a computer, tablet, or smart phone, or if you would prefer to attend the hearing via audio only, you may join using any type of telephone. You do not need internet access to call into the hearing; however, you will only be able to hear (not see) the speakers. You will still be able to comment and ask questions.

Use the information in the box below to dial into the hearing. You will be asked to enter the access code for the hearing, as set forth below: September 20, 2022 1:30 p.m.

September 20, 2022 6:30 p.m.

Phone: 1-855-282-6330 Event Number: 2481 879 9949 Event Password: MnPUC! (667820 from phones)

Phone: 1-855-282-6330 Event Number: 2487 449 7215 Event Password: MnPUC! (667820 from phones)

If you would like to ask a question or make a comment during the hearing, press *3 on your telephone. You will then be placed into the queue to comment. When it is your turn to speak, the last few digits of your telephone number will be announced by the moderator and your line will be unmuted, allowing you to be heard.

PUBLIC HEARING AND PROCESS INFORMATION Administrative Law Judge Christa L. Moseng will preside over the public hearings and will provide the Commission with findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations after the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing.

The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public input on the proposed rate increase. At the public hearings, interested persons have the opportunity to: (1) ask questions of the utility and agency staff; and (2) offer verbal and written comments on the merits of the proposed rate increase. Members of the public may participate without needing to intervene as a party. Representation by legal counsel is permitted but not required.

Please note that the public hearings will end when all attendees present have had the opportunity to comment and all other business has been concluded. You are encouraged to join the meeting at the scheduled start time to be placed on the queue to comment. Commenters will be called in the order they enter the queue. Therefore, it is advantageous to arrive at the beginning of the hearing.

If you do not have access to the internet, you may send or deliver your comment to: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East, Ste. 350 St. Paul, MN 55101 How to Provide Video Comments Public comments are encouraged as written submissions and in-person oral comments during virtual public hearings. However, if you prefer, you can record and submit a video comment using Flipgrid. Flipgrid is free; there is no cost to you.

You will need a Microsoft or Google account, like a Gmail email address, to access Flipgrid. Videos can be up to 3 minutes in length and must include your name and the city and state where you live. Follow the link https://flip.com/6e44d748 to record your video. You may also visit the Flipgrid main page at https://info.flipgrid.com/ and type in Join Code 6e44d748.

Video comment submissions may be played during the virtual public hearings, if time permits. Recorded comments may be shown after those in attendance at the virtual public hearings have had the opportunity to comment. Depending on the number of video comments received, the Administrative Law Judge will determine if time permits to play the video comments at the virtual public hearings on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The video comments received may be played at either the 1:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. hearing. Not all comments may be played given time constraints. Regardless of whether a video comment is played during the public hearing, all videos received by Monday, September 12, 2022, will be reviewed by Administrative Law Judge Middendorf. Video comments will continue to be accepted via Flipgrid until Friday, November 11, 2022; however, only those received by September 12, 2022 will potentially be played during one of the public hearings. The entire collection of received videos can be viewed using the Flipgrid link above, and a transcript of the videos will be included in the official eDockets record.

Important: Comments can be reviewed by the public on the MPUC’s website, except in limited circumstances consistent with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. The MPUC does not edit or delete personally identifying information or any other information from comments received.

EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS Formal evidentiary hearings on Xcel Energy’s proposal will be held on November 1, 2 and 4, 2022, starting at 9:30 a.m. each day. The evidentiary hearing will be held in the Large Hearing Room at the Public Utilities Commission, 350 Metro Square

The purpose of the evidentiary hearing is to allow Xcel Energy, the Minnesota Department of Commerce – Division of Energy Resources, the Minnesota Office of Attorney General – Residential Utilities Division, and parties who have formally joined the contested case, to present testimony and to cross-examine each other’s witnesses on the proposed rate increase.

If you wish to formally intervene in this case, as a party to the litigation, you must serve and file a Petition to Intervene, pursuant to Minn. R. 1400.6200.

TO LEARN MORE Xcel Energy’s current and proposed rate schedules are available at: Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis MN 55401 Phone: 612-330-5500 Web: http://www.xcelenergy.com/2022MNRates Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500, St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone: 651-539-1534 Web: https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/search.jsp Select (21) in the year field, type (678) in the number field, select Search, and the list of documents will appear on the next page.

If you have questions about the MPUC’s review process or submitting comments, contact the Commission’s Consumer Affairs Office at: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone: 651-296-0406 or 800-657-3782 Email: consumer.puc@state.mn.us Be sure to reference Docket Number 21-678 Anyone with hearing or speech disabilities may call through their preferred Telecommunications Relay.

PROPOSED RATE INCREASES The table below shows the effect of both the interim and proposed rate changes on monthly bills for residential, commercial and industrial customers with average natural gas use.

Written comments may be submitted during the comment period before and after the public hearings. Follow the instructions below to provide written comment.

Average Monthly Usage in Ccf (or therms)

Average Monthly Bill Current Rates

Average Monthly Bill Interim Rates

Average Monthly Bill Proposed Rates

Residential

73

$59

$62**

$65

Small Commercial

173

$130

$137

$136

Large Commercial

1,322

$874

$902

$902

Small Demand

6,573

$3,887

$4,025

$3,969

Large Demand

18,854

$11,334

$11,733

$11,513

Small Interruptible

6,601

$3,208

$3,312

$3,325

Medium Interruptible

51,020

$21,131

$21,493

$21,345

Large Interruptible

427,116

$172,990

$175,506

$174,195

Large Firm Transportation*

60,508

$8,018

$8,949

$9,419

Small Interruptible Transportation*

6,601

$920

$1,028

$1,121

Medium Interruptible Transportation*

266,205

$18,265

$19,982

$22,989

Large Interruptible Transportation*

2,224,791

$51,078

$56,226

$51,078

Customer type

Please contact Charley Bruce at 651-201-2251 or charley.bruce@state.mn.us or Tera Dornfeld at 651-201-2195 or tera.dornfeld@state.mn.us if you have questions on how to participate or have trouble accessing the public hearing using telephone or internet.

WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION You can still submit comments even if you do not attend a public hearing.

Comment Period Comments accepted through Friday, November 11, 2022, at 4:30 p.m.

• Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on the close date.

• Comments received after the comment period closes may or may not be considered in the Commission’s decision.

How to Submit a Written Comment Written comments can be submitted via: (1) the Commission’s website; (2) electronic mail; (3)U.S. Mail; or (4) facsimile. To learn how to submit a comment in any of these ways, please visit mn.gov/puc, select “Consumers” from the dropdown menu on the top of the page, then select “Public Comments and How to Participate.” This will take you to the Public Comment page, where you will find a list of ways to comment.

Be sure to reference MPUC Docket No. 21-678 in the subject line of your comment.

Building, 121 Seventh Place East, St. Paul, Minnesota. Individuals who cannot attend in person may attend via Microsoft Teams (Teams), a video conferencing platform.

Members of the public who wish to attend the hearing through Teams may request an electronic invitation by contacting Judge Middendorf’s legal assistant at michelle. severson@state.mn.us.

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Transportation bills do not include the cost of gas Average Residential Monthly Interim bill prior to adjustment for the February 2021 extreme weather extension, which will reduce this to $60.

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From White Bear Lake and beyond: Josh Cassada makes his 1st trip to space

BY CORINNE STREMMEL STAFF WRITER

It was at White Bear Lake High School that Josh Cassada started imagining a career as an astronaut. In just a few weeks his childhood ambitions will come true.

On Oct. 3, Cassada, Mission Commander Nicole Mann and mission specialists Koichi Wakata and Anna Kikina will travel to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

“I’ll have to be honest, I’m super excited to get to work,” Cassada said.

The SpaceX mission will last roughly six months, or “about a hockey season,” according to Cassada.

The crew of four astronauts will spend 180 days aboard the International Space Station collecting data about life in low orbit with the hopes of taking what they’ve learned into future deep space missions.

Though Cassada is the pilot for the mission, much of his time will be spent simply maintaining the spacecraft that he and the other astronauts will live on for the next several months.

The livable space on the space station is roughly the size of a six-bedroom home and hosts about 200 to 400 experiments that will be conducted over the six months.

Cassada shared a sneak peek at what he’ll be working on.

“My favorite experiment is the alpha magnetic spectrometer, which is a giant experiment set on top of the space station,” Cassada said.

It’s experiments like this that help answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe, according to Cassada.

The cold atom lab is another experiment that’ll be on board the space station. Being in space allows atoms to get so cold that the astronauts will see the atoms behave at a quantum level that can’t quite be achieved on Earth.

Cassada and his crew will also work on the bio fabrication facility, or BFF, an experiment

involving scientific advances in growing human tissue. The lack of gravity in the laboratory allows the astronauts to build human tissue, a technology that Cassada hopes will revolutionize the medical field in the next 10 years. “You can just leverage the advantage of being on a space station,” he noted.

Crew members will even try to grow tomatoes aboard the space station, which the astronauts will get to eat and bring back to Earth for further experiments.

“The space station exists as a national laboratory, but it’s the only place where we can get good at long-duration space flight,” Cassada said.

Cassada’s excitement for experiments and space flight has been years in the making.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in physics at Albion College and his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester. Afterward, Cassada served as a Navy test pilot, flying T-38s, the same aircrafts NASA has been using since the Apollo days. It was in 2013 that Cassada and a class of potential astronauts began the astronaut candidate program that prepared them for space flight.

Though Cassada has undergone years of training with NASA, undertaking space travel essentials like learning Russian and figuring out how to live in Zero-G, he credits one very special math teacher from White Bear Lake, Miss Otis.

Cassada was in sixth grade, and it was time for him to take the test to determine if he would be in accelerated math in seventh grade.

“I think I just hated the whole standardized test thing and I did okay, but I wasn’t put in accelerated math. But there was a seventh grade teacher, Miss Otis, who said, ‘You know what, I know you, you should take this again,’” Cassada said.

That summer before seventh grade, Cassada studied for his test. Thanks to a second chance from a teacher, he passed and was placed in accelerated math.

“And because of that, I got into calculus as a senior, which allowed me in college to do physics and start with calc II. And the language of physics is math, so with that, I was able to do grad school in

physics.”

Cassada admits that physics was actually his second choice when it came to his dream career. He wanted to be a major league baseball player, but when his fastball didn’t quite break 80 miles an hour, he decided that maybe his goal of being an astronaut wasn’t so bad.

“I was really lucky in the things I did, I loved doing it. What a great consolation prize,”

CONTRIBUTED Cassada said. “I use the Josh Cassada analogy of the lottery. To play the lottery you have to buy the ticket, but you have to have a different retirement plan. And that’s how I viewed this job.

I wanted to apply for NASA to see if it was a good fit, but if it wasn’t, what a great consolation prize. I love what I’m doing.”

In the weeks leading up to his first trip to space, Cassada is reflecting on what it means to be where he is today.

“At the end of the day, (it’s about) being able to come back and being able to know you have the sense of accomplishment that we’ve been able to contribute in some small way to what’s happening in the next generation of human space flight,” he said.

As a way to pay homage to his early days in White Bear Lake and to thank Miss Otis for encouraging him, Cassada has invited her to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see the launch this October and see how far her student has come.

Staff Writer Corinne Stremmel can be reached by calling 651-407-1226 or emailing lowdownnews@ presspubs.com.

Second Harvest Heartland calls on community members for Farm Bill feedback

BY CORINNE STREMMEL STAFF WRITER

Eight listening sessions hosted by Second Harvest Heartland will take place over the next month as a way to share feedback from local food shelves with members of Congress as they renegotiate the Farm Bill in 2023.

“We want to ensure hunger relief stakeholders have a chance to talk with staff members and members of Congress about how we can best use the Farm Bill to address food insecurity in Minnesota,” said Rachel Sosnowchik, public affairs specialist at Second Harvest Heartland.

The Farm Bill lays out requirements and funding for federal programs related to agriculture, environment and nutrition. Hearings for the bill have already begun in Congress.

The bill is typically renewed every five years and was first introduced in 1933 as part of the New Deal. The 2018 version of the bill contained wide-ranging legislation with 12 sections known as “titles,” which include commodity revenue supports, farm credit, trade, agriculture conservation, rural development, energy and domestic food programs.

The 2023 version of the bill is a $427 dollar package, and 75% of those funds will be reserved for nutrition programs like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

Because such a large majority of the Farm Bill will be reserved for these food assistance programs, Second Harvest Heartland hopes to share the importance these programs with members of Congress and prevent legislators from targeting the bill’s nutrition title and reducing its proposed spending.

“We are regularly connecting with Congress members and want to give our other partners and stakeholders and clients a chance to be heard,” said Sosnowchik.

“We will be compiling the findings for each district and share with each representative what their constituents are seeing.”

The listening session for Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District took place at the White Bear Lake Library on Aug. 11. It was hosted by Miah Ulysse, principal of Ruted Solutions.

Staff members representing Sen. Tina Smith and Congresswoman Betty McCollum were invited to hear recipients of food aid and directors of regional food shelves like Keystone Community Services in St. Paul, the White Bear Area Food Shelf, The Good Acre in Falcon Heights and the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in St. Paul share their experience with hunger relief.

During the session, participants shared how COVID-19 both helped and hurt the ways food shelves provided resources for their recipients.

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Miah Ulysse leads food shelf representatives and recipients in a discussion about food insecurity.

food more quickly and efficiently as the pandemic went on.

“Home delivery has been a growing program,” said Tracy Maki from Valley Outreach.

Delivering food to folks was typically reserved for the homebound, but food shelf directors said that the pandemic opened up a new focus on how food was delivered to their recipients.

The Hallie Q. Brown Community Center’s food shelf began offering an online food ordering platform

similar to Instacart, but for food shelf recipients. However, maintaining workers was a challenge.

“We lost about 90% of our volunteers, and that work shifted from the volunteers onto the staff,” said Jonathan Palmer, the center’s executive director.

Participants were later asked to vote on which priorities included in the Farm Bill would best help their food shelves and their recipients.

These votes provided Second Harvest Heartland a chance to share participants’ insights with congressional representatives.

Priorities included raising the income threshold for who can qualify for SNAP, opening SNAP access to college students, expanding SNAP to immigrant communities and increasing access for the elderly.

Kathleen Turner of Catholic Charities explained her vote to expand the SNAP income threshold.

“In many cases, the food we have to get is going up 50% with inflation,” said Turner.

Participants noted that many of the priorities included in the Farm Bill need to be protected in order to reduce food insecurity in Minnesota.

Listening sessions will wrap up Sept. 1. Second Harvest will begin synthesizing its findings and sharing them with members of Congress in the hope they will support the Farm Bill’s nutrition efforts in 2023.

Staff Writer Corinne Stremmel can be reached by calling 651-407-1226 or emailing lowdownnews@presspubs. com.

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When: 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 and 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 6 to Oct. 11.

Where: Lower parking lot of the Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. in Shoreview.

Details: The farmers market is a weekly summer event that brings the community together featuring local fresh produce, handcrafted artisan items, and live entertainment.

PLANTING FOR THE RAIN AND POLLINATOR GARDEN

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 (separated into two time slots).

Where: McCullough Park in Shoreview.

Details: Anyone is welcome to volunteer to plant at the Rain and Pollinator Garden. Appropriate clothes for planting and a towel (most plants are small and there will be 20+ shrubs). If you are unable to physically plant, please come to hand out water.

This is a great way to introduce prospective members in what the Rotary does.

Contact: 651-724-6006.

THE JOE LOUIS – MAX SCHMELING RIVALRY When: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Where: Roseville Skating Center Banquet Facility, 2661 Civic Center Dr. in Roseville.

Details:A Story of the victory and defeat, blatant racism, politics, and Nazi Germany. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Northeast Metro Golden K Club. Free.

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LUNCH WITH A NATURALIST - WILD RICING When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Where: Wargo Nature Center, 7701 Main St. in Lino Lakes.

Details: Free program geared to adults includes a monthly presentation and possibly a stroll on the trails. Registration not required; equipment provided.

Contact: 763-324-3350 or anokacountyparks.com.

ST. PAUL HIKING CLUB

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Where: 4658 Fable Road N. in Hugo.

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CHALK THE WORLD INFORMATIONAL MEETING When: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept 10.

Where: White Bear Senior Center, 2484 E County Road F. Details: Annual community Flea Market /Garage Sale in our parking lot. Be a seller for $20 or be a shopper and enjoy local treasures from sellers and our Craft Corner Gift Shop. A food truck will be onsite for lunch.

Contact: 651-653-3121.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Shoreview, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 19, 2022 at approximately 7:00 pm at the City of Shoreview Council Chambers in the Shoreview City Hall, 4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, Minnesota, relating to the proposal of the City to adopt a Modification, to the Development Program for Municipal Development District No. 2 (the “Program”) and modify Tax Increment Financing District No. 13 (a redevelopment district) to increase the TIF Plan Budget therein and modify the Tax Increment Financing Plan (collectively, the “Plans”) therefor; all pursuant to and in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124 to 469.133, Sections 469.174 to 469.1794, all inclusive and amended, and a proposed business subsidy to be granted by the City to the proposed redevelopment of parcels at 4100 Lexington Avenue , which includes the demolition of the 1050 County Road F West Building and construction of approximately 196 units of multi-family housing(the “Project”), under Minnesota Statutes, Section 116J.993 to 116J.995 (the “Business Subsidy Act”). The creation and retention of jobs is not a goal of the Project. Copies of the Program and Plan are on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Manager at City Hall.

The property to be included Tax Increment District No. 13 is located within Municipal Development District No. 2 and the City of Shoreview and encompasses all property and adjacent and interior rights-of –way as indicated by the legal description listed below: LOT 1 BLOCK 1 OF SHOREVIEW CORPORATE CENTER THIRD ADDITION LOT 2 BLOCK 1 OF SHOREVIEW CORPORATE CENTER THIRD ADDITION Municipal Development District No. 2 is defined as the corporate municipal boundaries of the City of Shoreview. Tax Increment Financing District No. 13 is contained therein and a map is set forth below. Subject to certain limitations, tax increment from Tax Increment Financing District No. 13 may be spent on eligible uses within the boundaries of Municipal Development District No. 2.

TIF District No. 13

toria Street North, Shoreview, Ramsey County, Minnesota, at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, September 19, 2022, to hear, consider and pass upon any and all written or oral objections which may be offered with respect to the assessment roll for the above improvement. The proposed assessment roll is now on file and open to public inspection by all persons interested at the Office of the City Engineer, 4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, Minnesota.

The general nature of the above improvement is reconstructing streets including new asphalt pavement, concrete curb and gutter, constructing storm sewer infrastructure, city utility improvements, and adding new LED street lights. The area proposed to be assessed in respect to said improvements, which includes certain lots and tracts of land in the City of Shoreview described as adjacent to, abutting or have primary access from the following streets: North Owasso Blvd from Soo Street to Arbogast Street Arbogast Street from North Owasso Blvd to Victoria Street This notice is given pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, as amended. The area proposed to be assessed for such improvement is the area described above. The City of Shoreview’s total cost of such improvement is eight million two hundred sixty-one thousand six hundred forty-five and 52/100 dollars ($8,261,645.52). The proposed amount to be assessed is one hundred forty-four thousand four hundred ninety-seven and 76/100 Dollars ($144,497.76).

Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed assessment will be heard at this meeting.

An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.081 by serving notice of appeal upon the Mayor or City Manager of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or City Manager; however, no appeal may be taken as to the amount of any individual assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Manager prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing.

Persons who are 65 years of age or older or are permanently and totally disabled may make application for a deferral of assessments to be levied against homestead property if a hardship can be established pursuant to Minnesota Statute 435.193 through 435.195 and the provisions and guidelines of the City of Shoreview Resolution No. 75-120.

Assessment deferral forms are available at the Shoreview City Hall.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL Brad Martens, City Manager Published one time in the Shoreview Press on August 30, 2022.

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All interested persons may appear at the hearing and present their views orally or prior to the meeting in writing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA Brad Martens, City Manager Published one time in the Shoreview Press on August 30, 2022.

CITY OF SHOREVIEW

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE NORTH OWASSO BOULEVARD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT NO. 19-07 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Shoreview, Minnesota, will meet at the Shoreview City Hall Council Chambers, 4600 Vic-

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE EDGETOWN ACRES RECONSTRUCTION – PHASE 2 PROJECT NO. 21-02 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Shoreview, Minnesota, will meet at the Shoreview City Hall Council Chambers, 4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, Ramsey County, Minnesota, at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, September 19, 2022, to hear, consider and pass upon any and all written or oral objections which may be offered with respect to the assessment roll for the above improvement. The proposed assessment roll is now on file and open to public inspection by all persons interested at the Office of the City Engineer, 4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, Minnesota.

The general nature of the above improvement is reconstructing streets including new asphalt pavement, concrete curb and gutter, constructing storm sewer infrastructure, city utility improvements, and adding new LED street lights. The area proposed to be assessed in respect to said improvements, which includes certain lots and tracts of land in the City of Shoreview described as adjacent to, abutting or have primary access from the following streets: Hillview Road from Fairview Avenue to Snelling Avenue Lois Drive from Fairview Avenue to Snelling Avenue Aldine Street from County Road I to Lois Drive This notice is given pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, as amended. The area proposed to be assessed for such improvement is the area described above. The City of Shoreview’s total cost of such improvement is four million one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred thirty-five and 62/100 dollars ($4,113,235.62). The proposed amount to be assessed is two hundred ninety-seven thousand one hundred eighty-five and 01/100 Dollars ($297,185.01).

Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed assessment will be heard at this meeting.

An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.081 by serving notice of appeal upon the Mayor or City Manager of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or City Manager; however, no appeal may be taken as to the amount of any individual assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Manager prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing.

Persons who are 65 years of age or older or are permanently and totally disabled may make application for a deferral of assessments to be levied against homestead property if a hardship can be established pursuant to Minnesota Statute 435.193 through 435.195 and the provisions and guidelines of the City of Shoreview Resolution No. 75-120.

Assessment deferral forms are available at the Shoreview City Hall.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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Painting in the Park David Williams paints during a Plein Air Painting Class hosted by Shoreview’s Gallery 96 in Snail Lake Regional Park. Three two hour classes were sponsored by a grant from the Shoreview Community Foundation in different locations around Shoreview. Twenty participates painted during the painting sessions under the watchful eye of instructor Amy Clark. — Tom Olmscheid, contributed

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Brad Martens, City Manager Published one time in the Shoreview Press on August 30, 2022.

CITY OF SHOREVIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Shoreview, Ramsey County, Minnesota, will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 4600 Victoria Street North, Shoreview, Minnesota, relating to the City’s proposed adoption of a Spending Plan for Tax Increment Financing Districts Numbers: 1, 4, 9, 10, and 11 pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.176 Subd. 4n, inclusive, as amended. Copies of the Spending Plan are on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Manager at City Hall.

All interested persons may appear at the hearing and present their views orally or in writing prior to the hearing.

Dated: August 15, 2022, BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Brad Martens, City Manager Published one time in the Shoreview Press on August 30, 2022.

CITY OF SHOREVIEW

PRESS RELEASE FOR RELEASE August 16, 2022 Niki Hill, Assistant Community Development Director, City of Shoreview, 651-490-4658 or nhill@shoreviewmn.gov ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) FOR THE BLUFFS As the Responsible Governmental Unit, the City of Shoreview has released The Bluffs Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for review and comment. The EAW may be viewed at City Hall. It may also be downloaded from the City’s website at www.shoreviewmn.gov/TheBluffsEAW The Bluffs project is a proposed development that consists of 160 multifamily units and 19 single-family lots located between Snail Lake and Highway 96 West, just west of Snail Lake Boulevard in Shoreview, Ramsey County, Minnesota. The 18.6-acre site consists of existing institutional use and rightof-way that will be vacated. There are existing buildings on site that will be demolished.

The mandatory EAW is being prepared in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4300, subpart 19.C which requires an EAW for residential development if the total number of units that may ultimately be developed is more than 100 unattached units or 150 attached units and a comprehensive plan amendment is required.

Notice of the EAW availability was published in the August 23, 2022 EQB monitor. The 30-day comment period will extend until Thursday, September 22, 2022. Comments regarding the EAW may be sent to Niki Hill, City of Shoreview, 4600 Victoria St N, Shoreview, MN 55126 or nhill@shoreviewmn.gov.

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MOUNDS VIEW SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SUMMARY JUNE 21, 2022 Meetings take place at the District Center in Shoreview (4570 Victoria Street N). Complete minutes available upon request at the District Center.

Budget amendment Bernice Humnick, executive director of business services, reviewed a budget amendment for the period ending June 30, 2022. The Board approved the budget amendment for this reporting period as presented at the meeting.

More information can be found on the Budgets & Finance page.

Budget approved The Board adopted the 2022-23 budget as presented by Bernice Humnick, executive director of business services. The fiscal year 2022-23 budget was developed based on assumptions provided by the School Board through several Board meetings and work sessions over the past six months. The proposed budgets represent the financial projections for the District for the general fund, nutrition services fund, community services fund, construction fund and debt service funds. The adopted budget can be viewed on the website.

District Operational Plan adopted Each year, the School Board approves a series of goals and related activities on which the Superintendent and Cabinet will focus their work. This is known as the District Operational Plan (DOP). It is directly related to the District’s vision and to the School Board’s strategic directions for the year. The DOP has been developed by the Superintendent and cabinet, and has been previously discussed with the Board at work sessions and Board meetings.

View the entire DOP on the website.

Superintendent’s evaluation Board vice chair Diane Glasheen summarized Superintendent Chris Lennox’s appraisal for the 2021-22 school year. Glasheen highlighted the fact that Superintendent Lennox and his team worked tirelessly to keep kids in school during the pandemic this past year, and also noted contract negotiations had been completed successfully and in a timely manner. Hear the full appraisal here.

Updates The Board shared updates on their activities and participation in events and committees around the District.

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Incarnation Lutheran Church to celebrate 60th anniversary

BY LAURA HENNEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In response to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, Incarnation Lutheran Church coined the phrase “a church without walls,” meaning that church participation often happened outside the building.

The phrase has endured, becoming a representation of how Incarnation Lutheran Church has long been embedded within Shoreview and surrounding communities.

Incarnation’s Celebration Sunday event will take place from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 in the open grassy area in front of the church.

Incarnation Lutheran is located one mile north of Hwy 96 on County Road 49, 4880 Hodgson Road in Shoreview.

“Our theme for the weekend celebration is ‘60 Years of Grace’ — a reminder of what brought our community together sixty years ago and an encouragement for us to be that kind of welcoming, inclusive, gracious, presence for our community today,” said Kai Nilsen, senior pastor.

“We hope many from the Shoreviewarea community will join us to celebrate this milestone.”

In honor of the congregation’s anniversary, Incarnation is welcoming the community to join the

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The ground breaking at Incarnation Lutheran Church in 1962.

celebration, both during the worship services, which take place at 9 and 10:30 a.m., as well as a family-friendly outdoor celebration, which will include food trucks, face painting, bounce houses, a climbing wall and a special community art project.

As a church without walls, Incarnation is welcoming community members to join in a special art project to celebrate its 60 years of ministry. Individuals and families are invited to help create a series of cloth banners that will be displayed in the

congregation. To take part in this art project, you can join the celebration Sunday event. For those not able to attend, banners will be available in the office throughout September (as supplies last).

During the worship service, Incarnation has invited founding members of the congregation to offer a look back to the history of the church. These members will also take part in the congregation’s annual tradition to pass the faith on to the next generation through the annual Blessing of the Backpacks portion of the worship service.

During this portion of the service, the founding members will hand out carabiners for students to attach to their backpack for the school year.

It’s a token that will remind them each day that they are part of the Incarnation family.

As part of the 60th anniversary celebration, Incarnation is gathering supplies and putting together birthday bags for its ministry partner Solid Ground. Supplies needed for the birthday bags can be donated anytime between now and Sept. 4.

Details about the event and related ministry opportunities are available at incarnationmn.org/celebrationsunday.

POLITICAL BRIEF

Emmer announces 2022 Congressional App Challenge Congressman Tom Emmer has announced that his office will begin accepting applications for the 2022 Congressional App Challenge.

Officially launched by the House of Representatives in 2015, the Congressional App Challenge allows students to compete against their peers by creating an app for desktop/PC, web,

tablet, mobile or other devices. Any programming language, including Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or “block code” will be accepted.

“Literacy in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has never been more important. These skills will be essential to our young people as they continue their education and begin careers, regardless of discipline,” Emmer said. “Every year, I look forward to seeing the innovative apps developed by students across

the 6th District. Whether coding is a passion or a brand-new interest, I encourage them to take advantage of this wonderful program.”

The challenge is open to all middle and high school students across the 6th District. The winner from the district will be eligible to be on display in the U.S. Capitol. Students entering the competition must submit their app by Nov. 1. For more information, visit www.congressionalappchallenge.us.

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Mustangs lose opener to Blaine

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Members of the Mounds View girls soccer team huddled during a pause in the action during their opening match on Thursday evening in Blaine. The Mustangs, coming off a 15-3-2, statequalifying season, were tripped by the Blaine Bengals 3-0. Sydney Sutherland, Kendall Stadden and Hailey Hughes all scored for Blaine against senior all-state goalie Lauren McAlpine.

Mustang netters lose opener to Edina

Mustang kickers tie SP Central 0-0

The Mounds View girls tennis team faced 23time state champion Edina in their opening match and lost to the Hornets 6-1 at home on Aug. 24. A scheduled Rochester tournament last Friday was rained out. Against Edina, Amanda Diao and Shae Crockarell won at No. 1 doubles 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 over Annie Klemmensen and Emmy Inderieden for the lone point. Katerina Smiricinschi, at No. 1 singles, lost to Sami Hankinson 6-3, 6-2. Rory Wahlstrand lost a close one at 2-singles to Nicole Santoni, 6-0, 6-7 (7-9), 8-10.

Mounds View’s defending state champion boys soccer team opened the 2022 season with a scoreless tie against St. Paul Central on Saturday in St. Paul.

The Mustangs have three matches this week: at home Monday vs. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, at White Bear Lake on Wednesday, and at Mahtomedi on Saturday.

Mustang football opener Thursday The Mounds View football team will open the season Thursday hosting Totino-Grace, kickoff 7 p.m. The Mustangs are led by returning quarterback Owen Wark. Mounds View was 3-6 last year and opened with a 31-10 win over TotinoGrace, which finished 1-8.

Mustang swimmers 3rd in conference relays

The Mounds View swimmers opened the season with a third-place finish among five teams in the Suburban East Conference Relays on Thursday evening at Stillwater. (The SEC split into two relay meets, the other held at East Ridge.) Stillwater had 152 points, Cretin-Derham Hall 132, Mounds View 128, Forest Lake 126 and White Bear Lake 82. Mounds View’s top finishes were second place in three events — the 200 freestyle with Olivia Landberg, Hannah Song, Alexis Easley and Brynn Mills; the 400 freestyle with Erika Turkington, Kaylee McKee, Maren Durand and Ellie Bina; and the 800 freestyle with Alana Schmitzer, Mills, Turkington, and Bina.

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833-314-1217 Mounds View schools see increase in enrollment, ready for school year Students in the Mounds View School District will be packing their backpacks and heading back to school on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

For the 2022-23 school year, 11,397 students are enrolled and expected to attend Mounds View Public Schools this fall. This is an increase of 76 students when compared to last fall’s enrollment.

“We are currently 271 students above our projection,” Darin Johnson, executive director of school management said. “That number has and will continue to fluctuate but has been moving in a positive direction. We have been monitoring enrollment closely and pulling reports at least once a week.”

School readiness

According to Johnson, schools across the country and in Minnesota are reporting a shortage of staff needed to work in school districts.

Johnson noted at the Aug. 16 Mounds View School Board meeting, that human resources and principals in the district will continue to work hard to fill the final few remaining licensed and unlicensed positions in the schools and programs.

“In some cases, districts are resorting to hiring unlicensed personnel to work in positions that have previously been filled with licensed educators,” Johnson said. “I’m pleased to report that the number of unfilled vacancies in our school district is far lower than what is being experienced in other local school districts.”

School Board Member Yolanda Magee asked what the is greatest need in the Mounds View School District and what types of positions need to be filled.

“As it stands today, we have six licensed staff positions that are still yet to be filled,” Johnson responded. “As it related to unlicensed staff that would be paraeducators, nutrition services we’re at approximately 30 positions. I would say right now, the greater need would be the unlicensed staff.”

The parking lot in front of Mounds View High School is still under construction.

“While the newly completed parking lot will have fewer spaces to start the new school year, ultimately the project will be newly paved and landscaped with 335 parking spaces and is scheduled for completion around MEA break.”

Johnson noted a variety of projects completed this summer. They are: • The baseball dugouts have been replaced at Irondale High School.

• At Island Lake Elementary School the floor in the old gym has been replaced and eight classrooms have been remodeled with new paint and casework.

• Schools in the district have had concrete and sidewalk replacement projects, as well as painting of classrooms and hallways.

• Many of the schools have had their parking lots seal coated and relined.

• Throughout the district, many trees have been trimmed and a few of the trees that were dead have been removed.

• New playgrounds at Bel Air and Sunnyside Elementary Schools.

Johnson said team members in the transportation department have been collecting registration forms during the summer.

“Routes are being finalized and communication with their transportation vendor continues on a daily basis to help ensure that buses are running

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safely and smoothly on the first day of school,” he said.

• Treasurer Shauna Bock read the list of gifts the district received this period. There were 18 gifts for school programs totaling $8,081.60, and nine gifts received for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, which totaled $17,265.

• New principals in the district are — Vichai Saefong, Irondale High School; Robert Reetz, Mounds View High School; and Richmond Tweh, Edgewood Middle School.

The next Mounds View School Board meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the District Center, 4570 Victoria St. N. in Shoreview.

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of the last two years. This process has reinforced the importance of maintaining up-to-date information, not only for health and safety, but also for crisis and security at each of our school sites. Our recent construction projects have also resulted in the need to change or modify plans at many of our school sites. As a result, a District priority goal this year is to review, update and refresh our health, safety and security plans focusing on the four phases of emergency management: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery.

Darin Johnson, Executive Director of School Management

Q: What is something you want parents and/or students to know going into this school year? Is there anything new you would like to highlight?

A: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the state and nation have seen changes to their traditional enrollment patterns. In an effort to collect better data regarding the patterns taking place in our school district, we want to take a closer look at our current enrollment and projections for the future. In response, a District priority goal this year is to conduct a comprehensive housing and enrollment study.

A public presentation of all data related to the study will be provided at a public meeting of the School Board and shared with residents in the news magazine School Talk.

Darin Johnson Executive Director of School Management Mounds View Public Schools

Centennial Q: What physical changes will students and parents notice about school buildings when they return this year?

Please highlight some of the construction projects that took place over the summer months or are ongoing.

A: Our buildings and grounds staff worked tirelessly over the summer to clean and prepare the re-opening of our buildings for the new school year. All facility improvements, including a classroom expansion project at Centerville Elementary to accommodate enrollment growth, will be open this fall. We are extremely appreciative and proud of

our community’s support of past bond referendums to build these spaces for our students, staff and communities.

Q: How is the district doing in terms of hiring teachers? Are you experiencing a shortage?

Please explain the shortage (if there is one) and how the district plans to overcome that.

A: Centennial continues to post and recruit teachers for the 22/23 school year. We will welcome approximately 50 new teachers this fall as a result of retirements, resignations, increased student enrollment and class size reduction. We are in the process of developing contingency plans for remaining positions that are not filled by the start of the school year, including hiring staff with alternative licensures.

Q: What types of COVID-19 protocols (if any) will the district have in place at the start of this school year?

A: Centennial will follow all CDC recommended guidelines. Masks will not be required for students or staff in school buildings or on buses; however, staff and students may wear a mask should they choose to do so. If students or staff have symptoms of illness, they should remain home until symptoms improve.

For individuals who test positive, they are required to remain home for a minimum of five days and until symptoms improve.

Q: Has the district made any recent changes to security?

If so, please explain what the upgrades were and why they were necessary.

A: Last year Centennial updated our visitor management system for school visitors. We continue to meet regularly with our local public safety partners to discuss safety protocols. As a district, we also continue to implement ALICE., a school safety program which offers additional options to students and staff in dealing with an armed intruder situation.

Q: What is something you want parents and/or students to know going into this school year? Is there anything new you would like to highlight?

A: We are excited to put our new strategic plan into action. After two years of navigating a pandemic, we look forward to welcoming parents and visitors back to our schools to volunteer and become more involved in their child’s classroom.

The school board has approved investments in program enhancements and staffing to address and reduce class sizes.

Jeff Holmberg, Superintendent of Centennial Schools

White Bear Lake Q: What physical changes will students and parents notice about school buildings when they return this year?

Please highlight some of the construction projects that took place over the summer months or are ongoing.

A: Phase 2 of the facilities process made possible by the community’s support of the 2019 bond referendum is in progress and includes work at Birch Lake, Lakeaires and Otter Lake Elementaries, the Area Learning Center, and an addition at the current WBLAHS - South Campus, which will be a middle school building when North Campus becomes the site of the unified high school in the fall of 2024.

In Hugo, the new North Star Elementary is open for students this fall and construction will begin at Oneka Elementary.

Projects in the design phase include Central Middle School and Sunrise Park Middle School site’s conversion to become a multi-use facility to include District Offices, Early Childhood, Transition Education Center (TEC) and the Senior Program.

Details about the district’s facilities projects can be found at isd624.org/ BuildingOurFuture.

Q: How is the district doing in terms of hiring teachers? Are you experiencing a shortage?

Please explain the shortage (if there is one) and how the district plans to overcome that.

A: We have had strong interest in open teaching positions, even in some subjects and areas that have generally been difficult to fill. Roles we are most urgently looking to fill include: bus drivers, Extended Day out-of-school time staff members, paraeducators, Nutrition Services staff members, and substitute teachers. As we try to overcome our staffing shortages, we offer: competitive wages, flexible work hours, opportunity for full benefits, and an opportunity for area residents to work near

Dr. Wayne Kazmierczak, Superintendent

home while making a difference for kids in their community.

Q: What types of COVID-19 protocols (if any) will the district have in place at the start of this school year?

A: We do not plan to have

universal masking for the 2022-23 school year.

Layered mitigation measures will include the increased ventilation procedures that have been put in place during the last two years. We will determine any additional COVID-19 protocols after receiving updated guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health, which is expected to be released before the 2022-23 school year begins.

Q: Has the district made any recent changes to security?

If so, please explain what the upgrades were and why they were necessary.

A: Our safety and security measures continue to improve, including secured entrances, security cameras, and emergency response protocols. From a structural standpoint, as building construction has continued, safety and security measures have been included in projects, including enhanced security camera systems.

Continued Capital Projects Levy funding will also allow us to address equipment needs as best practices in safety and security standards evolve. Additionally, understanding that strong relationships are essential to creating a safe environment, we provide students with services in the areas of mental health and wellness while strengthening our partnerships with first responders and other community and county resources.

Q: What is something you want parents and/or students to know going into this school year? Is there anything new you would like to highlight?

A: In addition to the continued building construction projects described above, two important initiatives taking shape this year are the Strategic Planning Process and the Capital Projects Levy.

At the Aug. 8 meeting, the White Bear Lake Area School Board approved four updated Strategic Plan Strategies: • We will create and sustain a safe, equitable and nurturing environment.

• We will promote, encourage and support students’ personal learning experiences and aspirations.

• We will ensure our organization continuously transforms to fulfill our mission.

• We will establish healthy and vital engagement with our entire community.

Information about opportunities to participate on Action Teams will be made available as the school year begins.

Mahtomedi Q: What physical changes will students and parents notice about school buildings when they return this year?

Please highlight some of the construction projects that took place over the summer months or are ongoing.

A: In the spring of 2022, the Mahtomedi School Board approved a facilities improvement project for O.H. Anderson (OHA) Elementary School and the construction work took place during the summer of 2022. The project includes updating the building’s mechanical equipment and systems with new boiler-heating systems, electrical services and additional outlets, air conditioning, adjustable airflow and temperature controls, and LED lighting with dimming controls.

This project will provide better heating, cooling, temperature control, and air quality at OHA. This will be a significant improvement for the teaching and learning environment for our students and staff when we start the 2022-23 school year. In addition to the OHA project, our facilities department has been deep cleaning our schools, cleaning carpets, refinishing floors, touching up paint, and assembling and setting up new student desks and work areas.

Barb Duffrin, Superintendent

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