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Shoreview songstress: ‘Music is my heart’s calling’
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Tim Pratt (left), Mayor Sandy Martin and 2021 Green Community Award winners Claire and Jim Graupmann.
Residents receive Green Community Awards and recognition from city BY NOELLE OLSON STAFF WRITER
View High School alumna. “I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Mounds View High School. The choir program was phenomenal, and really helped me hone my singing and sight-reading skills,” she said. “I was also mentored and inspired by the choir director, Mr. Espe, who accepted me into concert choir as one of the only sophomores that year. He really believed in me, and I’m so thankful for that.” Growing up, Lauren said she always knew she loved to sing and create music. She had big dreams of being on “American Idol” or something like that. “I always had lots of people telling me I should try out for singing competitions, and I think that helped motivate me to believe in myself,” Lauren said. “Music has always been my heart’s calling. I feel so fulfi lled when I create and perform music, and I want to be able to inspire and empower others with my music as well.” After high school, Lauren attended Arizona State University thinking about a business, music or theater degree. She said her parents wanted
Tim Pratt, longtime chair of the Shoreview Environmental Quality Committee, recognized residents and businesses who enhance the environment for the city of Shoreview with an awards presentation at the Shoreview City Council meeting. “It's just wonderful to see the work that these people came up with,” Pratt said. “We have to recognize all the hard work of all the committee members over the years and the generous support that you, the council, has provided, because that's what makes this program resonate.” Pratt said residents can plant native plants, replace turf grass, put in shoreline buffers, use pure resources, put in solar panels or use enhanced recycling programs. The winners this year are: • Marsha Kurka: Worked with partners to create a rain garden in a low area that continually flooded, solved a drainage issue, improved aesthetics of the landscape and created a beautiful and usable space. She also increased habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. • Thomas Reynen and Stephen Gryzan: Worked with the county to solve a water quality issue at their property on Lake
SEE SONGSTRESS, PAGE 2
SEE AWARDS, PAGE 19
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Lauren Nicole Tomhave began to sing as soon as she could talk, and her love for music grew along with her. She started learning guitar around age 8, began songwriting around age 10, and started piano lessons at age 11 while growing up in Shoreview with her parents Doug and Wendy Tomhave and siblings Derek and Megan. “I knew from a young age that I wanted to pursue music and be a positive role model for people,” Lauren said. “I grew up with a dad who loved to sing, play guitar, play piano and write songs, so I grew up singing with him at campfi res and family get-togethers. I really looked up to my dad and his passion for music — and still do. He certainly had the biggest impact on my life regarding music at the time. We would play lots of music together, and he would be so ecstatic when I’d show him a new song I wrote.” Lauren started performing in musical theater shows as a child, and joined choir programs starting in middle school. She’s a 2013 Mounds
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