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Area business owner granted birthday wish BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
Farrell Tuohy had one wish for his 60th birthday — better health. That might just happen, thanks to White Bear Lake resident Jeff Engler. After a yearlong process, Engler found out he is a match and may be able to donate a kidney to Tuohy, who is a cousin of Engler’s wife, Barb. Tuohy, owner of Pizza Man & Corner Malt Shop in White Bear Lake, has been on dialysis for nearly three years, something he says he can’t do forever. (See “Area business owner patiently waiting for kidney, June 8, 2021.) So far, three people have come forward as potential donors but none of them have been a match. Engler is the first person to make it all the way through the testing phase, although there are still a few things that need to happen in order for the surgery to take place. Last summer, the Englers stopped by Pizza Man’s booth at Marketfest and they started talking about blood types. Later, after realizing his blood type matched Tuohy’s, Engler decided to go through the testing to see if he was a match but he had one condition for Tuohy’s wife, Kim — she couldn’t tell her husband. “It’s not very often a person has a chance to be a living donor,” explained Engler, who is listed as a donor on his license. “I’m a firm believer that you help out where you can, and if I can give him a kidney and prolong his life and get him up and running again … I don’t need two kidneys. You do what you can for family.” After about a year of going through the process and just days before Tuohy’s birthday, Engler found out he was a match. On Tuohy’s birthday, the Englers and some family members stopped
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Seasonal pothole patching process City of White Bear Lake Streets Working Foreman Mike Lillie and Streets Maintenance employee Joe Levine recently filled a string of potholes near the intersection of Linden Street and Co. Rd. E with hot patching material. The extreme snowfall and fluctuating temperatures are keeping crews busy on White Bear Lake streets. It should be noted that some area roads that appear to be pretty rough this spring, including Long Avenue, are actually under the jurisdiction of the county.
New twist to Purple Line project MAPLEWOOD — The controversial Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit project has just been detoured. At last week’s fourth and final public engagement workshop organized by the city, Ramsey County changed course by offering a new alternative route for the 14-mile Purple Line. County Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt read a letter addressed to Maplewood Mayor Marylee Abrams at the start of the March 22 meeting, explaining the change of course. The letter began by acknowledging Ramsey County’s commitment to a successful Metro Purple Line
and the fact partnerships are key to that success. “To that end, we have decided to pursue additional community engagement, route analysis and collaboration with Maplewood and other stakeholders for the Purple Line,” the letter read. “We have withdrawn our support for the submittal of federal rating documentation in August and will instead focus on the reevaluation of White Bear Avenue as an alternative route.” The letter went on to say a detailed reevaluation of White Bear Avenue will allow comparison with the current Ramsey County rail alignment that uses shared space with the Bruce Vento Trail. Project stakeholders, it continued, will decide on the preferred route
prior to advancing the project further into design. The letter was signed by Trista MatasCastillo, Board of Commissioners chair; Rafael Ortega, chair of the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority; and Reinhardt, who represents White Bear Lake in District 7. “This is something we worked hard on,” said Reinhardt, who waited for the workshop to announce the alternative route. “We really vetted this proposal and feel positive on the reception we received from Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council.” The proposal will “slow the process down,” admitted the commissioner, as thorough
Pizza Man owner Farrell Tuohy, right, poses for a photo with his “kidney buddy.” If everything goes as planned, Jeff Engler plans to donate his kidney to Tuohy.
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