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Fun and functional wintertime fashion Jamey Connor sports a furry raccoon hat during a recent winter outing of disk golf on the course at Lakewood Hills Park in White Bear Lake. He said that he was given the unusual (and warm) hat when he was a kid and has saved it from being given or thrown away on numerous occasions over the years.

WHITE BEAR LAKE — The city threw its proverbial hat in an opioid litigation ring, agreeing to be part of a national multi-billiondollar settlement. As a deadline to opt in approached, City Council voted to join a multistate coalition in a settlement with the three largest opioid distributors, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. An executive summary addressed to cities and counties from the state attorney general’s office indicated that the settlement resolves investigations and lawsuits against the named companies for their role in the opioid crisis. If fully adopted, the distributors will pay $22.8 billion over 18 years and Johnson & Johnson will pay $5 billion over 10 years. The manufacturer will also be prohibited from selling or promoting opioids for 10 years. Most states already joined the settlements, but for the agreements to become effective, a “critical mass” of cities and counties needed to sign on by Jan. 2, 2022. The council called a special meeting Dec. 29 to decide whether to participate in the settlement agreement and unanimously approved a resolution drafted by the city attorney. Council felt it in the city’s best interest to participate in the litigation settlement to promote “the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city of White Bear Lake,” the resolution read. As Attorney General Keith Ellison explained, SEE OPIOID SETTLEMENT, PAGE 11

The ‘meat guy’ expresses gratitude to those who serve Forty years of wild game feasts that fed as many as 800 guests on behalf of wildlife conservation are a thing of the past now, due to the pandemic. But that didn’t stop the dinners’ founder, Rich Bohaty, from continuing his passion to give back.

The man with a hunter’s heart has a new mission that serves both past and current members of the military, as well as first responders during the holidays. The giving campaign is called Hunters Harvest, a nonprofit started by Bohaty and his family, whose mission is to ensure no one who serves goes hungry. In keeping with that mission, they

are partnering with the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, or MACV. Staffed mostly by retired military members, the nonprofit organization was established in 1990 with the singular purpose of ending veteran homelessness. SEE HUNTER’S HARVEST, PAGE 11

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