MARCH 1, 2017
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Triple A and ExCEL picks for White Bear Lake named Samantha Engrav and Doug Shield are White Bear Lake’s nominations for the Triple A award, a Minnesota State High School League program recognizing seniors for academic, athletic and arts excellence. Shield has also been named the Region 4AA winner, said Tim Hermann, White Bear Lake activities director, who announced the awards listed here. The state Triple A winners will be announced at the state basketball tournaments. Anna Barton and Tejas Nevarte are the school’s nominees for the ExCEL Award, another MSHSL program recognizing juniors for athletics, academics, extracurriculars and citizenship. Engrav has a 4.258 grade-point-average, serves as editor/publisher of the school’s literary/art journal “Sensicality” along with heading the new Creative Writing Club, and competes in tennis (captain as a senior) and track-and-field. Shield is a two-time state qualifier in Nordic Ski, carries a 4.3056 grade-point-average, and plays trombone in concert and pep band, serving as section leader for the brass and as band secretary.
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Nevarte plays trombone in band, jazz band and pit orchestra, earning all-state honors; carries an “A” average; and is a long-time Boy Scout whose Eagle Project was designing and building a garden fence at his elementary school, Oneka. Barton competes in swimming and Nordic Ski,
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plays fi rst chair alto saxophone in jazz and pep band, and gets straight A’s in the classroom. Bruce Strand
MAHTOMEDI SPORTS CAPSULES Mahtomedi girls are Suburban East basketball champs The Mahtomedi Zephyrs captured the Suburban East Conference girls basketball championship, ending Hastings’ two-year reign, with a 65-55 conquest of the Raiders last Friday. Senior guard Marisa Gustafson dominated with 31 points. Samantha Hogan added 12 points, Annika Sougstad 10 and Emma Grothaus nine for the Zephyrs. Grothaus, averaging 19 points, had early foul trouble. The Zephyrs fi nished 13-1 and Hastings 11-3 in conference. Ranked No. 8 in Class 3A, Mahtomedi (22-3) is seeded fi rst
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in Section 4AAA. They will face DeLaSalle or Hill-Murray in the semifi nals Saturday at St. Paul Washington, 7:45 p.m.
Lauren Heinsch (22), Zephyr freshman, got her first three goals of the season in the playoffs, including a game winner. Jo Sellwood (2) skates beside her.
Zephyr boys tripped by Hastings in upset The No. 3 ranked Mahtomedi boys (20-3) were upset 70-69 by Hastings (10-13) on Friday. The Zephyrs trailed 70-63 before Shane Frost sank two 3-point shots in the last seven seconds. Parker Fox had 23 points, Frost 19 and Lincoln Rock 12 for the Zephyrs, while Brandon Haroldson led Hastings with 26. Barring upsets in the fi nal week, the Zephyrs will tie Tartan for the conference title. Bruce Strand BRUCE STRAND | PRESS PUBLICATIONS
Township acquires former horse farm; final price TBD BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — The legal haggling isn't over yet, but the township now owns about 22 acres of land at 5685 Portland Ave. The former horse farm was owned by Scott and Nanci Stoddard who sued the township for failing to remove the airport safety zone around Benson Airport. The couple, who no longer live in the area, claimed the township scuttled their plans to develop the property. At a hearing last month, the court approved a "quick take" of the property through eminent domain. The town then deposited in the Stoddard's bank account an amount equal to the appraised value of $528,000 and took title to the land. Town attorney Chad Lemmons explained that as soon as the funds were deposited, it became township property. The funds were divided between the Stoddards, the mortgage holder and their attorney.The Bloomington fi rm representing the couple, Larkin, Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, fi led a $40,000 lien. The next step is a hearing. Three commissioners will view the property, take testimony
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from both sides and issue a report as to what they believe the value should be. Whatever that amount turns out to be, both the Stoddards and the township have 40 days to appeal. If appealed, the matter goes to district court. Lemmons expects a hearing sometime in May. Both parties have yet to agree on the list of commissioners, he said, explaining that names are taken from a pool of citizen applicants from Ramsey and Hennepin Counties. The Stoddards fi led the suit a year ago after town supervisors rejected a request by a developer to remove or modify the safety zone around Benson Airport, which would have permitted the construction of higher density housing on the property. The property is zoned R-1, or single family residential. The retention of the safety zone meant the property owners were restricted to building one home per 3-acre lot. Only 7.67 acres of the parcel is considered buildable, since the remaining 14.5 acres is classified as wetlands, making the parcel fi nancially unattractive to develop with the safety zone in place. The board did reduce the length of the safety zone, but that did not result in the Stoddards dropping the lawsuit. A portion of the safety zone
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still overlaid a portion of their property, which the couple contend constitutes a taking of their property. Lemmons had noted in an earlier story that the method of dealing with the lawsuit was unique. "However, it's actually quite the norm if a property owner feels their property has been taken for public use. In this case, it's taken to provide an aircraft safety zone and they have the right to petition the court to commence condemnation proceedings."
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