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Game of hockey nets more than fans BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Hockey season isn’t just about the game. The flow of dollars local tournaments bring to the area is staggering. The White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association shared a report from the state Amateur Sports Commission that tallied up the economic impact of eight tournaments and a fi gure skating show. The total: $1.56 million. And those were just the competitions held at the White Bear Lake Sports Center. The hockey association hosts 14 tournaments a year that draw 100plus teams to the county-owned Vadnais Heights Sports Center and the city-owned White Bear Sports Center. Players, coaches and families travel from outstate and out of state for the games, staying at local hotels and eating and shopping at area businesses. “These tournaments are great for the community and a reason to keep the Sports Center,” noted Kevin McFarlane, association president. The hockey association is a huge supporter of the aging facility, contributing $30,000 to $50,000 every year to offset operating costs. The association also funded a study of the structure, just completed by McKinstry, a Maple Grove consulting fi rm. They’ll be meeting with the account manager at City Hall this week to look at options; one being to add a second sheet of ice. “We’ll have a lot more information very soon,” said McFarlane, noting the association plans a big capital fundraiser once they know the price tag for improvements. One of the largest and oldest associations in the state, White Bear hockey is made up of youth players who attend ISD 624. They are totally self-supporting, points out Chris Olson, a Hugo hockey mom who manages charitable gambling for the group. “All our operating funds come from registration, sponsors’ fees, fundraising and charitable gambling,” she

Lake level trial underway in district court BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

ST. PAUL — In her opening statement, the attorney for the plaintiff called White Bear Lake “the canary in the coal mine.” That analogy has been used often to describe what the White Bear Lake Restoration Association (WBLRA) believes is a harbinger of things to come if there isn’t a change in groundwater pumping, a practice the plaintiff believes caused lake level to drop to historic lows. “Decisions we make today will have consequences in the future,” added Counsel Katie Crosby Lehmann in her remarks March 6 to

District Judge Margaret Marrinan on the first day of trial. Four years after filing a lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) alleging a failure to protect White Bear Lake, the WBLRA is having its day in court. The trial is expected to last at least three weeks as witnesses for both sides take the stand at the Ramsey County courthouse. Crosby Lehmann told the judge the DNR accepts that “business as usual is no longer an option,” but refuses to modify (water appropriation) permits. “It is time for a disruption of the status quo,” she said. Photos of Ramsey County beach, closed since 2009, and comparisons

of the Manitou Bridge in 1999 and 2013 were entered into the record with Crosby Lehmann pointing out that the drop in lake level, which hit its lowest point in 2013, was due to groundwater pumping by surrounding municipalities. The plaintiff is not advocating for all wells to be closed, noted Crosby Lehmann. What the plaintiff does want is to cut groundwater pumping by 30 percent (based on 2016 numbers) within five miles of the lake. How would municipalities do that? By banning non-essential water use and imposing fines for non-compliance. SEE LAKE LAWSUIT, PAGE 8A

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Bears celebrate after buzzer beater A three-pointer at the buzzer from Alexa Molin resulted in a third trip to state for Bears hoopsters. The team out-scored East Ridge 5249 to win the Section 4AAAA title. They face undefeated second-ranked Elk River in the state opener Tuesday, March 14 (after press time). See victory story on page 3B.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Sale features Eskimo art Rare Bones is selling art made by Native Alaskan Eskimos at a special sale 4-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24 at Cotroneo's, 2148 Third St., White Bear Lake. Founded by a school teacher working in Shishmaref, Alaska, Rare Bones owns art pieces carved from bones and tusks of fossilized whale, mastodon, walrus and other Arctic animals. The native artists of Shishmaref are world-renowned for carving rare bones into shapes of humans and animals most familiar to them. The company represents a unique collaboration between the artists and Nicholas Blanco, a 28-year-old teacher whose parents, Lynn Nelson and Mike Keeler, live in White Bear Lake. Blanco was recently featured in the White Bear Press for appearing on the series "Building Alaska." He is building a fishing and hunting lodge on Kodiak Island. Nelson said her son will be available via Skype during the sale on both evenings. He is selling a portion of the collection to fund the lodge project. The sale will include earrings, bracelets and small to medium figures carved from fossilized whale bone and adorned with fossilized walrus tusk and baleen. Shishmaref is located on an island in the Chukchi Sea. Most of its 600 residents belong to the Inupiaq tribe and subsist on hunting and fishing. Blanco's collection may be one of the largest private collections of Shishmaref carvings in the world. The artists create sculptures from fossilized bones that emerge from nearby glaciers and the sea. For more information, see www.rarebonesart.com.

Business councils launched The Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) and the City of Vadnais Heights have partnered to launch a series of business councils. These are opportunities open to business owners and employees to hear important information about the community. The councils are the result of a business survey last

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year. The first business council will be 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29 at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Vadnais Heights. The city will provide community highlights and a panel of local area brokers will speak on local commercial real estate trends. Light breakfast refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend but registrations are appreciated at https://www. vhedc.com/event/vh-business-councilmarch2017/. Xcel Energy is sponsoring the 2017 Vadnais Heights business councils.

Theater amenities showcased A ribbon-cutting at Emagine Theatre in Plymouth offered a chance to showcase the same new look that will be coming to the White Bear Township theater. Amenities planned for White Bear include luxury leather power recliners, stadium seating, huge screens, a full-service bar and handcrafted pizzas. Attending the event March 9, from left, Melissa Boudreau, vice president of marketing and sales; Jodi Wenstad, general manager White Bear Emagine Theatre; and Mike Muller, of Muller Theatres.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Hot music for the birds A citizen-based nonprofit group called Tropical Wings is holding a salsa dance fundraiser to support habitat restoration, land acquisition and conservation easement projects in Minnesota and Wisconsin and in the birds' wintering grounds in Costa Rica. The six-piece band Salsa del Soul will provide the music at the event, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at White Bear Unitarian Church, 328 Maple St., Mahtomedi. For fun, learn some new moves by coming at 7:30 for a little dance instruction by Hanna Esparza of Salsabrosa. Tickets are $18 at the door. Advance tickets now available at a discounted price at brownpapertickets. com. Search: Tropical Wings Salsa Dance.

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Fundraise through bowling Merrick Inc., a Vadnais Heights based nonprofit with the mission to empower adults with disabilities through vocational and social opportunities, will hold its 15th annual Charity Bowl-A-Thon at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 2 at Flaherty’s Arden Bowl in Arden Hills. New this year is a carnival theme and a Duluth Get-A-Way

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Beam me up to Nerdville

f you catch me dressed in a Starfleet uniform and a pair of Vulcan ears, don’t be too surprised. At the end of the month, I will be appearing in an original production entitled “A Trip to Nerdville” with the Arts Garden theater group in Hugo. The name of the show drew me in – as a big fan of “Star Wars” and “Star Trek,” I am a self-described nerd. Nerds sometimes get a bad rap – most definitions of the word include references to intelligence marred by social awkwardness. Often it’s used to refer to groups of people who idolize pop culture music, TV shows, games, movies, comics and more, which is closer to the definition used in “A Trip to Nerdville.” The show highlights scenes from some of the most beloved “nerdy” TV shows and movGetting ies – “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “The in Tune Princess Bride,” “Monty Python and Holy Grail” and more. Jackie Bussjaeger theYou don’t have to be a nerd to appreciate these classic shows and films, but if you’re really crazy about them, you’ll probably call yourself one. The entire play is an ode to embracing the inner nerd. You don’t have to be a self-described nerd to enjoy the films and shows represented in the show; but you’re definitely encouraged to let your nerdy side out. This includes more than a few interactive moments – the audience will practice a levitation spell along with Harry Potter, quote along with famous one-liners from “The Princess Bride” and even get to throw furry tribbles onto the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise. What really convinced me to audition was that I had a shot at playing some of my favorite characters onstage. It was especially meaningful if there was a possibility I could pay homage to two of my favorite actors who passed away in the last couple years – Leonard Nimoy and Carrie Fisher. Nimoy’s “Star Trek” character Mr. Spock always appealed to me because he was different than the other crew members on the Enterprise: quiet and reserved, but very wise. As an introvert myself, it was inspiring to see confidence in someone who was not as outspoken and brash as Captain Kirk. And in “Star Wars,” Princess Leia was capable of everything – she could hold her own against Darth Vader and trade insults with Han Solo. Of course I admired her. In addition to her onscreen work, Fisher was an extremely talented writer as well as a vocal advocate for mental health. Long story short, I’m currently memorizing my lines for the roles of Princess Leia and Mr. Spock. One thing that’s stereotypically true of nerds is that they lack confidence in public. This is something that might also be true of some of the actors who participate in Arts Garden shows – director Jill Whitney-Birk said that it’s a little different than traditional community theater in that it allows anyone – regardless of race, age, gender or even level of talent – to play the roles they always wanted but never thought they could get. The mission of Arts Garden is “To encourage people to flourish through experiences in and exposure to the arts.” It’s more about fun than it is about polish – if you have ever had the inclination to sing, dance or act onstage but you don’t have quite the level of confidence or talent you think you need, this theater is for you. Rehearsal schedules are also flexible, making the performance more accessible to students or those with full-time jobs. Some roles are double-cast, so that everyone has an opportunity to show their strengths in the roles that suit them best. “A Trip to Nerdville” runs March 31-April 2 at the Hugo American Legion. You don’t have to come, but it might be your only chance to throw a tribble at me. You can learn more about the production at www. artsgarden.org/Theatre.html. Jackie Bussjaeger can be reached at 651-407-1229 or lowdownnews@presspubs.com. Distributed weekly in: • White Bear Lake • White Bear Township • Mahtomedi • Birchwood • Dellwood • Willernie • Gem Lake • Pine Springs • Portions of Grant MNA 2014 AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER

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Renewable energy drive sets ambitious goal

s Minnesotans, it is our responsibility to protect our environment. We are committed to acting locally, heeding the words of Pope Francis, who said: “We should not think that our efforts – even our small gestures – don’t matter. Virtue, including ecological virtue, can be infectious.” We envision Minnesota having fresh air and clean water surrounded by lush greenery. We can only sustain that vision if we work together. Supporting renewable clean energy is part of the solution. At the Legislature, a new bieffort to Legislator partisan have 50 percent of Minnesota’s elecLingo tricity come from clean, renewable Chuck Wiger sources by 2030 is gaining support. A bill has been introduced to establish the new standard – 50 percent by 2030 – because it would be good for Minnesota’s economy, environment and health. In 2000, renewable energy only accounted for 4 percent of the state’s electricity. Today, due to a bipartisan commitment to renewable energy development, 21 percent of Minnesota’s electricity comes from renewable sources. We can boost that to 50 percent without sacriﬁcing affordability. This is partly because the costs for wind and solar energy have fallen dramatically.

Establishing our state’s renewable energy standard already has created thousands of new jobs for Minnesota. Increasing our clean energy goals will build on that progress, creating more jobs in emerging clean energy all across Minnesota. Other good news: • From 2000 to 2014, clean energy jobs in Minnesota grew 78 percent, despite the recession. In comparison, the state’s total employment growth was only 11 percent. • Establishing a 50 percent renewable energy standard for Minnesota will create an estimated 1,500 new jobs per year between now and 2030. • Global demand for energy during that time is expected to increase by 31 percent, creating a signiﬁcant market for Minnesota businesses to meet that demand. As a state senator, one of my goals is to increase Minnesota’s presence in the growing clean energy economy because these jobs are right here and can’t be shipped overseas. I am pleased that the solar technician program at Century College is providing one pathway for people seeking these jobs. The program prepares people to be solar installers, a job that is enjoying growing demand. The current bill (HF 1772/ SF 1531) to advance the new energy standard builds on the Next Generation Energy Act, which Minnesota enacted 10 years ago. That act moved Minnesota to more than 21 percent renewable energy and proved that we can have affordable, reliable and clean energy. Locally, one of our most active

environmental groups is the Mahtomedi Area Green Initiative (MAGI). This group’s goal is to reduce carbon-emitting energy use, pursue and acquire renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and encourage an enduring community commitment to sustainability. The group’s activities include participating in Earth Day fairs, holding town hall forums on energy issues, exploring opportunities for wind generation, developing strategies for promoting bicycling and publicizing local environmental activities and events. MAGI collaborated with Century College to secure a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to complete a carbon footprint analysis for municipal facilities and activities. MAGI also has partnered with the Mahtomedi Area educational Foundation to establish the Green Initiative Fund. Tax-deductible contributions to this fund support renewable energy and environmental education projects and programs in the community such as the Zephyr Wind Project. The wind turbine in Mahtomedi stands as a tribute to that effort. For more information and tips on how you can promote renewable energy, go to this Union of Concerned Scientists website: http://www.ucs usa.org/clean-energy/increaserenewable-energy#.WMFv6FXyuUk Sen. Chuck Wiger represents District 43 in the Minnesota Senate and can be reached at 651-296-6820.

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Staying healthy before, during and after vacation

here’s nothing worse: You’ve waited months for your vacation and now you’re sick. Certainly, there are some situations that are out of our control when it comes to vacation, but preparation goes a long way when it comes to a getaway that goes off without a hitch. Here is a checklist to help: Before you leave for vacation • Consider where you are going. Are you traveling to Mexico, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico? There are viruses in these areas, like the Zika virus, that are dangerous to pregnant women. Don’t take the risk. • Do your homework. Make sure you’re keeping an eye on the area where you are traveling to make sure there are no outbreaks. For example, the Centers for Disease Control just posted an article about a Measles outbreak in Romania. Keep this website handy for health updates across the globe: https://wwwnc.cdc. gov/travel. • Are you vaccinated against

measles? If you are traveling internationally, talk to your doctor months in advance about vaccinations. Your doctor may also prescribe an antibiotic, depending on the location. • Talk to your doctor about your chronic conditions. For example: if you have a heart condition, you may not want to travel to areas of high altitude, which can exacerbate many chronic conditions. Movers and • Make sure to pack all of your Shakers medications. And, Carolyn McClain if you are going to ﬂy and dealing with a condition like a sinus infection or ear infection, be careful. Flying with these illnesses can be extremely painful, especially for young children. Get checked out before you leave. If you just started on antibiotic, consider using a nasal spray like Afrin to help ears and

sinuses adjust to the elevation changes of the ﬂight. While on vacation • Be careful in the sun, especially in warmer climates where the sun’s intensity is greater. Apply and reapply sunscreen often. • Be aware of altitude sickness. Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache, loss of appetite and trouble sleeping. It most often when people who are not used to high altitudes go quickly from lower altitudes to 8000 feet (2438 m) or higher. Altitude sickness can be dangerous. It is smart to take special care if you go high-altitude hiking or camping (like in the Rockies) or have plans for a vacation or trek in high-altitude countries like Peru, Ecuador, or Nepal. • Stay hydrated, but be careful of water in places like Mexico where parasites in the water can make you sick. While there are many resorts where the water is safe to drink, there are some places where it is not. In

these areas, also beware of salads, vegetables and fruit that are likely washed by water. Ice is a concern too. After vacation • If you get sick after vacation, be sure to tell your doctor where you were. There are some sicknesses that need to be treated with antibiotic and some that should not. For example, giardia, which is bacteria, should be treated with antibiotic, while certain E.coli should NOT be treated with antibiotic. I had a patient who had been traveling to San Diego. He had symptoms including bloody diarrhea. Once we found out about his travels, and that he had swam in the ocean, we were able to better diagnose the bacteria. Many people don’t realize even water off the coast of the U.S. can make you sick. • Don’t forget to alert your doctor that you’ve been on vacation even months down the road as symptoms you are experiencing could be related. Dr. Carolyn McClain is medical director of The Urgency Room.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pl Please stop the graffiti I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve prepared to repaint my building due to some new graffiti provided by our local “artists.” Our business has been located in White Bear Lake for 21 years and seems to be a favorite target for graffiti, vandalism and burglary. We have spent well over $20,000 repairing broken glass, damaged interiors, a destroyed roof top heat/AC unit and graffiti. We have been thwarted by a business neighbor from fencing because we would slightly encroach on their unused property. The police shrug and hand us another incident report number when we make a report. (We are right across the street from the police station). My employees and I are frustrated, disheartened and dismayed at our lack of standing in this community. I am making an appeal directly to the “artists.” If you feel you have any real talent, come

iinto t my offi ffice when h we’re ’ open, we may have a real job for you. Mark Klosterman White Bear Lake

Birchwood mayor runs tight ship As a lifelong resident of Birchwood, I fi nd it laughable that a local political opposition group has been formed with the name, “Birchwood United”. I hope they’ve registered as a PAC. It reminds me of other politically branded catastrophes in the not-so-recent past ... Citizens United and the Affordable Care Act spring to mind. These names sound great, but the outcome — not so great. The election is over and Mayor Mary Wingfield won with the same formidable numbers as the last time this group coalesced behind a challenger. She runs a tight fi scal ship, perhaps the most frugal in the entire metro area. Birchwood has one of the largest percentages of elderly on fi xed

incomes in i i the th area, the th majority spoke ... get over it, move on. I prefer the Lake Links-type organization that is building community and providing safe passage for all. I’m hopeful every community embrace the Lakes Link trail, I know Mary Wingfield does. John Fleck Birchwood

in bill att the th 11th hour h i the th 2016 session, which completely derailed it. I sincerely hope that Rep. Fischer and Sen. Chuck Wiger will spend less effort whining and more effort pushing for a constructive result. So far, neither of them are scoring any points in my book. Greg Lees White Bear Lake

Funding in 11th hour derailed bill

Another family who loves foster children

In regard to Rep. Peter Fischer’s comments (“Once again headed toward a train wreck,” March 8, 2017): When you point your fi nger, look at your hand to see that three fi ngers are pointing back at you. Rep. Fischer’s version of last year’s state bonding debacle was a ridiculous and misleading attempt to convince his constituents that “it’s not my fault.” The truth is that his party chose to attempt to add funding for Southwest Light Rail to an already-agreed-upon bonding

When I read the paper and saw the story “Falling in love with foster children” (March 8), I thought the community might like to hear about our daughter and son-in-law, Philip and Shelli Olson, who have been doing foster care for years. They have adopted six of their foster kids. They have one little girl they had from birth who has Cornelia de Lange syndrome and when they found out about her sister, who also has it, they adopted her as well. She lived in Oklahoma in foster care, so

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they gott h hold the foster th ld off th f t care there and went there to get her. After having her for about a year, they went back this summer and were able to adopt her. This little girl, who was 6 years old at the time, never talked before and in such a short amount of time she has been talking like crazy. I can’t even tell you how wonderful it was the fi rst time she called me “Grandma.” Philip and Shelli also adopted two other sisters at different times, so it is so nice they can grow up together. They also adopted another girl and boy. They also have five biological children who are now all adults except a 16-year-old. They are such wonderful and loving parents and would love to have even more room to take in more foster kids. I am so proud of them and so happy for any child they get because they are the most loving and caring people. They live in White Bear Lake. Sandy Olheiser White Bear Lake

DEATH NOTICE

Myron Ellman ll

Irene Doris i Monaghan h

Aug. 31, 1925 – March 3, 2017 Myron passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side at the Minnesota Veterans Home. Myron was a longtime resident of Mahtomedi and was an active man most of his life. He loved the simple things; his wife, children (especially his grandchildren and neighbor kids), animals and a White Castle with a cheap beer. He enjoyed camping, waterskiing, downhill skiing, bridge and growing a garden at his parents’ farm. He was a modest man who believed in an honest days work. He owned a small construction company and built many homes in Lake Elmo. He lived his last two years at the Minnesota Veterans Home where he was treated with dignity and respect and he was quite content. Funeral services will be held at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 880 Neal Ave. South, Afton, at 11 a.m. March 18, 2017. Visitation 1 hour prior. Memorials preferred to St. Peters Lutheran Church.

Age 84 of White Bear Township, passed away at her home on March 5, 2017. Irene was born in Bertha Township, Minnesota, on Aug. 4, 1932. She was one of 10 children to Angie (nee Riley) and Alfred Greenwaldt. She worked full-time at Kendalls Supermarket in North St. Paul and eventually retired from there. When the kids were little, Irene was known for her phenomenal cooking. She was very outgoing and enjoyed going to social events. Her favorite types of gatherings were any that would bring her together with her family. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia; her son, Timothy; her parents, Alfred and Angie; and 5 siblings. She will be dearly missed by her son, John of Hugo; her 3 grandchildren, Nick, Keith, and Jess; her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth; 3 brothers; 1 sister; and other family and friends. There was a gathering to celebrate Irene's life on Saturday, March 11 at the funeral home. Interment followed at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Mahtomedi. Mueller Memorial is serving the family. To leave a message of condolence, visit www.MuellerMemorial. com or call 651-429-4944 for more information.

Lorraine M. Kolodziej (nee Vadnais) Lorraine M. Kolodziej (nee Vadnais), 93, of White Bear Lake. Mass of Christian Burial 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at Church of St. Pius X, 3878 Highland Ave., White Bear Lake. Visitation one hour prior to Mass. Interment St. John’s the Baptist Cemetery, Hugo.

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Officer charged with manslaughter pleads not guilty BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

VADNAIS HEIGHTS — A St. Anthony police officer involved in a fatal shooting in Falcon Heights last summer pleaded not guilty Feb. 27. Jeronimo Yanez, of Vadnais Heights, will face a trial for manslaughter beginning May 30. Yanez was charged in November by

the Ramsey County Attorney's Office with second-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights last summer and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a fi rearm in relation to two passengers. Yanez's attorneys, Earl Gray, Paul Engh and Tom Kelly called for the charges to be dismissed because they

argued that Castile “was the substantial cause of his own demise” due to his behavior when Yanez approached him, according to court documents. They also argue that Yanez was in fear for his life and thought Castile was reaching for a gun. After a hearing Feb. 15, Judge William H. Leary III denied the attorneys' request to dismiss the case. A jury will decide whether the

Ramsey County Attorney's Office argument that Yanez' use of force was unreasonable and inconsistent with police practice is correct. Castile died after Yanez fi red seven shots at him. Castile's fi nal words were, “I wasn't reaching for it,” in reference to a gun he told Yanez he was carrying, said Ramsey County Attorney John Choi at a previous press conference.

Sheriff stepping down mid-term STILLWATER — There will be a new leader heading up the Washington County Sheriff’s Department. Longtime Sheriff Bill Hutton is stepping down to take a new job with the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association. Hutton’s last day on the job is April 30. His first day as executive director of MSA is May 1. “So I’m taking about 12 hours off,” he joked. The timing was right for the career change, Hutton said. “The executive director was going to be leaving, so the association approached me to determine my level of interest. I would have loved to complete my third term (in 2018), but the position would not have been available at that time.” Hutton had already decided he wouldn’t be running for a fourth term. “I’m 57 and in police years, that’s old,” he said.

First elected in 2006, the sheriff was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. He started his career in 1983 as a part-time officer in Oakdale, spending 23 years in a full-time capacity with the city. As executive director, he will have significant legislative responsibilities, Hutton said. “There will be legislative review and conversation; making sure information is getting out to the 87 sheriffs. At some level, we need a unified voice and that is the responsibility of the executive director.” The decision was not easy, added Hutton. “Timing is everything, as we all know, and I needed to make that decision. It’s been a great ride and I’ve really enjoyed it.” The County Board is responsible by statute for appointing his replacement and will be discussing the position at its March 14 meeting.

The sheriff said he has recommended Chief Deputy Dan Starry for the job. He’s been with the Sheriff’s office 24 years and served as chief deputy under Hutton for six. “I stated to the board that if they like the direction they are going as an organization and what we do for citizens of Washington County, then Dan has significant responsibility behind those decisions.” Sheriff Bill Hutton

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Student charged with racist stalking BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

VADNAIS HEIGHTS — A student who admitted to a Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy that he made racial slurs and threatening kicks at a staff member was charged with stalking because of bias last week. Uriah James Meidlinger, 19, of Lake Elmo, attends WELS North School in

Vadnais Heights, a program of the Northeast Metro 916 school district designed for post high-school-aged students with intensive special needs. Meidlinger allegedly harassed a female employee at the school over a period of time, according to a complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court. The staff member reported he frequently called her racial slurs and pulled his eyes in such a way as to mock her Asian race.

She let the student know his actions were unacceptable. When Meidlinger allegedly repeatedly made derogatory statements and said he hated her Feb. 28 and March 1, school staff held a meeting with Meidlinger to discuss his behavior, according to the complaint. Meidlinger then allegedly told the staff member, “You little snitch. You messed with the wrong gangster. I'm going to

Sheriff’s Office aims for equity Ramsey County Sheriff Jack Serier recently announced the creation of an employment recruiting initiative to continue efforts for racial and gender equity in the public safety workforce. “Over the past six years, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office has become an employer of choice for people of color looking to enter the law enforcement profession,” Serier stated. “We are seeking to continue this momentum by forming a group of community members who will advise staff on

outreach efforts. This group will provide direct feedback and suggestions for open and continuing dialogue.” The Employer of Choice initiative will be called Sheriff’s Office Community Circle for Racial and Gender Equity. The group will be an open forum to bring community leaders together with Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Communication Center leaders and recruiters to increase pathways to employment opportunities. The first meeting of the group

will take place 6 p.m. Friday, April 7 at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center, 425 Grove Street, Saint Paul. Suwana Kirkland, a sergeant with the Sheriff’s Office, has been selected to lead the circle. Kirkland has been a member of the Sheriff’s Office since 2007. Additionally, Kirkland currently serves as vice president for the Minnesota chapter of the Black Police Officers Association.

get you. I know where you live. Going to come to your house and I'm going to get you. … Snitches get stitches.” A Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy spoke twice with Meidlinger and he admitted to the alleged behavior, stated he is racist and said he “does not like Hmong people,” according to the complaint. In the second interview he cried and expressed remorse for his behavior.

Fire ravages deck A neighbor in the 1900 block of Elm Street saw a deck on fire about 3:30 a.m. March 11 and called the fire department, reported District Chief Tom Ballis. The first firefighters arrived about six minutes later and saw a fire on a deck spreading to the home's vinyl siding. They used an extinguisher until the engine arrived to completely extinguish the fire, Ballis said. The fire barely reached the interior of the house, he added. “The major loss was the deck and siding up to the second floor,” he noted. All occupants of the house got out safely and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation but Ballis said it is not suspicious and appears to have been an accident.

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WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS The White Bear Lake Police Department reported the following incidents: • Intoxicated males were separated for the night in the area of Highway 61 March 3. • A man was arrested for trespassing in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue March 3. • Forged checks in the amount of $2,800 were reported March 3. • Theft of Minnesota Wild jerseys was reported in the area of Lake Avenue S. March 3. • Theft was reported in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue March 3. • A driver accidentally left his vehicle in drive in the 4800 block of Highway 61 near a gas station March 4. The vehicle careened westbound, hopped a curb and

came to rest on railroad tracks. • Vandalism of a rental car overnight was reported in the area of Elm Street March 4. • A driver was arrested for DWI in 2400 block of White Bear Avenue March 4. • Vandalism of another car overnight was reported in the area of Elm Street March 4. • Theft was reported in the 1200 block of Birch Court March 4. • Theft of an unsecured flatbed trailer was reported in the 1800 block of Buerkle Road March 4. • A Hugo man was arrested for controlled substance violations in the area of Highway 61 and Buffalo Street March 5. • A North St. Paul resident was arrested for DWI in the area of County Road E and Midland March 5.

• A stolen vehicle from St. Paul was located in the 1800 block of Birch Street March 5. It was towed. • A driver was arrested for third-degree DWI in the area of White Bear Avenue and Beam Avenue March 5. • A stolen vehicle from St. Paul was located in the 4700 block of Centerville Road March 6. It was towed. • A man carrying a kitchen knife was reported in the 4800 block of Highway 61 March 6. He was found in possession of a controlled substance and was transported to a hospital for a mental health issue. • A resident on Pathways Avenue reported a stolen purse March 7. • Theft of three packs of cigarettes was reported in the 3100 block of McKnight Road March 7.

• A resident reported a vehicle being shot with a paintball near White Bear Avenue March 7. Suspects were identified and charges are pending. • Theft of a mobility scooter from a garage was reported near East County Line Road March 8. It was last seen in 2014. • A man was reported to have fled without paying for a tire in the area of Highway 61 March 8. • Theft of a vehicle sometime in the last month was reported in the area of County Road F March 8. • A suspicious person testing vehicle door handles in a parking lot was reported in the area of McKnight Road N. March 8. Officers could not find the suspect. • A backpack found on Centerville Road March 9 was determined to be stolen property and was returned to its owner.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Washington County Sheriff's Office reported the following selected incidents in Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Mahtomedi, Pine Springs and Willernie:

DELLWOOD • A Lindstrom man, 56, was cited March 1 on Dellwood Avenue and Peninsula Road for speeding higher than the posted 35 mph limit.

GRANT • A resident in the 8800 block of Kimbro Avenue reported a backpack, and iPad and a laptop taken from her vehicle overnight Feb. 27-28. • A resident in the 10000 block of Lansing Avenue N. reported money taken from his motor vehicle Feb. 28. • A resident in the 8600 block of Jamaca Avenue N. on Feb. 28

reported someone tampering with his vehicle after he noticed it had been moved. The complainant was unsure whether anything was taken from the vehicle that had been parked unlocked in the garage. Deputies advised the complainant to lock the vehicle. • A resident in the 8600 block of Kimbro Lane N. reported receiving a phone call Feb. 28 from an unknown number claiming to be his grandson trying to have bail money transferred over the phone.

MAHTOMEDI • A resident in the 60 block of Grove Street on Feb. 28 reported being in the basement and hearing a window open in the back of the residence. After deputies cleared the site, the complainant requested extra patrol and had a friend come and stay with her.

• A Chanhassen women on Feb. 28 reported logging on to a college program website for potential students while using the Century College Wi-Fi and within 10 minutes discovered $621 charged to her credit card account for an Apple Valley hockey club. • A St. Paul man, 42, was cited March 2 in the 3300 block of Century Avenue N. for failure to provide proof of insurance and no Minnesota driver's license. • A Mahtomedi man, 64, was cited March 2 on Warner Avenue N. and Stillwater Road N. for texting while driving. • A woman reportedly pumped $5.05 in gas from the Freedom Valu Center on Wildwood Road on March 5 before entering the store and saying she needed to go get money. She then drove off in a vehicle with expired tabs and never returned to pay.

• A White Bear Lake man, reported an employee of the Freedom Valu Center on Wildwood Road on March 5 for trying to punch him after refusing to serve the complainant.

PINE SPRINGS • A Mendota Heights man, 20, was cited March 4 on Highway 36 and I-694 for speeding 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. • A St. Paul man, 53, was cited March 6 on Hilton Trail N. and Highway 36 N. for driving after revocation and failure to provide proof of insurance.

WILLERNIE • A 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol was reported stolen March 1 from a garage in the 300 block of Wildwood Road.

RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff's Offi ce reported the following incidents:

VADNAIS HEIGHTS • An employee at a gas station in the 1000 block of County Road E called 911 March 1 about a vehicle with no plates that had been at the pump for a very long time. The 19-year-old driver seemed confused to deputies, and possibly under the influence or impaired. License plates for the vehicle as well as pot and drug paraphernalia were found on the vehicle floor. The suspect was booked into the Ramsey County Jail jail on pending charges depending on results of a blood draw. • A vehicle was stopped by a deputy for repeatedly driving over the fog line, the center line, the fog line, and so on, on westbound I-694 in the wee hours of March 2. The female driver was arrested on a Dakota County felony warrant and a new charge of violating an order for protection. The 24-year-old from Farmington was booked into the jail. • An adult male accused of continued harassing and threatening a Hmong female staff member at N.E. Metro School District 916 in the 3500 block of Willow lake Boulevard was arrested March 2. The 19-year-old was jailed on the charge of “stalking due to bias or ethnicity,” a felony. • A shoplifting couple ran out of a shoe store in the 900 block of County Road E the morning of March 2 carrying two pairs of footgear and jumped into a “poorly-painted” white pickup truck, fleeing the scene. The total loss was pegged at $124. • A man on a midday break during a business meeting March 2 at a hotel in the 3500 block of Vadnais Center Drive returned to the meeting room to fi nd his $3,500 laptop computer gone. No suspects. • A Belland Avenue argument over money between friends who are living together occurred

just after midnight March 3 when the 33-yearold boyfriend, now the ex-boyfriend, kicked the 29-year-old woman and kneed her in the back. The suspect, who also has a misdemeanor warrant for his arrest out of Washington County, was jailed on the warrant and new charges of fi fth-degree assault and domestic assault. • A disagreement over a parking spot across the street from Wal-Mart the morning of March 4 led to the arrest of both drivers because an arriving deputy wasn’t sure who started the unpleasantness. Both the 63-year-old Maplewood man and the 36-year-old local woman exchanged hand signals. Next, she threw a can of soda at him and he got out, grabbed her by the neck and slammed her head into her car door. Both strangers were cited for “misdemeanor disorderly conduct — brawling or fi ghting.” • Tenants in the 1000 block of Birch Lane Boulevard reported the lock cut off and a burglary from their storage locker overnight March 5. A 32-inch television along with artwork and a mirror valued at a total of $600 went missing in the break-in. Recovery will be tough, a deputy said, because the tenants could not provide a serial number for the TV. • Thornhill Lane homeowners called county animal control the afternoon of March 6 after spotting a wounded turkey hobbling around in their backyard.The gobbler recovered quickly though, when it saw the uniformed officer arrive, and ran off into the woods. • Cameras all around did not deter the mail thief in the 7000 block of Berwood Avenue the afternoon of March 6. The male homeowner saw the incident on his camera phone at work and his wife witnessed the activity from their kitchen via a camera mounted on the garage. The fleet-footed mail thief, described as a male, 16-19 years old, wearing blue jeans and white sneakers, grabbed mail from the curbside box and escaped. • A burglar unsuccessfully attempted to break into a home March 7 in the 300 block of Lady

Slipper Lane. The homeowners have a security camera but it was turned off at the time of the incident. It was the third break-in attempt since last Sept., according to the deputy’s report.

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP • A juvenile male, age not released, was arrested March 1 on pending charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process at N.E. Metro School District 916. • A 28-year-old Burnsville woman was arrested just after midnight March 2 in the 1600 block of Melissa Lane following an anonymous complaint. The suspect initially refused to give her name and was identified through the use of a portable fi ngerprint scanner at the scene. She was jailed on a warrant out of Dakota County and the new charge of providing false information to police. • An 84-year-old woman was found deceased in her locked home in the 1900 block of Stillwater Street by her son the afternoon of March 5. The death was determined to be of natural causes and no foul play is suspected. • A man who had been living in a fish house on Bald Eagle Lake, and who is now homeless since the ice receded, was reportedly seen wandering around the neighborhood in the 5200 block of Bald Eagle Boulevard in the early morning hours of March 6, waving a knife. No knife was found and the homeless man was served with a no-trespass notice. • A homeowner on Cottage Court awoke March 7 to the sight of a 2014 Honda Accord parked in his driveway. Deputies learned the Honda, which had no plates, had been reported stolen out of St. Paul. The vehicle was impounded.

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Quilters craft layers of healing comfort BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — In a cozy corner of a church basement, in a room filled with fabric, thread and sewing machines, a group of local crafters is making quilts for girls rescued from sex trafficking. Fun and pretty patterns for tweens and teens is the goal, said June Smith, a 20-year quilter. Cats, teacups and swimsuits adorn some of the ladies' most recently finished quilts. “Little girls love purple,” said Priscilla Runquist, proudly displaying a quilt with various shades of the color. The sewing group meets at First Presbyterian Church of White Bear Lake and has been making quilts for a few years for various philanthropic organizations — World Vision, Solid Ground and the Marie Sandvik Center among them. Two weeks ago, the group dropped off its first load of quilts at Brittany's Place, a St. Paul shelter and service center for girls aged 10 to 17 rescued from or at risk of sexual exploitation or sex trafficking. The group started making quilts for Brittany's Place last fall after a group member, Sue Ovaltson, heard about the shelter when her church in North St. Paul was collecting clothing donations. She heard the girls arrive with no possessions. “They pretty much get there with nothing,” said Sonja Irlbeck, noting girls come to Brittany's Place after their trafficker has been busted by law enforcement. So the sewing group set out to make quilts for the girls to take with them when they move on to other programs after their stay at the shelter. The group delivered 16 quilts they made over the last few months and six made by a quilter's group from Community of Grace Lutheran Church, Irlbeck said. Brittany's Place can house 12 girls at a time, and the girls stay for a various lengths of time — a few weeks to a few months. The quilts are a parting gift to the girls. Much of the fabric the group uses has been donated by community members. The group also raises funds to purchase thread, batting and other fabric by selling baby quilts at the church. A full-size quilt was also recently raffled to donate

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About two dozen quilters make blankets for girls rescued from trafficking in the church basement of First Presbyterian Church on Tuesdays. Busy at work last week were June Smith, Sue Ovaltson, Sonja Irlbeck and her granddaughter Genesis, Pastor Neil Craigan (for moral support), Gayle Vail, Priscilla Runquist and Jeanene Kleidon.

money directly to Brittany's Place. Fabric was donated by Bear Patch Quilting in downtown White Bear Lake. With every quilt to Brittany's Place the crafters sent this message: “Stitched with you in mind, by many loving hands who care about you and wrap you in support and friendship.” The ladies hope the quilts can bring healing to the girls. “The idea is to communicate to them that they are loved and that their own personal quilt may help provide comfort and support as they move forward in their healing journeys,” Irlbeck said. Smith said she hopes the quilts can become a comfort object for the girls and teens who have gone through trauma, much like a small blanket can be for a toddler. “Teens can drag the quilt around and wrap up in it on the couch,” she noted. The quilts are about 50 by 60 inches and the ladies work collaboratively to finish about two a week, depending on the complexity of the quilts. When the Press visited, six quilts were in process. Irlbeck said she has only been a quilter for four months. Jeanene Kleidon is also a beginner, and the group helped

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her learn how to use her sewing machine, she said. Gayle Vail said she has been sewing since she was 5 years old. The group has 23 members and meets every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on joining the group or to donate fabric, contact Irlbeck at 651-263-3242 or sbirlbeck@gmail.com. Brittany's Place is named in memory

of a St. Paul teen who was raped and murdered. For more information about Brittany's Place, visit https://www. 180degrees.org/brittanys-place.html or for referrals call 651-332-5539. Sara Marie Moore can be reached at 651-407-1235 or vadnaisheightsnews@presspubs.com.

LAKE LAWSUIT: Plaintiffs ask for 30% reduction in groundwater pumping FROM PAGE 1A

“An end to irrigation would protect the lake so it never reaches the DNR’s very low protective lake level,” Crosby Lehmann said. “This would allow nature and people to co-exist.” The attorney maintained that the DNR has no plans for a sustainable water supply and cited a statute that prevents the agency from issuing permits if hydrogeologic data is not available. “I believe evidence at the trial will show the aquifer is impaired,” Lehmann told the judge. An expert witness for the plaintiff, limnologist Stu Grubbs, will explain the harm from high volume wells around White Bear Lake, she said. Crosby Lehmann also noted that the “ecosystem progression is unprecedented,” noting there are 25-foot willows growing near Matoska Park. In its terms for relief, the WBLRA is also asking the judge to close the Prairie du Chien aquifer to new wells and new permits. “It is not sustainable for future generations,” Crosby Lehmann said. “Reasonable alternatives exist.” Until this case, she said in her statement, the DNR never realized the collective effect of its (groundwater) permits. A founding partner of Ciresi Conlin LLP, Crosby Lehmann went with Mike Ciresi when he split from RKMC, the original firm that took the case pro bono in 2012. Co-counsel Dick Allyn was also in the courtroom, as were attorneys for the city of White Bear Lake, an intervenor with the defense, and the White Bear Lake Homeowners Association, which sided early on with the plaintiff. Assistant Attorney General Oliver Larson is representing the DNR in the case. He opened by saying the

plaintiffs are giving the incomplete story. “Permitting is not the primary tool in groundwater management,” he said. “There has been so much focus on permitting, you haven’t heard about the other tools in the DNR toolbox,” Larson pointed out. “There has been a flurry of activity on water use planning.” Plaintiffs are saying the DNR is moving too slow, and that water use is going up, but there have been sharp reductions in water use in the northeast metro, Oliver stated, citing a 25 percent drop from 2007 to 2015. He also reminded the judge that the gallons appropriated in a permit do not equate to actual use. Another issue to look out for is evaporation vs. precipitation, Larson noted. “Just focusing on precipitation is not the whole story. Tiny changes in evaporation produce huge changes in White Bear Lake,” he said. The defense attorney indicated that the DNR is looking for cooperative, voluntary ways to reduce water use and taking steps to make that happen. “We don’t go out with a hammer to attack people’s permits,” Larson stated. He admits, the low hanging fruit regarding water conservation is probably already gone, but assured the judge DNR witnesses will explain other methods. “The sharp reduction in water use means the planning process by the Met Council and DNR is working, we don’t need to jump ship,” Larson said. “We can’t manage water supplies through litigation.” In his opening statement on behalf of an intervenor on the side of the defense, White Bear Township Attorney Pat Kelly said the case was important with regional impact.

He told the judge withdrawal from municipal wells was not the primary cause of low lake level. “We are in climate change now,” Kelly said. “We don’t deny interchange with the aquifer. But the Prairie du Chien and Jordan aquifer is huge. All should be subject to appropriation review who draw water from it. We should look at our friends in Cottage Grove, too.”

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said. “The gambling supports the youth program; without it, the expenses would be hard for a lot of families.” White Bear hockey runs six charitable gambling locations: two in Vadnais Heights at Saks Sports Bar and Jimmy’s Food and Drink; three in White Bear Lake at Doc’s Landing, Village Sports Bar, and White Bear Bar, and McCarron’s Pub and Grill in Maplewood. It’s a total win-win, said Olson. “The customers love our charitable gambling activities; the owners love

what we do and we love being a part of their business.” Gambling brought in $12 million in revenue last year, McFarlane said. “That isn’t net profit; margins aren’t that good, but any business doing that much in sales is doing something right,” he added. Hockey’s impact on area businesses justifies keeping the Sports Center, maintained McFarlane, who owns Venburg Tire in Maplewood. “It’s a great amenity and it’s not just a hockey building. We’re in it for the community, and hockey is a big part of the community.”

A bi-weekly section where readers will be informed on subjects of seasonal interest, upcoming events and other timely topics. OFF-LEASH DOG PARK SURVEY OPPORTUNITY – Ramsey County is seeking your input regarding dog park master planning, current off-leash dog areas, possible future locations & discussion regarding amenities within existing parks through an on-line survey. Visit https://www.ramseycounty.us/content/ provide-feedback-leash-dog-areas and take the survey. The survey is open until March 31st.

KEEP YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS & PARKS IN THE GREEN – BUY OR DONATE A TREE – Friends of the Parks are offering trees for Ramsey County residents to buy & plant in their yards or to buy & donate to a Ramsey County or Town parks. There is a nice selection of trees & shrubs to choose from. The deadline for order is Friday, April 21. Please visit www.friendsoftheparks.org for more information.

SOLICITORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT – If a solicitor comes to your door, ask to see their lanyard. If a solicitor is registered with the Township they will have received a lanyard for each person out soliciting in our neighborhoods. If they do not have one you may contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce at 651-767-0640 to report their presence in your neighborhood.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY – With the days beginning to get warmer we will find ourselves drawn to the many trails, parks, & just the outdoors in general. Take your safety into your own hands. Know that: • Pedestrians are given the right away when crossing at an intersection that is or is not marked with a crosswalk. Be sure approaching vehicles can see you; make eye contact with or wave to the driver so you know they see you; wait until approaching vehicles have completely stopped & cross the road safely when appropriate. • Walk on the side of the street so that traffic is coming at you & walk as close to the edge of the road as possible. If it is getting dark, make certain you have on bright reflective clothing. Using a flashing light or flashlight will help drivers see you. • If you need to cross the street at a location other than a crosswalk or intersection, it is the pedestrian’s responsibility to yield to all traffic & cross only when the street is clear.

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Holly Johnson works the paddlewheel for the White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association Thursday night at the White Bear Bar. Players spin the wheel in a roulette-type game based on odds. Proceeds benefit the hockey association.

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Committee forms to brainstorm revamped Sports Center

An ad hoc committee called “Friends of the White Bear Sports Center” is being formed to seek input from the various White Bear Lake Sports Center user groups, both past and present. Ideas suggested so far include: • two sheets of ice • basketball courts • an indoor walking track • an outdoor rink with a fire pit • a larger Senior Center As discussions about the opportunity to rethink the White Bear Lake

Sports Center grow, local residents Sara Hanson and Lisa Beecroft have volunteered to help organize the many ideas proposed. A Facebook group has been created and a public survey is being drafted. The future of the facility is still uncertain, but if you have thoughts on what features you would like to see considered in a redesign, please contact the committee at Friendsofwbsc@gmail. com or join the Facebook group at www. facebook.com/groups/friendsofWBSC.

Octogenarian ‘rink rat’ a regular at Sports Center BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

Don Harvey doesn’t worry about falling on the ice. In fact, it happens fairly often. “I don’t give it a thought,” he said. The 80-year-old has spent two days a week for the last 18 years playing pick-up hockey at the White Bear Sports Center. He skates on Mondays too, in Roseville, “with the 70-year-olds.” Needless to say, Harvey loves the game. “It’s keeping me mentally alert and physically fit,” noted the township resident. He’s not the speedster he used to be — that ended five years ago with a pulled tendon injury. “I missed the season and never got my speed back,” Harvey said. Still, he has fun with guys half his age. “They know I’m old and they don’t knock me around,” he pointed out. An ex-Marine, Harvey was also honored at the VFW as the oldest during a Marine Corps birthday celebration last November. He cut the cake with the youngest Marine in the room, as is tradition. He served in Korea from 1953 to 1956. Hockey wasn’t always a huge part of his life. Growing up in St. Paul, Harvey started playing at age 10 but quit when his mother sent him to a boarding school in western New York. He didn’t play again until his early 30s, which goes to show skating is a skill you don’t necessarily lose. After a career in logistics for AMF sporting goods in California, Harvey retired in 1993 and moved back to Minnesota; first Scandia and later White Bear Township in 2000. He lost his wife last April after 47 years of marriage. Their two sons remained in California. Another White Bear player on the recreational league, John Normand, plays with Harvey and thought the old-timer’s story should be told. “He rarely misses,” Normand said, “and he’s an

inspiration to the rest of us.” It’s all about the camaraderie, more than the competition, added Normand, who played hockey for Bemidji State in college. He also noted that “keeping your mind in the game keeps you from thinking of the torture your body is going through.” Harvey has played on rinks in Blaine, Bloomington, Roseville, New Hope and Vadnais Heights and claims the Sports Center consistently has the best ice. “I really like the facility. They take good care of the ice.” Does he think it amazing that he is still skating at 80? “I think it’s amazing I’m still alive,” Harvey replied. Especially since he had bypass surgery in 2005. That was a wakeup call for Harvey, who said he learned to change his diet and stay in shape by playing hockey and jogging. “Some days there are only two or three of us who show up (at the Sports Center), but we still play. We’re just like kids. We’re rink rats.”

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Players range in age from 18 to 80 at the Tuesday and Thursday morning Sports Center pick-up games. At 80, Don Harvey is the oldest in the group. He rarely misses a game.

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Movement a struggle but former mayor making progress This update on former White Bear Lake Mayor Paul Auger was provided by his family: Bethesda Rehab Hospital has been home to Paul Auger for six weeks now. Stricken with Guillian-Barre Syndrome on Jan. 17, Paul has had three bouts with both pneumonia and urinary tract infections, as well as two eye infections and two infections in his mouth. Infections are a common set-back for this disease. He is now weaning off the ventilator that has been keeping him alive since his hospitalization. He is receiving speech therapy, along with physical and occupational therapy to aid in the recovery of the usage of his arms and legs. He is now able to move his arms but only in gross motor movements, nothing intentional yet. “This is a very long process and we are all supporting him in making a full recovery,” said his wife Anne. “I spend every day at the hospital watching him struggle to regain his movement. He is truly a warrior who won’t rest until he is whole again,” she said. Because this recovery process is so slow, I

YOU SHOULD KNOW: • A 5K fundraiser for Paul Auger starts at 9 a.m. March 25. Participants meet at the marina at Boatworks Commons, 4441 Lake Ave. S. in White Bear Lake. Registration is $20 through March 23; $30 on Friday and race day. To register, go to www.frontrunnerusa.com/event/runwalk-paul-auger-5k • Updates on Paul Auger can be viewed at caringbridge.org. Users must register to access the site. Search for paulauger. • The family has a GoFundMe account to offset medical expenses. To contribute, go to: https://www.gofundme.com/ help-paul-auger-walk-no-run.

don’t always see the improvements from day to day, but when one of his customers from the Garage or friends stop in to see him, they notice the progress right away.” Paul cannot talk yet because he has a trach and is on the ventilator, but he’s working really hard to wean from it and once that is accomplished, which could take a month or two, he will again be able to speak. With humor, she said, she and their daughters, Allison and Lindsay, are nervous about what his first words will be. Paul and the entire family are thankful for the

prayers and moral support they have received from the community. Randy Fulton has initiated a walk/ run fundraiser on March 25 and a Benefit is planned at the Village/Stadium sometime in May. “Paul gets a smile on his face every time I read him a note on a card that says, ‘Get back to work, we miss you,’ or ‘my kids will be coming home from college and their car needs you,’” Anne said. “To know that he is missed in the community and that people are supporting him always gets us that smile and we know gives him the courage to continue fighting.”

Woodpeckers inspire brick wellhouses in township BY JOAN GILL ELWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — Uniform wells, pole barns, rain gardens and bridges were discussed at the March 6 White Bear Township Board meeting. The board approved a proposal made by Public Works Director Dale Reed to publicize a request for bids to complete work started five years ago on updating the exterior fi nishes of city wellhouses. Wellhouse No. 5, located at 4295 Otter Lake Road, will soon sport a brick and mortar exterior to match the other wellhouses. Aside from aesthetics, Reed said woodpeckers have damaged the existing cedar panel siding, and the new brick siding will reduce future maintenance costs. Funding for the project is provided by the township’s water operating fund. A

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request for bids will be published in the White Bear Press; bids are due April 27. There was also a lengthy discussion regarding pole barns after Planner Tom Riedesel presented several amendments recommended by the Variance Board and Planning Commission. It all started with a request from residents Don and Janice Stock on Portland Avenue to replace an existing pole barn with a new upgraded design post-frame building. Historically, pole barns have not been allowed by the township due to building quality and aesthetics. However, the quality has improved over the years, so the Board approved the variance with strict standards for construction. Don Stock, whose home is located in the far northeast section of the town, spoke at the meeting to assure the board that the

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Record amounts of drugs seized in 2016 The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced a record amount of drug seizures by the state’s Violent Crime Enforcement Teams (VCETs) in 2016. From Methamphetamine to prescription pills, drugs are being seized at an alarming rate in Minnesota. Illicit drug use threatens the safety and health of communities across the state as lives are lost and families destroyed by their use and abuse. VCETs seized a record 488 pounds of meth off the streets, a 484 percent increase since meth seizure was at its lowest level in 2009 (83 pounds). Prescription pill seizures, which includes opioids, increased by 231 percent in 2016 over the previous year. “The rate at which drugs are being seized around the state should concern every Minnesotan,” said Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mona Dohman. “Law enforcement can’t win this battle alone. We need parents, educators and the peers of those who take drugs to say enough is enough. Together we can save lives.” VCETs, which are partially funded by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), are multi-jurisdictional task forces that investigate narcotics, gangs, and violent crime. VCETs have increased their presence across the state in recent years in an effort to identify major drug traffickers, focusing on high-level dealers and suppliers. While enforcement, legislation and education have all played a key role in reducing meth labs from 410 in 2003 to 13 last year, meth continues to flow into Minnesota, primarily from Mexico. Other drugs, such as fentanyl products, are coming from China and the vast majority of heroin is also making its way to Minnesota from Mexico. The VCETs partner with state and federal agencies

across the country to stem the flow of drugs into Minnesota. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) also seized more than 360 pounds of meth, nearly 230 pounds of marijuana, and more than 110 pounds of cocaine. The BCA laboratory saw evidence submissions containing fentanyl increase from a total of 14 in 2014 and 2015, to 75 in 2016. One 2016 case contained more than 2.7 liters of fentanyl. Just 2 mg can be deadly.

Overdose deaths and treatment on the rise Minnesota drug overdose deaths are more than four times as high than in the year 2000, when there were 129 drug overdose deaths, according to the Department of Human Services (DHS). In 2015, more than half of the drug-related deaths were related to prescription medications rather than illegal street drugs. The leading drugs associated with deaths were opioid pain relievers (221) followed by heroin (114), stimulants such as methamphetamines (83), benzodiazepines (71) and cocaine (41). Minnesota has seen rising death rates related to all of these drug categories over the past five years, except for cocaine deaths, which have stayed at around 30 to 40 deaths a year since 2011. “To get to the root causes of drug addiction and overdoses, we must redouble our efforts and implement a comprehensive public health approach involving communities, health care providers and law enforcement,” said Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Ed Ehlinger. The Department of Human Services (DHS) reported treatment admissions for methamphetamine had

peaked in 2005 at 6,703 admissions to treatment, before declining. However, starting in 2010, methamphetamine admissions began to rise, and in 2016, Minnesota had 11,555 treatment admissions for methamphetamine use, more than any other drug, including opioids or marijuana, and 72 percent over its peak in 2005. DHS is also working hard to address the issue, through proposed drug treatment reforms that get people into treatment quicker, strengthen services and provide early intervention and comprehensive supportive services. “What we are seeing in the data is alarming. Methamphetamine use is now second only to alcohol for treatment admissions in Minnesota," said Department of Human Services Commissioner Emily Piper. "The good news is: treatment works. By strengthening and improving our treatment system, more people will get the help they need when they need it.” Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing several initiatives and investments to crack down on illegal drug activity and improve substance abuse treatment in Minnesota. His budget proposes a plan to redesign the continuum of care for substance abuse disorder. It also includes an additional $1 million per year to expand funding for VCETs, based on recommendations made by the Violent Crime Coordinating Council. VCETs currently serve 70 counties, but the need is in all 87 counties. Dayton also recommends increasing BCA funding to provide four additional narcotics special agents, a drug chemistry forensic scientist, and a criminal intelligence analyst to support a drug monitoring initiative. From press release

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Monday: Communion Service at 9 a.m. Tuesday-Friday: Mass at 9 a.m. Saturday: Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday: Mass at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. 700 Mahtomedi Ave., Mahtomedi 651-426-3245

Masses: Saturday – 5:00 PM Sunday – 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM 651-429-7771 www.stmarys-wbl.org Church 4741 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake Parish Life Center/School 4690 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake

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UPCOMING EVENTS LECTURE ON RACE IN AMERICA

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 Where: Parkview United Church of Christ, 3737 Bellaire Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Jason Sole, the president of the Minneapolis Chapter of the NAACP, will be speaking on his book, ‘From Prison to PhD: A Memoir of Hope, Resilience, and Second Chances’. Discussion follows. Contact: mnpucc.org

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RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE – WHITE BEAR LAKE

When and Where: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at Kowalski’s, 4391 Lake Ave. S.; noon-6 p.m. Monday, March 20 at The Lodge at White Bear, 3666 E. County Line Rd.; and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, March 23 TEENS IN at Century College, West When: 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, March 16 & 23 Campus Main Commons, 3300 Century Ave N. Where: Wildwood Details: All blood Library, 763 Stillwater types and platelets Rd. Mahtomedi needed. Call or go online Details: Weekly to register. program for teens 12Contact: 800 RED 17 years includes art projects, tech workshops, CROSS or redcrossblood. org games and more. Free; no registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042 PARENT’S NIGHT OUT When: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, March 18 KIDS DREAM SPRING FILM SERIES Where: White Bear Area YMCA, 2100 When: 10 a.m. Friday, Orchard Ln., White Bear Saturday and Sunday, Lake March 17-19 Details: Parents can Where: Marcus enjoy a few hours away Oakdale Cinema, 5677 Hadley Ave. N., Oakdale while kids participate in age-appropriate themed Details: $3 admission activities. $20/child or to ‘The Wild Life’, rated PG. Concession specials. $15/Y members. Contact: 651-777Contact: 651-770-4994 8103 or ymcamn.org/ FAMILY FITNESS EXPO locations/white_bear_ area_ymca When: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 18 Where: Maplewood COMMUNITY Community Center, 2100 CONNECTIONS IN VADNAIS HEIGHTS White Bear Ave. Details: People of all When: 2-3 p.m. ages are invited to learn Tuesday, March 21 (and about exercise, nutrition the 3rd Tuesday of every and overall wellness. month) Free admission. Where: Vadnais Vendors, prizes and Heights City Hall, 800 E. samples. County Road E Contact: familyﬁtness Details: Join the expo.com White Bear Area Senior Program and Premier Travel to learn VADNAIS HEIGHTS about upcoming trip COMMUNITY FOOD opportunities. Free – no PROGRAM registration needed. When: 9-10 a.m. Contact: 651-204-6000 Saturday, March 18 or cityvadnaisheights. Where: Vadnais Heights Commons, 655 E. com

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LUNCH AND TABLE GAMES

When: Noon Wednesday, March 22 Where: Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 3676 Centerville Rd., Vadnais Heights Details: Bring a bag lunch for an afternoon of games. Coffee served and friends welcome. Contact: 651-204-6000 or cityvadnaisheights. com

FRIENDS AND FAMILY CPR

When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Where: White Bear Lake Fire Station 2, McKnight Rd. and County Rd. E Details: American Heart Association non-certiﬁed course covers CPR and airway obstruction. Free, registration required. Contact: 651-429-8568 or cvoss@whitebearlake. org

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Where: Vadnais Heights City Hall, 800 County Rd. E Details: LWV-White Bear Lake Area hosts a public meeting concerning the health of the Upper Mississippi River, with presenter Lonnie McCauley. Contact: 651-493-0686

FEED THE BEAR GALA

When: 5 p.m. Friday, March 24 Where: Kellerman Event Center, 2222 4th St., White Bear Lake Details: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf. VIP reception, social hour, dinner, live entertainment, live auction and rafﬂe. Tickets $75-$100 beneﬁt food shelf programs. Contact: 651-407-5310; whitebearfoodshelf.org

PAUL AUGER 5K RUN/WALK

When: 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: Boatworks Commons, 4495 Lake Ave. S., White Bear Lake Details: Run/walk is a fundraiser to help Paul Auger, who has been diagnosed with GuillainBarre syndrome. $20 in advance; $30 day of event. All proceeds beneﬁt Paul’s GoFundMe account. Contact: frontrunner usa.com

BEAR BOATING SPRING DANCE

When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: White Bear Lake Armory, 2228 4th St. Details: Spring fundraiser supports Bear Boating of

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‘THEN & NOW: DOWNTOWN WHITE BEAR LAKE PART I’

When: 6 p.m. Monday, March 27 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 ins St. Details: Illustrated program highlights the buildings and scenes of downtown that have changed, and those that have stayed the same. Free and open to the public. Contact: 651-407-5327 or whitebearhistory.org

WBAEFS MONTHLY COFFEE AND TOUR

When: 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 (and the 4th Tuesday of each month) Where: White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf, 1884 Whitaker St., White Bear Lake Details: Enjoy coffee while learning about the programs offered by the food shelf. Contact: RSVP to Andrea@whitebear foodshelf.org

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and female finishers in each group. $25 before March 27; includes When: 7:30-8:30 a.m. t-shirt. Wednesday, March 29 Contact: www. Where: Fairfield Inn & whitebearrotary.org Suites, Vadnais Heights Details: Business owners and employees can learn about local commercial real estate trends from a panel of local experts. Part of a 43RD ANNUAL series sponsored by the NORTHERN LIGHTS City of Vadnais Heights OPENING RECEPTION and the VHEDC. Free; When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. light breakfast provided. Thursday, March 23 Register online. Where: White Bear Contact: vhedc.com Center for the Arts, 4971 Long Ave. Details: Annual FARE FOR ALL When: 2-4 p.m. Friday, juried art exhibition runs March 20- April 20 March 31 Where: First Lutheran during gallery hours. Contact: 651-407-0597 Church, 4000 Linden St. or whitebeararts.org Details: Open to everyone to purchase fresh fruit, vegetables and frozen meat packages at a discounted price. Cash, credit cards and EBT accepted. ST. PAUL CHAMBER Contact: fareforall.org ORCHESTRA When: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 26 ROTARY STRIVE SCHOLARSHIP RACE Where: St. Andrews Lutheran Church, When: 9 a.m. 900 Stillwater Rd., Saturday, April 1 Mahtomedi Where: The Details: Jeremy Boatworks Commons, Denk plays Beethoven’s 4495 Lake Ave S., White Fourth Piano Concerto. Bear Lake Details:, 5-mile course Tickets available at SPCO box office. through White Bear Contact: 651-291-1144 Lake neighborhoods; or thespco.org 5K run along the lake to Matoska Park. Register online; proceeds go to UNITED STATES NAVY the Strive Scholarship CONCERT BAND Inc. Fund. Awards will When: 3-5 p.m. be given to the top 3 male Sunday, March 26

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St. Pius X Fish Fry WHEN: 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, Mar. 17 WHERE: Church of St. Pius X, 3878 Highland Ave., White Bear Lake

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Where: Bethel University, Benson Great Hall Details: Premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy presents a wide array of marches, patriotic selections, orchestral transcriptions and modern repertoire. Free, but tickets required. Contact: bethel.edu/ events

Theater ‘THE TEMPEST’

When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, Friday, March 10, Thursday, March 16, Saturday, March 18 and Saturday, March 25; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12 and March 26; 10 a.m. student matinee Thursday, March 23 Where: Lakeshore Players, 4820 Stewart Ave., White Bear Lake Details: This Shakespearean classic whips up a whirlwind of excitement as we whisk you away to a remote island for a tale of trickery, romance, magic, and revenge. Tickets $25/ regular; $23/seniors; $20/students. Contact: 651-429-5674 or lakeshoreplayers.org

‘GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA, GOOD MORNING JULIET’ When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9,

Saturday, March 11, Friday, March 17, Thursday, March 23 and Friday, March 24; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19 Where: Lakeshore Players, 4820 Stewart Ave., White Bear Lake Details: In this modern play, a young English professor proposes a radical new theory—Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies were meant to be comedies. Tickets $25/regular; $23/ seniors; $20/students. Contact: 651-429-5674 or lakeshoreplayers.org

Catholic Church, 14383 Forest Blvd. N., Hugo Details: Icelandic Cod and variety of sides. $11/ adult; $9/seniors 60+; $7/ children 6-12 and 5 and under free. Hosted by the St John’s Men’s Club of St. Genevieve’s Church. Contact: 651-429-7937

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When: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, March 18 Where: Bayport American Legion, 263 3rd St. N. Details: Irish dinner and music by Pair of 7. $12 at the door or $10 online by March 15. Proceeds support community needs and a Stillwater High School scholarship. Contact: eventbrite .com or aftonbayportlake land lions@grmail.com

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When: 10:30 a.m.-close Sunday, March 19 Where: Wild Mountain, 37200 Wild Mtn Rd., Taylors Falls Details: Free ‘never-ending’ ski and STILLWATER VFW snowboard lessons with LENTEN FISH FRY When: 5-7 p.m. Fridays a lift ticket. Join lesson any time between 11 through April 14 a.m.-3 p.m. Print coupon Where: The Heights online. Hall, 5880 Omaha Ave., Contact: 651-465-6365 Oak Park Heights or wildmountain.com Details: Menu includes hand-breaded wild Alaskan cod, ‘SCREENAGERS: MAPLE SYRUP potatoes au gratin, green FESTIVAL GROWING UP IN THE beans, coleslaw, rolls DIGITAL AGE’ When: 2-4 p.m. and dessert for $10/adult, Sunday, March 19 When: 10 a.m. $5/children 6-12 and 5 Where: Wargo Nature Saturday, March 25 and under are free. Center, 7701 Main St., Where: Liberty Contact: 651-430-1166 Lino Lakes Classical Academy, 3878 Details: Learn about Highland Ave., White the process of making Bear Lake NEIGHBORHOODS maple syrup, do maple Details: Free crafts, participate in a screening of the NEARBY scavenger hunt and taste documentary ﬁ lm maple treats. For the designed to help raise whole family. $5/person; awareness of the SENIOR DANCE potential pitfalls of When: 1-4 p.m. Friday, registration required. Contact: 651-429-8007 technology, followed March 17 or anokacountyparks. by small group parent Where: Forest Lake com discussion. American Legion Post Contact: 651-772-2777 225, 355 W. Broadway or libertyclassical Ave. NASCAR POTLUCK academy.org Details: Enjoy When: 2 p.m. Sunday, mature music by March 19 & 26 Jim Armstrong, and Where: Lino Lakes camaraderie. $6/person American Legion Post includes lunch. 566, 7731 Lake Dr. Contact: 651-464-2600 Details: Enjoy a potluck during the ST. JOHN’S televised NASCAR races. DON SCHOELLER ABOUT BOATING Free; bring a dish to MEMORIAL FISH FRY SAFETY When: 5-8 p.m. Fridays When: 6-9 p.m. Friday, share. Contact: 651-785-4175 through April 7 March 17 and 8 a.m.-1 Where: St. John’s p.m. Saturday, March 18;

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When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Where: Lowell Inn Banquet Center, 102 2nd St. Stillwater Details: Guest speaker Boyd Huppert presents ‘Land of 10,000 stories’. Social hour, dinner, business meeting and presentation. Open to the public. $25 for WCHS members; $30 for nonmembers. Reservations required. Contact: 651-439-5956 or wchsmn.org

FOREST LAKE FFA CHAPTER BANQUET

When: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Where: Forest Lake High School, 6101 Scandia Trail N. Details: Former members, guests, and community supporters are invited to attend. Tickets $8.00; purchased at the door. RSVP. Contact: forestlakeffa. org

GREATER STILLWATER CHAMBER COMMUNITY SHOWCASE

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: Stillwater Area High School, 5701 Stillwater Blvd. N. Details: Free familyfriendly event includes 120 local vendors, entertainment, food from local restaurants, kids area, Big toy and vehicle display. Contact: 651-439-4001 or greaterstillwater chamber.com

UPPER MIDWEST SCUBA & ADVENTURE TRAVEL SHOW

When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: DoubleTree Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd. S., Bloomington Details: Exhibitors, speakers, demonstrations, hosted by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society. Contact: 612-567-3305 or umsatshow.org

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LA DANZA DANCE CLUB MARCH MADNESS

When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: The Heights, 5880 Omaha Ave. N., Oak Park Heights Details: Music Provided by Tim Patrick and His Blue Eyes Band. Guests pay $34 per couple plus $10 for appetizers (optional). Contact: ladanza stillwater@hotmail.com

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LOOKING BACK Week of March 12 – March 18, 2017 Culled from the archives of the White Bear Press at the resource library of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society 1917 Our Neighbors – Town of New Canada – Chairman – Julius Schroer, SupervisorJacob Bonagard, Clerk- Urgele Rondeau, Treasurer – Wm. L. Kohlmann, Constable – P. Quint, Town of White Bear – Supervisor- Louis LaBore, Clerk- George S. Belland, Treasurer – Wm. A. Gall, Justice of Peace – G. A. Herrick, Constable – Aug. Scheunemann, Road Overseers- Adolphus LaBore, Wm. Auger, John Delonais…. 1942 Monday forenoon Bob Arcand, in the employ of the Parenteau grocery, went to Reed’s garage to get one of the delivery trucks. As he came out he lost control of the car, dented the fender of Ted Willis’ car, struck the rear of Tarney Farnen’s car and side swiped the front of Ike Milner’s car and shattered one large panel of the Northern States Power office front. Fortunately he wasn’t hurt. All damages were covered by insurance and no one was injured, so all goes well again… 1967 It will be premier night in White Bear Lake come this Wednesday night when the Cine Capri on Third and Banning swings open its doors in this all new theater resplendent with the lavish touches of the most modern cinema. Paul Albrecht, White Bear theatre owner will operate the Cine Capri and the 450 seat house will project only the top first-run major films. Doctor Zhivago will the first of the top films…

1992 Overcrowded halls at Central Junior High School are generating pushing, name calling and more than the average “kid stuff.” Principal Robert Thompson is not sure how often the problems occur, but he said at the March 9 School Board meeting that overcrowding has led to an increase in “subtle harassment and victimizations.” To deal with the problem, he asked the board for funding for more hall monitors next year…. 2007 Gem Lake and White Bear Township has taken their relationship to the next level. The two municipalities have moved in together. Gem Lake’s city office now can be found in White Bear Township’s administration building and they will open a shared facility on Otter Lake Road this year. Township license officials, building inspectors and administrators now fulfill the same roles for Gem Lake…. Looking Forward to the Past Upcoming Historical Society Events Scrapbooking Crop, Saturday, April 8th 10am-10pm White Bear Lake Armory, 2228 Fourth Street Enjoy a fun day with friends working on your scrapbook or craft of your choice. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers includes donuts & coffee, lunch, dinner, snacks, door prizes; and more! All proceeds benefit the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society and our ongoing efforts to preserve the stories of our community. Pre-register online www.whitebearhistory.org or call 651-407-5327.

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The Cine Capri Theatre (formerly the White Bear Theatre) at Third and Banning, ca 1972.

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1. Volunteers at the 14th annual White Bear Lake cleanup March 11 gathered 450 pounds of trash from parks surrounding the lake. There was a record number of volunteers — 116 — including members of Mahtomedi Boy Scout Troop 89, from left, Ian Kirvida, Cole Sather, Ean Viker and Isaiah Anderson. — Submitted

4. Last week’s wind storm ripped the shingles off this house in Mahtomedi. The homeowner said the shingles blew into his car, scratching the paint. — Carter Johnson

2. A paddleboat is trapped March 8 between water and a hard place - namely ice. Its owner is unknown. — Carter Johnson

6. A Commercial Bay dock broke loose in high winds March 8. It is believed to be the VFW dock. — Submitted

3. Mary Kloster of White Bear Lake wanted to share her Aug. 17, 1977 newspaper featuring the death of Elvis Presley. She found it among her husband Ken’s papers after he passed away four years ago. She lived in Madison, Wisconsin at the time. He was a huge fan of Elvis, Mary said. In fact, their first date was an Elvis movie. They were married for 53 years. — Debra Neutkens

7. This pileated woodpecker was spotted doing its thing March 8 on a tree near Bald Eagle Lake. — Roxanne Townshend

5. These trumpeter swans were spotted on Bald Eagle Lake last week. — Roxanne Townshend

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The shot she’ll always remember gets Bears back in state tourney BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

Alexa Molin had her chance to take the shot that every basketball player envisions. That shot they imagine while practicing in open gym, the driveway, the schoolyard, the hay barn, wherever kids work on their shooting, the one where it’s up to her to win or lose a championship game. Molin had her opportunity in the Section 4AAAA finals last Thursday — and she nailed it. The senior guard’s three-pointer was the game-saver for White Bear Lake as the Bears squeezed past East Ridge 52-49 to earn their third consecutive trip to the state tournament. “Honestly, I wasn’t looking for it, I just reacted to what they were doing on defense,” said Molin about her bulls-eye from the top of the key that gave the Bears a 51-49 lead with 18 seconds left. “Yes, that’s the one you always want to take,” Molin grinned. She also made one of two free shots with six seconds left for the final margin. East Ridge’s star guard was able to launch a three-point attempt right before the horn, but Bear guard Michaela Craigan blocked it cleanly, sealing the win. The Bears (20-9) captured their third straight Section 4AAAA title and this one was an upset. They had lost to East Ridge 68-57 and 47-40 in conference play. “We played more as a team this time, and we really studied them to prepare,” said Molin. The Bears opened “state” Tuesday against undefeated, No. 2 ranked Elk River. (See online report by Googling White Bear Press). They’ll play again Thursday at noon at Concordia if they lose, or at 8 p.m. at Williams Arena if they upset the Elks. All finals are Saturday. White Bear Lake never trailed in regulation — their biggest edge was 37-28 after hitting three 3-pointers early in the second half — but East Ridge caught up at 44-44 with 40 seconds left, after pressuring the Bears into three turnovers in 80 seconds. The Raptors (21-8) seemed to have all the momentum heading into overtime, but the Bears answered the bell calmly, regaining the lead three times after falling behind. “They never stopped battling. They’re never afraid.

I think that says a lot about them,” coach Jeremy Post said. White Bear Lake had its usual balanced scoring led by Jordan Ferrand and Courtney Crouch with 12 each and Adri Perron with 10. Molin totaled six; she only had two before the last 20 seconds. Other Bears scoring were Claire Odmark with four points, Tessah Anderson and Ella Janicki with three each and Sophie Janicki with two. East Ridge, a school just eight years old, trying for its first state tournament trip, with five senior starters, was powered by guard Noelle Tomes with 19 and center Mariah Sexe with 18. Sexe scored their last seven points in regulation to knot the score 44-44. White Bear Lake played stout defense, protected the ball well for the most part, and worked patiently for good shots — and almost blew the game at the free throw line, making just six of 17. “We shot 80 percent last game,” said Post, shaking his head. “Yeah, we could have wrapped it up a lot earlier if not for that. But, they (East Ridge) missed a couple in overtime, too.” Crouch got all her points by barreling right to the hoop for layups. She had a knack for delivering baskets whenever East Ridge got close. The sophomore guard also committed one of the crucial turnovers late in regulation, throwing the ball out of bounds when double teamed. Asked how the Bears got rid of those late-game jitters in the overtime, she said, “We talked about staying composed, don’t let down, don’t be afraid to take a shot.” This will be White Bear Lake’s ninth state tournament, and the third for Molin, Anderson, Ferrand, and Perron. They reached the semifinals last year.

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Alexa Molin beams as she leaves the court with Bear teammates.

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Bears have first all-state swimmer, credits weight lifting BY BRUCE STRAND, SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

Abe Townley, vastly improved from his junior year to his senior year, which he attributes to weight-lifting, became White Bear Lake’s first-ever all-state swimmer March 3-4. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior blazed to third place in the 50 freestyle at the state Class AA meet in a personal record 20.8 seconds March 4 at the University of Minnesota, after advancing with 21.0 in prelims Friday. Finishing 1-2 were Eden Prairie’s Jordan Greenberg (20.31) and Lakeville North’s Andrew Trepanier. Townley also reached finals in the 100 freestyle with a PR of 46.66 in the prelims and placed eighth in 46.94 on Saturday. “I was real happy with it,” said Townley, referring more to his times than to placements. “My goals this year was to get under 21 in the 50, and in the 46’s in the 100.” Top eight are all-staters. The Bears never had one before.

“This is the highest that anyone has finished at state,” said longtime coach Jake Mueller, referring to Bear swimmers. Top placements previously were diver Harry Baden’s 12th place in 2014 and sprinter Caleb Odmark’s 13th in the 100 free in 2015. “It was mostly weights, a lot of weight-training,” Townley said, when asked how he improved so much. Mauer added, “Abe worked very hard to get where he got this season. He also was better planning out his races.” Townley qualified for state for the first time as a junior, and did not make the top 16. This year, he got back to state as a section runner-up in both races, behind North St. Paul’s Jared Baetzold in each case, and medaled in both at state. He beat Baetzold in the 50 at state. A one-sport athlete, Townley said he is undecided whether he will continue to swim in college. He is also an accomplished student artist, winning Best of Show in the 2016 High School Visual Arts Contest (sponsored by White Bear Center for the Arts) for an acrylic painting of a dairy cow.

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Abe Townley checked his time on the scoreboard at state and smiled when he saw it was a personal record.

Freshman speed-skater making her mark nationally BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

Giorgia Birkeland has a simple explanation why she devotes herself to speed skating rather than school sports. “I like going fast!” she exclaims. “I really like it in the last lap, when you have to give it everything you’ve got. That’s just thrilling.” The 14-year-old Mahtomedi freshman aims to make her mark nationally among the best in her sport — which, for her, is not out of the question. Birkeland won her age group at the Long Track Age Group Nationals held at Lake Placid, N.Y on February 11- 12. She accumulated the most points after five pack-racing events: 300, 500, 800, 1000, and 1500 meters. One of the girls she beat was the daughter of Olympic champion Bonnie Blair. She has also done well on the AmCup circuit this year against the nation’s best

skaters aged 14 to 30, usually placing in the top 20. She placed third in her age group at the Junior US National Championships held in St. Lake City on January 8 and 9. “Olympics is definitely the top goal,” she said, “but also making a national team.” When you view the speed skaters up close, as this reporter did one recent Saturday morning at the Roseville Oval, you are struck by how fast they are moving, even at the young amateur level. “The top ones go about 50 miles per hour,” Birkeland said. “Me, I want to say, I’m going about 20, but I’m not sure.” The 500 meter races last about 40 seconds, while the longest, the 300, is “about four minutes for the top ones and about five for me.” The Roseville Oval is a splendid venue for speedskaters, one of just four of its kind in the country. That’s where her Midway Speed Skating Club practices

every week in the winter. Midway has a long history of developing top speedskaters and has had a member of Midway on each Winter Olympic team for the past 50 years. The Oval hosts speedskating events almost every weekend during the winter including meets that attract national top-echelon skaters. In addition The Oval has a novice program available for skaters who are interested in learning more about the sport. A speed skater since age seven, Birkeland also played soccer until this year when she decided to concentrate on skating. “She wants to take it as far as she can,” said her dad, Tom. “The (Midway) club has produced a lot of top-level skaters. It’s a pretty tight-knit community and it’s fun. It’s not a lot of stress.” What could be less stressful than knifing through the winter air faster than anyone can go without a motor?

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A third grader at O.H. Anderson Elementary in Mahtomedi was in the spotlight at the Xcel Energy Center March 7. Charlie Hauer took part in the Minnesota Wild Hiway Federal Credit Union Youth Starting Lineup in the Wild vs. St. Louis Blues game. His mom, Mikalynn Hauer, said Charlie won the opportunity through a contest on social media. “Right before the game, each of the kids in the lineup were introduced to the crowd as they skated out to the red line. Charlie was announced as being the ‘center’ position from Mahtomedi,” she said. “After being introduced, the kids cheered on the Wild players during their introductions, and then stood with the starting players during the National Anthem. It was a pretty exciting night for a young hockey player.”

Shayne Frost of Mahtomedi was on ﬁre with 8-for-14 accuracy on 3-point shots in scoring a careerhigh 32 points as the Zephyrs won their section opener 83-59 over Hill-Murray. The senior guard is second-leading scorer with 11.3 points per game for the No. 3 ranked team that faces Columbia Heights in the section ﬁnals on Thursday. Minnesota’s #1 Volume Toyota Dealer! Per Toyota Motor Sale USA 2017

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It took a phenomenal effort by Parker Fox to get the job done but Mahtomedi shook off Totino-Grace 69-65 in the section semifinals March 11 — rallying from 14 points behind with 6:45 left — and will face Columbia Heights for a state tournament berth. Fox, 6-foot-7 senior averaging 23.5 points, poured in 37 points against the Eagles. The next-high scorers were Matt Voyen with nine and Lincoln Rock with eight. The No. 3 ranked Zephyrs (24-3) will duel the No. 9 Hylanders (20-8) on Thursday, 7 p.m., at St. Paul

Washington, where the semifinals were held. Mahtomedi will be trying for just its second state basketball appearance; the first was 56 years ago in 1961. Columbia Heights has gone just twice, in 1930 and 2011. “Our guys are very aware of the history,” said coach Keith Newman, “and excited about giving themselves an opportunity to get to state. It has been their goal all season.” Fox, who missed seven of his first eight shots and had just eight points at halftime, finished 16-for-30 from the field and 5-for-7 at the line. His two-hand dunk tied the score at 61 and his 3-point play off a spin move put them ahead 66-65 lead with :55 left. Voyen’s

Zephyr selected for All-Star series Parker Fox of Mathomedi has been selected to play in the 2017 Minnesota High School All-Star Basketball Series. The All Stars will play doubleheaders at St. Cloud State University on Friday March 31 and at Macalester College on Saturday April 1. The All Star Series is sponsored by the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association. The 6 foot 7 inch, 195-pound senior is a three-year letter winner and Mahtomedi captain who averaged 23 ppg the last two years. Fox is a member of the 1,000 point club and All Conference Selections. His single game career record is 41 points and he holds the school record. Fox is a state participant in high jump and all conference three years in Track-n-Field. He is a four-year honor roll student and participates in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Fox has accepted a basketball scholarship and will attend Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Parker Fox, All-Star bound.

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White Bear Lake upended top-seeded East Ridge in overtime in the section final to qualify for the third consecutive season. The Bears always give their opponents fits during the state tournament. Elk River is focused on winning the school’s first girls basketball championship. The Elks were state runner-up in 1990 and 2001.

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Bear wrestler’s state wins total career 116 White Bear Lake wrestler Matt Muedeking won two of four matches at the state Class 3A tournament March 3-4 while four other Bear qualifiers fell in the fi rst round. Muedeking, a senior in his third state trip, beat Cody Schoen of St.Michael-Abertville 21-8, then lost to Owatonna’s Peyton Robb 7-2, beat Mound-Westonka’s Ben Schmalz 5-2 and lost to Teddy Pierce of St. Francis 2-1. Muedeking fi nished the season 27-6 and his career 116-73. Five Bears qualified for state, all as section runners-up. Losing in the fi rst round were Isaiah Baker (26-12) at 126. Kris Thury (23-11) at 132, Luke Parzyck (27-0) at 220 and TJ Turinske at 138. Parzyck also lost a wrestle back.

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acrobat layup made it 68-65. “We kept throwing the ball inside in the second half,” said Newman, “and Parker was a force.” Nathan Kavolak tallied 22 points and Rocky Kreuser 21 for No. 10 ranked Totino-Grace (15-13), which almost pulled off the upset by shooting 12-for-28 on 3-pointers while the Zephyrs made only 2-for-15. The Zephyrs lost to the Hylanders 55-53 on Jan. 5. Shayne Frost scored a career-high 32 points with 8-for-14 accuracy on three-pointers, as Mahtomedi beat Hill-Murray 83-59 Wednesday in the first round. Fox added 25. Frost's 32 matched the total of H-M’s Simeon Davis, who led the state in scoring with 31 ppg.

White Bear Lake boys basketball closed the regular season with two conference victories, then lost their section opener to Woodbury and finished 6-21. The Bears (4-12 in the Suburban East) edged Park of Cottage Grove 51-50 with Sam Schwartz scoring 17 points and Blake Charles 14, then cruised 71-56 over Stillwater with 6-foot7 sophomore Jeremy Beckler scoring 23 points. Carter Ehlers added 13 Schwartz 10. Top season scorers were Charles with 11 ppg, Schwartz 10.8 and Beckler 10.3.

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HIGH HONORS (3.7-4.0) GRADE 12 Joshua Anderson, Madison Bell, Kennedy Bergren, Riley Beskar, Kathryn Bolduc, Mitchell Bradley, Stephanie Draeger, Luke Edwards, Margaret Freking, Lydia French, Elena Giebel, Allyson Gillen, Emily Goeltl, Clarissa Grilley, Marisa Gustafson, Page Hauble, Nathan Haugen, Acadia Hegedus, Nicole Hemstad, Anne Hoffman, Grace Holker, Lucas Honebrink, Annika Hsu, Andrew Jacoboski, Nathan Jamison, Anna Jensen, Anne Johnson, Alexander Kardashian, Ian Kegley, Maya Kemp, Keegan Koeneman, Kristia Koeneman, Austin Koester, Sophia Kramer, Madison Kranick, Caitlin Leach, Erin Leaf, Kasey Lenarz, Garrett Long, Isabella Ludwig, Marcella Manivel, Joesphine Marchant, John Matson, Hannah McGraw, Karl Miller, Robert Montero, Joseph Moore, Benjamin Nelson, Grace Neumiller, Trey Newman, Jane Nicholson, Joshua Nordling, Jillian Olson, Emily Ostrand, Emma Persoon, Bailey Pohl, Luke Posner, Lawrence Praml, Evan Reyes, Thomas Richardson, Maggie Riermann, Claire Roettger, Caroline Rutkiewicz, Sarah Sames, Emma Schimnowski, Danielle Schoenecker, Nichole Schrantz, John Schwietz, Joshua Shafer, Weston Shelander, Kaleb Siekmeier, Cheyanne Simpson, Phillip Slack, Jason Smyth, Anders Vaage, Regan Warner, Ryan Welsh, Alexandra Wilson, Brianna Wintz, Megan Wintz

GRADE 11 Arianna Ackerman, Nils Armitage, Olivia Bates, Isabel Birkeland, Daniel Black, Michelle Bohnen, Alexa Carlson, Zachary Cegielski, Grace Costa, Cole Deweese, Benjamin Dohmeier, Noah Eberhard, Adeline Engebretson, Julia Farraher, Eve Farrell, Aidan Flick, Emily Fraser, Matthew Freeman, James Frisbie, Nathan Gabrio, Mya Geiger, Rose Gralinski, Nathan Gregg, Emma Grothaus, Alexi Harrod, John-Paul Heinzen, Reagan Hubbard, Lukas Hyde, Alec Jann, Madison Kaste, Aine Keel, Andrew Krier, Amy Larson, Lauren Lawless, Timothy Lindquist, Hannah Loughlin, John McCarty, Anna McCormick, William McKenzie, Peter Merrill, Molly Merthan, Caleb Meyer, Owen Moriarity, Sydney Morris, Peyton Nelson, Abigail Noel, Haley Oswald, Emily Pieper, Andrew Praml, Grace Riermann, Nathan Rogers, Kelsey Rose-Wilsey, Anna Ross, Jack Rowenhorst, Marin Ryan, John Sass, Matthew Schulz, Abigail Searles, Anna Short, Jonah Smithson, Annika Sougstad, Alexander Spilde, Angela Starkey-Smeltzer, Molly Tierney, Liam Torenvliet, Sophia Truso, Genna Viggiano, Josephine Watkins, Liam Wedell, Benjamin Wetherby

Dornseif, Megan Eberle, Liam Fischer, Mathias Gilliam, Aidan Golish, Christian Golish, Maria Gornik, Halley Granec, Jessica Grove, Colin Hagstrom, Lauren Heinsch, Abbigail Hemenway, Katherine Hoffmann, Sarah Hueffmeier, Cole Johnson, Megan Johnson, Sarah Koeneman, Karla Kroschel, Maya Lakso, Kelly Leaf, Megan Mader, Anna Martinson, Rachael McCleery, Ella McCormick, Abigail Meyer, Sophia Miller, Jack Mogren, Aaron Moriarity, Peyton Morrell, Peter Morris, Matthew Muetzel, Emmeline Nelson, McKenzie Nelson, Megan Neubeck, Avalyn Newman, Anika Nordin, Lucas Olsen, Natalie Ostrand, Sydney Panek, Caleb Rock, Kate Ryan, Julia Salmen, Andrew Sass, Reginald Schwab, Jesiah Showers, Jillian Slater, Abigail Smith, Sarah Stellmach, Olivia Stephan, Olivia Stevens, Alyne Torenvliet, Tristan Tuttle, Ava Vander Louw, Thaddeus Varness, Lucy Ward, Daniel Wetherby, Jenna Whitehead, Theresa Worden, Madelyn Yee Yick

HONORS (3.0-3.69) GRADE 12 Rodrigo Allen, Aaron Anderson, Kallan Anderson, Nathaniel Anderson, Abigail Ardito, Aubrey Arnt, Mary Austad, Gino Bacigalupo, Bridget Barnett, Megan Barry, Elizabeth Bennett, Matthew Bjork, Nicholas Blossom, Kylie Boeke, Bradley Bohnen, Anna Carlson, Lucia Carlson, Liam Cashin, Peyton Charlesworth, Courtney Clark, Timothy Comfort, Emily Cooper, Lucas Cossack, Aliya Dawood, Graham Devore, Dylan Dierking, Tyler Doering, Sarah Dorr, Rebecca Edwards, Thomas Firminger, Sophia Fischer, Parker Fox, Jalen Frye, William Goebel, Blake Golden, William Guenther, Vivian Guilfoyle, Elizabeth Gutteter, Eryn Haider, James Hart, Hogan Hemmelgarn, Beret Holslin, Hunter Ingebritson, Jamie Intihar, Dylan James, Ella Jordan, Ellie Karch, Ally Keeney, Austin Kelly, Katherine Kemp, Sara Krebsbach, Alexis Lange, Evan Lawrence, Nicole Lazo, Jessica Li, Cassandra Mager, Finna Maixner, Lydie Mang, Justin Maroney, Bailey Marshall, Kyle McClernon, Casey McCloy, Anna Meger, Kiara Mens, Elena Meyer, Collin Mireault, Grace Mulcahy, Julia Neher, Elizabeth Nelson, Madison Nelson, Natalie Nelson, Charlotte Nicholson, Jonah Northwood, Matt Olson, Drake Ouimet, Madeline Paakkonen, Isabel Pankow, Torben Pearson, Kimberley Prax, Alana Rangitsch, Marin Redland, Matthew Reineck, Riley Reynolds, Katherine Risovi, Lincoln Rock, Blake Roettger, Jacob Rose, Anton Rothweiler, Dimitra Rothweiler, Andrew Salmen, Jarrod Schad, Henry Schreier, Zachery Schurman, Coyan Scott, Julianna Sellwood, Lisa Sicard, Sarah Smith, Chelsea Sobtzak, Lindsey Sommerfeldt, Riley Staedt, Nathan Sterzinger, Makayla Stulc, Chase Sullivan, Erin Suski, Nathaniel Tavis, Samuel Taylor, Jarue Teppen, Melissa Thorud, Richard Tweden, Elysia Utech, Matthew Vannelli, Andrew Voyen, Ryan Waldoch, Spencer Wick, Averi Windisch, Yu Peng Wu, Joshua Zeien, Thomas Zellmer, Claire Zophy

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GRADE 10 Anna Ardito, Jacob Arlandson, Thomas Atkins, Wyatt Begley, Samuel Bell, Christine Brennan, Elsa Duea, Olivia Fleming, Sydney Freking, Nathan Gillen, Ashley Goeltl, Hannah Goralnick, Sophia Gunn, Britainey Gutteter, Abigail Halverson, Abigail Hansen, Noah Harbinson, Claire Hautman, Emily Hoffman, Elliot James, McKenzie Jamison, Lillian Johnson, Elizabeth Kangas, Elisabeth Kray, Rachel Laliberte, Leah Larsen, Kyle Larson, Anna Lindberg, Amy Mang, Jordyn McAlpine, James McLachlan, Calvin Molitor, Mikalyn Morreim, Megan Muetzel, Emma Nelson, Julianne Peterson, Lindsey Reyes, Sydney Robinson, Analise Schleifer, Eric Schmidt, Madelyn Schwieters, Emma Shores, Noah Skillings, Annika Smeenk, Ryan Smith, John Stellmach, Connor Stoker, Luigi Viggiano, Paul Walker, Tianna Warner, Samantha Westlund, Ajah Williams, Naeem Williams, Vienna Windisch

GRADE 9 Ruby Ales, Natalie Anderson, Elijah Bechard, Elisabeth Becker, Joseph Becker, Maxwell Behnke, Brody Beskar, Jackson Bjork, William Buttermore, Lois Campbell, Evan Christensen, Stephanie Comfort, Makenna Cook, Annika Daniels, Emma

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Ryan, Alexandra Saenger, Mackenzie Scholl, Lauren Schulte, Anne Schwartz, Jack Schwartz, Jack Shay, Abigail Shultz, Jack Shumway, Alec Singer, Petra Slater, Shauna Slipka, Antonio Sorini-Johnson, Sydney Staedt, Rebecca Stark, Thomas Stonehouse, Anna Stutz, Abigail Swenson, Josephine Underwood, Maria Wagner, Matilynn Walters, Benjamin Warren, Russell Whitney, Ava Wilk, Preston Zalesky

GRADE 10 Mickenna Affolter, Haya Al-Jaleeli, Megan Almquist, Aric Anderson, Kathleen Anderson, Joshua Bandy, Tucker Bartylla, Katja Bastiaens, Megan Beaulieu, Paxton Berger, Sidney Bergum, Erik Bjork, Benjamin Bloom, Katelyn Bradley, Hannah Campbell, Emiliano Carbajal-Barrera, Grace Carpenter, Amelia Casas, Ayden Chapman, Samuel Christensen, Megan Clements, Nicholas Dahl, Luke Dalton, Neal Dardis, Mark Dengler, Emilie Donovan, Katherine Dunham, Jake Fitzpatrick, Ian Fosdick, Gabriella Franco, Jasper Gantriis, Gavin Goralnick, Natalie Gordon, Jack Graff, Bennett Griggs, Emma Grover, Grace Gunderson, Nicholas Hammerschmidt, Annika Hanson, Jacob Hart, Lillian Hemmelgarn, Dylan Heyer, Aaron Holslin, Margaux Iverson, Sydney Johnson, Jack Kalkman, Amaya Kaufenberg, Ellen Kilgore, Dylan L’Allier, Jenna Lang, Max Lauze, Benjamin Lundsten, Camryn Maclean, William Malinowski, Blake Marshall, Samantha Mattson, Grace McCormick, Ally Meslow, Sonia Meyer, Michael Miller, Preston Moga, Matthew Mulcahy, Trygve Myers, Sacmini Ngunu, Matthew Olsen, Emily Otto, Grace Padelford, Isabella Palmer, Riley Peltier, Jaeden Prochazka, Jasmine Quinn, Samantha Rech, Grace Redland, Emily Richardson, Owen Ricker, Abigail Risovi, Zachary Roberts, Evan Saatzer, Ariel Schmidt, Dana Searles, Isabella Singh, Meghan Smith, Claire St. Germain, Corey Steinhauser, Ella Stromberg, Hayli Sundgaard, Kellan Taylor, Abigail Ternus, Leah Thompson, Al-Ghazaali Touray, Keana Vang, Isabella Vennemann, Kieran Viggiano, Alexa Waldoch, Anna Wendorff, Tanner Whitmore, Brooke Whitney, Ethan Wilke, Sydney Winecke, Anna Wohlwend, Allie Wynia, Gavin Zemke

GRADE 9 Benjamin Allen, Josephine Allen, Gabriella Anderson, Ian Arnt, Ethan Barr, Joshua Bates, Madden Bauer, Rachael Behr, Daniel Bell, Sarah Bernal, Giorgia Birkeland, Parker Blossom, Jacob Bogdanovich, Edward Breien, Henry Bridgeman, Morgan Brown, Beau Buchmayer, Lucille Carlin, Elena Carlson, Kaitlyn Corey, Aubree Cummins, Matthew Davis, Elliott Duffy, Nikolai Dulak, Garrett Dzialo, Mary Edmunds, Logan Engelbert, Logan Farmer, Dominic Fedie, Nicholas Ficcadenti, Simon Filiatrault, Dustin Foty, Brody Fox, Isabella Frattalone, Emma Frederickson, Sophia Frisbie, Ava Gallo, Kristen Geib, Alexander Halatsis, Lauren Hamme, Trista Hammerlund, Lindsey Handke, Brock Hansen, Andrew Harnisch, Amelia Harrigan, Luke Hauble, Olesya Hergenrader, Annika Hillstrom, Sarah Hoffman, Benjamin Hogan, Alexis Holdorph, Isaac Honebrink, Carson Hunter, Peyton Irsfeld, William Jacoboski, Evan Johnson, Annika Johnson-Dupre, Abbie Jones, Madeline Kasel, Kieran Keel, Kathleen Kelley, Sylvia Kemp, Coleton Klingbeil, Emily Knapp, Luke Koeneman, Zachary Kozlak, Saylor Kragness, Kayla Kroschel, Grant Kwapick, Analise LaFrinier, Justin Lallak, Amielya Laquess, Reid Lawrence, Cole Leithauser, Kaia Lifto, Sarah Lisowski, Megan Lisowy, Gustaf Magnusson, Lilian Marchant, Jake Mathson, Nicholas Matson, Mitchell McCarthy, Madeleine McCollough, Declan McCollow, Aaron McKay, Karlene Mears, Olivia Meger, Ryan Millington, Mickenzie Mireault, Josephine Moua, Zelda Napolski, Hannah Neff, Grant Nelson, Grant Nordling, Oludare Obadiya, Gavin Oelrich, Nicholas Otto, Jacob Paakkonen, Jack Pajula, Jordan Pals, Benjamin Phelps, Maxwell Pieper, Joshua Praml, Jacob Rangitsch, Owen Reding, Luke Ricker, Joshua Roberts, Kathryn Robinson, John Ross, Myla Rowenhorst, Sydney Ruiz, Stephen Runkel, Ethan Russell, Lily Saarela, Bjorn Sather, Nicholas Schetinski, Ava Schimnowski, Meadow Schlise, Austin Schulte, Audrey Sexson, Madisyn Swanson , Tyler Tangwall, Benjamin Thayer, Michael Turley, Rosalia Underwood, William Urbanski, George Velky, Anna Wagner, Cooper Waldspurger, Alexander Williams, Renee Williams, Hunter Wilsey, Nathan York

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SCHOOL BRIEFS New elementary principal announced Otter Lake Elementary will have a new principal next school year. Cynthia Mueller, who currently serves as an instructional coach in the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District and an adjunct instructor at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, will assume principalship of Otter Lake Elementary July 1. Mueller's experience includes serving as a STEM coordinator and as an elementary classroom teacher in Minnesota and Idaho.

High school hires new activities director Brian Peloquin, who currently serves as dean of students at Mounds View High School, will fi ll the White Bear Lake Area High School activities director position that will open this summer when current activities director Tim Hermann retires. Peloquin's experience includes service as a teacher, administrator, and head coach.

Parent committee holds hearing The White Bear Lake Area Schools Indian Education Parent Committee will hold a public hearing for the development of the 2017-18 Title VI school year on 5:30 to 8 p.m. March 20 in Room 206 of the White Bear Lake Area Schools District Center, 4855 Bloom Ave. Parents and guardians of Native students are invited to share views about how Title VI funding should be spent. Please RSVP to Mike Huerth at 651-328-1403.

Kindergarten open house announced Level Up Academy will hold kindergarten roundup 5 to 7 p.m. March 20. Attendees can meet teachers, tour the school and learn about the charter school's educational model. Presentations will be held at 5:15 and 6 p.m. Level Up is located at 2600 County Road E. For more information, call 651-408-5559.

Teacher of the Year finalists announced The White Bear Lake Teachers' Association has announced its six finalists for the 2017 Teacher of the Year. Eighty-four teachers were nomi-

nated by students, parents, and fellow staff members. Surveys were collected from 32 teachers who were interested in continuing in the process for the 2017 Teacher of the Year award. Finalists are Katelin Held, North Campus; Ben Kirkham, North Campus; Rita Leonard, South Campus; Dawn Maple, Matoska International; Nicholas Marty, Lincoln Elementary; Melissa Wickert, North Campus. Recognition of all finalists, and the announcement and celebration of Teacher of the Year will be at 4:15 p.m. April 20 at the South Campus Theater.

Student journal receives award The White Bear Lake Area High School student literary journal Sensicality recently received the highest possible award from The Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines. This high-level award was only given to a handful of other journals around the country, and White Bear Lake was the only one to receive that distinction in Minnesota. The magazine is the product of after-school student efforts and is coordinated by Writing Center Coordinator Carolyn Youngbauer. The Center's fi fth annual celebration event, Sips and Swallows, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at the South Campus Theater. The free event will consist of student readings, presentation of artwork, and guest authors David Oppegaard and Kristi Belcamino. A reception will take place after the event, at which copies of the award-winning Sensicality journal will be available for $5 each.

Students receive club awards Makenna Ostrowski is the 2017 VFW Patriot's Pen State Champion. Throughout the essay, the seventh-grade Central Middle School student discusses her gratitude for her freedoms in America. Ostrowski reflected on the solid structure of the country by exploring fundamental concepts outlined in The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Central seventh-grader Patrick de los

WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL BOARD NOTES The White Bear Lake Area School Board took the following action at its March 6 meeting: • Discussed proposed changes to three school board policies. Policy 506 on student discipline added loss of school privileges, e.g. loss of passing time to potential disciplinary action. Policy 901 on community education had minor changes. Policy 903 on visitors was rewritten by the district’s legal counsel. Parents may observe their child in the classroom for up to two hours on two occasions per school year and must schedule a visit three days in advance. • Approved proposed calendars for 2017-18 and 2018-19. The 2017-18 calendar includes staggered “first day” experiences for secondary, elementary and kindergarten students. Students in grades 6-12 will begin the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The first day of the year for students in grades 1-5 will be Wednesday, Sept. 6, and kindergarten students will begin school on Thursday, Sept. 7. The plan will allow for one-on-one “Welcome Back” conferences to be scheduled with elementary families on Wednesday, Aug. 30 and Tuesday, Sept. 5. The 2018-19 approved calendar has basic information including first/last days of school, break-related non-school days and graduation.

Santo is the International Lions Club Peace Poster contest state winner. The theme of 2016 for the peace poster contest was “A Celebration of Peace.” The art contest is the largest for students in the world, with approximately 600,000 children from 75 countries participating annually.

Educational foundation awards fellowships The White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation awarded $16,000 total to nine Glasrud Fellowship recipients. Fellowships are awarded to teachers for personal professional growth with the hope that these awards will allow teachers to pursue professional development which would otherwise not be possible. In 2004 Ted Glasrud, a 1933 graduate of White Bear High School, and his family made a generous contribution to the foundation by establishing the Ted Glasrud Family Endowment. Glasrud was instrumental in helping to organize and create School District 624 and acted as the fi rst School District 624 School Board attorney. Recipients include: • Ariana Lowther, Otter Lake Elementary; K-5 Spanish: Lowther will explore over 1,000 miles of Peru to investigate and learn more about Peruvian and Inca cultures. She will bring back her personal experiences to her student to help better engage and teach them as they study Peruvian culture in Spanish class. • Melissa Wickert, North Campus; 9-10 social studies: Wickert will travel to Cuba. She will learn about the country and its people as she grows in her knowledge of its history. She will bring back fi rst-hand information and stories to her students. • Ryan Clark; physical education and IT; districtwide: Clark will attend a Go Google Workshop in Minnesota where he will learn to integrate technology into the gymnasium setting to improve learning outcomes for students. • Cara Cardoso and Aimie Pollard; Hugo Elementary; PreK-1 psychol-

ogist and speech language pathologist: Cardoso and Pollard will attend a Social Thinking conference in NY where they will learn to develop strategies to teach social thinking skills and self-awareness. This is the only systematic social curriculum available to children of this age. • Katelin Held; North Campus; language arts: Held will travel to Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. She will learn about the historic and current personal narratives of people who have maintained their rich cultural identities despite being marginalized for hundreds of years. She hopes to impart their stories of resilience to her students. • Traci Bowermaster, Beth Samuelson, Amy Johnson; ALC Insight Recovery Program; teacher, counselor, social worker: Bowermaster, Samuelson and Johnson will attend a conference of the Association of Recovery Schools/Association of Recovery in Higher Education in Washington, D.C. This is the only conference in the country that brings together staff of these programs to help support the operation and success of such programs. • Brenda Shea and Beth Englund; Oneka Elementary; second- and third-grade teachers: Shea and Englund will attend the guided experience titled “Four Great Migrations Converge: Elephant Seals, Whales, Birds and Butterflies in California,” a Road Scholar program. They hope to initiate greater student understanding and participation in the preservation of the world’s natural resources. • Cameron Mahlum; South Campus; American government/history: Mahlum will travel to Philadelphia to experience some of the earliest historical and governmental foundations of our country. He will apply his experiences to the curriculum he teaches to American government and American history classes.

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• Approved the district’s achievement and integration budget. The program goals include increasing the number of cultural liaisons and family engagement. It also includes college and career readiness for underserved students, increased access to college level courses, expansion of AVID and increased transition programming. It also includes programs at Willow Lane, a racially diverse school in the district. The budget is $824,000. • Designated the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day, which will replace Columbus Day. The request for the holiday change was originally proposed by the district Indian Education Parent Committee. • Approved $16,000 in Glasrud Fellowship grants from the White Bear Lake Education Foundation. • Approved a joint powers agreement with North Suburban Summer Academy for a threeweek educational experience for high-potential first- through 10th-grade students. Last year 97 students participated in the academy with 1,250 students from other school districts. • Approved a three-year contract with Wayne Kazmierczak for superintendent beginning July 1. His salary starts at $188,000. Sara Marie Moore

The Mahtomedi Public School Board took the following action at its March 9 meeting: • Heard a presentation on a technology grant the district received. The district is one of six that received the Minnesota Department of Education Assistive Technology Teams Project Grant. Assistive technology assists special education students and can range from pencil grips to iPads. Minnesota law requires students with special needs be provided assistive technology. The three-year grant includes training sessions by national speakers. • Heard a presentation from the guidance department on its Minnesota Career Information System (MCIS). The system in middle school includes a survey that guides students to career clusters to give them an idea of what jobs they might like. The system also includes information on job outlook for the future and salaries. The high school version includes more information on higher education related to careers. Students can explore what colleges to attend based on location and major. • Held a first reading on annually reviewed, new and changed policies. Annually reviewed policies included minor changes. A new policy, “School board use of electronic mail,” outlines standards for board members when using email for board functions. The policy instructs board members not to use email as a substitute for discussion at board meetings, treat emails like public records, and avoid referencing confidential information. New policy “Namings” outlines

guidance for bestowing names on significant district assets. The policy requires the individual or organization be reputable and in line with the district's mission. It also states that names of current or former board members, administration or faculty should generally not be used. The board also added “gender identity and expression and socio-economic status” nondiscrimination to its equal employment opportunity policy. It added a similar summary of nondiscrimination to its disability nondiscrimination policy. Other changed policies had minor changes. • Approved its 2016-2017 revised budget. The general fund revenues are expected to be $37.3 million and expenditures $37.8 million. The fund balance July 1, 2016 was $5.4 million and is expected to be $4.9 million June 30. The total for all funds was $16.3 million last July and is expected to be $19.8 million June 30. • Approved 2017 to 2018 achievement and integration budget and the program's three-year plan. Goals of the program include reducing the proficiency gap between white and nonwhite students on the MCA III reading test to 10 percent by 2020. Goals also include reducing the proficiency gap between students who qualify for free and reduced lunch and those who do not and increasing the percentage of students who think their teachers are interested in them as a person on a survey. The program's budget is $318,000 and includes student activities and professional development. Sara Marie Moore

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City pays fine for 2011 chlorine leak BY LORETTA HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MATHOMEDI — The city hopes it has finally put to rest the fallout from a 2011 chlorine leak that got it in trouble with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). At its March 7 meeting, the Mahtomedi City Council approved a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with the EPA for the Dec. 16, 2011 chlorine leak at Well House 5. The agreement calls for a payment of $28,900. Since the city and the EPA agreed to settle one or more causes of action before a complaint was filed, the administrative action may be commenced and concluded simultaneously by the issuance of a CAFO. While not admitting any wrongdoing, the city agreed to pay the fine rather than opt for the more expensive path of litigation. Trouble started at approximately 5:15 p.m. that day at City Well House 5 at 201 Wedgewood Drive, when a member of the Public Works Department smelled chlorine, a hazardous substance, and called 911. The Mahtomedi Fire Department arrived at the scene and, shortly afterward, the St. Paul Haz-Mat team arrived

The whole episode of being fined over the incident just doesn't pass the smell test, according to Karlovich. He wondered how the public works employee should be expected to sniff the chlorine in the air and know at once that 10 pounds of it had leaked into the air and, therefore must be reported first and foremost. The city must now pay the EPA $14,283 for violating the CERCLA policy by not immediately notifying the NRC and pay an additional $14,640 for violating the EPCRA policy by not filing a follow-up report with the state agency. The city could have ended up paying a lot more in fines. Section 109(b) of CERCLA authorizes the U.S. EPA to assess a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per day for violation of CERCLA Section 103. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 increased the maximum penalties to $37,500 per day of violation after Jan. 12, 2009. “It's one government entity fining another government entity,” Karlovich said. He added that the city has amended its standard operating procedures to be compliant in the future.

in protective suits. Roads were blocked and homes were evacuated. At 9:56 p.m., when the site was secure, the city notified the National Response Center (NRC) of the leak. It was not the leaking chlorine that landed the city in hot water with the EPA, but the failure to notify the NRC immediately upon noticing the leak. According to the EPA, it was not OK to clear the area before notifying the NRC. Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of the Emergency Planning and Community Rightto-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 requires any person in charge of a facility to immediately notify the NRC as soon as that person has knowledge of any release of a hazardous substance from the facility in quantities equal to or greater than the reportable quantity of the hazardous substance. The reportable quantity of the hazardous substance in question, chlorine, is 10 pounds. The following day, after public works officials weighed the tanks, they determined that approximately 99 pounds of chlorine were released into the air, City Attorney Jay Karlovich said.

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The council next meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at City Hall, 600 Stillwater Road. Loretta Harding

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Bear Boating ‘Fun-draiser’ Bear Boating is holding its annual spring “Fun-draiser” and dance 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the White Bear Lake Armory. Live music will be provided by Free and Easy with cash bar and silent auction. Admission is $10. Tickets can be ordered online at www.bearboating.org. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit. For more information on the organization, call 651-429-3762. Debra Neutkens

Mahtomedi Cub Scout Pack 433 held its annual Pinewood Derby March 4 at St. Jude’s School Gym. More than 30 Scouts participated in the race. Scouts start out with a block of wood, nails for axles and plastic wheels and create a unique car with help from their adult leaders. Trophies were awarded for first through third place for each level of Cub Scouts: Tigers, Wolves, Bears and Webelos. All Scouts receive a medal for participation to acknowledge the hard work they have done in building their car. The top cars in the pack were: first place, Sawyer Spuhler; second place, Ethan Stout; and third place, Vincent Humpal. Pack leader Jon Carter thanked the Wildwood Lions Club for its support.

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CITY OF MAHTOMEDI NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VACATION OF STREETS BY RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES §412.851 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §412.851, the Mahtomedi City Council may, upon its own motion and by resolution, vacate any street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof, on its own motion if adopted by a vote of four-fifths of all members of the Council. 2. Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Mahtomedi shall hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on the 4th day of April, 2017, at the City of Mahtomedi City Hall, 600 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota and will move for the vacation of the following described part of Bryant Avenue as dedicated by the plat of Wildwood to the City of Mahtomedi, County of Washington, State of Minnesota: That part of Bryant Avenue as shown on the plat of Wildwood, as is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder, Washington County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the northerly extension of a line drawn parallel with and distant 18.00 feet easterly of the easterly line of Lot 14, Block 147, Wildwood. 3. A copy of the proposed Resolution for the vacation of the above-described street is attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1 – PROPOSED RESOLUTION. 4. Those persons having an interest in said vacation are encouraged to attend this public hearing. IN WITHNESS WHEREOF, the City Clerk of Mahtomedi has executed this Notice of Public Hearing. CITY OF MAHTOMEDI By: Mary Solie, City Clerk EXHIBIT 1 – PROPOSED RESOLUTION CITY OF MAHTOMEDI WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO._______ RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF STREETS BY RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES §412.851 WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §412.851, the Mahtomedi City Council, may on its own motion, vacate any street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof, by resolution adopted by a vote of four-fifths of

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all members of the Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the 4th day of April, 2017 at which time a motion was made for the vacation of a certain part of Bryant Avenue as dedicated by the plat of Wildwood to the City of Mahtomedi, County of Washington, State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, notice of public hearing was duly published, posted and mailed to each property owner affected by the proposed vacation in accordance with applicable Minnesota Statutes and a public hearing was held on the 4th day of April, 2017, at the City of Mahtomedi City Hall, 600 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, at which time the Council moved for the vacation of part of Bryant Avenue; and WHEREAS, the City Council of Mahtomedi then proceeded to hear all persons interested in the proposed and all persons were afforded an opportunity to present their views and objections to the granting of said Petition; and WHEREAS, the City Council of Mahtomedi has determined that the petitioned vacation would be in the public interest. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MAHTOMEDI, MINNESOTA: 1. That the City of Mahtomedi, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §412.851, hereby vacates a portion of the street situate in the City of Mahtomedi, County of Washington, State of Minnesota, to wit: That part of Bryant Avenue as shown on the plat of Wildwood, as is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder, Washington County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the northerly extension of a line drawn parallel with and distant 18.00 feet easterly of the easterly line of Lot 14, Block 147, Wildwood. 2. That the proposed vacation has no adverse relationship to the City’s Comprehensive Plan and therefore the Mahtomedi City Council has dispensed with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes §462.356, Subd. 2, that may require the Mahtomedi Planning Commission to perform a Comprehensive Plan compliance review of said vacation that may constitute a disposal of real property pursuant to §462.356, Subd. 2. 3. That pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §160.29, Subd. 2, the City of Mahtomedi reserves unto itself and other utility providers, a permanent easement for drainage and utility purposes, over, across, under and through the vacated Bryant Avenue segment situate in the City of Mahtomedi, County of Washington, State of Minnesota, to wit: That part of the southerly one-half of Bryant Avenue (lying adjacent to and measured as parallel with the northerly line of Block 147, Wildwood) as shown on the plat of Wildwood, as is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder, Washington County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the north-

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St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi will hold a spring scrapbook retreat from 5 p.m. April 21 to 8 p.m. April 22 in the Youth and Sports building. Cost is $10 and includes devotions, treats, cutting tools, some free paper and guidance. A block of rooms is reserved at White Bear Country Inn for those interested in making the weekend a getaway. Register online at saintandrews.org or call Carrin Mahmood at 651-762-9119.

A new sign for Community of Grace Lutheran Church is installed March 9. The church, formerly known as First Lutheran Church, officially changed its name earlier this year.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING There will be a Public Hearing at the April 4th Planning Commission Meeting to discuss the request of Vera Auto Sales at 1581 County Rd E to construct a free standing storage shed at the back of their building. The back of their building faces Barnett Kia by the right away. The Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for 7:00 P.M. at 4200 Otter Lake Rd, Gem Lake. 3/10/2017 Robert L Uzpen, Mayor Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2017.

PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of White Bear Lake Planning Commission will hold a public hearing in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 4701 Highway 61, White Bear Lake, Minnesota on Monday, March 27, 2017 beginning at 7:00 p.m. to hear and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following requests: A. Case No. 17-5-V: A request by Salon Cheveux for a variance, per Code Section 1202.140, Subd.1.b, to allow a fourth wall sign for one tenant of a multi-tenant building, in order to install a 9 square foot “Aveda” underneath their business name on their south building wall. The variance would permit a total of 91.56 square feet when 52.78 square feet is allowed by code, and a total of 4 signs when 1 sign is allowed by code for the property located at 4436 Highway 61. B. Case No. 17-2-Z: A request by White Bear Animal Hospital to rezone, per Code Section 1301.040, 1917 County Road E, from R-3 – Single Family Residential to B-1 – Neighborhood Business; to re-guide the same from “Low Density Residential” to “Commercial”; and a Conditional Use Permit Amendment to a pre-existing animal clinic, per Code Section 1303.120, Subd.4.f; with three variances: a 5-stall parking variance from the 26 stall parking requirement per Code Section 1302.050, Subd.8.n, a 20-foot variance from the 30 foot hard surface setback from the west property line per Code Section 1302.050, Subd.6.e, and a 1 foot variance from the 2 foot maximum encroachment for an eave into the required setback for the north, west and south elevations per Code Section 1302.040, Subd.4.a.1; all in order to construct a new 5,870 square foot one-story building with a 21 stall parking lot on the properties located at 1909 and 1917 East County Road E. C. Case No. 14-8-Sa: A request by Lakeshore Players for an amendment to an approved Conditional Use Permit, per Code Section 1303.130, Subd.4.e, in order to increase the size of the proposed theatre from 16,000 square feet to 21,500 square feet to accommodate a Children’s Performing Arts area, and for changes to the exterior building materials for the property located at 4941 Long Avenue. D. Case No. 17-1-P, 17-2-CUP & 17-6-V: A request by Polar Chevrolet for a Preliminary Plat per Section 1403.020 to combine 3 parcels into one; a Conditional Use Permit per Code Section 1303.140, Subd.4.h, for an automobile sales showroom in order to construct a new Mazda dealership with a 23,500 square foot footprint; and three sign variances per Code Section 1202.140: a 1 sign variance from the 2 sign maximum to allow 3 wall signs on the east elevation; an 18-foot variance from the 10 foot height limit and a 43.75 square foot variance from the 35 square foot maximum size limit, for a freestanding sign in order to relocate the existing Mazda pylon sign from its existing location on the west side of Highway 61 to this property located at 4095 Highway 61. E. Case No. 16-4-CUPa, 17-7-V & 17-8-V: A request by Charleston Event Center for a Conditional Use Permit for site plan approval per Section 1303.225, and a 0.5% variance from the 30% impervious area limit per Code Section 1303.230, Subd.5.a.5 for an outdoor patio and a 15 foot variance from the 10 foot height limit and a 37 square foot variance from the 35 square foot size limit per Code Section 1202.140. Subd. 2 in order to retain the existing nonconforming pylon sign for the property located at 4525 White Bear Parkway. Unless continued by the Planning Commission, these cases will be heard by the City Council on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Comments may be presented at the public hearing or ﬁled with the City Clerk until 4:30 p.m. on the Friday before the hearing. Each response will be considered before the Planning Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council. If there are questions concerning these applications, please call the City’s Planning and Zoning Ofﬁce at (651) 429-8561. Kara Coustry, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2017.

CITY OF GRANT ORDINANCE SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 2017-51 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES TO ADD ARTICLE IV RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF GRANT, MINNESOTA On March 6, 2017 the City of Grant adopted an ordinance to amend Chapter 28 to add Article IV Right-of-Way Management to allow the City to manage users within the city’s rights-of-way in the City of Grant, Minnesota. A printed copy of the Ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular ofﬁce hours at the ofﬁce of the City Clerk or by standard or electronic mail. Kim Points, Administrator/Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2017.

CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vadnais Heights City Planning Commission will meet and conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 800 East County Road E, to consider a Special Use Permit application submitted by Brian Larson, for the purpose of constructing a detached garage in excess of 900 square feet. The legal description of the subject property is as follows: Lot 3 & Lot 12, Block 3, Edgerton Grove 2nd Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota. This property is located at 3901 Clover Avenue. Anyone wishing to be heard in regards to this matter will be given an opportunity at this time. The application materials are available for public review at City Hall during normal business hours. Questions or comments should be directed to Nolan Wall, Planning/Community Development Director, at 651204-6027 or nolan.wall@cityvadnaisheights.com. FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS Kevin P. Watson, City Administrator Dated: March 9, 2017 Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 15, 2017.

CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vadnais Heights City Planning Commission will meet and conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 800 East County Road E, to consider an Amendment to the Zoning Code and Variance application submitted by Paul Houck concerning Billboard setbacks. The legal Property Identiﬁcation Number of the subject property is 333022230031. This property is located at 963 Berwood Avenue. Anyone wishing to be heard in regards to this matter will be given an opportunity at this time. The application materials are available for public review at City Hall during normal business hours. Questions or comments should be directed to Nolan Wall, Planning/Community Development Director, at 651204-6027 or nolan.wall@cityvadnaisheights.com. FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS Kevin P. Watson, City Administrator Dated: March 9, 2017 Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 15, 2017.

CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 2017 STREET IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA CITY PROJECT NO. 2017-1 SEH NO. VADNA 140455 Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the City of Vadnais Heights until 1:30 p.m. (local time), Thursday, March 30, 2017, at the Vadnais Heights City Hall, located at 800 County Road E East, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of the 2017 Street Improvements. Major quantities of the Work include: 16,600 SY Pulverize Bituminous Pavement 54 RD STA Subgrade Preparation 1,500 LF Remove & Replace Concrete Curb and Gutter 4,100 TON Bituminous Mixture 12 EACH Salvage and Install Casting 10 EACH Replace Bolts and Box on Water Main Valve 10 EACH Add 6-inch Gate Valve and Box to Hydrant Lead 2 EACH Hydrant with 6-inch Gate Valve and Box 1,000 SY Hydroseeding Bids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) dated March 1, 2017. The Issuing Ofﬁce for the Bidding Documents is: Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., 3535 Vadnais Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 55110, Scott Haupt, PE, 651.490.2055, shaupt@sehinc.com The Bidding Documents may be viewed for no cost at http://www.sehinc. com by selecting the Project Bid Information link at the bottom of the page and the View Plans option from the menu at the top of the selected project page. Digital image copies of the Bidding Documents are available at http://www. sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID INFORMATION link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 4813663 on the SEARCH PROJECTS page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com. Paper copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Docunet Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441 (763.475.9600) for a fee of $75.00. Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. A Contractor responding to these Bidding Documents must submit to the City/Owner a signed statement under oath by an owner or ofﬁcer verifying compliance with each of the minimum criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3. Bids shall be directed to the City Clerk, securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, “BID FOR 2017 STREET IMPROVEMENTS, CITY PROJECT NUMBER 2017-1.” The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best interests of the City. Mark Graham, City Engineer/Director of Public Services City of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota Published three times in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 8, 15 and 22, 2017.

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SOLICITATION: RFB-PRRTF1065-KR OPENING DATE: APRIL 13, 2017 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY SEEKS GENERAL CONTRACTOR RENOVATION SERVICES FOR A TAX-FORFEITED LAND (“TFL”) PROPERTY LOCATED AT 776 LAFOND AVENUE, SAINT PAUL, MN, 55104. PRE-SOLICITATION RESPONSE CONFERENCE: 776 LAFOND AVENUE, SAINT PAUL, MN, 55104. MARCH 30, 2017. 10:00 A.M. CST. Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 15, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: LEONARD FRANK HARVIEW 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 7530 East Woodsboro Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business. Leonard Frank Harview 7530 East Woodsboro Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 Leonard Frank House of Harview 7530 East Woodsboro Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: February 21, 2017 Signed: Leonard Frank House of Harview Authorized Agent Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Leonard Frank Harview 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 7530 East Woodsboro Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business. Leonard Frank House of Harview 7530 East Woodsboro Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: September 26, 2016 Signed: Leonard Frank House of Harview Agent Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP LEGAL NOTICE--BIDS WANTED BIDS DUE: 10:00 A.M., APRIL 5, 2017 Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received, publicly opened, and read aloud by representatives of the Town of White Bear, Minnesota, at the Town Administrative Offices, 1281 Hammond Road, White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110, in said Township at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, for furnishing all work and materials for: APPLE TREE PARK UPGRADES Unless otherwise specifically indicated under the item description of the legal advertisement, all bids shall be subject to the following: No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of thirty-five (35) days after opening of bids. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities, and award bid in the best interest of the Town. Bidding documents, including proposal forms, specifications, plans, etc., may be obtained from: Mailed Pick-up Administrative Offices Administrative Offices WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP 1281 Hammond Road 1281 Hammond Road White Bear Township, MN 55110 White Bear Township, MN 55110 Proposals must be placed in a sealed envelope marked “BID WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP APPLE TREE PARK UPGRADES” and addressed to the Town Clerk/Treasurer, White Bear Township, 1281 Hammond Road, White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110. Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of a cash deposit, a Bid Bond or certified check payable to the White Bear Township in the amount of at least 5% of the Base Bid amount. Bill Short, Town Clerk/Treasurer Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 8 and 15, 2017.

RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA PUBLIC NOTICE SOLICITATION OPPORTUNITIES Ramsey County releases solicitation opportunities on Onvia DemandStar its ofﬁcial web site as an alternative method of public notice pursuant to Section 331A.03 of the Minnesota Statutes. Individuals may go to the Onvia DemandStar section of the Ramsey County Purchasing Webpage www. co.ramsey.mn.us/ba/procure.htm to access registration information. SOLICITATION: RFP-RRA1030-KR OPENING DATE: MARCH 30, 2017 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, SEEKS PROPOSALS FROM A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR FOR DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO REMODEL RESTAURANT SPACE AT THE UNION DEPOT IN SAINT PAUL. PRE-SOLICITATION RESPONSE CONFERENCE: UNION DEPOT, GATEWAY CONFERENCE ROOM (TAKE ELEVATOR 3 TO THIRD FLOOR) 214 EAST FOURTH STREET ST. PAUL, MN 55101. MARCH 23, 2017. 1:00 P.M. CST. SOLICITATION: RFB-PRMG14280-KR OPENING DATE: APRIL 13, 2017 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY SEEKS A PRIME CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE ALL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, LABOR AND INCIDENTALS NECESSARY FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FREEZER/COOLER REPLACEMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST, ST PAUL, MN 55130. PRE-SOLICITATION RESPONSE CONFERENCE: 300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST, ST PAUL, MN 55130 MARCH 30, 2017. 8:00 A.M. CST. SOLICITATION: RFB-COR-22887-MS OPENING DATE: 4/13/2017 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY, THROUGH THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT, SEEKS BIDS FROM QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO FURNISH AND DELIVER BOXED MEALS ON AN EMERGENCY AND AS-NEEDED BASIS FOR THE RESIDENTS AT THE RAMSEY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (RCCF) LOCATED AT 297 SOUTH CENTURY AVENUE, MAPLEWOOD MN 55119.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Tamed Waters 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 1440 Arcade Street Suite A Saint Paul, MN 55106 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business. Tamed Waters LLC 1440 Arcade Street Suite A Saint Paul, MN 55106 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: March 6, 2017 Signed: Philip Kaiyalethe Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Ms. Toad’s Workshop 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 1080 Ryan Avenue West Roseville MN 55113 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business. Beatrice Rose Woods Wartchow 1080 Ryan Avenue West Roseville MN 55113 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: December 23, 2016 Signed: Beatrice R W Wartchow Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 8 and 15, 2017.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Bear Necessities 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 4670 White Bear Pkwy White Bear Lake MN 55110 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business. Dorothy Johnson 4670 White Bear Pkwy White Bear Lake MN 55110 I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: March 9, 2017 Signed: Dorothy Johnson - owner Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2017.

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NORTHEAST METRO 916 WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA BOARD NOTES NOVEMBER 9, 2016 The regular meeting of the School Board of Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District was held on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at Bellaire School and the following business was transacted. Meeting Called to Order The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Forsberg at 6:01 p.m. Roll Call of Attendance Members present: Lodico-12, Palmer-13, Lindblad-14, Erkel-15, Forsberg-16, Oksnevad-282, Sager-621, Livingston-622, Azer-623, Newberg-624, Schwartz-832, and Ptacek-834. Members absent: Theisen-831 and Brunnette-833. Also present: Connie S. Hayes, superintendent. Approval of Agenda Adopted the agenda as posted, limited discussion to the approved agenda, and accepted the list of items proposed for consent adoption. Board Calendar Dates • Tuesday, November 29, 2016 – Program visit to Karner Blue Education Center from 9:00 -10:00 am • Tuesday, November 29, 2016 – School Board work session – Cancelled • Wednesday, December 14, 2016 – Regular School Board meeting at 6:00 p.m. Questions and/or Comments from Citizens Present on Non-Agenda Items None. Presentation: Hazelden Partnership Dan Porter, lead social worker, and Mark Sheets, Hazelden Executive Director of Youth Continuum, updated the school board on the partnership between the district and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. The partnership aims to provide addiction counseling to students and families at several sites throughout the district. Presentation: Construction Update Kristine Carr, director of administrative services, provided an update on the construction projects underway at Pankalo Education Center (Lake Elmo) and Quora Education Center (Little Canada). Construction continues to be within anticipated timelines. Member District Annual Reports Superintendent Hayes presented the cumulative annual report, as well as specific annual reports for all member districts. These reports detail enrollment, demographics, philanthropic support and good news at each of Northeast Metro 916’s programs during the 2015-16 school year. Discussion: 2017 Proposed School Board Meeting Schedule The administration offered two options for school board meetings in 2017. Option 1 was for the first Wednesday of the month. Option 2 is for the second Wednesday of the month. Superintendent Hayes recommends Option 1 due to our longstanding practice of meeting during the first week of the month. The final schedule will be scheduled for approval at the December 14 meeting. Discussion: Summary of District Management Council Contracts In anticipation of a finding in our FY’16 audit report about inconsistent practices in achieving board approval for contracts over $50,000, Superintendent Hayes provided a summary of some of the contracts with District Management Council. Approval of the Consent Agenda Approved the consent items, accepted as part of the approval of the agenda, consistent with the recommended actions presented by the administration. Approval of Minutes Payment of Bills and Acknowledgment of Wire Transfer Report Personnel (Resignation, Employment, Change of Employment Status, Leave of Absence) Donations Approval of Assurance of Compliance with State and Federal Law Prohibiting Discrimination Snow Plow Contracts Joint Powers Agreement with MnSCU and Century College Approval of School Board Policy Policy 413 was adopted at the August 3 Board meeting adding the term “gender identity and expression” into the policy. Since then, it has been recommended by legal counsel that the term “gender identity and expression” be changed to “gender.” The Policy Form 413 was presented at the October 12 meeting for review and comment. Adopted the following policy and accompanying form of the Board Policy Manual as follows: 413 Harassment and Violence (revised) 413F Harassment and Violence Report Form (revised) Accept Alternate Deduct for Quora Education Center This deduct for a gas generator is due to the elimination of inverters as an emergency power source in the base bid. A generator is more desirable than an inverter as it is less expensive and can be used for multiple days. An inverter is similar to a battery and has to be recharged and has a use span of hours versus days. This deduct was not accepted initially due to the questions that needed to be resolved regarding sound attenuation with our student population. These questions have been resolved and factored into the overall cost estimate. Generator Costs (including enclosure costs) are as follows: Deduct for Alternate E1 – Generator Deduct:($145,000.00) Generator sound attenuation: screen wall Add: $67,211.50 Screen Wall Gate Add: $6,825.00 Total Deduct: ($70,963.50) Accepted the alternate deduct of $70,963.50 to add a generator for the Quora Education Center. Approval of Individual Contract Ratified and approved the new 2016-17 and 2017-18 contract for the individual listed: Sandra Sierakowski, Human Resources Specialist Board Forum The Board Forum provides School Board members an opportunity to share in written format items of interest and information from their home district—no reports were submitted. Superintendent Hayes provided board members with a document summarizing member district election results. Meeting Adjourned Adjourned the meeting at 7:07 p.m. Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 15, 2017.

NORTHEAST METRO 916 WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA BOARD NOTES DECEMBER 14, 2016 The regular meeting of the School Board of Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District was held on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at Bellaire School and the following business was transacted. Meeting Called to Order The meeting was called to order by Chair Brunnette at 6:03 p.m. Roll Call of Attendance Members present: Lodico-12, Palmer-13 (arrived at 6:25 p.m.), Erkel-15, Forsberg-16, Oksnevad-282, Livingston-622 (arrived at 6:13 p.m.), Azer-623, Newberg-624, Theisen-831, Schwartz-832, Brunnette-833, and Ptacek-834. Members absent: Lindblad-14 and Sager-621. Also present: Connie S. Hayes, superintendent. Approval of Agenda Adopted the agenda as posted, limited discussion to the approved agenda, and accepted the list of items proposed for consent adoption. Board Calendar Dates • Thursday, December 15, 2016 – ALCs Graduation at 916 Mahtomedi Academy, 2735 County Road D, White Bear Lake at 6:30 p.m. • Wednesday, January 4 or 11, 2017 – Regular School Board meeting at 6:00 p.m. • Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – Program Visit to Career & Technical Center from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Questions and/or Comments from Citizens Present on Non-Agenda Items None. Presentation: FY16 Audit

www.presspubs.com Jim Eichten, representing the district audit firm of Malloy, Montague, Karnowski, Radosevich & Co., P.A. There are four opinions this year: • Issued an unmodified opinion on the District’s annual financial statements. • Zero deficiencies in the school district’s internal control over financial reporting that they considered to be material weaknesses. • Zero instances of noncompliance that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. • Zero findings based on their testing of the school district’s compliance with Minnesota laws and regulations. There are some other comments and recommendations. The District did implement a higher threshold for capital assets. There is a new formula for state special education aid. There was a $3.1 million dollar increase in the general fund cash balance. The fund balance as a percentage of expenditures at 23% is above the district policy of 10% of expenditures. Member Livingston arrived at this point in the meeting. Valley Crossing Community School was conveyed to the three collaborating districts at the end of the fiscal year. Certificates of Participation will have a large effect next year. Presentation: Recognition and Awards Jill Stewart-Kellar, principal at the Northeast Metro 916 Career & Technical Center, shared with the Board the major rewards four of her staff have received this fall: • Mary McGuire, law enforcement teacher, won an accolade from Schuler Shoes for her classroom project in which students serve as mentors to second-grade students at Oakdale Elementary. • Shelli Sowles, career & college readiness specialist, won the 2017 ACTE Career Guidance Award, which recognizes guidance counselors and career development professionals who have made significant contributions to advocate, educate and communicate the value of CTE as a viable career option to a variety of audiences in their communities. • Erick Lehet, instructional coach/technical skill assessment coordinator, won the C. Thomas Olivo Outstanding Service Award, which recognizes test coordinators, administrators, state or national policy makers, or CTE association leaders for their work in advocating an equitable assessment system that uses technical assessment data to improve instruction. • Katie Wallisch, cosmetology teacher at the Career & Technical Center, was named a 2017 Exceptional Educator by TIES. Member Palmer arrived at this point in the meeting. Presentation: Sale of Northeast Metro 916 Additions onto John Glenn Middle School and Oakdale Elementary Kristine Carr, director of administrative services, reported that as the John Glenn Alternate Learning Program prepares to move to the soon-to-be constructed Pankalo Education Center, a section of John Glenn Middle School will need to be sold to North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale District #622. Northeast Metro 916 will also sell the wing it currently owns in Oakdale Elementary School; no Northeast Metro 916 programming has been housed there in two decades. The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District is interested in purchasing the two additions. Back in the late 1980s, Northeast Metro 916 built several additions on member district buildings. The sale of these two properties will amount to $1,600,400, which will support the general fund of Northeast Metro 916. Historically, revenue like this has been used to help pay for deferred maintenance costs. A possible agreement will be presented to the School Board in January or February. Discussion: 2017-18 District Calendar Dan Naidicz, director of special education, reviewed a first draft of proposed school calendars for the 2017-18 school year with the School Board. The proposed calendar is similar to calendars the school district has seen in past few years, with the exception of Capitol View, which will begin August 21 and end school earlier on May 22 due to construction needs. Approval of the Consent Agenda Approved the consent items, accepted as part of the approval of the agenda, consistent with the recommended actions presented by the administration. Approval of Minutes Payment of Bills and Acknowledgment of Wire Transfer Report Personnel (Resignation, Employment, Recall, Leave of Absence, Change in Employment Status) Donations Approval of Joint Purchasing Agreement Acceptance of Grants Change in Petty Cash Custodian FY17 Revised Budget Approval Kristine Carr, director of administrative services, noted that the revised budget reflects a 3.7% increase in revenue due to Q-Comp and alternate facilities. Special education revenue will have another major shift on how it will be calculated. We started with more students in fall 2016 than what we ended with in spring 2016, which results in $500,000 in additional revenue. Approved the 2016-17 operating budget for Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District 916 as follows: Revised Revised Revenues Expenditures Career & Technical 01 Career & Technical $2,708,668 $2,975,199 04 Area Learning Center 4,348,371 3,906,492 Subtotal $7,057,039 $6,881,691 Special Education 02 Special Ed General $30,687,753 $30,633,531 30 Contract Srvs/Projects 7,001,768 6,789,647 Subtotal $37,689,521 $37,423,178 Post-Secondary Education 03 Agency Fund $ $ 09 Career & Tech/SpEdStudClubs 52,141 52,141 10 Projects Federal 1,045,881 1,045,881 Subtotal $1,098,022 $1,098,022 Valley Crossing 41 VC-General $299,517 41 VC-Reserve for Capital 569,959 44 VC-Kdgn Plus Program 549 47 VC-Debt Redemption 118,912 49 VC-Student Clubs Subtotal $ $ 988,937 District-Wide 08 District-Wide General $10,444,524 $9,480,149 08 Reserve for Health & Safety 39,525 104,135 08 Reserve for Q-Comp 816,000 692,219 12 Food Service Fund 29,425 31,788 20 Internal Service Fund 172,250 128,000 26 Bldg Construction 223,397 $25,300,000 27 Bldg Construction 1,367,076 4,459,958 Subtotal $13,092,197 $40,196,249 GRAND TOTAL $58,936,779 $86,588,077 2017 Regular Meeting Dates The schedule of 2017 proposed meeting dates was presented at the November 9 Board meeting for review and comment. The administration offered two options for school board meetings in 2017—option 1 is the first Wednesday of the month; option 2 is the second Wednesday of the month. The Superintendent recommends Option 1 due to our longstanding practice of meeting during the first week of the month. Set the regular meeting of the School Board at 6:00 p.m. at Bellaire School on the first Wednesday of each meeting, except as indicated below, which meetings may be recessed and adjourned as deemed necessary by the Board, and such special meetings may be called as provided by law. Option 1 (first Wednesday) Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. (second Wednesday) Wednesday, February 1, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. (Work Session, as needed basis) Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. (Work Session, as needed basis) Wednesday, June 7, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 – 4:00 p.m. (Board Retreat) Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 30, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. (Work Session, as needed basis) Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 6:00 p.m.

MARCH 15, 2017 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. (Work Session as needed basis) Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. Amendment to Index Flex Medical Spending Amount When the Affordable Care Act was implemented, the amount available for employees to claim for annual medical reimbursement was lowered from $3,000 per year to $2,500 per year. This amount is now indexed by the federal government each year and this amendment would make our plan flow with the maximum allowable federal amount automatically to enable staff to gain the maximum benefit from this provision without having to amend the plan each year. Approved an amendment to the Northeast Metro 916 Section 125C flexible spending accounts to automatically index the annual medical reimbursement amount to match the IRS allowable amount each year. Retirements (10+ Years) Accepted the resignation of Faye Corbett, Education Assistant II, upon the occasion of her retirement, effective 12/31/16. Faye will have provided the school district with 22 years of service. Approval of Change Orders for Quora Education Center These soil corrections are the result of the unfavorable weather conditions at the site due to excessive rain. In order to continue with the footings and building of the structure, this work must be done. The ground is saturated beyond the point where it will be able to dry naturally and meet the construction timelines for the school. Kristine Carr, director of administrative services, agreed to check to see if drain tile is a part of the building construction. She noted that the steel is scheduled to arrive on December 19 or 26. We are still within our contingency budget. Approved the soil corrections as specified on the following two documents from Carl Bolander & Sons Co. in the amount of $127,500 for the Quora Education Center project. Approval of Food Service Agreement for Metro Heights Academy Columbia Heights ISD 13 has agreed to provide food services at Metro Heights Academy as the food service authority. This would provide Northeast Metro 916 with full service and eliminate the need for our staff to monitor and maintain a food services fund. This would also be in line with all other sites within the district. Approved the food services contract with Columbia Heights ISD 13 effective January 3, 2017 through June 30, 2017 with provisions for four annual renewals for food services at Metro Heights Academy. Board Forum The Board Forum provides School Board members an opportunity to share in written format items of interest and information from their home district—Mounds View and Forest Lake submitted reports. Member Erkel noted that Amy Kelly will be her replacement on this Board. The School Board recognized the tragedy at Mounds View High School with two students who were killed in a car accident. This is the last meeting for Members Erkel and Lodico. They were recognized and thanked for their time on the Board. Member Erkel stated she will really miss being on this board. She thanked the district for the great work they do with their kids. Meeting Adjourned Adjourned the meeting at 6:54 p.m. Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on March 15, 2017.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: 05/15/2007 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $149,500.01 MORTGAGOR(S): Joan E. Vanderwyst NKA Joan E. Carstedt and John Carstedt wife and husband MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: 06/05/2007 as Document No. 4033234 in the Ofﬁce of the County Recorder, Ramsey County, Minnesota The mortgage was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: LSF9 Master Participation Trust Assignment dated: 06/07/2016 Assignment recorded: 06/27/2016 Assignment recording information: Document No. A04611615 Assignee: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Assignment dated: 12/5/2016 Assignment recorded: 12/7/2016 Assignment recording information: Document No. A04637248 All in the records of the County Recorder in and for Ramsey County, MN. TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 122922210038 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: LOTS 9, 10 AND 11, BLOCK 30, FOURTH ADDITION TO NORTH SAINT PAUL, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA. ABSTRACT PROPERTY. TAX ID NO. 12-29-22-21-0038 BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOAN E. VANDERWYST BY WARRANTY DEED FROM SUSAN M. VANDERWYST, A SINGLE PERSON RECORDED 03/31/2002 AS DOCUMENT N. 3480569. Abstract Property STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2480 15th Ave. E., North Saint Paul, MN 55119 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Ramsey LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Caliber Home Loans, Inc. THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE AS OF 03/13/2017: $239,667.84. THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Ramsey, Minnesota at public auction as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 04/28/2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Ramsey Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, 25 West 4th Street, Suite 150, Saint Paul, MN 55102 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 months from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the mortgaged property by 11:59 p.m. on 10/28/2017, or the next business day if 10/28/2017 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: 03/01/2017 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust, Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee The Sayer Law Group, P.C., By Brian G. Sayer, Attorney for Mortgagee/ Mortgage Assignee 925 E 4th St., Waterloo, IA 50703 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published six times in the White Bear Press on March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5, 2017.

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“THE WHITE HELMETS” (NR) [SUBTITLED] — A gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, Oscar-winning, inspirational, 41-minute 2016 documentary that shows the volunteer heroes of the Syria Civil Defense, including Raed Saleh (leader), Abu Omar (former blacksmith), Mohammed Farah (former tailor) and Khalid Farah (former builder), that was formed in 2013 and consists of 2,900 members at a 120 centers who have saved more than 56,000 lives after Syrian cities such as Aleppo have been bombed by ISIS and the Russians.

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[VIOLENCE, FRENETIC ACTION, SOME SEXUALITY, LANGUAGE, AND DRUG MATERIAL.] — When his bartender girlfriend (Felicity Jones) in Cologne, Germany, suddenly requires a $200,000 kidney transplant in this action-packed, fastpaced, bullet-riddled, violent, 99-minute thriller highlighted with car chases and crashes, an American junkyard worker (Nicholas Hoult) reluctantly agrees to hijack a semi-truck with a friend (Marwan Kenzari) filled with cocaine for a slighted drug dealer (Ben Kingsley) who is stealing the cargo from his ruthless, arrogant boss (Anthony Hopkins).

[STRONG BRUTAL VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT, AND BRIEF NUDITY.] — A gripping, thrilling, action-packed, violent, well-acted, 3-D, 135-minute film based on the Marvel “X-Men” franchise in which aging Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), who hires himself out as a chauffeur and tries to protect seizureprone Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and a sun-allergic mutant (Stephen Merchant) in a rundown hovel in the desert near Mexico, reluctantly escorts a young mutant (Dafne Keen) to North Dakota in 2029 to search for her genetically engineered mutant friends (Hannah Westerfield, Bryce Romero, Aidan Kennedy, Chester Rushing, Vincenzo Lucatorto, Chase Cubia, Nayah Murphy, Haley Glass. Kelton DuMont, et al.) while they are hunted by a mad scientist (Richard E. Grant) and his henchmen (Boyd Holbrook, Krzysztof Soszynski, et al.).

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Chisago County is currently taking applications for the position of CUSTODIAN. This is a part-time position that works 5 days per week – Monday-Friday 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. Responsibilities include general janitorial duties. We are seeking applicants who are self-motivated and can work independently. Must be able to lift up to 60# on occasions, and physically able to bend, twist, kneel and walk on a regular basis and shovel snow in the wintertime. Rate of pay is $12.48 per hour. Must be able to pass a criminal history check, physical and drug test. Call 651-213-8868 to have an application mailed. Or apply at www.chisagocounty.us. Closes 3/27/2017.

SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITIES Concession Stand Attendants The City of Circle Pines is looking for seasonal concession stand attendants for Golden Lake Park. Individuals will work approximately 20-30 hours per week. Individuals will be responsible for park groundskeeping, selling concessions, operating a cash register, cleaning and stocking shelves. Pay is $10/hr. Must be 16 years or older to apply. How to Apply Interested applicants must fill out a city application that can be found on the city website at www.ci.circle-pines.mn.us or at city hall. Applications must be received at City Hall located at 200 Civic Heights Circle, Circle Pines before 4:30 p.m. March 17, 2017. If you have questions, please call 763-784-5898 or email cpeterson@ci.circle-pines.mn.us.

Member Service Representative I (Teller) Ideal Credit Union is looking for enthusiastic employees who enjoy working in a competitive sales environment while educating consumers about financial services to meet their needs. We currently have a Member Service Representative, Teller position open at our Hugo location. Please complete an application at www.idealcu.com/about-us/employment-opportunities, if interested. The hours for this position are:

Monday 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Thursday Off Friday 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Ideal Credit Union offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package. Should you have any questions please call Human Resources at (651) 747-8910. We are proud to be an EOE/AA employer M/W/Vet/Disability. We maintain a drugfree workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

CHISAGO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS SEASONAL WORKERS

Job duties will include filling pot holes, cutting brush, mowing grass, flagging, sign installation, pavement marking installation and other general laborer duties. Experience with light equipment is desired. Must be 18 years old and possess a valid driver’s license. Up to 40 hours per week. $11.00 per hour. Hours of work will be M-Th 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Must be able to pass a background check. Deadline to apply is 4/7/17. Apply at www.chisagocounty.us.

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VETERAN’S SERVICE OFFICER Chisago County is seeking a FT experienced Veteran’s Service Officer. To support Veterans in Chisago County by advocating, advising, and assisting in evaluation of service related conditions and applications for a variety of programs and benefits to which the Veteran (and family) may be eligible for at the local, state and federal level. To support the Veteran in a successful transition to community living or be of ongoing support to Veterans living in Chisago County. QUALIFICATIONS: Must meet the qualifications set forth in MN Statute197.601 to include: Residence in the State of Minnesota. Citizenship in the United States. A veteran as defined in the Minnesota Statutes, Section 197.447. The active military service must be certified by the United States Secretary of Defense as active military service and a discharge under honorable conditions must be issued by the secretary. Provide copy of DD-214 with character of service as honorable. $48,097 to $66,016 DOQ. Deadline to apply is March 24, 2017. Apply at www.chisagocounty.us. Please include a cover letter and resume when applying. Your spark makes us

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HIRING BONUS We appreciate you! To show our thanks for applying with PeopleReady, we are offering a $10 Gift Card to all new PeopleReady Associates. To qualify for the Hiring Bonus, associates must successfully complete their 1st day of work through PeopleReady, be actively working and in good standing and be committed to working safely. Please ask your PeopleReady On-Site Manager or your local PeopleReady branch for details. *Must be 1st time applicant. Limited time only while supplies last. Limit one per person. Bonus will be paid after 1st week of work. Some restrictions apply.

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We are a growing distributor in the Hugo/Lino Lakes area looking to ﬁll several order fulﬁllment positions

PICKERS / PACKERS $11/hr Full time hours 7AM-3:30PM and 2PM-close Part time hours AM & afternoon available M-F

LIFT DRIVER 5am-1:30pm Entry level pay $12/hr All FT positions require a willingness to stay late. Lifting ability of 30+lbs. required. Our FT employees receive a comprehensive beneﬁt package including health, dental and life insurance, disability insurance, PTO, 401(k), and paid holidays. Please email cover letter, resume, shift desired, full or PT preference, and salary requirements to hollyp@northernwholesale.com or apply in person during the hours of 8a.m. – 5.p.m. at Northern Wholesale Supply, 6800 Otter Lake Road, Lino Lakes to be considered for these positions. Offers of employment are subject to a background check.

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White Bear Lake, 4801 Hwy 61 N, Ste 100, (651) 426-1671 | Forest Lake Office, 56 E Broadway, Ste 104, (651) 464-5555

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BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME SANDY ESPE In Lino Lakes, 1.21 Treed Acres On A Cul-De-Sac, Bring Your Own Builder. Convenient Location.

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