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Icy resolve: Mahtomedi topples northern powers for state title

BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS WRITER

The most exhilarating set of back-to-back victories in their 69 years of hockey lifted the Mahtomedi Zephyrs to the state Class 1A championship last weekend.

The Zephyrs prevailed 6-5 in a double overtime championship game over top-seeded Warroad, which was previously unbeaten and led by three of the state’s premier players, leaving the Channel 45 announcers gushing about an “instant classic.”

Jonny Grove delivered the game-winner and Charlie Drage ripped a trio of third-period goals as the Zephyrs trailed all the way but kept scrambling back.

Drage showed up at the press conference with his two upper front teeth chipped from being thrown against the boards in the celebration. He was upbeat about it: “You can replace teeth. You can’t replace this moment.”

On Friday, the Zephyrs toppled the other northern power, No. 2 seeded Hermantown, 2-1 in the semifinals, on Drage’s highlight-reel slap shot with 48 seconds left after stealing a pass.

“When the dust settles and the gloves and sticks and helmets get back to their owners, that will make this championship even that much sweeter,” Mahtomedi coach Jeff Poeschl said about defeating the two top seeds, in each case a payback win.

The Zephyrs rolled past Alexandria 6-3 in the quarterfinals, behind Corey Bohmert’s hat trick.

They finished 23-8 with 12 straight wins, avenging their only two regular-season setbacks to Class 1A teams, having lost to Warroad 7-4 and

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State Champions The Mahtomedi Zephyrs take home the class 1A Championship in boys hockey. See tournament details this page and in Sports, page 19

8 bells for beloved White Bear Lake sailor

BY DEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER

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Fletcher in front of the backyard barn where many boat-building and restoration projects were completed.

Fletcher Driscoll had a passion for all things water.

He was 5 when his family moved to their Dellwood lake home in 1937, and he never left. The longtime resident, known for a kind and generous heart, love of conversation, old boats and, most of all, family, died March 8 at age 90.

His entire life was spent with the wind in his face, racing over water in sailboats and iceboats, water skiing and simply enjoying life on the lake.

“I always related to water,” Fletcher once said in one of

many Press articles about the man, his views on lake level, a latest boat project or other nautical pursuits.

Not surprisingly, that connection led to a doctorate in hydrogeology, where Fletcher specialized in not just groundwater, but all water on or near the surface of the earth.

His team of environmental consultants comprising Fletcher Driscoll & Associates prepared expert reports and trial testimony in areas of contaminant hydrogeology and water supply wells. They also provided support for clients

Senior Charlie Drage whoops it up during Mahtomedi’s state championship celebration, chipping his two front teeth. He scored five goals in the tournament.

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Wildlife rehabilitation center to construct nursery in Grant

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Phil Jenni stands on the future site of a brand new animal care facility in Grant.

GRANT – Many a compassionate Twin Cities local has taken a wounded or helpless animal to the helping hands of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. Some of these animal patients are sick or injured and require a lot of medical care, but a lot of them are just babies found far from the care of their wild parents.

These growing animals don’t need a lot of medical attention, but they do need a lot of space—and a historic farm property in Grant is just the place for a young creature to grow up.

Phil Jenni is the former director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (WRC), but now spearheads development of this secondary campus. A capital campaign is planned for summer of 2023, and the project is expected to break ground before the end of the year.

The Roseville campus has been in urgent need of more space for years. It was constructed in 2002 with the expectation of 10,000 patients, but by 2019 the facility was hosting more than 15,000 and still receiving new cases. At its busiest, the WRC takes in up to 250 animals in a single day.

“Seventy percent of our patients come in during the summer months, and those are orphaned uninjured baby animals,” Jenni said. “They require a lot of care for a long time, but not medical care.

All they need is husbandry, and increasingly more space as they grow larger. It’s one thing to have a baby fox, but by the time it gets to be an adult fox it needs quite a bit of space. It needs to wild up.”

To help with the overflow, the WRC purchased a 22-acre farm on Jamaca Avenue with the intent of transforming it into a second animal care facility.

A 19th-century farmhouse and several dilapidated outbuildings currently stand on the property, but these will be torn down, and their fieldstone foundations will be incorporated into a new 25,000-square foot structure specifically designed

“It’s a pretty quiet operation,” Jenni said. “We fit right into the community. The mayor was quoted saying we’d been good neighbors, and we hope to continue that.”

Learn more about the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at www.wrcmn.org.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND A BABY ANIMAL? If you find an injured wild animal (adult or infant), bring it to WRC during operating hours (9 a.m. – 6 p.m. every day of the year); no need to call first. During baby season, the WRC can help determine whether or not the baby animal needs to be brought to rehabilitation, so call before bringing in the young animal: 651-4869453. Leave a message if staff cannot answer the phone; someone will call back within the hour.

Found a Baby Squirrel?

If you accidentally cut down a tree or branch containing a nest of squirrels, place the entire nest (or just the squirrels if nest was destroyed) at the base of the stump/tree as soon as your trimming activity has ended. Give the mother squirrel time and space to move her babies (keep away from the area, keep children and dogs away, etc.). Squirrels are industrious and keep a few fully-constructed nests in the area.

The mother will most likely move the family one at a time to another tree.

You might find baby squirrels laying on the ground with no obvious injuries. If you see no sign of bruising or other injuries, and they are warm and dry, they should be left where they are. Giving mom a chance to retrieve her babies is important to keeping wild families together.

Any squirrels on the ground should be gently picked up and set on an old t-shirt or fleece (tiny squirrel toes can get caught on towels) to keep them off the cold ground. Place two activated hand warmers underneath the fabric. This will provide necessary warmth to the young squirrels. Do not cover the squirrels.

If for any reason baby squirrels are still laying on the ground after four hours, or it is after 4:30 p.m., bring them to WRC. If you cannot get to WRC before close at 6 p.m., bring the squirrels in at dusk and keep them contained and warm overnight. Set up a shoebox with air holes, line it with old t-shirt or fleece, put half the box on a heating pad set to low, and tape the lid shut. It is critical to not give baby squirrels any food or liquids to prevent aspiration pneumonia.

Doors are open and phones are answered from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., 365 days a year.

Fox squirrel being fed in nursery at the rehabilitation center.

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This rehabilitation campus will have a variety of outdoor caging, including in-ground pools for waterfowl. There is a strong emphasis on sustainability in its construction, Jenni said. Clean water is particularly important.

“We use a lot of water and it’s not very clean when it comes out,” Jenni said. The facility will have a lot of pools that need to be constantly filtrated.

The goal is to make this water use as efficient as possible, recycling millions of gallons of water so that the water does not go back into the ground. The facility will also use a rain collection system.

“We won’t really be putting any pressure on the water supply,” Jenni said. “That’s a really big deal out there.”

Jenni said that the building will also use geothermal heating and cooling to maximize energy efficiency. “We think we’ll probably qualify for $1 million incentive through the new Inflation Reduction Act incentives,” he said. “It will really be a very leading-edge building.”

Unlike the Roseville location, this facility will not be open to the public. For an animal preparing to return to a wild life, the less interaction with humans, the better. The Roseville campus will remain the location for animal intake and assessment.

The WRC has been running limited operations at the Grant location since it was purchased in 2019, but the capacity will expand dramatically once its able to take its next steps toward construction.

Currently, the center is working on getting all the bureaucratic formalities with the watershed district, Department of Natural Resources, Washington County and other local stakeholders out of the way.

For those wondering, animals ready for release will not be turned loose from the Grant location.

WRC staff work as best as they can to return animals to the appropriate habitat, where there are enough resources to support them and far enough away from humans where they won’t get into too much trouble.

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It finally got me

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’ve been lucky since the pandemic began because I didn’t get COVID when people around me were bitten by the virus. Well, I finally got it last week and it came on with a vengeance. I had just gotten over a cold and started feeling symptoms one day. It happened very quickly and I thought, could it be COVID? I took a home COVID test and saw a pink and blue line which means positive. I was a little scared at first but I knew there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn’t go to work and couldn’t work at home because I was pretty Noelle’s much bedridden for two days.

My daughter came home Notes from work and told me she Noelle Olson wasn’t feeling well. I had her take a test. It was positive for her as well. It was good that we had just gone to the grocery store so we were stocked up with food and water.

I told her all we need to do is rest and take care of ourselves. I got to do some work here and there between fevers but it really took a lot out of me. Friends reached out to me and told me they know a lot of people that were getting COVID as well. Maybe stores and restaurants have gotten complacent in their cleaning routines. My daughter and I went out to dinner the night before and the table hadn’t been properly washed because they were so busy. I asked to have them wash it and they did. I guess it’s part of life now. My doctor told me that it’s hard to keep up with the boosters. I told her that I didn’t get one so I can’t complain. I still have lingering symptoms of a stuffy nose and slight cough but I am on the mend and so is my daughter.

St. Patrick’s Day Whenever St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, people ask me if I’m Irish. I tell them that my great grandfather was Irish so I have some Irish blood running through my veins. When I was growing up someone’s nationality was a big deal. My grandmother was a Slovak and she married someone who wasn’t. That caused a huge rift in the family because my grandmother was expected to marry a Slovak man. I lived across the street from my great-grandmother, Baba, who was Slovak. We weren’t allowed to go visit her because my siblings and I weren’t “pure blood” Slovaks. Isn’t that crazy? I would see Baba outside sweeping her walkway and always wanted to go and say hi. She didn’t speak very good English but I was curious about her. Thank goodness times have changed. It doesn’t matter as much to people what your nationality is and that’s a good thing.

While thinking about St. Patrick’s Day I am reminded of a story I did on the Holocaust last month. Ken Engle’s parents were Holocaust survivors. They arrived in New York on March 17, 1949. There was a St. Patrick’s Day party in a park. Engle’s dad bought a shamrock button and wore it every St. Patrick’s Day until he passed away in 2010. Engle said someone asked his dad why he wore that button because St. Patrick’s Day isn’t a Jewish holiday. His dad replied, “It was the best day of my life. It was the day I found my freedom.” (Read the story at presspubs.com) Noelle Olson is editor of the Shoreview Press.

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Universal School Meals Bill a ‘Lunch Box Tax Cut’

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’ve been a teacher for over 11 years and have taught hundreds of students. I can tell you firsthand, when kids come to school hungry, they struggle to learn. I’ve had countless students come into my classroom looking for food, not just for themselves but often for their siblings as well. Being hungry makes learning almost Legislator impossible.

There’s no Lingo worksheet, or assignment, Heather test, or project Gustafson that will matter to a student who hasn’t had anything to eat. There’s not a reading program or a math strategy that will improve scores if a student doesn’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Over the years, I’ve seen bright, eager, and precocious kids slip in their studies due to hunger getting in the way of their learning. When students haven’t had enough to eat, they are less attentive in class, and if they fall behind, it can be very difficult for them to catch up.

Helping improve schools in my community and across the state was a key motivator in my decision to run for office. Now, as a lawmaker and vice chair of the Senate Education Finance Committee, I have made it a top priority to remove hunger as a barrier to learning.

In response to the hunger crisis in our schools, I authored a bill to provide universal school meals at no cost to all K-12 students in Minnesota. I call it a “lunch-box tax cut” in that it will take financial pressure off tens of thousands of parents across the state, and keep more money in Minnesotans’ pockets week after week. It also eliminates the damaging stigma that food insecurity can inflict upon students.

As my bill has moved through the legislative process, it has become increasingly clear that the need for it is real. Over 200,000 kids in Minnesota experience food insecurity, but one-third of them don’t qualify for free school meals.

Although I’ve received tremendous support for this bill, there are still opponents who say we should limit meals based on family income.

However, because we require kids to be in school, we need to provide them with the basics of

education while they’re in class in the ways we provide other basic essentials in schools like desks, textbooks, pencils, etc…

I’ve also heard critics of the bill imply sentiments as detached as suggesting parents who can’t afford to feed their kids should feel ashamed – as if not being able to take care of your child isn’t every parent’s worst nightmare.

Today, students live complicated lives, often dealing with challenges in mental health, complicated family dynamics, traumatic life events, and more. The last thing they need is to also worry about where their next meal will come from. We need to ensure that hunger doesn’t stop any student from learning, regardless of income.

Although there is still work left to be done to make sure our schools are places where students can learn, free of barriers, ensuring they have enough to eat is a good place to start and a worthy investment. I am determined now, more than ever, to continue the work on this bill and see it through the finish line.

Senator Heather Gustafson represents District 36 in the Minnesota State Senate.

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Celebrate newspapers and their efforts to record local history

andy Robinson and Ben Carlson were part of news reports in Minnesota’s newspapers. Neither one was probably aware of the attention created by the event.

The names are fictitious, but the news – birth announcements – is regularly recorded in community newspapers. We expect to see more of Sandy and Ben in the coming years. Likewise, we hope the local newspapers become a part of their daily routines.

Newspapers pride themselves as recorders of local history. I encourage all Minnesotans to join in celebrating their local newspapers during Sunshine Week, March 12-18. At its foundation, the week underscores the importance of

the free flow of information for an open, effective and accountable government.

The press invests immense resources to ensure the public has a close-up view.

Strike up a conversation about press rights, and many individuals likely conjure editors and reporters demanding access to top-secret data from government officials. No doubt, that occurs more often than most people would like to believe.

Shedding light on information, however, is much broader than probing into government workings. Newspapers regularly strive to provide stories that people should read and like to read.

Readers may view many reports as routine, but chronicling the lives

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Poetic response

In response to “Ode to Plow Drivers”: A Shakespeare he ain’t, yet a fine picture he doth paint.

But forget not the mail crew, Cops, fire, and ambulance too.

While we by the fire watch snowfall so dire, these workers deliver, each a true giver.

May we sing their praises, dare I suggest giving raises?

And now, poem writ, I leave at seven.

Florida is going to feel like heaven.

LaWayne Leno Dellwood

Extreme positions lack depth

I too, as Mr. Kimball, am concerned about extremist positions, argumentation and ensuing actions (Feb. 22 White Bear Press). Yet, with respect to the abortion section of his letter, it seems to me he himself has succumbed to the allure of extremist thought.

First, I have been around quite a while, and have yet to meet an antiabortionist. No doubt some may exist, as also avowed Baal worshippers, but not in consequential numbers. To use that term to describe all in the Pro-Life movement is nothing short of a propagandistic pejorative, a weak and extreme argument that adds no strength or substance to Pro-Choice positions.

Second, extreme positions seem to lack breadth and depth. For instance, when does human life begin? At conception? At implantation? At heart beat, quickening, viability? At first breath or complete separation from the mother? Or does ensoulment occur simply when the mother wants the baby? What historical, medical, philosophical and theological evidence can be given for one’s position? The Pro-Life people I know have done their homework... Yet on the other side the silence seems to be deafening.

And again, Moral Law is predicated upon “transcendent realities.” For instance, all humanity, every person, is created in the image of God, and endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights, such as life...

Denying this “transcendent reality” has led in history to such evils as caste, slavery and genocide. And any so-called moral law not predicated on a solid moral foundation is nothing more than political pragmatism.

Would that we all would avoid inflammatory and inaccurate characterizations, and continue our individual and corporate responsibility to avoid the siren song of tribal dogmatism, instead thinking deeply and broadly, and then building bridges as truth-seekers.

Jim Nash White Bear Lake

Make Heritage Days more diverse

As a lifelong resident of Vadnais Heights, I have been pleased to see an increase in the diversity of various cultural and ethnic groups in our schools and community over the years. However, as I think about the upcoming Heritage Days, I couldn’t help but notice that this event hosted by our city has not changed much over the years and does not reflect the current makeup of our community. The word “heritage” is defined as “the full range of our inherited traditions such as monuments, objects, and culture.”

But whose traditions and culture are we celebrating at this event?

Vadnais Heights is changing. In the last 10 years the diversity of other racial groups has increased by 10%. Vadnais Heights Elementary students of color make up 44% of the current enrollment. The thread of our community is ever changing and in a wonderful way. We can learn and grow from shared diverse experiences and culture. I urge our city leaders to consider changes to Heritage Days to better reflect our community. I think it would be amazing to see an array of diverse food vendors, parade participants, music, crafters, and artists take part in this event. We need to welcome and encourage those of diverse communities to share their heritage, experiences, history, and culture. But it will take effort to reach out to our diverse communities and make them feel welcome participating in this event. Now is the time to start making the effort. We have a new council who ran on the campaign promises of creating and supporting a welcoming environment for diverse communities, Heritage Days is a great opportunity to prove it.

of Sandy and Ben often represents years-long initiatives to gain access to information. The items often find a spot on refrigerators or a permanent place in family scrapbooks.

The news may range from publishing vital statistics to capturing photos of winning scores to detailing presentations before a school board or city council. The opportunity for anyone to collect a variety of data or enjoy ringside seats to many events is not happenstance. The press has a storied history of working to shed light on all aspects of everyday life.

Sandy and Ben’s births will remain part of local history. Newspapers take pride in helping families spread news of special events in their lives.

As noted, we expect to be seeing a lot more of Sandy and Ben. The two are certain to be sharing many special moments as they grow up, and among them will be a neighborhood party or two. It’s an opportunity for families to share a photo on many a newspaper’s neighborhood section, website photo gallery, Facebook page and other social media avenues.

I predict Sandy and Ben will make names for themselves in a variety of youth clubs and leagues – maybe a pinewood derby or a YMCA sports championship. The achievements will be recognized.

Accomplishments will likely continue through high school extracurricular activities. They will understand the importance of academics and wind up on the honor roll, too. The benchmarks will be shared with their names in the newspaper. School days will pass quickly, and they be recognized with photos in graduation editions.

That covers the first 18 years of their lives. The relationship with their hometown papers is likely to continue including announcements of where they decide to continue their education and accompanying scholarships.

It’s a good bet more stories will be generated about their experiences and subsequent careers.

I expect Sandy and Ben may someday decide to start their own families.

Where their newspapers once proclaimed the birth announcements, the news pages will announce engagements and acknowledge weddings.

The photos will be wonderful additions to Movers & family scrapbooks. An active citizenry is the Shakers lifeblood of so many communities. More Jim Purmalo than likely, Sandy and Ben will not sit idly.

They will want to return some favors to the communities that gave so much to them.

Their names will be in the news some more – an officer in a civic organization, a youth leader at church, a volunteer at school. They might even start their own businesses, which will be recognized as well.

Then the families, along with older brothers and sisters, will be planning a special anniversary celebration for their parents. Once again, the event will make the paper.

Individuals are the essence of community newspapers. After all, people make the news. Today’s media landscape is more fractured than ever, underscoring the value of community newspapers in providing a living history of our hometowns. Many stories are easily gathered; others are more challenging.

They all represent the expense of time and resources by newspaper staffs.

During Sunshine Week, we pay tribute to the millions of readers who invite newspapers into their homes each day. I speak firsthand from many years sitting behind the editor’s desk.

We enjoy the relationships we’ve made, and we hope our readers do, too.

- Jim Pumarlo is a member of the Minnesota Newspaper Association.

He is a former editor of the Red Wing Republican Eagle and former board member of the Minnesota News Media Institute. He can be reached at jim@ pumarlo.com.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS

WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS The White Bear Police Department reported the following selected incidents: • Civil problems were reported in the 2600 block of Sumac Ridge and the 1900 block of County Road F Feb. 22.

• Code enforcement was reported in the 4800 block of Debra Street Feb. 23.

• A domestic disturbance was reported in the 3600 block of Highland Avenue Feb. 23.

• A snowblower was stolen from a business in the 4900 block of Long Avenue Feb. 24.

• A domestic incident was reported in the 1800 block of Birch Street Feb. 24.

• Fuel was siphoned from a work vehicle in the 1700 block of Commerce Street overnight Feb. 24.

• Theft of event-related items was reported in the 3500 block of Hoffman Road, Gem Lake Feb. 24.

• Disorderly conduct by an ex-employee was reported in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue Feb. 24.

• A woman was arrested for DWI following a traffic stop near County Road E East and Highland Avenue Feb. 24.

• Disorderly conduct was reported in the 3500 block of Rooney Place Feb. 25.

• A vehicle was stolen in the 2600 block of Sumac Ridge Feb. 25.

• Officers responded to a civil problem in the 2700 block of Riviera Drive Feb. 25.

• Narcotics were reported in the 3900 block of Hoffman road Feb. 26.

• Officers responded to a report of an injured raccoon in the 3900 block of Jay Lane Feb. 26.

• Disorderly conduct was reported in the 4700 block of Campbell Avenue Feb. 27.

• A dispute was reported near the 2200 block of Thomas Lane Feb. 27.

• A person reported missing in the 1800 block of Cedar Avenue Feb. 28 was later found.

• Nuisance cats were reported in the 2400

block of Hillside Road Feb. 28.

• A customer was trespassed from a business in the 2600 block of County Road E after making what an employee felt was an “odd gesture” Feb. 28.

• Theft was reported in the 1900 block of Birch Street Feb. 28.

• Officers responded to a report of juveniles throwing ice and snow at vehicles, people, and buildings Feb. 28 in the 5000 block of Division Avenue.

• A Vadnais Heights man was arrested for an outstanding controlled substance violation warrant in the 1900 block of Buerkle Road March 1.

• Harassment was reported in the 4000 block of Bellaire Avenue March 1.

• Officers assisted the fire department in the 1800 block of Fourth Street for items smoldering in a basement.

• Criminal damage to property was reported in the 4000 block of White Bear Avenue March 2.

• Robbery of a tool shed was reported in the 3900 block of Hoffman Road March 3.

• Burglary of a storage unit was reported in the 1800 block of Buerkle Road March 3.

• Theft was reported in the 3100 block of Karth Road March 3.

• Officers issued a citation for underage drinking and open bottle violations following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highland and Cedar Avenues March 3.

• Officers responded to a disturbance in the 4700 block of Centerville Road March 4.

• Items were stolen from a locker at Planet Fitness March 4.

• A juvenile selling a sweatshirt on Facebook Marketplace had it stolen when the buyer asked to try it on and fled in the 3500 block of Century Avenue March 4. When the victim called the suspect back, he threatened to shoot him. No weapons were involved in the initial robbery.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported the following selected incidents in Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Mahtomedi, Pine Springs and Willernie:

Grant

A motorist was arrested for DWI at 9:04 p.m. Feb. 11 in the 8000 block of 75th Street N., after deputies on routine patrol observed the vehicle crossing lane lines and conducted a traffic stop.

Mahtomedi

• A suspicious blue truck cruising around the 1000 block of Berwick Lane at 8:19 a.m. Feb. 9 and stopping near multiple driveways turned out to probably be the newspaper delivery vehicle.

• A motorist was arrested for DWI at 11:58 p.m. Feb. 10 in the area of Century Avenue and Woodland Drive after being made to take standard field sobriety tests during a traffic stop.

• Deputies cited a motorist for violating the Ted Foss move over for emergency vehicles law at midnight Feb. 12 in the 7000 block of Hilton Trail N. • Arcwood Road residents reported a suspicious male at 2:20 a.m. Feb. 12 for sleeping on a porch that didn’t belong to him. Unlike other incidents where deputies were dispatched out to a scene and didn’t find anything, they actually found the suspicious male still on scene.

• Wedgewood Drive residents on Feb. 12 reported items stolen from their vehicle as it was parked in their driveway.

The thieves were apprehended when the Woodbury Police Department came upon them driving a stolen vehicle, and the property stolen the complainant’s vehicle was recovered.

• Jesse James residents at 12:01 a.m. Feb. 16 reported two people wearing black hoodies for trying to tamper with their vehicle and running away when the security lights came on. They were seen hopping into a white Ford SUV and fleeing the neighborhood before deputies arrived.

• Suspicious people roaming the 70th Court N. neighborhood Feb. 17 and going door to door turned out to have been solicitors in possession of valid permits.

• A verbal dispute was reported Feb. 18 at the Lakeshore facility on Quail Street.

Pine Springs

• An unidentfied motorist was cited Feb. 13 on eastbound Highway 36 at the ramp to Hilton Trail N. for one or more traffic violations.

Willernie

• A liquor store on Stillwater Road reported a bottle of liquor stolen from the store Feb. 18, after the theft was captured on store surveillance video.

RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office reported the following selected incidents in Vadnais Heights and White Bear Township:

Vadnais Heights

• A Shoreview man reported the rear and front passenger side windows of his vehicle damaged Feb. 12 while it was parked in the Sucker Lake south lot on County Road F. When the complainant returned from his hike in the park, he found the broken windows and glass, but the vehicle remained locked and nothing appeared to be missing.

• A Maplewood man reported his vehicle stolen Feb. 12, after he had lent it to a friend who left it and its keys in the care of her friend while she went into the Target store in the 900 block of County Road E. The friend of a friend drove off with the vehicle and never responded to the request to return the vehicle.

After the vehicle was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies were notified that the vehicle had been recovered in St. Paul the next day and returned to the registered owner.

• A Vadnais Heights woman reported a hole drilled in her vehicle’s gas tank while it was parked in a guest spot in the 1000 block of County Road D overnight Feb. 12-13.

• A Roseville woman reported the driver and passenger side windows of her vehicle parked in the Lake Vadnais north lot broken out Feb. 13 while she went for a walk in the park. A pair of binoculars and some coins were reported stolen.

A suspicious vehicle spotted at the scene at the time of the crime came back stolen out of St. Paul.

• A resident of an apartment complex in the 900 block of County Road D reported a package stolen Feb. 13 after she was notified that a package was delivered to the mail room. The package was not there when she went to retrieve it.

• An abandoned vehicle reported Feb. 13 in the 3100 block of Meadow Brook Court turned out to have been stolen from White Bear Lake.

The license plates on the vehicle turned out to have been stolen from West St. Paul.

• A 31-year-old Idaho Falls, Idaho, man was cited Feb. 14 at the Vadnais Heights Walmart in the 800 block of County Road E for misdemeanor theft after he was detained for concealing $54.55 in merchandise and passing all points of sale. After he was trespassed from the store, he was released from the scene. A Little Canada woman, 35, was cited at the Walmart for shoplifting Feb. 17 after she was detained for underscanning $60.75 in merchandise and passing all points of sale. After being trespassed, she, too, was released.

• An Eden Prairie man, 23, was arrested on a Dakota County warrant Feb. 15 outside a convenience store in the 1000 block of County Road E, after deputies were called out to a disorderly conduct report involving three disorderly persons in and out of a vehicle asking customers for money.

When the people were identified, deputies found out one of them had the warrant.

• A Maplewood woman, 32, was cited Feb. 15 at the Walmart store for misdemeanor assault after she was reported for punching another female in the face while the two women were in the deli department.

• A White Bear Lake woman, 37, was arrested for second-degree DWI Feb. 17 in the 900 block of County Road E after deputies were dispatched out to the scene of erratic driving in a shopping center parking lot. When deputies conducted the traffic stop and administered standard field sobriety tests, the subject performed poorly.

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• The Cub Foods store in the 1000 block of Meadowlands Drive reported $68.25 in shoplifting on Feb. 13, but the suspect escaped.

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CENTURY COLLEGE LUNCH & LEARN When: 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday,

March 21 Where: Century College, 3300 N. Century Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Join President Millender and Board Chair Melissa Martyr-Wagner for complimentary lunch, discussion, and tour of art gallery exhibit and theatre.

EQUINOX CEREMONY AND COMMUNITY DAY When: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 18 Where: White Bear Center for the

Arts, 4971 Long Ave. Details: Sculpture dedication of “Ursula Major” by artist Robin Tost, family-friendly art activities, refreshments and music.

Contact: 651-407-0597 or whitebeararts.org

FIVE WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT LGBTQ+ YOUTH IN YOUR LIFE When: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 Where: Parkview United Church of

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SAP TO SYRUP When: noon-4 p.m. Saturday, March 18 Where: Tamarack Nature Center,

COMMUNITY LUNCH When: noon-1 p.m. Monday, March 20 Where: Mahtomedi District Education

5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township Details: Learn all about the process of tapping maple trees for syrup during a 45-minute guided tour. Registration required for staggered start times.

Contact: ramseycounty.us/residents/ parks-recreation/tamarack-naturecenter

Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Details: Lunch catered by Luna Seasons and live music. Register by March 17 at noon.

Contact: mahtomedi.ce.eleyo.com

VADNAIS HEIGHTS FOOD PROGRAM When: 9-10 a.m. Saturday, March 18 Where: Vadnais Heights Commons,

Arts, 4971 Long Avenue Details: As a Big Read Scholar, Jackie Bussjaeger will share her research on storytelling traditions and bear stories from cultures represented in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota region. Free with registration.

Contact: whitebeararts.org

655 E. County Road F Details: Distribution of food to any family in need and considered low income. May register day of event.

Contact: 612-245-9259 or cityvadnaisheights.com/foodshelf

BIG READ LECTURE – JACKIE BUSSJAEGER When: 7-8 p.m. Monday, March 20 Where: White Bear Center for the

Christ, 3737 Bellaire Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Workshop for parents, family members, educators, and friends who want to learn to support and understand LGBTQ+ kids in a safe space. Register online.

Contact: drmsky.us/5waysregister

LUNCH AND TABLE GAMES When: noon Wednesday, March 22 Where: Christ the Servant Lutheran

Church, 3676 Centerville Road, Vadnais Heights Details: Bring a bag lunch and play table games with friends. Coffee provided.

Contact: 651-204-6000 or cityvadnaisheights.com/seniors

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VLAWMO GRANT PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE When: 6-7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Where: White Bear Lake City Hall,

4701 Highway 61 Details: Learn about VLAWMO’s costshare and other grant programs for your upcoming project for drainage improvement, erosion control, native plantings, and more. Hear about local success stories. Free.

Contact: 651-204-6070 or vlawmo.org

SPRING BOUTIQUE & BAKE SALE When: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, March 24

and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Where: White Bear Senior Center, 2484 E County Rd F Details: Shop for gifts and handmade items including art, books from local authors, doll clothes, floral arrangements, home decor, jewelry, kitchen items, and totes.

Contact: 651-653-3121 or communityservices.isd624.org

“CALENDAR GIRLS” When: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and

Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, through March 26; 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 20 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Bittersweet comedy performed by Lakeshore Players Theatre. Tickets $10-$30.

Contact: 651-478-7427 or lakeshoreplayers.org

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Church Directory Find the church that fits your needs.

Christ the King Lutheran Church

St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church

1660 Birch Lake Ave., White Bear Lake

2175 1st Street, WBL 55110 | 651.429.5351

(Just off Hwy 96 & Otter Lake Road)

Welcome!

Masses: Saturday - 5:00 PM Livestream Sunday - 9:00 & 11:00 AM

We invite the community!

CHURCH OF ST. PIUS X 3878 Highland Avenue

White Bear Lake • 651-429-5337 10am worship & BYO picnic with www.churchofstpiusx.org The Barley Jacks We invite the community!

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Church: 4741 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake Parish Life Center/School: 4690 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake

RALLY SUNDAY SEPT. 26

If it’s possible to get this in the Sept. 22

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South Shore Trinity Lutheran Church 767796

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9 am Traditions Worship 10:45am New Crossings 10:45 am NewNew Crossings Worship 10:45am Crossings welcome! All are welcome!

2425 White Bear Avenue • Maplewood • 651-777-5200 All arerlcstpaul

Masks recommended indoors | 10am online worship

Pastor Bob Gehrke Dan Bodin This should Pastor start in the Sept. 29 THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Traditional:

Saturdays at 5:30pm and Sundays at 8:00am 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10:45am

Contemporary:

1st and 3rd Sundays at 10:45am

Adult Education, Youth Group, and Sunday School: Sundays at 9:30 Worship online at sstwbl.org/watch

9 & 11am Sunday Services | In-Person & Online | 10am: https://wbuuc.org/sunday-worship

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In-Person worship

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Christmas. Christmas.

Daily Mass Masks recommended indoors | 10am online worship Tuesday, 6:00 pm, Wednesday & Friday, 9:00 am Thursday, 9:00 am (Jun - Aug), 1851 Birch Street WBL 55110 | wblumc.org/links/livestream 9:15 am (Sep1851 - May) Birch Street WBL 55110 | wblumc.org/links/livestream Weekend Masses Saturday, 4:30 pm.

Sunday, 9:00 am.

CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL Sunday, 11:00 am.

A Welcoming & Inclusive White Bear Unitarian Sacrament of Reconciliation: www.stjudeofthelake.org Universalist Church Faith Community Friday 7:45 - 8:45 am Saturdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm 651-426-3245 | 700 Mahtomedi Avenue, Mahtomedi By appointment

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2480 South Shore Blvd.

White Bear Lake, MN 651-429-4293 LCMS

We are Sharing, Caring, & Growing in Christ | We’d Love to Have You Come Join Us!

Service times are subject to change during the coronavirus crisis.

Contact your local church or check church web sites for service time and online service information.

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redeeminglovechurch.com

St.Jude OF THE LAKE

THANK YOU!

1851 Birch Street WBL 55110 | wblumc.org/links/livestream

YouTube: FPCWBL YouTube: FPCWBL

Worship: Sunday, 9am & 10:30am Wednesday, 6:30pm Daily prayer meetings and Spiritual Growth classes throughout the week. Call the church office for more information.

’d appreciate it.

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The Barley Jacks8:30 - 9:00 am, Sunday 6:00pm - 6:20pm Thursday

1851 Birch Street WBL 55110 | wblumc.org/links/livestream Sunday Join us onWorship Sunday: 10am indoor (masks recommended) & online worship 10:15 am in-person Worship and

Livestreaming on

’d appreciate it.

THANK Masses: Sunday 9:30 am & 6:30 pm, Wednesday 6:00 pm, YOU!

RALLY SUNDAY SEPT. 26 Friday 8:00 am, Saturday 4pm Thursday 8:00 am, 10am indoor (masks10am recommended) & online worship worship & Reconciliation: BYO picnic withWednesday 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

5th and Bloom Ave, White Bear Lake • 651-429-3381 • www.fpcwbl.org

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651-429-7771 Opt 1 www.stmarys-wbl.org

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Sunday 9 AM worship in person/online Christ the Servant Lutheran Church 3676 Centerville Rd Vadnais Heights, MN 55127 www.cslcvh.org | 651-429-6595

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stjohnwilderness.org

761763 752178

office@ctkwbl.org | 651-429-4828

Sundays

8:00am In-person Holy Eucharist 10am In-person & Livestream Holy Eucharist 752983

9 am worship in person & online at www.ctkwbl.org.

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Tournament talk

Order saplings in time for Earth Day

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The WBLAHS Speech team recently competed in the You Lucky Dog! Meet in St. Anthony Village, taking home the Small Teams Champion Award.

In the Central Minnesota District Tournament, Mariah Elias-Danjuma was semifinalist in Dramatic Interpretation with her piece “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, and finished in 7th place in the tournament. She will have another chance to qualify for the National Speech and Debate Association Tournament next month in the Last Chance Online Qualifier. Sanyu Mwass was a finalist in Dramatic Interpretation with her piece “The Face of Emmett Till” by David Barr and Mamie Till. She placed 4th and is the first ever White Bear Lake Area High School qualifier to compete in the NSDA Tournament, to be held in Mesa/Phoenix, Arizona in June.

From top left: Evie Olson, Brian Kum, Joseph Bockarie, Middle: Clara Blauer, Bottom left: Jinet Demanou, Shahd Hagelsafy, Alexander Her, Mariam EliasDanjuma, Sanyu Mwassa, and Ethan Christensen.

High school senior Lena Viker said the club’s goal is to sell 440 saplings this year to offset paper consumption at the school.

The deadline to order is March 22. Residents can choose common chokecherry, paper birch and red maple saplings, all native to the area. The cost is $5. Photos of the trees and how to order can be found at bit.ly/WBLEC2023 Tree-Plenish mentors students through a step-bystep process to host a treeplanting event that offsets the carbon their school emits in an academic year.

CONTRIBUTED Students calculate their Last year the high school’s environmental club sold 370 school’s energy consumption saplings. Trees cost $5. to determine their sapling goal. According to the order form, the The deadline is approaching to order 440 saplings equate to 528 tons of carbon saplings from high schoolers who want to emissions. do something about the climate crisis.

The bareroot saplings will be planted Students from White Bear Lake Area by volunteers or available for pickup on High School’s Environmental Club are Earth Day, April 22. partnering with the nonprofit TreePlenish to help reduce the community’s From press release carbon footprint.

PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF DELLWOOD

ASSESSMENT NOTICE Important Information Regarding Property Assessments This my affect your 2024 property taxes.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal and Equalization of the City of Dellwood shall meet on April 10, 2023, 5:00 pm at Dellwood City Hall, 111 Wildwood Road, Willernie MN 55090. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether taxable property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor, and also to determine whether corrections need to be made.

If you believe the value or classification of your property is incorrect, please contact your assessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you are still not satisfied with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the Local Board of Allpea and Equalization. The board shall review the valuation, classification, or both if necessary, and shall correct it as needed. Generally, an appearance before your local board of appeal and equalization is required by law before an appeal can be taken to your county board of appeal and equalization. For more information, call the Washington County assessor’s office at 651-430-6175.

Given under my hand this 7th day of March, 2023.

Joel Holstad, Clerk of the City of Dellwood Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2023.

CITY OF DELLWOOD WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 2023 STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 2022.404 Notice is hereby given that bids will be received online through QuestCDN. com until 10:00 AM CST, on Thursday, April 6, 2023, via QuestCDN for furnishing all work and materials for the construction, complete in place, of the 2023 Street Improvements, consisting of the major work items in the following approximate quantities: 40 EA CLEARING AND GRUBBING 1,300 LF STORM SEWER AND STORM CULVERT IMPROVEMENTS 74,300 SY FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION 10,900 SY STABILIZED FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION 17,600 TN BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT 4,600 LF BITUMINOUS CURB 1,500 LF CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER 3,400 CY IMPORT AND PLACE TOPSOIL BORROW 15,800 SY RESTORATION (SEEDING, FERTILIZER, MULCH, EROSION CONTROL BLANKET, ETC.) 11,100 LF PAVEMENT MARKINGS The bid opening will be conducted via Microsoft Teams Meeting, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud: Dellwood 2023 Street Improvements Bid Opening Thurs, April 6, 2023, 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM (CST) https://tinyurl.com/Dellwood2023StreetImprovements Any person monitoring the meeting remotely may be responsible for any documented costs. Message and data rates may apply.

Bids must be submitted electronically through QuestCDN no later than the date and time noted above, on the Proposal Forms provided in accordance with the Contract Documents, Plans, and Specifications as prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc. www.bolton-menk.com, are on file for inspection in the office of the City Clerk and City Engineer. For this project, the City will only be accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. To access the electronic bid form, download the project document and click the bidding button at the top of the advertisement.

Complete digital Proposal Forms, Plans, and Specifications for use by Contractors submitting a bid are available at www.QuestCDN.com. Digital plan documents may be downloaded for a non-refundable fee of $30.00 by inputting Quest Project No. 8419393 on the website’s Project search page.

Please contact QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or info@QuestCDN.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information.

For this project, bids will ONLY be received electronically. Contractors submitting an electronic bid will be charged an additional $20.00 at the time of bid submission via the online electronic bid service QuestCDN.com. To access the electronic Bid Worksheet, download the project document and click the bidding button at the top of the advertisement. Prospective bidders must be on the plan holders list through QuestCDN for bids to be accepted.

Bids shall be completed according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc. dated March 14, 2023.

A Bid shall be submitted online no later than the date and time prescribed.

For this project the City will only be accepting online electronic bids through Quest CDN. Prospective bidders must be on the planholders list through QuestCDN for bids to be accepted. Bids will only be accepted from Contractors who purchase Bidding Documents as specified above.

No bid will be considered unless submitted online prior to the time noted above for the closing of the bids, and accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the bidder, if successful, will enter into a contract with the City to perform the work

described in the proposal. This deposit will be subject to forfeiture as provided by law. The deposits for the three lowest bidders will be retained by the City until the contract has been awarded and executed but not longer than sixty (60) days. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days following the bid opening.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities or to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, in the best interest of the City. For Bids exceeding $50,000, the Bidder shall submit to the City 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 on the Responsible Contractor Verification Form included with the Bid Proposal.

Dated: March 9, 2023 Joel Holstad, City Clerk/Administrator City of Dellwood Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2023.

CITY OF GRANT

NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Grant will meet at Grant Town Hall on Kimbro Avenue at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the making of an improvement to the following paved streets: Honeye Avenue North, 115th Street North & Hillcrest Court North. The project improvement shall include pavement rehabilitation, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 429.011 to 429.111. The estimated cost for this improvement is $511,692. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. The area proposed to be assessed for such improvement includes the properties abutting such streets. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvement will be heard at this meeting. Written and oral comments will be considered. Persons who require this information in another format should contact the City of Grant at (651) 426-3383 at least 72 hours prior to the public hearing.

Kim Points – City Clerk Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2023.

CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE

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, 2023 beginning at 7:00 p.m. to hear and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following requests: A. Case No. 23-10-V: A request by McNeely Music Center for a variance from the 10 foot property line setback, per sign code section 1202.040, subd.2.B.1, in order to construct a freestanding dynamic display sign 3 inches from the street side property line on the property located at 4910 Highway 61.

B. Case No. 21-3-CUPa: A request by White Bear Lake Area Schools for a conditional use permit amendment, per code section 1303.245, Subd.2.c.4, in order to add bleachers at the athletic stadium for a maximum capacity of 5000 seats at the property located at 5045 Division Avenue.

Unless continued by the Planning Commission, these items will be heard by the City Council on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

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 Department at (651) 429-8561.

Caley Longendyke, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2023.

CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE

A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE TITLE AND SUMMARY APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 23-02-2061 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW CHAPTER 1128 TO PERMIT SIDEWALK CAFES WHEREAS, the City of White Bear Lake City Council may, pursuant to Ordinance No. 83-6-666, adopt a title and summary of a proposed ordinance to be published in lieu of lengthy entire ordinances, and WHEREAS, in addition to adopting a title and ordinance summary, the Council shall direct the City Clerk to: 1. Have available for inspection during regular office hours a copy of the entire ordinance; 2. Place a copy of the entire ordinance at the White Bear Lake Branch of the Ramsey County Public Library; 3. Obtain an affidavit of publication of the title and summary from the official newspaper and place it in the City’s ordinance book together with the ordinance and a copy of this resolution, and 4. Post the ordinance on the City’s website.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of White Bear Lake City Council hereby adopts the aforementioned title and summary for approved Ordinance No. 23-02-2061 as listed below: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW CHAPTER 1128 TO PERMIT SIDEWALK CAFES

In summary, Ordinance 23-02-2061 amends the Municipal Code of the City of White Bear Lake – Administration to adopt Chapter 1128 Sidewalk Cafes which establishes a process to permit and regulate the use of City sidewalk right of way for the use of sidewalk cafes by establishments regularly and customarily selling food or beverage for onsite consumption.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of White Bear Lake City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to provide the inspection and publication requirements as listed above.

The foregoing resolution, offered by Councilmember Edberg and supported by Councilmember Walsh, was carried 4-0 on February 28, 2023.

Dan Louismet, Mayor ATTEST: Caley Longendyke, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on March 15, 2023.

MAHTOMEDI ISD #832

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that Mahtomedi ISD #832 requests proposals for: Group Life, Long Term Disability and Dental Insurance Specifications will be available from: National Insurance Services 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: 800-627-3660 Proposals are due no later than 11:00 a.m. on April 4th, 2023.

Published two times in the White Bear Press on March 15 and 22, 2023.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE 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: August 14, 2017 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $308,803.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Scott Newcomb and Krista Newcomb, husband and wife MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MIN#: 100073001002163994 SERVICER: Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC LENDER: Freedom Mortgage Corporation. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Ramsey County Minnesota, Registrar of Title, on August 17, 2017, as Document No. T02594553. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO: 619183 ASSIGNED TO: U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V by an Assignment of Mortgage dated 11/14/2022, filed on 11/16/2022 and memorialized as Document No. T02745115. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 5 and 6, Block 34, White Bear Beach, Ramsey County, Minnesota; together with the North one-half of the adjoining vacated alley lying between the Southerly extensions across said vacated alley of the West line of said Lot 6 and the East line of said Lot 5. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2662 STILLWATER ST, WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, MN 55110 PROPERTY I.D: 12.30.22.41.0057 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Ramsey THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: Two Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven and 66/100 ($293,887.66) 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 above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00AM on May 4, 2023 PLACE OF SALE: Ramsey County City Hall, 25 West 4th Street, Suite 150, St. 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), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. Section580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn.

Stat. Section580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on November 4, 2023, or the next business day if November 4, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. “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 THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: March 15, 2023 U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V Randall S. Miller and Associates, PLLC Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage/Mortgagee Edinburgh Executive Office Center, 8525 Edinbrook Crossing North Suite #210 Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Phone: 952-232-0052 Our File No. 23MN000081 A-4777012 03/15/2023, 03/22/2023, 03/29/2023, 04/05/2023, 04/12/2023, 04/19/2023 Published six times in the White Bear Press on March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12 and 19, 2023.

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Mahtomedi City Attorney Bridget Nason administers the Oath of Office to Council Member Jeff Charlesworth.

BY LORETTA HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Not to paraphrase Arnold Schwartzenegger, but Council Member Jeff Charlesworth is back.

Charlesworth was sworn in for the second time at the March 7 Mahtomedi City Council meeting to fill the seat left vacant by Richard Brainerd, who was appointed mayor at the Feb. 7 council meeting.

After long-time mayor Jud Marshall resigned on Jan. 17, everyone moved up a seat, including Charlesworth, who was serving as chair of the Parks Commission.

Charlesworth had returned to the Parks Commission chair after having been narrowly defeated for re-election in November 2021 for the council seat he held since Steve Wolgamot resigned

in February 2021 due to illness.

At the reception held for Marshall, Charlesworth said he appreciated council for appointing him a second time, after he had already served on the body. He also thanked his family members, saying, “They’re right there all the time.”

Council Member Jane Schneeweis thanked Charlesworth for stepping up again and said she was honored and grateful to have him back on council. “At the (November 2021) election, you came in very close to those who were elected (Council Members Lilly Melander and Luke Schlegel),” she told Charlesworth.

“It’s always a pleasure to have someone interested in the city and what we do,” Brainerd said. “Jeff has been chair of the Parks Commission for going on 20 years and has donated a lot of time and energy to city already. I appreciate Jeff for coming on board and being interviewed.”

Charlesworth will serve on council for the remainder of the unexpired term of his new office, which runs through the end of 2023.

Other action from the March 7 meeting: Residents living in the area of Lincolntown Avenue and Old Wildwood Road will need to have an alternate route planned, because at least one of the three area projects planned for this summer is moving forward. Council awarded the contract for the Lincolntown Avenue Drainage Improvement Project to low bidder, Winberg Companies LLC of Shafer, in the amount of $184,477.14. On Feb. 22, eight bids were received for the project, the engineer’s estimate of which was $194,655.

The Mahtomedi Fire Department has a new full-time firefighter/medic, Brandon Raschick, after council acknowledged the completion of his probationary period for that position.

Now that the drought is on pause and waters could be flowing freely this spring, we learn that storm

water can get into the sanitary sewer system. This condition is called inflow and infiltration (I/I) and it results in increased costs and amount of sewage needing to be treated. The Metropolitan Council offers grant monies to encourage cities to perform certain improvements to their sanitary sewer system to help alleviate this issue. Cities can lower I/I by lining sewers, replacing worn castings and rebuilding deteriorated manholes. These costs are eligible to be covered by a grant, the maximum amount of which is $50,000. When surface water seeps into the sewer system, the city pays for all that extra water that has to go through the sewage treatment plant, said City Engineer John Sachi. “We have excess I/ I if we have more water going through the sewer than we take from our wells,” he said. The Metropolitan Council doesn’t give cities the money until they’ve already spent it all and have submitted all their bills and paperwork, he said. Therefore, council passed a resolution to receive the grant funds by entering into a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services for the improvement of publicly-owned infrastructure.

It appears that the terminus for the proposed Purple Line will not be at Century College, said Schlegel, who is liaison for the Purple Line project.

For purposes of federal funding, the numbers only made sense for the terminus to be in Maplewood, he said.

Residents with questions about their property valuation due out soon should remember the date April 5, from 5-6 p.m. That’s when the Board of Equalization will meet at City Hall to receive appeals and questions.

The Rite of Spring is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 22 at Wildwood Elementary on 75th Street.

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

Historical society getting letter of thanks WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — A letter of appreciation is going to the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society for constructing the historic sign at the old Town Hall.

The large wooden sign, designed by Keith Hisdahl, was recently erected next to the historic Town Hall at Polar Lakes Park. The two-sided sign can be seen from both the freeway and the parking lot.

“We’d like to extend an official thank you on behalf of residents and staff to recognize the historical society in its

efforts to promote the old town hall with a wonderful sign,” said Town Board Chair Ed Prudhon. He also recognized Executive Director Sara Hanson for her “consistent leadership” and for keeping the township’s historical impact at the forefront.

The Town Hall, built in 1886 and designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert, served as the Town Board’s primary meeting place for 120 years. It was moved to the park in 2015.

The board’s short, three-minute

meeting March 6 included the following approvals: • The 2023 sealcoat project, awarding the contract to Allied Blacktop Company in the amount of $61,000. Funding comes from improvement fund 505.

• The crack sealing project for 2023. MA Asphalt Maintenance was awarded the contract in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Funding comes from improvement fund 505.

• Quote from Empire Pipe Services for cleaning and televising sanitary sewer

in the amount of $56,400. Funding comes from the sanitary sewer fund.

• Assumption of risk agreement allowing the owner of the commercial property at 4849 White Bear Parkway to begin remodeling and elevation activities prior to approval of a permitted use standards permit.

Rep. Elliott Engen was scheduled to address the board under new business, but was a no-show.

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FLETCHER DRISCOLL: Community will miss larger-than-life sailing enthusiast fleet anywhere.

“He was the Godfather of A-scows,” noted Gene Altstatt, the Yacht Club’s seeking compliance with state and fleet liaison. “Fletcher brought me into federal superfund regulations. the A-scow world about five years ago.

Closer to home, Fletcher’s legacy It’s been a real joy in my life.” would include an unwavering Altstatt said he will miss listening commitment to the sailing community. to Fletcher’s sailing stories as he “held He is credited with reviving the court” on the docks before and after majestic A-boat fleet that races on Monday races. “Everyone enjoyed White Bear Lake every summer, and hearing him. He was a larger-than-lifegraciously provided dock space at his kinda guy.” home marina for the large scows.

Longtime friend and A-boat sailor The sailboats, designed by Johnson Jeff Schafer will never forget the Boat Works, were nonexistent on handshake. the lake for 70 years. A 1932 storm “Fletcher had an iron-grip destroyed many of the A-boats and handshake. It was unique to him,” they were not seen again until 2000, Schafer recalled. “And it always came when Fletcher restored a wooden with a genuine smile. He greeted scow so he could take his family everyone that way. He really enjoyed sailing. He and wife Beverley, married people.” in 1956, have four sons and eight Schafer, who lives in Grant, became grandchildren. acquainted with Fletcher 12 years ago But it didn’t stop there. Excitement at the White Bear Boat Show. Fletcher for A-boat sailing spread through invited him to his barn where every White Bear Yacht Club sailors and Saturday morning, other enthusiasts grew as a “result of his magnificent gather to restore vintage wooden boats. vision and generosity,” as one member Boat building and restoration in the put it. There were at times as many backyard barn was a favorite hobby. as 10 boats moored at Fletcher’s dock, “I showed up and was warmly giving the lake the largest active A welcomed,” Schafer said.

“He was so willing to share his knowledge with me, a rookie to the sailing world.

He taught me so much.”

Taking people with similar interests under his wing was a common trait for Fletcher, who was all about Driscoll provided dock space for White Bear’s A-boat fleet at his residence.

he touched is a wonderful lesson for everyone who knew him.”

One of Fletcher’s oldest sailing buddies is perhaps Steve Johnson, who said it was his friend’s calm demeanor that he remembers most. “Fletcher never had a bad day. He was always optimistic, always had a ‘we can do this’ attitude.”

Johnson will be forever grateful for Fletcher’s restoration of the A-boat fleet on White Bear Lake. “Bringing them back was a tremendous thing,” he said.

It was Fletcher who gave Johnson the opportunity to skipper a 1963 A-boat, dubbed “Gryphon” (the A boats had Harry Potter names to attract young sailors). The scow was the last A boat produced by Johnson Boat Works, founded by Steve’s grandfather.

Fletcher’s nautical legacy extends to the public community room at Boat Works Commons. When the room was being built in 2014, it was Fletcher who was tapped by the city manager to head up a maritime preservation committee.

He and his group of volunteers restored the 1973 Johnson C boat on display. That year, he was Manitou Days Volunteer of the Year.

If there is a recurring theme in the remembrances, it is that Fletcher will leave a void that no one can fill. One thing is obvious: people feel fortunate to have known him.

“Sailors upon sailors going back decades are connected to Fletcher,” Altstatt observed. “He brought a lot of people into sailing. We will miss his presence, on and off the water.”

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He built boats from 1960 to 1968 in the Amundson Boat Works building.

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“He created opportunity for many people, including me,” shared Steve Wiberg, A-boat sailor and close friend of the Driscolls, who was also part of the Saturday morning crew.

“After every meeting or simple conversation, if you didn’t learn something from Fletcher, you weren’t listening,” Wiberg said. “And he could be very convincing. Many of our projects may have been better suited for a ‘Vikings fire.’ Fletcher would say, ‘a boat has a soul, and it was worth saving.’ In many ways this was very true.

“I know I speak for others when I say we will miss his friendship, knowledge and ability to mentor,” said Wiberg, who lives in Mahtomedi. “Most importantly, how he brought a sense of community and family to everything

As a sidenote: When a sailor dies, he or she can be honored with the sounding of eight bells; meaning “end of the watch”. The term is also used in an obituary as a nautical euphemism for “finished.”

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HOCKEY CHAMPS: Zephyr boys, fans celebrate state-title win over top seed Bruner declared. But asked how confident they were Saturday, he said, “We thought that if we can beat Hermantown, we can beat anybody.”

Zephyr senior David Wolsfeld got the Herb Brooks Award, presented to the state tournament player who exhibits values, characteristics, and traits that defined the great coach. It comes with a $1,000 scholarship.

Zephyrs 6, Alexandria 3

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Charlie Drage fires the game-tying shot with 1:20 left past Warroad’s 2023 Minnesota Mr. Hockey, Jayson Shaugabay.

Bohmert was the dominant threat on Mahtomedi’s football team that reached the state semifinals, scoring 28 touchdowns, but not so in hockey until the state opener. The senior forward netted three goals against the Cardinals, giving him 11 for the year. The biggest one, with 17 seconds left in the second period, tied the game 3-3 after 20 previous shots in the period were stopped

by Alex goalie Elijah Rasmussen. “We dominated the period,” Poeschl said, “and it would have been really hard to come out of it without any reward.”

Drage, Bohmert and Carter Haycraft scored in the third period. Seth Nelson had the other goal.

Alexandria (15-14-1) stunned the Zephyrs by taking a 3-2 lead in the first eight minutes on goals by Tyler Kludge, Gavin Olson and Leo Kompelien.

The Zephyrs and goalie Charlie Brandt blanked the Cardinals the rest of the way, outshooting them 48-18.

Zephyrs 2, Hermantown 1

David Wolsfeld, Seth Nelson and Corey Bohmert hug after Nelson scores against Alexandria.

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Hermantown 6-3.

This is Mahtomedi’s second state title in 14 state trips. The other was in 2020, a 3-2 overtime win over Hermantown, which has beaten them in their other seven meetings.

Seniors Drage, Bohmert and defenseman Cav Bruner made the all-tournament team.

Warroad, so close to an undefeated season with two-goal leads three times, finished 29-1-1. They were seeking their fifth state title but first since 2006.

The Warriors had four all-tournament picks: Jayson Shaugabay, named Mr. Hockey; Hampton Slukynsky, named Frank Brimsek Award winner as the state’s top goalie; Carson Pilgrim, a fleet junior with 52 goals; and Erick Comstock.

That’s what the Zephyrs were up against.

“Warroad had the best line we saw all year,”

With the score 1-1 and the clock dipping under one minute, Hermantown was working its way toward the net when Drage intercepted a pass outside the circles. Drage had just one man to beat, and from just over the center line, he fired away. The puck sailed past the leg of a back-pedaling Matthew Kauppinen and all the way into the top shelf of the net — finding a narrow space between the post and the shoulder of goalie Dane Callaway — for the game-winner. Hawks coach Pat Andrews tipped his hat: “We didn’t lose because somebody blew an edge, we didn’t lose because somebody was a goat, we didn’t lose off a fluke. We lost off a great play.” In the first period, Dallas Vieau scored for Hermantown and Grove scored for the Zephyrs.

The lamp wasn’t lit again until the final minute as Brandt made 31 saves and Calloway made 24.

(Hermantown then beat Orono 2-0 for third place and finished 27-3-1.)

Zephyrs 6, Warroad 5, 2 OT

The championship game had so much fury and drama that each side had a hat trick — by Drage and Warroad’s Pilgrim — which was the first time that’s ever happened in the state finals, and each goalie got high marks despite 11 goals scored, as Brandt stopped 46 of 51 shots and Warroad’s Slukynsky saved 40 of 46.

The game-winner by Grove at 4:56 of the second OT went into the net with both Grove and Skukynsky watching the puck while flat on the ice. Grove, a left-hander, notched his 12th goal of the season with a right-handed swat while tripping over the goalie.

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Warroad led 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3 but could not put the metro team away. “Plenty of pushback and plenty of firepower” was Poeschl’s assessment. The Zephyrs, in fact, never led until that final shot. “We kept letting them hang around and kept letting them back into the game. I mean, any time we score five goals, that should be good enough to win a game,” Warroad coach Jay Hardwick said.

Carter Haycraft and Patrick Egan tallied the first two goals for Mahtomedi. Murray Marvin-Cordes and Payton Sunderland had Warroad’s other goals.

Mahtomedi had two goal celebrations for naught in third period, one waved off as officials ruled it didn’t break the plane and another when they called goalie interference. “Obviously it hurt when that goal was disallowed,” said Wolsfeld, “but we talked about how we had to handle our emotions and deal with it because we’re family.”

Deal with it they did, with Drage’s goals pulling them within 4-3 and 5-4, and, 10 seconds after the goalie was pulled, knotting the game 5-5 with 1:20 left. He rammed that one from just outside the circle with Shaugabay defending.

“I saw (the puck) hit his stick, and then it went into the net. Best feeling ever,” said Drage about his 35th goal of the season. “When we scored that tying goal, I felt like the game was ours. We had all the momentum going into it.”

The first overtime had more fury but no gamewinner with Brandt making eight saves and Slukynsky seven. Brandt foiled four more shots in the second OT before Grove set off a delirious celebration.

Zephyr goalie Charlie Brandt knocks away a shot by Warroad’s Carson Pilgrim. Brandt had 46 saves. Pilgrim had three goals.

Jonny Grove delivered the game-winner and Charlie Drage ripped a trio of third-period goals as the Zephyrs trailed all the way but kept scrambling back.

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Fletcher passed away in his childhood home on March 8, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Abigail. His strong handshakes, enthusiasm for life, and insightful questions will be deeply missed by his wife Beverley Driscoll; sons Mark (Irene), Jacques (Susan), Colin (Sheri), and Kelly (Stella); grandchildren Trevor (Annie), Lucy (Tim) Russell, Alex (Morgan), Abigail, Benjamin, Avery (Steve), Melina, Jacqueline; great grandchildren Reagan and Marin; and brother Todd Driscoll.

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Fletcher Graves Driscoll, Jr. was born on September 7, 1932 to Abigail Power and Fletcher Graves Driscoll, Sr. A graduate of Breck School (‘51), he studied French and geology at Carleton College (‘55). There he met his future wife Beverley and was impressed by her formidable intellect and adventurous nature. They married in 1956 and moved to Germany during his service in the Army. Upon returning to the United States, Fletcher spent several years building and selling boats at the White Bear Boat Yard. In a career pivot (and with four rambunctious sons at home), he completed his PhD in hydrogeology at the Ruth went to be with University of Minnesota. With experience in field her Lord, peacefully on work and university teaching, he earned multiple Thursday, March 9, 2023. awards and recognition as a national expert, in She was preceded in death addition to authoring the highly respected textbook by daughter, Tina and son, Groundwater and Wells. Through his consulting John. Ruth is survived by business, he served as an expert witness in dozens children, Sandy (Gene) of high-profile water contamination trials all over Miskowiec; Howard, Jr.; the country.

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White Bear Lake will play in a section championship game for the first time since 2000 after edging Stillwater 52-50 in the Section 4AAAA semifinals.

Jack Janicki sank 21 points and set up Jeremy Kolb for the game-winning basket before a raucous, sellout crowd of 1,300 fans rocking with excitement for both sides.

The No. 2 seeded Bears (20-7) face No. 1 East Ridge (22-7) in the finals Thursday at 7 p.m. at Hastings. East Ridge beat the Bears 65-60 and 75-63 in conference play.

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Jeremy Kolb, scoring on a driving layup, later got the game-winner in a 52-50 win over Stillwater.

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Nelson three. Hawks, 6-foot8 senior averaging 15 points, missed the previous game with an illness and was not fully recovered but felt well enough to play.

Max Shikenjanski, Stillwater’s 2,000-point, Mr. Basketball semifinalist senior guard, closed a great career scoring 19 points.

Tanner Thompson scored 18 with four 3-pointers. The Ponies (18-10) split with the Bears in conference play.

With the score 50-50, the Bears wound the clock down to 11 seconds and coach Gregory Burke called time out. “We drew up a play to set a back screen for me to drive for a layup,” said Janicki. “But they defended it well. I was going to shoot, but I saw my teammate was wide open

and passed to him. I made the right play.”

Kolb, wide open just outside the lane, took the pass and went up without a dribble, leaning toward the rim for an underhand shot with three seconds left. “I wasn’t expecting it (the pass),” Kolb said.

“I knew there were just a few seconds left so I had to shoot. It was a little awkward, but it went right in.”’

The Bears beat Woodbury 51-30 in the quarterfinals at home with Janicki sinking 29 points. Hawks was ill and watched from behind the bench, wearing a mask.

Burke said he hoped to get Hawks back, but added, “If we keep playing defense like (tonight), we can beat anybody.”

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While leading White Bear Lake to a playoff victory, Jack Janicki broke the school’s alltime career scoring record in his final home game.

“You win the game, the records will take care of themselves,” Janicki grinned after scoring 21 points in a 52-50 win over Stillwater.

The left-handed, 6-foot-4 guard who’s led the Bears in scoring for four years raised his total to 1,919, eclipsing the record of 1,916 held by Jeff Halbert, Class of 2002.

Halbert was on hand, having been invited by friends, and posed with Janicki after the game. The Lake Elmo resident said he doesn’t follow his alma mater closely but

checks out highlights on You Tube. He was happy to congratulate Janicki in person.

“That’s fine with me. He’s a really good player,” said Halbert about seeing his record broken. “I just hope they can keep it going and get back to the state tournament.

I was on the last team that went to state, in 2000.”

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A year ago, Mahtomedi’s basketball season ended with a 67-49 loss to Totino-Grace, the eventual state champion, in the Section 4AAA semifinals. The Zephyrs have earned a rematch with the Eagles, ranked No. 1 again, this time in the finals.

Mahtomedi turned back St. Paul Johnson 66-52 in a packed gymnasium with Will Underwood netting 18 points, Owen Carlson 15, and Cole Armitage and AJ McCleery 12 each.

DeWayne Givens tallied 16 points and Mason Freeman 12 for the Governors (17-9).

The No. 6 ranked Zephyrs, who didn’t have Underwood last year due to injury, take a 25-3 record into the finals Thursday at 7 p.m. in Stillwater.

Totino-Grace is 20-8 against mostly a Class 4A schedule.

“Totino-Grace is very good. They have a lot of talent,” said Underwood.

“But we play good team basketball and we think we can beat anybody.”

Underwood and Carlson, both 1,000-pointers, lead a large senior group that’s been aiming for this opportunity for many years.

“I think we’ve got a real good chance,” Carlson said. “We’ve got Will back now, and we are all a year older and more confident. We’ve all been playing together since about fifth grade and we know what we can do.”

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Will Underwood led with 18 points against St. Paul Johnson.

Mahtomedi turned back Fridley 74-59 in the section opener led by Armitage with 23 points and Carlson with 19. Underwood, back in action after missing two games with a hip injury, added 11 points and McCleery 10.

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Cav Bruner was named to the all-state tournament team after playing a key role in Mahtomedi’s run to the state Class A hockey championship last weekend. The 6-foot, 160-pound senior was recognized for his stellar defensive work along with assisting on three goals in the finals. He had seven goals and 31 assists (tied for team) for the season. Bruner was also the soccer team’s goalie his junior year (0.82 goalsagainst-average) when the Zephyrs placed third in the state tournament.

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Nominees are now being accepted for this year’s Tour de Bar beneficiary. The annual bicycle benefit raises money for a nominee who has a direct connection to the White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Hugo and Mahtomedi area. Hugo is a new addition this year, said Chair Mike Shearen.

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MAH TO M ED I ’S CHAM PI O N S H I P SE ASO N SEASON RECORD

Chlebeck (F), Wyatt Tarnowski (D), Patrick Egan (F), Gene Weglietner (F), Max Johnston (F), Charlie Brandt (G) Sophomores: Sam Harris (D), Winston Wright (F), Laken Decker (F), Max Egan (F) Freshman: Jimmy Egan (F)

The Zephyrs finished 23-8, including 7-6 against Class 2A teams. Their only Class 1A losses were to Warroad (7-4) and Hermantown (6-3), both of which were avenged in the state tournament.

COACHES

CHAMPIONS ROSTER

Head — Jeff Poeschl Assistants —Alex Rogosheske, Tom Strelow, Jeff Mars, Chris Bennett, Dave Collova, John May Coach’s record — Poeschl is 493-300-28 overall in 30 seasons. He’s 449-255-24 in 26 seasons at Mahtomedi with 11 state teams and two championships.

Seniors: Cav Bruner (D), David Wolsfeld (F), Jonny Grove (F), Charlie Drage (F), Seth Nelson (F), Carter Haycraft (F), Corey Bohmert (F), Carson Marshall (D), Noah Mogren (F), Cody Dvorak (F), Andrew Reister (G) Juniors: Austin Felling (F), Cole Swanson (D), William Brummel (D), Jake Hodd-

COMMUNITY BRIEFS Zephyr Wellness presents program on mental health

The Mahtomedi Public Schools’ Zephyr Wellness program will lead a presentation about children’s mental health development on March 16 at Mahtomedi Middle School. The event begin with a complimentary dinner served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the presentation at 7 p.m. Presenters from North Homes Children and Family Services will discuss mental health by age and when intervention or support may be needed.

The event is free and childcare is available. Registration is required at mahtomedi.k12.mn.us/zephyrwellness.

Pull tabs for Lions

The White Bear Lions have a new charitable gambling location at Acapulco Mexican Restaurant, located at 3069 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood.

Paper pull-tabs and E-tabs are available daily, and patrons can play Bingo on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. The Lions also operate pulltabs at 617 Cocktail Lounge and Carbone’s in White Bear Lake.

STATE TOURNAMENT GAME SUMMARIES Scoring — M: Corey Bohmert (David Wolsfeld) 2:47 1st … A: Tyler Klude (Evan Anderson), 4:59 1st … A: Gavin Nelson 6:18 1st … M: Seth Nelson, power play, (Cav Bruner, Bohmert) 7:34 1st … A: Leo Kompelien (Joe Lamski) 8:56 1st …. M: Bohmert (Wolsfeld, Charlie Drage) 16:43 2nd …M: Drage :37 3rd … M: Bohmert (Drage, Sam Harris) 5:40 3rd ….M: Carter Haycraft (Carson Marshall, Nelson) 11:30 3rd Goalie saves — M: Charlie Brandt 15 of 18 … A: Elijah Rasmussen 42 of 48 Power plays — Alexandria 0-for-3, Mahtomedi 1-for-3

Zephyrs 2, Hermantown 1

Scoring — H: Dallas Vieau (Kade Kohanski) 13:36 1st … M: Jonny Grove (Seth Nelson, Carson Marshall) 15:54 1st … M: Charlie Drage 16:11 3rd Goalie saves — H: Dane Callaway 24 of 26 … M: Charlie Brandt 31 of 32 Power plays — Hermantown 0-for-4, Mahtomedi 0-for-2

Zephyrs 6, Warroad 5, 2 OT

Scoring — W: Carson Pilgrim (Murray Marvin-Cordes, Ryan Lund) 14:13 1st … M: Carter Haycraft (Seth Nelson, Cav Bruner) 16:08 1st … W: Pilgrim (Marvin-Cordes, Lund) 5:08 2nd …. W: Marvin-Cordes (Pilgrim) 7:25 2nd … M: Patrick Egan (Jake Hodd-Chlebeck) 15:39 2nd …. W: Pilgrim (Jayson Shaugabay, Broden Hontvet) 3:58 3rd … M: Charlie Drage (Bruner, David Wolsfeld 4:36 3rd … W: Peyton Sunderland (Erick Comstock, Garret Hennum) 7:08 3rd … M: Drage (William Brummel) 11:00 3rd …

M: Drage (Nelson, Bruner) 15:40 3rd … M: Jonny Grove (Nelson) 4:56 2nd OT Goalie saves — M: Charlie Brandt 46 of 51 … W: Hampton Slukynsky 40 of 46 Power plays — Mahtomedi 0-for-2, Warroad 0-for-1

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