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PAMPERED PETS: Lost dogs get a sleepover at police station PAGE 10A
Getting by with some help from his little friend PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS
Patrick Rinella appears to be riding on the shoulders of a leprechaun while participating in the 7K portion of the Shake your Shamrock run on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17 in Centerville.
Volunteer Paul Stephan cleans and applies grease to a bicycle wheel bearing at the MnRecycler shop in White Bear Lake.
Recycled bikes find new homes
Dozens of runners from area communities, including White Bear Lake, Hugo, Lino Lakes, Centerville and Forest Lake participated in the annual event, featuring a 5K, 7K and Children’s Fun Run.
Carte and got into biking big-time in 1993 after he sold the company. Kapaun got involved after seeing a story in the White Bear Press and shortly after showing up to help, Muellner handed him the keys. A crew of about seven volunteers gather every Tuesday morning in complimentary rental space to repair and refurbish hundreds of donated bicycles. Once the bikes are street worthy, they are donated to Mahtomedi and Roseville schools and a few churches for distribution. Solid Ground is a regular recipient and this
BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
Before putting that unwanted bike by the curb, consider donating it to MnRecycler. Operated by a half-dozen retired guys who love to tinker on bikes, the recyclery will gladly take neglected two-wheelers. Head honcho Lynn Kapaun oversees the small group of volunteer handymen who give old bicycles new purpose. The repair shop was started by Jim Muellner, the White Bear Township resident who founded Smarte
Find more photos online at presspubs.com. PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS
SEE RECYCLERY, PAGE 9A
Municipalities appealing court-ordered changes to water permits 1 by 1 BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The city is intent on keeping lawns green. Like the township before it, White Bear Lake is contesting recent changes to its water appropriations permit imposed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). City Council authorized an appeal March 13 objecting to the amendments, which include a ban on res-
idential irrigation, under a state statute that allows such DNR actions to be heard by an administrative law judge. The amendments, the result of a court order issued Aug. 30, include an enforceable phasedown of per capita residential water use to 75 gallons per day; a requirement to submit a revised water supply plan by Aug. 29 that includes a full or partial conversion from groundwater to surface water, and a ban on residential irrigation if the level of White Bear Lake falls below 923.5 feet. The ban would be lifted if the
lake reaches 924 feet. The city is required to enact and enforce the irrigation ban. “It is the opinion of staff and legal counsel that the amendments are arbitrary and capricious and not supported by substantial evidence,” City Manager Ellen Richter told council. In a letter to the DNR’s district appropriations hydrologist and Commissioner Tom Landwehr, Mayor Jo Emerson wrote that the city demands a hearing SEE PERMIT APPEAL, PAGE 9A
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