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Danielle Harley thought it was a funny coincidence that the White Bear Lake doctor she’d chosen to deliver her third child happened to be from the same town where she was born in Iowa. “I looked up his bio, and it said he practiced in Burlington, Iowa,” Harley said. “I thought, small world, that’s where I’m from, and I texted my mom. She texted me up a little later and said wait a minute, is that Dr. Anderson?” It turned out that Dr. Matthew Anderson was the same doctor who delivered Harley in 1994. Dr. Anderson practiced in Burlington for 22 years before he moved to Minnesota. He joined AALFA Family Clinic in White Bear Lake in 2010, which is where Harley found his profile. Anderson also delivered

April 16 at St. John’s Hospital (coincidentally, the same hospital where his father, Ryan, was born in 1995). Harley was extremely happy with having

As head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone has a remarkable resume — even though he skipped mention of his early career as a caddy at the White Bear Yacht Club. His accomplishments post-high school are being recognized May 20 when the White Bear Lake native, Class of 1982, is inducted into the district's Wall of Fame. In his cyber command role, the general works directly for the Secretary of Defense and the President. He is responsible for conducting cyberspace operations to defend the nation, secure Department of Defense networks and support joint force commanders. As head of the NSA, Nakasone reports to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, overseeing the protection of national communications systems. The general rose up through the military ranks following graduation from St. John's

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Dr. Matthew Anderson delivered Danielle Harley at a hospital in Burlington, Iowa in 1994, and Harley’s third child Benjamin April 16, 2021 at St. John’s Hospital.

Harley’s older brother, and her mother liked him so much that she scheduled an induction to make sure he could deliver Harley as well. If not for a 48-hour shift change, he would also

have delivered Harley’s sister. “My mom was like, you have to have him be your doctor,” Harley said. Baby Benjamin, Harley’s third child, arrived on

In-person prom, graduation feels like a small victory for class of 2021 From distance learning to canceled activities to social distance in the classroom, the class of 2021 has endured a lot in their final year of high school. In light of the isolation of COVID-19, the fact that students will be able to celebrate prom and graduation in person this year is more meaningful than ever. Last year, most of the major milestones for seniors weren’t able to happen in person at all. This year’s seniors are fully aware of how lucky they are to be able to take part in these important senior milestones,

even if those events look a little different. “Each and every one of us had already settled on that we were not going to get it, so it’s like a nice little end of the year goodbye that we at least get to have something,” said Centennial High School senior Elizabeth Timothy. “I feel like a lot of people in quarantine were struggling with depression because of all the things that we lost, and I think getting them back is going to really help put a smile on people’s face.” The Centennial, Mounds View and White Bear Lake school districts will all have modified in-person events to allow seniors to have these important experiences. Centennial will hold prom and graduation outdoors

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Local mechanic hangs up tools After 19 years of wrenching on cars, the owner of Knutsen Auto Service has retired. April 30 was Paul Sisterman’s last day; a week shy of his opening anniversary date of May 6, 2002, when he bought the business from Dave and Sharon Cooper. They’d owned the Fifth Street auto shop for 40 years. Sisterman, a ’74 White Bear Lake High School grad who just turned 65, said his wife Ellen retired last August, so he figured it was time he did, too. Asked his plans during retirement, Sisterman replied, “I don’t know; never retired before.” He did say he planned to spend more time fishing at their cabin up north and traveling. Auger’s on Fourth Street will still have some friendly competition (Paul Auger is Sisterman’s brother-in-law) from Knutsen’s new owner, Darrel Just. Older brother Bob Sisterman also retired from the business.

COVID-19 drastically changed the typical office environment. Businesses such as SOS Office Furniture, which will move to Vadnais Heights this June, had to quickly figure out how to serve the new needs of a work-at-home culture. Large orders from office workplaces shifted to smaller orders for home offices. Task chairs and standing desks became increasingly popular for smaller home workspaces. SOS Office Furniture also supplied safety equipment, such as transparent partitions, for in-person business. “We just had to adapt,” said Dave Dobbelmann, owner of SOS Office Furniture. “So many people get sick of sitting at their kitchen table. We’re still seeing a lot of that business today.” SOS Office Furniture has been in the same location on University Avenue in St. Paul since it first opened in 1976. Although the business has built a long

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Seasons of life

E’RE CONSIDERED SNOWBIRDS like a lot of other Midwest people who travel south for part or all of the winter. We arrived home this past week using three nights and four days covering the 1,500 miles from Fort Myers to White Bear Lake. It was a good winter in Florida by temperature and the fact that the state was very open despite the Covid epidemic. Living on a boat gave us a lot of open air and no crowds. Dining out was easy and we preferred outdoor restaurants. We visited with our neighbors on the dock early evenings and kept our distance. Now as the temperatures climb along with humidity, it’s good to be back home. It takes a lot of preparation to leave our ﬂoating home for the summer. Vendor lists for maintenance, making sure that the appropriate systems are turned off and also that all bilge pumps and battery charging units are on. We didn’t travel very far this About the winter due to Covid. However, the Town short trips to marinas on Sanibel Fort Myers Beach provided Gene Johnson and lots of enjoyment for family and friends to be on board with us. We arrived home Monday afternoon and found our condo comfortable and as we left it. Our second car had low tires and a dead battery. Apparently, a fuse in the trickle charger gave out. Thanks to our two sons it was put in order very quickly. I FOUND THE recent story in the Press newspapers by Debra Neutkens on the Kohler ice cream history to be very fascinating. I remember from high school days we would go there at lunchtime and have a cone, or if I had enough money I would buy a fudgy-wudgy, which was soft ice cream with hot fudge on top. The murals around the parlor provided a special ice cream treat suggestion for every day of the week. The soft ice cream concept has now been marketed around the world and I think some historic recognition for all of this should be established in our community. The parlor was a great place to take a friend or a family. Thanks, Debra, for doing this story. MOST BUSINESSES ARE coming to life after the long virus lockdown and that’s very encouraging. Almost every business has a sign looking for employees and that’s disheartening. Maybe we have been paying too much in unemployment or bonus beneﬁts to keep people home and not allowing them to go back to work. Small business can’t recover unless they have good employees and enough of them who are able to service customers. Perhaps our governor has been too restrictive as well in closing down so many businesses in the hospitality industry. VACCINATIONS CONTINUE TO be important. Some incentives are being offered, like a $100 savings bond for everyone getting a vaccination in West Virginia. Some companies are providing bonus stipends to those who get vaccinated. The CDC now suggests 80% to have an effective herd immunity. We have a way to go, and there are a lot of people who are still apprehensive. MOTHER’S DAY IS Sunday, May 9. It’s a good time for fathers and children to toast the best mother in the world - your mother. It was in 1914 that President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill designating the second Sunday in May as a legal holiday to be called Mother’s Day. THIS WINTER HAS been particularly hard on our small newspaper company employees with Covid and other medical issues among themselves or their families that caused a lot of interruptions. We are pleased and thankful that most of them are coming through with successful recoveries. We are very thankful and fortunate to have wonderful doctors, nurses, EMTs and other medical personnel and facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Gene Johnson is publisher emeritus of Press Publications. Distributed weekly in:

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Kids are 1st priority

uring the last year, Minnesota’s education system was put under great stress. Children, parents, and educators were put in incredibly difficult situations they had never before experienced. We learned school shutdowns had a devasting impact on both learning and the mental health of children. As chair of the Senate’s Education Finance and Policy Committee, we had to set priorities that not only addressed long-ignored issues but also the consequences of a year-long Legislator struggle with COVID-19 and Lingo school shutdowns. Our Roger priorities started Chamberlain with kids fi rst, second, third, and We d always. l W have always been absolutely committed to listening to parents and local school districts. We had a plan designed around the idea of SIMPLE: student-focused, innovation, mandate-free, parent-involved, literacy-driven, and efficiency. In total, six priorities: All kids back in school full-time, literacy, mental health, teachers of color, fair funding, and empowering parents and local educators. First, state funding increases by about $800 million, or four percent. For 2022–2023, total

local, state and federal funding will increase to about $31 billion – over $15 billion a year. New federal Covid aid to our schools totaled $2.6 billion, or 25% of annual state funding! That funding includes money for summer school, technology, learning loss, mental health, special education, and numerous other educational needs. On April 22, the Senate approved an education budget focused on those six priorities. We are putting $3 million a year to provide grants to make proven LETRS training available to educators to address literacy. We invested in new initiatives for mental health, including grants to LiveMore ScreenLess to address digital health and issues around social media, suicide prevention training for educators, other funds for addressing mental health. We doubled the funding for teachers of color, added money for teacher bonuses, provided a grant to the Black Men Teach program, and addressed the teacher shortage gap by protecting pathways for qualiﬁed teachers to secure teaching licenses. Our bill addresses on-ongoing funding disparities by providing property tax relief for propertypoor districts. The bill includes signiﬁcant new funding for transportation, safe schools, and community education. We are also providing $60 million in one-time classroom aid, fairly distributed to schools based on the number

of pupils, to address the huge disparity in the distribution of federal Covid-19 relief. Education Savings Accounts (ESA) will empower parents and fund children, not systems. ESA’s have 65% overall support, including 74% of African American parents and 71% of Hispanic parents. It is equal opportunity for all kids — ESAs improve outcomes for all kids and schools. Finally, we focus a lot of attention on allowing more local control and ﬂexibility for education leaders to be innovative and to limit mandates – our proposal includes only 10 “soft” mandates. We worked closely with school organizations to ensure these mandates focused only on high-priority areas such as suicide prevention, seizures, teacher safety, student discipline, and lunch shaming. The proposal is highly focused, targeted, and a result of listening to parents and local school districts. We cannot solve all problems overnight, but our bill makes serious progress by addressing core issues to leverage greater success for kids and educators. Sen. Roger Chamberlain, R- 38, can be reached at 651-296-1253, sen.roger.chamberlain@senate. mn or 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Capitol Building, Room 306, St. Paul, MN 55155

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kudos to Loretta Harding, who wrote such an interesting article about our former neighbor, Jay Christensen. “Local boy does good” about his success in videography warmed my heart. In these troubled times, so refreshing to read some good news! Karen Eian Mahtomedi

Input on ash trees

In response to the story, “Ash trees time running out in city," there is another way of looking at the tragedy of ash trees. We, too, several years ago, injected our five ash trees with insecticide in the hopes of keeping the trees. Upon a chance meeting of the Minnesota State Ecologist, I asked what the impact of the treatment is on other insects that we rely on for our sustainability. He said, "all the insects that touch the tree will die." It alarmed me. I love my trees, and their loss would be terrible. But insects are consumed by birds, also precious to me. They live in my ash trees. I stopped the insecticide treatment, knowing the consequences to the ash trees. I am replacing the ash trees with native trees such as burr oak, remembering that our birds and insects need not only trees, but native trees, to thrive. Ann Frisch White Bear Lake

Be part of the future

I recently listened to Don Shelby speak (sponsored by Northeast Metro Climate Action, www.northeastmetroclimateaction.org) on the topic of Climate Crisis. Baby boomers, you may remember the I-team investigative reporting started by Don Shelby. He has devoted his journalist career to knowledge, understanding and reporting the facts. How would I summarize what he said: “The world is changing.” It does not really matter what you believe regarding climate change, what matters is that you understand the world is changing and you must change as well if you do not want yourself and your family to be harmed and left behind. It is not just weather we are talking about; it is the thousands of unintended consequences because of the climate changing. Here are a just a few that hit close to home. • Food scarcity (even at home here in the corn belt), where land to support the growth of crops has been destroyed at an alarming rate due to overproduction and heavy use of fertilizers. Your children and grandchildren could face the very real prospect of starvation. • Water scarcity/water wars (even in the land of 10,000 lakes) due to droughts, population growth and pollution

• What about your 401K? Financial markets are moving away from investing in carbon-intensive businesses. Have you looked at your 401K investments and savings? Businesses see the changing world and are embracing it vs. denying or fighting it. Do not be caught behind the curve. • We are still fighting over gas mileage! Who does not want to save money buying gas? Even major auto manufacturers are aggressively moving towards manufacturing electric vehicles and vehicles with high MPG. Why would we not want to support this and save money? Do not fight the change that is happening — understand it. Opportunities abound to reinvent your career or your business. The sustainability of your family, job and business is based on whether you will be a part of the future or left behind. Judy Lissick Vadnais Heights

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To the city of White Bear: Thank you for having and marketing Trash to Treasure Day. To those who picked up my stuff: Thank you! I especially got a laugh out of the 3-truck/trailer caravan. To those who put out stuff on the curb: Thank you for your partici-

Julaine “Judy” Olinger Age 77, of Hugo, died peacefully on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Judy is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Harriet (Hansen) Widholm; husband Anthony “Tony”; siblings, Beverly Erickson, Terrance Widholm, Jennie Morrow. She will be deeply missed by her children, Kelly (Steve) Yates, Doug Olinger; step-grandchildren, Tyler, Tanner, Caleb, Coda; beloved dog, Mayme; siblings, Audrey Lewis, Wayne (Carolyn) Widholm; other family and friends. A joint graveside service will be held for Tony and Judy at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 26, 2021 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Hugo, Minnesota. A celebration of their life will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Tony and Judy’s home. Mattson Funeral Home, 651-464-3556, mattsonfuneralhome.com

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I would like to extend a huge thank you to the staff and patrons of the White Bear Lake American Legion, Post 168. The Bark Bingo Fundraiser for Coco's Heart Dog Rescue was an amazing success due to all of your work and generosity: Bingo, a bake sale, a silent auction with fabulous baskets and delicious food. What a blast! Every penny will help save another deserving and disadvantaged dog. Because of kind and generous people like you, we have been able to save over 10,000 dogs in the last 10 years. Thank you, thank you for the great idea and perfect execution. I was so proud to be among all of you that night. With deep gratitude and appreciation. Laurie Wenker White Bear Lake

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New Eagle Scout Wesley (Wes) Laing, son of Chad and Jenny Laing of Vadnais Heights, has earned the Eagle Scout Award, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the Vadnais Heights Boy Scout Troop 9212, chartered by the Vadnais Heights Lions Club and led by Scoutmaster Curt Cooper and Assistant Scoutmaster Kurt Olson. Wes earned 28 merit badges and successfully completed an Eagle service project by designing, building and installing a gaga ball pit at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Vadnais Heights. Gaga ball, a gentler version of dodge ball, is played with a soft foam ball in an octagonal pit. Wes, a senior at White Bear Lake High School, plans to attend the Operating Engineers Training Center with the goal of being an operating engineer. Approximately 4 percent of all Boy Scouts achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.

This year, Edina Realty Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary as an organization that offers financial support to nonprofit organizations serving homeless individuals, children and families and/or homelessness prevention in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. “Over the years, the White Bear Lake Edina Realty office has donated more than $189,000 to support local nonprofits,” said Office Manager

Travis Peltier. Recent donations from the Edina Realty White Bear Lake office include Thanksgiving Meals on Wheels, Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf, Solid Ground, White Bear Area Food Shelf and Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans. Over 25 years, the Edina Realty Foundation has raised more than $10 million and given 4,725 grants to support nonprofits that serve homeless individuals or organizations working to prevent homelessness.

COMMUNITY BRIEF Century College has fundraising success Century College’s recent event, Celebrating Century Health Care Heroes, raised nearly $100,000 to support student scholarships. Nine instructors, four alumni, and two students in the medical assisting, nursing, paramedic and radiologic technology programs shared insights into Century's health care programs and how Century and its partner hospitals and clinics prepare top-notch graduates, even in the midst of a pandemic. A local resident also donated $5,000 from her unused travel funds for the year to create the Norma Joyce Mogren Meyer Nursing Scholarship. To watch the video, or learn more about how to help students at Century College, visit century.edu/donate, or contact Foundation Executive Director Nora Slawik at 651-779-3338 or nora.slawik@century.edu.

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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 Maplewood man, 21, was issued a warning April 18 on Edgerton Street and I-694 for blowing through the stop sign at Edgerton Street and Centerville Road. During the traffic stop, Ramsey County Sheriff's Office deputies learned he was driving on a permit without anyone else in the vehicle. As he was so close to home, he was released from the scene to drive the vehicle home. • A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a Hyundai Accent parked overnight April 18-19 in the 3200 block of Moray Avenue. • A check was reported stolen April 20 from a business in the 1000

block of Highway 96 and cashed at a local bank. The case is under investigation. • A St. Paul woman, 21, was mailed a citation April 20 for shoplifting from the Walmart in the 800 block of County Road E, after she was observed, located and identified. • A resident in the 3200 block of Meadow Brook Court on April 20 reported unauthorized out-of-state charges on a debit card while it was still in his possession. • Easy Street Liquor in the 1100 block of County Road E reported a male and female stealing bottles of alcohol from the store on April 20. • A White Bear Lake woman reported a purse stolen from her vehicle April 20 while it was parked at a business in the 800 block of County Road E. A credit card from the purse was used across the street at Target.

• A St. Paul woman, 18, is suspected of assault April 21, following a complaint received from a multi-housing complex in the 800 block of County Road D from a woman maced by an unknown party. • A resident in the 3200 block of Edgerton Street on April 21 reported being fleeced out of $2,400, after he fell for the "overpayment scam" during a Craigslist sale. • A motor vehicle was reported stolen April 23 from a driveway in the 3700 block of Arcade Street and recovered in St. Paul April 25. • A business in the 900 block of County Road E reported liquor stolen from its shelves April 23. • A resident in the 1000 block of County Road D reported the key taken from his vehicle just before 1 a.m. April 24 while it was idling unattended.

• Criminal damage to property was reported at 2:58 a.m. April 24 after the front driver side window of a vehicle parked in a lot in the 1100 block of County Road D was smashed in. Nothing was taken. • A White Bear Lake woman reported her wallet stolen April 24 from the 800 block of County Road E. • A Vadnais Heights man, 26, was arrested April 24 in the 600 block of County Road E for domestic assault.

White Bear Township • A Hugo man reported leaving his vehicle in a business parking lot in the 5900 block of Highway 61 on April 22 because it wouldn't start. When he returned April 26, the vehicle was missing. The vehicle has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.

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

Grant • A westbound motorist was cited at 7:25 a.m. April 5 on Highway 36 and Manning Avenue N. for hands-free cell phone violation after Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies traveling to his left observed him talking into a cell phone that he held in front of his mouth. When the driver tried to tell deputies he was just moving his phone, deputies quickly advised him that they saw him actually talking into the phone he held as he was flying along. He was also verbally warned for having no front license plate on his vehicle. • A resident in the 8000 block of Imperial Court on April 6 reported fi nding an empty backpack near her mailbox with no identifying items inside, except for a casino card with a neighbor's name on it. After she returned the backpack and card to her neighbor, it was learned that the backpack had been involved in a theft from motor vehicle. • A resident in the 9000 block of 60th Street N. on

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April 7 reported unemployment fraud. • A driving student was cited April 8 on Manning Avenue N. and Dellwood Road N. for speeding 68 mph in a 55 mph zone and for permit violation after deputies ran a driver's license check on the driver during the traffic stop. Although deputies smelled marijuana in the vehicle, they found only a trace amount of it during their search. The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, admitted to having only a learner's permit.

• A speeding motorist was arrested for misdemeanor DWI at 12:06 a.m. April 5 on Wildwood Road following a traffic stop during which field sobriety tests showed him to be intoxicated. He registered a blood alcohol content of 0.12 at the jail.

• A Minnesota motorist was cited April 8 on 75th Street N. and Ideal Avenue N. for driving after suspension after deputies conducted a random license plate check.

• Vehicle tampering was reported April 5 on Mahtomedi Avenue.

• An unidentified motorist was arrested on a warrant at 10:06 p.m. April 8 in the 6000 block of Manning Avenue N.

• A business in the 3000 block of Century Avenue N. on April 8 reported shoplifting.

• A motorist was cited April 9 in the 11000 block of southbound 60th Street N. for hands-free cell phone violation by northbound deputies, who observed him holding a cell phone in front of his face and manipulating the screen. When deputies turned a 180 and pulled alongside the subject, he was still on his phone. When deputies asked the subject what he was up to, he said he was getting a podcast.

• A catalytic converter was reported stolen overnight April 4-5 on Wildwood Road.

• A Wildwood Road resident on April 7 reported unemployment insurance identity theft.

Pine Springs • An unknown motorist was cited for speed April 9 on the ramp from Hilton Trail N. to westbound Highway 36.

Willernie • Deputies cited a motorist April 9 in the 4000 block of Stillwater Road for stop sign violation.

WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS The White Bear Lake Police Department reported the following selected incidents: • Identity fraud was reported in the 4700 block of Otter Lake Road April 22. • A person was reported for stealing meat from a store in the 4600 block of Centerville Road April 22; the same person was suspected of passing counterfeit currency recently. • A St. Paul woman was arrested for stealing items from a business in the 1900 block of Buerkle Road April 22. • Criminal damage to property was reported in the 4800 block of Bloom Avenue April 23. • Unemployment fraud was reported in the 2200 block of Sixth Street April 23. • Officers responded to a civil dispute over property in the 4800 block of Division Avenue April 23. • A resident in the 1900 block of Garden Lane reported April 23 their information was used to fi le a fraudulent tax return. • Fraud was reported in the 2600

block of Roth Place April 23. • A driver's vehicle was egged in the area of Bald Eagle Avenue and Ninth Street April 23. • Officers assisted the Ramsey County Sheriff's office April 24 in creating a perimeter around Otter Lake Elementary School in response to an alarm, where two juveniles were located inside the school. • A verbal domestic incident was reported April 24 in the 3600 block of Highland Avenue. • Disorderly conduct was reported in the 2100 block of Fourth Street April 24. • A St. Paul man was arrested and booked on DWI charges near Highway 96 and Second Avenue April 24. • A noise complaint was reported in the 4900 block of Division Avenue April 25. • An egg was thrown at a residence in the 3600 block of Dennis Lane April 25. • A St. Paul man was cited for fi fth-degree assault following a disturbance with another driver

in the 1900 block of Buerkle Road April 25. • Officers responded to a civil dispute in the area of Cedar Street and Hoffman Road April 25. • A verbal dispute was reported in the 4900 block of Division Avenue April 26. • Fraud was reported in the 2300 block of Orchard Lane April 26. • Several items were stolen from vehicles parked in an underground garage in the 4700 block of Centerville Road in separate incidents April 26 and April 27. • Identity theft was reported in the 2300 block of Lakeridge Drive April 26. • Burglary of a home was reported in the 1800 block of Cedar Avenue April 26, but the victim refused to cooperate with police. • Officers responded to a verbal domestic incident in the 2600 block of Riviera Drive April 27. • A White Bear Lake man was arrested for domestic assault in the 3600 block of White Bear Avenue April 27. • Theft from a vehicle was reported

April 27 in the 2600 block of County Road E. • A resident in the 4400 block of Lake Avenue S. reported that his Mercedes SUV and a Segway were stolen from the parking garage April 28. • A vehicle was stolen in the 3800 block of Highway 61 April 28. • A woman was admonished for passing a school bus while it was stopped at a railroad crossing on Highway 61 April 28. • A dog in a yard broke through an invisible fence and was struck and killed by a passing vehicle in the 4600 block of Otter Lake Road April 28. • Theft was reported at a business in the 4300 block of Lake Avenue S. April 28. • Two individuals were arrested following a traffic stop in the 2300 block of County Road E April 28, one on a felony theft warrant, and one for drug possession. • Disorderly men were reported in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue April 29.

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Communication is key to preventing human trafficking BY NOELLE OLSON STAFF WRITER

Every year, millions of men, women and children are trafficked worldwide — including here in Minnesota. Human trafficking is defi ned as the unlawful act of transporting or coercing people in order to benefit from their work or service, typically in the form of forced labor or sexual exploitation. A virtual community forum was held April 15 online for parents, students, teachers and residents to inform the community about human trafficking. The event was sponsored by the Arden Hills, Shoreview, New Brighton, and Mounds View Rotary clubs. The panel of speakers at the forum were: Detective Paul Kroshus, an expert in victim-centered trafficking investigations; Jessica Bartholomew, founder of Anti Child Trafficking United; CeCe Terlouw, founder of Terebinth Refuge of Waite Park; and Eleana Lukes, trafficking survivor and crisis advocate at Terebinth Refuge. The moderator was Angela Davis from MPR News. Some questions posed by members of the audience and answers from the panel during the community forum appear below. (This Q&A has been edited slightly for clarity.)

Q: The ﬁrst contact a predator most uses is through social media platforms. Is there any advice on how we should talk to our kids about how to educate themselves and be smart?

A/Kroshus: It's tough and challenging. You want to have these conversations and build an open relationship with your kids and give them a certain amount of a leash to get into social media. The risk you run into shutting down social media altogether is that kids start doing it behind your back. I've got exploitation cases that span across Minnesota that started on Instagram and Twitter. It's horrifying and scary. The predominant way a person is brought into trafficking is usually a boyfriend, a relationship that starts on social media, who is seeking out someone that is vulnerable and easy to exploit. We need to keep kids informed, have open communication and keep these strangers out.

A/Lukes: Chemical dependency and exploitation is very interconnected. On the one hand, a trafficker will use drugs to control a victim to make them more compliant, easier to control and submissive to cause less chaos. On the opposite side, there is a trafficker who does not force a woman to be under the influence. Many times those victims use drugs to self-medicate, to escape, to be able to numb the emotions they are going through because of what they are experiencing while being trafficked and exploited.

Q: Are these predators/traffickers local individuals or statewide individuals?

A/Bartholomew: The introduction to our program is available online at actunited.org. Talk to your local school to make that bridge to connect with us. The best contact person in your school district would be the staff that works directly with you. For example, your school psychologist, social worker, counselor and/or health teachers. We have the curriculum outline with testimonials from students and teachers on our website.

Q: What are the danger signs that teens should be aware of as they are interacting with their friends or new friends online?

A/Bartholomew: Since kids were placed in online school due to the pandemic, I’ve seen an increase in sexual exploitation online. Social media platforms to watch out for are any that are popular like SnapChat and Instagram, which are very popular with young people.

Q: Many traffickers get their victims addicted to drugs. How difficult is it in terms of getting out of that lifestyle of being addicted to drugs?

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Q: If you believe your child is in contact with a predator, what should you do?

A/Kroshus: They're everywhere. For the most part, the recruitment process a predator uses is, fi rst, they target the right person; they turn them to do their fi rst trick, and then they traumatize them over and over again, including branding them with tattoos. The victim feels trapped and doesn't know what to do.

Q: What would it take to get an anti-trafficking program into the Mounds View School District?

They are being asked to send photos of their chests or of themselves nude. Predators are that direct and blunt, and some students don't report it to their parents. Some kids say they just ignore it or block the person. Having open conversations with your children about what they are doing online is so important. Gaming, social media and dating websites are three major platforms parents need to pay attention to. Asking for sexually explicit photos, offering to send money or gifts, and wanting personal information are real danger signs. If you don't know this person in real life, you don't know them at all.

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A pandemic love story: Author Q & A tions brought each stanza to life and through an amazing social network community, Long Overdue Books, “Oh Mother How Funny” became a reality. As the creative process moved forward, we were encouraged to think beyond a single print run and explored the possibility of a larger printing. We also created a soft plush pillow companion designed from Kristie’s unique crescent moon illustration found on the final page of the book. This is the first official publication as a collaborative work between us.

The Press recently interviewed Mahtomedi resident Vicki Toups Sheaffer about the publication of her new children's book, “Oh Mother How Funny,” in collaboration with Kristie Kaiser Frudden, also of Mahtomedi, who created the artwork in the book. Sheaffer was inspired to publish the children's board book as a way to connect with her new grandchild, who she couldn't visit right away because of COVID-19. The words she put to paper were of a poem that had been passed down through four generations in her family—now five. “I call it a love story in the time of corona,” said Sheaffer.

Q: What do you hope readers of all ages will gain from the story?

Q: Tell us a little about yourself?

A: My grandmothers, one a journalist, the other an English and penmanship teacher, encouraged me to begin writing at a young age, inspiring a lifelong passion. Kristie and I have lived in the same neighborhood for over two decades, becoming friends early on through our children. Kristie has been inspired by young artists through her 25-year career teaching art in Minnesota public schools. She earned her MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008.

A: We hope that this book reminds readers of all ages to look UP! To let their imaginations soar through the night sky and to dream possibilities. It is our joy to help promote a love of books beginning with our youngest readers through the rhythm and rhyme of soothing bedtime stories that comfort, inspire and entertain and to continue to connect generations as they read together.

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Q: The book was inspired by an 1832 poem by Eliza Lee Follen. Tell us what you know about the history of the poem. A: Mrs. Follen wrote songs, poems and lullabies for little ones in the early 19th century and what you read now is the evolution of a nursery song called “The New Moon.” The “Funny Moon" is how it came down to me through my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. It’s written from the imaginative perspective of a child telling his mother how funny the moon looks in its crescent shape and what they would do if they were up “there.”

Q: What inspired you to publish the poem in a children’s book?

A: Kristie had recently retired from teaching, and fresh-air walks together became a frequent part of our shelter-in-place routine. I was searching for ways to connect with my first grandchild, due to be born in August but far away in Charleston, South

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Vicki Toups Sheaffer and local artist Kristie Kaiser Frudden discussed the idea of a children’s book over walks together during last year’s quarantine. The board book includes a plush pillow companion. Inset photo: Vicki’s grandson, Jack, was the inspiration for the book.

Carolina. Due to the global pandemic, it wasn’t possible to be physically present with my son and daughterin-law, so the idea of sharing family through a generationally enjoyed lullaby struck a chord. The vision was to create a children’s board book to present to the baby and the baby’s parents at Christmas.

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Catch of the week Area residents Doug Donovan (top right), Larry Heinsch (bottom right), and Mike Hansen (above), caught 4 sturgeon - all 55-60 inches - in the ﬁrst 3 hours of their annual sturgeon hunt at Rich Farrell’s cabin on Rainy Lake.

Q: What was the process of publishing this book? Have either of you published anything before?

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A Currently online through Long A: Overdue Books and now through Bébé du Nord, an online store that showcases heirloom quality products for babies. Bébé du Nord is part of Minnesota based in-home infant care provider North Star Newborns. We hope to eventually work with local bookstores and boutique gift shops. Through sales of the book and/or plush pillow package, folks are helping to support Children’s Literacy Initiative, whose mission is to teach early literacy best practices to create powerful readers, writers and thinkers.

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Mahtomedi ‘bird girl’ keeps an eye on the swamp

BY LORETTA HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

They had her at the head tilt. Mahtomedi High School student Josie Ouellette didn't have a resplendent quetzal or a snowy owl on her life list app at press time, but she probably will before too long. You may have seen her picking up garbage around town. A lover of the outdoors, Ouellette will walk around town picking up litter just to be outside. Since falling in love with birds a little more than a year ago, she now keeps one eye on the litter and the other on the lookout for any bird at all. It doesn't need to be a bird she hasn't seen before, either. “It's an awesome activity,” she said, referring to both picking up garbage and picking up birds. “I've always liked the outdoors and animals my whole life but really got into it during COVID because it was something I had a lot of time for,” she said. While outdoors, she realized, “There are birds out here!” she said. Ouellette wasn't a complete stranger to birds before the flu bug and the bird bug hit. For the past six years, she has had a lovebird, “Jude,” for a pet. Two years ago, she acquired a cockatiel, “Harvey,” as her second indoor bird. “He's such a dork,” she noted. Even before she started paying rapt attention to the birds outdoors, Ouellette fed them as well as her indoor birds. “But not in a way that tries to attract one particular bird,” she said. “The birds are curious about everything — they'll still come and check out things they don't normally eat.” For example, when she put out orange slices, the cardinals came over to try check them out, even though that's not part of their diet, she said. In fact, the natural curiosity that birds have is one of the main reasons Ouellette enjoys birding. “You can watch them think as they cock their heads,” she said. “I love the way they tilt their heads. And I like the way they run.” Known as the Swamp Dweller in her Neighborhood posts, Ouellette stakes out the swamp outside her Mahtomedi home to keep an eye on a Canada goose nest. “The wood duck back there is also very handsome,” she added. While on lookout in her swamp last spring, Ouellette saw her fi rst rose-breasted grosbeak. At the time, she was with her boyfriend. She exclaimed, “Look what I saw!!” “What? Where?” he said.

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“Swamp dweller” Josie Ouellette wears her bird advocacy t-shirt outside the Wild Bean in Mahtomedi.

“A rose-breasted grosbeak!” she said. “I hate you!” he replied, bird-envy on full display. What other birds has Ouellette seen lately around the White Bear Lake area? “Last year, I found an oriole nest hanging outside my window under some leaves,” she said. She also saw a kingfi sher in her back yard for the fi rst time. “I saw a bittern, too — that was exciting to see!” She saw a sandhill crane overhead on Wildwood Road the other day and also in the fields beside the Gateway Trail. While in Rotary Nature Preserve on White Bear Parkway, she saw a golden crowned kinglet. Ouellette doesn't stop birding when she leaves Mahtomedi. Last summer, she was visiting her boyfriend's grandfather when she saw

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Ouellette keeps a list of birds she has in the Mahtomedi area.

a scarlet tanager on a power wire. “This is very encouraging, because it was in the middle of Roseville,” she says. Maybe the seeds of Ouellette's birdwatching were planted several years ago when she was in Oregon. “It was defi nitely a change of bird pace,” she said. “I was bird-conscious then, and saw Stellar's jays, killdeers, sandpipers and American dippers.” The dippers are the single bird of their class, she said. “It digs in the river — it's pretty funny.” As the bird life list on her phone grows, she still has a chickadee check-off list of birds she hopes to see one day. Topping that list is the osprey. Now that her life list is off to a flying start, Ouellette can expect to make many additions to it once she starts her studies next fall, most

likely at the University of Minnesota, to pursue a degree in field biology. “Most of those jobs are out West, but I'm not opposed to going there,” she said. In the meantime, Ouellette keeps an eye on her favorite birds in Mahtomedi: chickadees, cardinals, red-tailed hawks and dark-eyed juncos. “I'm so sad the juncos are going away for the summer,” she said. Right now, we should start to see our overwintering gold fi nches turn gold. “It's one of the best signs of real spring,” she noted. And in case you missed the annual announcement, one sure sign of spring for Ouellette is that she can no longer “watch the bald eagles hanging out on White Bear Lake due to the ice having melted.”

WHITE BEAR LAKE CITY COUNCIL NOTES WHITE BEAR LAKE — City Council heard or approved the following at its April 27 meeting:

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• The auditor's 2020 fi nancial report. Overall, it was a good year for the city fi nancially, said auditor Brad Falteysek. His team went through compliance reports, required when a city spends more than $750,000 in federal dollars (from the COVID-relief, CARES Act), and found no noncompliance issues, he reported. The city spent just over $2 million in federal money. The auditor said White Bear Lake continues to have a much lower tax rate compared to its peers and much lower expenditures per capita. He also had no concerns or cautions regarding the city's debt load. The mayor offered a note of gratitude to the fi nance department for "positioning us to have a good audit."

• A request by Celine Carlson, owner of Key's Cafe & Bakery, for a one-year extension of a conditional use permit and variances for 4312 Cottage Park Road. Carlson is building a new two-story home on the lake property. She blamed the COVID crisis for needing the extension, noting she had to focus on business survival.

• Demolition of the city's de-liming facility. For years, the city dumped lime sludge in a covered lagoon that is no longer used. The building's roof is too low to be practical, and it's an eyesore to neighbors. The structure will be demolished and replaced with a new garage facility for storing water department trucks and equipment. The cost for CMBR to raze the structure is $33,800.

• Second reading of critical water deficiency ordinance. Council approved the ordinance after amending subdivision 5 to allow irrigation of vegetable gardens that provide food if the governor declares a critical water shortage. No one spoke during a public hearing.

• In-person council meetings. As long as masks are required indoors, council members preferred to hold meetings via Zoom. Council Member Dan Jones said he wants to see faces and reactions and can't do that when people are wearing masks. So, until the governor lifts restrictions, meetings will remain virtual.

• A stormwater pollution and prevention program. Environmental engineer Connie Taillon focused on East Goose Lake during her presentation, noting the lake was on MPCA's impaired list for low water quality. The lake has zero visibility due to green algae that kills native vegetation and has no diversity of fi sh species. She showed side-by-side photos of Goose Lake and Birch Lake taken the same day last June. They show a vast difference in water quality.

• A contract for 2021 water meter replacement project. A bid of $1.7 million from Ferguson Water Works was accepted to replace about 6,000 aging residential water meters. The bid came in lower than the $2.5 million budgeted. The city will still bond for the original estimate, as planned, and use the extra money as a loan for business owners who must replace 400 commercial meters. According to Hiniker, commercial meters

• Heard a public "thank you" from Public Works Director Paul Kauppi to groups picking up trash in honor of Earth Day. Rotarians picked up 13 bags of trash at Rotary Park, along Hwy. 61 and the lake; a neighborhood group fi lled eight bags of trash along Hwy. 96 and White Bear Parkway; the Lions picked up 16 bags at Lakewood Hills and YogaDevotion cleaned up West Park and the beach area. Debra Neutkens

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It has been a long journey from Cub Scout to Eagle Scout, but it’s a road that White Bear seniors Henry Contreras, Trayton Pescosolido and Tony Perfetti have always walked together. The three Scouts recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout — all on the same day. From their pack of Cub Scouts in kindergarten, six Scouts remain in Troop 439. One of their peers has already earned his Eagle Scout rank, and the other two expect to achieve the rank by this summer. Contreras, Pescosolido and Perfetti all received their rank on March 29 after a lot of hard work on projects that benefit Matoska International, their former elementary school. The three Scouts worked with their former teacher Ben Butters and Matoska principal John Leininger to design their projects. They were coached through the process by Henry’s mother, Amy Contreras. Eagle Scout is the highest rank achievable within Boy Scouts. The Eagle Project is an important part of achieving the rank and is usually designed to benefit the local community outside of the Boy Scouts of America. For his project, Perfetti created a new playground feature in the shape of a large hollow log. The structure, designed for students who may have special sensory needs, provides a quiet place to hang out. The structure is located in the sensory garden area of the playground. Contreras installed an outdoor life-sized chessboard and blacktop markers. “I feel that being outside and working on your physical health is very important, but I also feel that the mental aspect and sharpening your mind are important, which is where my chess idea came from,” Contreras said. Pescosolido built an outdoor stage for elementary schoolers to hold their own performances after consulting with Butters about what students might like to see on the playground. “He said students nowadays like to act out movies, plays, etc. and it wouldn't be a bad idea to build a space where they can do that,” Pescosolido said. “So, I came up with a stage by the playground that

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can be used to play on as well as for teachers to take their students outside. I loved recess and I miss it to this day, so I am happy I built something that children can enjoy for years to come.” All three Scouts reflected on how meaningful it was to have attained this rank in the company of their lifelong companions. “I am happy that we stuck around as long as we did and followed the journey through to the end. Without this group of friends, I know I wouldn't have stayed in Scouts as long as I did. I could rely on these people for support and having a good time,” Pescosolido said. “It is a great feeling to earn the rank of Eagle on the same day as some of the people with who I began my Scouting journey,” Perfetti said. “I have spent over a decade with these guys earning countless badges, camping night after night, and making unforgettable memories. To earn the final badge on the same day, to me, was like a triumphant end to a wonderful journey.”

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WHITE BEAR LAKE — Cerenity Care Center residents using wheelchairs have an easier time in navigating pathways at Jack Yost Park thanks to a Lincoln Elementary fourth grader. The young student decided to adopt a park through the city's community adoption program. His family lives near Jack Yost and spends time there. He told City Council April 27 he plans to help replant trees to replace those lost and has been busy clearing paths of sand and debris to make the walkway safer. The young student has even created a spreadsheet to track his work. Cerenity's location across the street was a big reason the Pelto family chose the park. Mayor Jo Emerson informed council that the park's namesake, Jack Yost, was a 30-year veteran of the White Bear Fire Department, who served from 1941 to 1971. He helped start a rescue squad, or the first EMT unit, and created tools and methods to save lives. Yost also crafted an early version of the Jaws of Life. Emerson thanked the historical society for providing the background. The mayor reminded residents who might be interested in adopting a park to search the city website for an application and/or information on the program. See whitebearlake.org. Debra Neutkens

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A bi-weekly section where readers will be informed on subjects of seasonal interest, upcoming events and other timely topics. CLERK’S CORNER - Greetings from the Township! Spring has sprung and it’s time to get rid of all the clutter we have accumulated over the winter. White Bear Township will be hosting two separate clean up days where our partners from Republic will be hauling away Household Hazardous waste and other clean-up items, see the details below. THERE ARE NOW 2 SPRING CLEAN-UP DAYS FOR THE TOWNSHIP Saturday, May 15, 2021, is the day you can drop off your household hazardous waste Items from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Otter Lake Elementary School, 1401 County Road H-2. Items accepted are as follows: Antifreeze, batteries (vehicle & rechargeable) fluorescent lamps, mercury items (thermostats, CFL’s, thermometers, old gasoline, paint, paint stripper, thinner, old cell phones, pesticides, rat or mouse poison, aerosol spray cans, used motor oil, filters, wood preservatives, stains, weed killer solvents & propane tanks. Saturday, May 22, 2021, is the day you can drop off your other clean-up items from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Otter Lake Elementary School, 1401 County Road H-2. Items accepted are as follows: Appliances, automotive batteries, tires,

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grade American history at White Bear Lake High School from 1956 to 1970. Bud grew up in Hawaii and was 14 when he witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted after high school and served as an Army officer during World War II, aiding Japan's reconstruction as an interpreter. The Nakasones were former neighbors of Peter Reis and fellow members of the St. Mary of the Lake janitorial gang that met for breakfast on Monday mornings. When someone suggested getting Paul for the Wall of Fame, Reis called Bud and Mary, who had since moved from their Lake Avenue home to St. Paul. They made the contact with their son, who Reis said agreed, saying "he'd be honored." "For someone who is the head of the NSA agree to be inducted into his high school's Wall of Fame says something about how human and down-toearth he is," noted Reis. "But it's something you'd expect from someone from White Bear." In his correspondence to the committee, Nakasone wrote that he enjoyed his high school years and its variety of activities "that ranged from organized sports, intramural broomball and summers working at the Yacht Club." The general said he is "humbled and honored to be inducted into the Wall of Fame and stand among classmates who are equally accomplished and remain his closest friends." He added that "Team Nakasone," which includes his wife and four children, have lived around the world but still consider White Bear Lake home. As a side note, Nakasone was actually nominated last year but COVID-19 postponed the recognition, pushing the award to 2021. Johnson said this year's induction will be part of the

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CLASS OF 2021: Local seniors looking forward to ‘normal’ graduation, prom FROM PAGE 1

“We had kind of a virtual prom last year, which was better than having nothing,” Centennial High School Principal Tom Breuning said. “These seniors have missed out on a lot, so it’s very important for them to have a prom.” Spectators will be allowed in the bleachers for the grand march, with appropriate social distancing. Breuning anticipates fine weather, but there is a contingency plan to move into indoor recreation areas in the case of inclement weather. Graduation will be held in two shorter sessions to reduce the number of people present at one time. Usually the event is held at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, but Centennial has opted to use the school stadium instead. Mounds View and White Bear Lake are taking similar precautions to ensure that students get the quintessential high school expe-

rience without endangering their health and safety. Mounds View will hold a modified prom, which will include a day of fun activities and a virtual grand march before an evening at the Mall of America where the Nickelodeon Universe theme park will be closed to the public and students can ride unlimited rides. “Being able to participate in rites of passage not only allows us students to participate in a hardearned ceremony, but it also provides us with a sense of normalcy, especially after a year of anxiousness and irregularity,” said Mounds View senior Christopher Wikstrom. Mounds View will hold its graduation ceremony at Mariucci Arena, with two tickets per student. “I think it means the world to these students that they get to celebrate prom and graduation,” said Mounds View principal Stephanie Bruggers. “There has been much isolation over the past year, and they are very much looking forward

to celebrating safely with friends and family.” White Bear Lake seniors will also be able to attend in-person prom, with multiple grand marches and dance sessions to ensure adequate distancing is maintained. “The year has been challenging for all students but especially the seniors,” said South Campus High School principal Don Bosch. “The changes in learning formats has not been easy for our seniors, but they are a resilient and great group of students.” Students and parents are also getting creative in planning senior parties. In the past, many schools have had an all-night, lock-in-style party, but Centennial has chosen to modify it into a drive-through experience instead. Although most schools in the region are back to in-person learning, there are still hundreds of students who have opted to continue their schooling from home. For seniors

like Centennial student Owen Reynolds-Lillibridge, the ability to attend prom and graduation is not only a rite of passage but a vital chance to spend time with peers before everyone embarks their post-graduation path. “I like being able to come back to something that feels somewhat normal,” Reynolds-Lillibridge said. Breuning noted that students in all grades have shown incredible strength and adaptability in managing the vagaries of this unusual school year. “I’m incredibly proud of the senior class,” Breuning said. “They have been through adversity, they’ve developed a lot of wisdom going through what they’ve had to endure with different learning modes, with living through a pandemic. I’m excited we can do something to give them an experience and honor them.”

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Rotarians focus on environment Above: Volunteers place native and pollinator friendly plants around a stone marker dedicated to the White Bear Lake Rotary Club at the Rotary Nature Preserve at Birch Lake last week. Dozens of Rotary volunteers planted pollinator friendly plants at the nature preserve in the ﬁrst of three planned project phases that also include woodland pollinator plants and a rain garden.

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RAMSEY COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS PLANT SALE When: Online, May 1-8 Details: Shop an online catalog of native plants, annuals and perennials, vegetables, and houseplants. Offerings include plants from the MN Seed Trials, producing plants that are particularly favorable to conditions in our Minnesota gardens. Shoppers will be notified with details for contactless pickup. Plant sale proceeds support horticulture student scholarships at the University of Minnesota and youth group horticulture projects in Ramsey County. Contact: ramseymatergardeners. org

DISCOVERY WALKS: SPRING BIRDS

When: 8 a.m. Saturdays, May 1-22 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township Details: Join experienced birding volunteers to learn about birds of the area, how to identify them by sight and sound, and all about their lives in woods, waters and fields. Bring binoculars. Beginners and experienced birders welcome. Free; registration required. Contact: ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-nature-center

CINCO DE MAYO PARTY

When: 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5 Where: The Waters of White Bear Lake, 3820 Hoffman Road Details: Party open to the public celebrating the popular Mexican holiday as well a the end of Covid restrictions. Performance by a

Mexican folklore dance group and a Mariachi band, authentic Mexican food truck, refreshments and margaritas.

Contact: 1-800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org

MIELKEWAY POTTERY MOTHER'S DAY SHOW

When and where: via Zoom; 7 p.m. Monday, May 10 (Mahtomedi) and 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13 (White Bear Lake) Details: May unit meeting will discuss proposals for police reform. Visit website to find out how to join and receive a Zoom invite. Contact: lwv-wbla.org/programs/ unitmeetings

When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, May 6, Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8 Where: 15 Birchwood Road, Mahtomedi Details: Lots of inventory at low prices.

“BEEHIVE: THE 60'S MUSICAL”

When: 7 p.m. Friday, May 7 &17; 7 p.m. Saturday, May 8 & 15; 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 and Thursday, May 13; 2 p.m. Sundays, May 9 & 16 Where: Streaming passes available at lakeshoreplayers.org Details: Tribute to women musicians of the 1960's. Tickets $18. Program is 80 minutes.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES

When and where: 12:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, May 10 at Culver's, 4485 Centerville Road, Vadnais Heights; Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 11 at Vadnais Heights Commons, 655 E. County Road F; Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 11 at South Shore Trinity Lutheran Church, 2480 South Shore Blvd., White Bear Lake; 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13 at Culver's, 3202 White Bear Avenue; and 12:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, May 14 at White Bear Area YMCA, 2100 Orchard Lane. Details: Healthy individuals are encouraged to give blood, especially those with Type O. Make an appointment online or by phone.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS UNIT MEETING

RAINGARDEN WORKSHOP

When: 6-7:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 11 Where: Online; register at tinyurl. com/raingarden21 Details: Learn about the benefits of raingardens and native plants, how to design and care for a raingarden, where to site a raingarden, and what plants to choose for sunny and shady sites. Presenters include Brett Stolpestad and Cameron Blake (Washington Conservation District) and Angie Hong (East Metro Water Resource Education Program.)

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY

When and where: 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 14 at the White Bear Senior Center, 2484 E. County Road F; 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 21 at Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Avenue Details: Pig Approved BBQ and cookies on the menu May 14; KCM Eggrolls on May 21. Bring a lawn chair and a mask. Indoor/outdoor seating at White Bear location; outdoor seating only in Mahtomedi. Rain or shine.

VADNAIS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAM When: 9-10 a.m. Saturday, May 15 Where: Vadnais Heights Commons, 655 East County Road F Details: Monthly food distribution for residents operated by the Vadnais heights lion's Club. Contact: 651-746-4158 or cityvadnaisheights.com/foodshelf

SHOREVIEW COMMUNITY GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Saturday, May 15 Where: Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Details: Nursery-grown plants available. COVID-19 protocols apply. Contact: 651-484-4341

NATURE ESCAPADES

When: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 15 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township Details: Explore trails and habitats with a naturalist, play games, and plant seeds. $10.50/adultchild pair; $7 each additional child and $3.50 additional adult. Registration required. Contact: ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-nature-center

ST. PAUL HIKING CLUB

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 Where: Mahtomedi District Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Avenue Details: Hikes are approximately 3 miles and last an hour. Contact: stpaulhike.com

RAISE THE CURTAIN When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 20 Details: Join Lakeshore Player's annual fundraising gala online. Dress up, make a signature cocktail, hear about the theatre's accomplishments in the past year, and bid on silent auction items. Participants entering a photo of themselves celebrating will be entered to win season tickets. $100 VIP baskets include takeout meal, champagne, and other items. Contact: lakeshoreplayers.org

DAZZLING DRAGONFLIES

When: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 22 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township Details: Catch and release baby dragons in the wetlands and practice identifying and catching adult dragonflies. All ages, $6.50/ person. Youth drop-off option for kids ages 6-12 from 1-2:30 p.m. Registration required. Contact: ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-nature-center

PARKING LOT RUMMAGE SALE

When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 22 Where: Normandy Park Education Center parking lot, Details: Sellers are assigned to designated 9 x 19' spots and responsible for sales, money collection, set up and clean up. Register for spaces with tables $20-$44. Proceeds benefit White Bear Area Senior Program. Contact: 651-653-3121 or whitebear. ce.eleyo.com/course/2919/2021winter-spring/normandy-parking-lot-sale.

Mahtomedi Hockey Awards: Leaders announced JD Metz, senior forward, was named Most Valuable Player on the Mahtomedi boys hockey team and was one of four all-Metro East Conference picks. Ben Dardis, Zephyr junior, was named conference goalie of the year and Star-Tribune all-metro first team. Metz made all-metro second team. Also named all-conference are senior forward Adam Johnson and senior defenseman Tony Neubeck. Metz, Dardis and Johnson were repeat picks. Getting

honorable mentions were senior forwards Dylan Duckson, Ryan Berglund and Ethan Peterson. Johnson led in scoring for the second straight year (13 goals, 17 assists, 30 points), followed by Peterson (8-20-28), Metz (9-18-27), and Berglund (11-6-17). Johnson had 38 career goals and 60 assists. Metz had 28 goals and 63 assists. Dardis posted a .926 save percentage and 2.37 goals-against-average. Other team awards went to senior goal-

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Baseball: Bears tip Rangers 2-0

Derrick Smith and Aiden Welch combined for a one-hit shutout as White Bear Lake beat Forest Lake 2-0 at home Friday, their second win against nine losses. Smith threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing one hit, striking out five, and knocked in one of the runs with a double. Welch got the last five outs for the save. The Bears had just four hits against Isaac Roers of Forest Lake (4-5). Otherwise last week, the Bears lost to Mounds View 18-9 and East Ridge 8-1 last week.

Girls lacrosse: Bears streak at 5

White Bear Lake’s girls lacrosse team is riding a five-game win after edging Forest Lake 7-5 last Wednesday and East Ridge 10-8 on Friday, both at home. Scoring for the Bears (5-2) against Forest Lake were Kennedy Ashton (two), Jaeda Jensen, Beverly Peterson, Natascha Larson, Sophie Davis, and Caylin Kunze. Against East Ridge, Davis and Kunze nailed three goals apiece, Jensen two (plus two assists), and Larson and Ashton one each. Goalie Kaylee Kloss made 18 stops in 29 shots in the two games.

Boys golf: Bears hold 2nd in SEC

White Bear Lake boys golf held second place in the Suburban East Conference behind East Ridge after three meets, and hosted the fourth

strikeouts, two runs), Roan Appert was 2-for-3 (two RBIs), Will Garry was 2-for-2 (RBI, three runs) and Ethan Loss rapped a two-run single and a sac fly. Mahtomedi breezed 10-0 over Tartan on Friday. The scheduled game with St. Francis on Saturday was canceled due to a Covid issue with the opponent.

meet Monday at White Bear Yacht Club. The Bears, coached by Craig Nasvik, are averaging 318 strokes, led by Camden O’Malley with a 38.3 averaging and Ryan Johnson with 39.0. They will host Battle on the Border with Minnesota and Wisconsin teams, at Troy Burne on Wednesday and White Eagle on Thursday.

Softball: Zephyrs nab 2 wins

Boys lacrosse: Bears back from quarantine, beat Rangers 15-3

After sitting out two weeks in quarantine, the White Bear Lake boys lacrosse team returned Saturday and beat Forest Lake 15-3 at home, with Mario Bailey notching four goals, Matthew Holman three and Mike Roach two. Goalie Brock Ollila stopped 11 of 14 shots by the Rangers (0-5). “It was really rough to have that much time off in such a short season,” coach Brandon Husak said, “but in reality, there are many others out there that are dealing with much more as far as health issues, financial stress, and loss in the past year. To be able to get our athletes out and use the game they enjoy as a ‘release’ is one of the biggest perks right now.” The squad had zoom meetings last week to cover film, scouting, and team logistic, then held a morning practice before the game and “immediately executed during the game,” Husak said. They had been idle since beating Duluth 9-4 in their opener April 17.

Tennis: Bears get lineup settled, have 5-3 mark at mid-season

It took a while for White Bear Lake to sort out its tennis lineup under new coach Keith Lockwood with just one starter from 2019 in the lineup. “I think we have them where they need to be at this point,” said Lockwood on Saturday. The Bears are 5-3, beating Chisago Lakes 7-0, Forest Lake 5-2, Irondale 5-2, Cretin-Derham Hall 6-1 and Roseville 6-1, while losing to Stillwater 6-1, Mounds View 6-1 and Mounds Park Academy 5-2. Eighth-grader Will Fleming went 3-0 at 4-singles, then was moved to 1-singles, where he’s 3-2. Caden Anderson, senior, the lone veteran, is 5-3 at No. 2. Garrett Janssen, senior, went 0-3 at No. 1, then 3-2 at No. 3. Tate Johanning, senior, was 1-2 at No. 3, then 5-0 at No.4, getting the lone point against Mounds View. At 1-doubles, sophomores Travis Domschot and Brock Moor were 3-3. Moor went into quarantine and Domschot is 1-1 with senior Dominic Woods. Seniors Mason Boehlke and Aria Zia are 4-4 at No. 2. Senior Eli Anderson and junior Isaac Theissen are 5-3 at No. 3.

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Owen Tacheny of the Zephyrs wins a face-off against Chanhassen.

Boys lacrosse: Zephyrs have 2-1 week

Mahtomedi boys lacrosse is 4-3 after winning two of three last week. The Zephyrs edged Simley 9-7 on Monday as Jackson Johnson notched three goals, Levi Lemke and EJ Charpentier two each, and Mitch Lorentz one. They cruised against Tartan/ North St. Paul 15-3 Wednesday, powered by Lemke and EJ Charpentier with five goals each. Owen Knapp added two and Connor Peltier, Oskar Magnusson and Mitch Lorentz one each. Chanhassen (5-0) tripped the Zephyrs 14-9 Saturday. Lemke pumped in five goals, giving him 12 for the week.

Boys golf: Zephyrs 2nd in MEC mid-conf.; 8th-grader medals

Mahtomedi eighth-grader Jacob Wilson was medalist of an eight-team meet and led the Zephyrs to second place last Wednesday. In just his second varsity match, Wilson shot 38 on the front and 35 on the back at the Metro East Mid-Conference Tournament at Oak Glen in Stillwater, coach Paul McGibbon reports. The Zephyrs totaled 304, one stroke behind St. Thomas Academy. Senior Noah Schmidt and eighth-grader Riley McGrane (also in his second varsity meet) each shot 76. In conference triangulars, the Zephyrs shot 160 to win at Southview by a stroke over Hill-Murray; shot 169 at Mendakota, a stroke behind St. Thomas Academy and a stroke ahead of Simley; shot 159 for second at Oneka Ridge, where Schmidt had a 37; and 160 to win at Hastings, with Grant Cegielski and Riley McGrane co-medalists at 38.

Baseball: Mahtomedi’s bats, arms hot in 4 straight wins

Scoring 37 runs in four games, the Mahtomedi baseball squad improved to 6-2 last week. The Zephyrs blanked North St. Paul 6-0 on Monday with Tony Neubeck firing six shutout innings (11 strikeouts, one hit, five walks). Jordan Hull had a single, walk, RBI and two runs. They topped St. Thomas Academy 9-5 on Tuesday with Luke Loughlin pitching. Neubeck stroked a two-run single and Josh Donna and Ethan Loss had two hits each. In the Zephyrs’ 12-2 win over South St. Paul on Wednesday, Sean Doggett got the win (four innings, seven walks, six

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Emily Lopez pitched an 11-inning win for Mahtomedi, 4-3 over Tartan on Thursday, and the Zephyrs (5-3) followed with a 12-2 rout of South St. Paul on Friday. Lopez went the distance against Tartan (5-3), spacing out six hits and two walks, striking out three. Lauren Laviano and Claire Wirka stroked two hits each. Wendy Warhen had one hit and two RBI’s. Against SSP (1-5), Chloe Bromeland pitched (six hits, no walks), Olivia Van Hout went 3-for-4 (home run, three RBI’s, three runs), Claire Wirka 3-for-3 (double, triple, three runs, two RBI’s); Tory Nelson, 2-for-2 (three RBI’s); and Erin Noel had a single, two walks and three runs.

Girls lacrosse: Zephyrs fall to Blake

Mahtomedi girls lacrosse absorbed its first loss Saturday evening against Blake 15-7 at home. The Zephyrs (3-1) beat Tartan/North 14-2 on Thursday. Against Blake (4-3), Greta Schimnowski notched three goals and Jayne Dmitri two. Against Tartan/North, Samantha Burns delivered six goals, Schimnowski three and Dmitri two.

Girls golf: Strong start for Zephyrs

Mahtomedi girls golf has done well in three Metro East Conference meets. The Zephyrs placed second among seven teams in an 18-hole event at Loggers Trail, led by Carley Pakonen and Lexi McGrane with 90’s and Maggie McCarty with 93, all in the top ten. They were third among seven teams in a nine-hole meet at Hidden Greens, and beat Hill-Murray in a dual meet where Maddie Simon was low with 39. Coach Matt Huss has been using “creative lineups” with players missing due to Covid contact tracing and/or vaccinations.

Tennis: Mustangs nip Zephyrs 4-3

The top two Section 4AA tennis contenders dueled last Wednesday with No. 5 ranked Mounds View edging No. 7 Mahtomedi 4-3 at Mounds View. “We are looking forward to seeing Mounds View again in the section playoffs,” Zephyr coach Aaron Freer said. It came down to No. 2 doubles, where Mounds View’s Luke Turkington and Philip Apel lost the first set to Wyatt Hanson and Evin Sougstad 6-3 but stormed back to win the next two 6-0, 6-0. The Mustangs’ other winners included reigning state singles champion Bjorn Swenson. Zephyr winners were David Azcona at No. 3, Will Lieberman at No. 4, Dylan Pham/Jack Allaben at No. 2 doubles. The Zephyrs (8-2 overall, 4-0 conference) won their other matches last week 7-0 over Hill-Murray on Friday.

WHITE BEAR LAKE SOFTBALL Jordyn Meyer has knocked in 10 runs in10 games for the White Bear Lake softball team, none bigger than when her double to deep right-center plated the tying run in the seventh against Park last Wednesday, helping the Bears (9-1) win 6-5 in the eight innings. The long-limbed junior third baseman is hitting .400 (12-for-30) with one homer (a grand slam) and eight runs. “Jordyn is incredibly athletic and versatile,” coach Kaity Wightman said. “We we could play her at any position. She swings a big, strong bat, and she does anything to help the team.”

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Two big swings by Chloe Barber lifted White Bear Lake to a 6-5, eight-inning win over Park Cottage Grove, highlighting a 3-0 week by the Bears that kept them unbeaten in the Suburban East Conference last week. The Bears, 9-1 overall and 8-0 in the SEC, battled Stillwater (9-0) for the lead Monday evening (see presspubs. com). Against Park, Barber, the starting pitcher, gave up a two-run homer and two-run double, but tied the score 4-4 with a bases-loaded homer. Madie Petersen pitched the last five innings (one run) and got the win. Jordyn Meyer’s long RBI double tied the score 5-5 in the seventh and Barber’s blast to deep right field sent home the game-winner from third base in the eighth. The Bears beat Forest Lake (7-2) on Monday, 10-5, helped by seven Ranger errors. Barber had three hits and three RBI’s and pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings in relief, striking out six. The Bears beat Woodbury 9-5 on Friday with 16 hits, led by Meyer and Heidi Barber with three each. Petersen pitched four innings (two runs) to get the win.

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Nymphal deer ticks, which cause most of the Lyme disease cases, are tiny — about the size of a poppy seed. Adult deer ticks can also cause infection. BY DEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER

The month of May doesn’t just bring flowers. It also brings that nemesis of the great outdoors: the blacklegged tick that causes Lyme disease. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Talk to people who attend a local Lyme support group, and it becomes obvious the disease is endemic here, despite myriad efforts to preach prevention. Preventing a tick bite remains the primary goal of the Minnesota Lyme Association (MLA), a 15-year-old advocacy group that holds monthly support meetings at the White Bear School District Center (or did, pre-COVID), in addition to hosting speakers with expertise on researching, diagnosing and treating tick-borne diseases. Founded by Anne Myre of Scandia in 2006, MLA helps those afflicted by Lyme or tick-borne disease lead a healthy, vibrant life. She started the support group out of desperation as she was suffering from chronic fatigue and joint pain that was traced to a tick bite. “When I began this journey, I wanted other people with chronic Lyme to know they weren’t alone. When I was first treated 16 years ago, I had to go to Colorado to get treatment. We’ve come a long way in understanding the disease, but it baffles me to this day that more doctors don’t pay attention to the issue.” Lyme is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. It is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected blacklegged, or deer, tick. According to the Department of Health, Minnesota is one of 14 states that has the majority of Lyme disease cases. In 2017 (current data isn’t available), the rate was 25.2 cases per 100,000 people compared to the national rate of 9.1 cases per 100,000 people. Myre’s goal with the nonprofit she started is prevention, prevention, prevention. “Be aware that ticks are out, and there are ways to prevent a bite,” she emphasized. “It’s very important to never get the disease in the first place.” An early attendee of Myre’s support group, Brenda Peltier, knows from experience. About a year after noticing what she thought was a heat rash, she was clinically diagnosed by an infectious disease doctor in Duluth. It was 2007. “By then, I was really sick,” said the Hugo resident. The rash went away, but Peltier was left with “crushing” fatigue and joint pain. She ignored it. Then her eyelid drooped; in April 2008 she was bitten

again. Ten days later, the bullseye rash appeared. Her family physician dismissed the rash and prescribed an anti-fungal cream. Two weeks later, she attended a MLA meeting, back when they met in a Forest Lake church, to hear a talk about gluten-free diets. “I asked them to look at my leg rash and they said, ‘Dude, that’s Lyme.’” Peltier’s Lyme has persisted, as evidenced by more and more symptoms. Her primary care doctor passed her off to a neurologist, rheumatologist and then an ophthalmologist. She suffers headaches and joint pain, facial palsy and a disorder in her eyes that requires special prisms in her glasses. “Then it hit my heart,” Peltier said. “I had all the symptoms of a heart attack,” Peltier recalled. She found doctors were “very dismissive of a Lyme diagnosis” and they “twice kicked me out of the hospital.” She’s not giving up, however, and after five cardiologists, her next step is to see an electro-physiologist. She’s expecting the doctor to recommend an ablation procedure due to her erythema but will be seeking long-term antibiotic therapy such as rifampin — something a physician “well-versed in Lyme” previously prescribed short term. Peltier estimates her tests and treatments for tick-borne disease have cost about $75,000, most of it covered by good health insurance. She doesn’t feel her illness will ever be cured. Her advice: “If you have the bullseye rash, you have Lyme. It’s not prudent to wait on a test. If done too early, the result will be negative anyway.” Better diagnostics, treatment strategies There are advances in disease diagnostics, however, that offer speedy results. Dr. Jonathan Otten, a naturopathic physician with Northern Lights Medicine who specializes in Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, talked about diagnostics and treatment strategies during an April Lyme meeting hosted by the MLA. “The disease is near and dear to my heart,” said the White Bear Lake doctor, who sees many chronically ill patients. He is using a test developed by a German tick-borne disease expert to guide treatment plans and facilitate full recovery, “or as much as we can achieve with Lyme,” Otten said. The test is called ELISpot and is available through InfectoLab, an Oakdale diagnostic lab founded by the German doctor Dr. Carsten Nicolaus. “The test offers a rapid, on-theground picture of the state of infection by measuring the presence of active (fighting) antigen specific T-cells,” Otten explained. “Often in patients who have

If you are bitten, have a discussion with your doctor about using antibiotics to prevent disease. It’s important to know that: • Waiting to see if an EM (erythema multiforme) rash develops is risky, because some patients will never develop one • A single dose of doxycycline isn’t very effective • Better options use longer courses of antibiotics From Minnesota Lyme Association

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been infected for a long time — chronically ill folks — the humoral immune response is negatively affected due to immune evasion or immunosuppression caused by the infection. Some people have been infected 20 to 30 years. The Western blot test won’t pick them up.” Early symptoms of Lyme disease include a rash at the site of the bite, fever, chills, muscle and joint aches, muscle pain or swollen lymph nodes. Note that about 30% of people never develop an erythema migrans, a telltale rash that means there is Lyme disease. Chronic issues that can be Lyme related are still “underappreciated” in the medical community, Otten said. If not diagnosed and treated early, Lyme can become persistent or chronic, as is the case with Myre and Peltier. Years later, the disease can be mistaken for multiple sclerosis (MS), Lou Gehrig’s disease (amytrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson’s or mental illness. 2-week therapy not always enough Sometimes, treating a bite with two weeks of doxycycline (the commonly prescribed treatment) is not enough. Otten discussed a case of a 57-year-old man who developed the rash in 2017 and received the two-week antibiotic regiment from his primary care provider. The rash resolved, which it will regardless of treatment, Otten said. The standard Lyme antibody test at the time was negative. “In the next few years, he developed stabbing pains in his arms, forgetfulness and short-term memory loss, joint

pain and some disequilibrium. We tested for burgdorferi, bartonella and babesia through InfectoLab. He showed all three.” Otten said he started the patient on herbal antimicrobials, probiotics, 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily and a triple regimen of antibiotics using azithromycin, rifampin and minocycline. A single antibiotic won’t be successful if there is persistence, he said. “There is a subset of patients who need ongoing treatment for years to control symptoms,” noted Otten. “In those cases, I’m always looking for what else is going on that the immune system doesn’t recover.” After two months, the chronic pain is significantly reduced, and cognitive function is back to normal. In March, the bartonella was negative and babesia “trending towards resolution. The Lyme is also trending in the right direction. Why is this helpful?” he asked. “It shows babesia and Lyme appear to be persisting.” Another drug Otten uses for chronic sufferers is disulfiram, an antimicrobial for borellia persistence. “Used for alcoholism, the drug got a lot of attention in the Lyme community,” Otten said. Noting that it’s “peak tick-borne illness season,” the White Bear physician, like Myre, stressed prevention. “Prevention is difficult, but not as difficult as treating a disease that’s been smoldering for months or years.” New patients or anyone interested in learning more about Otten’s practice can visit northernlightsmedicine.com.

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