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Bay’s dock usage area under fire BY DEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER
WHITE BEAR LAKE — A crowded and shallow Commercial Bay is drawing attorneys to the fray. Docks of White Bear marina manager Brian McGoldrick informed the conservation district board he plans to contest attempts to reduce his slip numbers from 260 to 240. Cramming boats within the authorized dock usage area (ADUA) has been a longtime challenge for marina owners, especially to the south, where the bay is particularly sensitive to lake level. Nestled in the corner is ADUA owned by the city in front of Lions Park, which abuts Docks of White Bear. For possibly the first time ever, the city is contesting ADUA the marina has historically occupied. District Chair Bryan DeSmet explained that the city would like to “get better use of its ADUA,” an area approved annually through a permitting process by the conservation district. “Docks of White Bear has self-defined its ADUA as going toward the middle of the lake,” according to DeSmet. “The city has requested the boundary be defined in a different way, going perpendicular from the shoreline. That impacts the ADUA Docks of White Bear has been using in the past.” The district board had hoped the city and McGoldrick would find a compromise, but that never happened. At the last hour, Tract Properties, which owns the White Bear shopping center and the marina, hired attorneys to have a discussion with the city.
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Button contest winner rides home in style Above: Fourth grade Lincoln Elementary School student Vinny Collova displays the Manitou Days Button Contest winning “A Century of Community” design that earned him a ride home from school in a 2020 Corvette, at left, driven by Scott Bohnen of State Farm Insurance. Collova’s classroom also receives a Carbone’s pizza party and tokens for ice cream at Cup and Cone. Find more Manitou Days information and a detailed schedule of events in the June 7 edition of the White Bear Press.
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Partnership helps bring new ideas to Historical Society SPECIAL TO THE PRESS BY JASON SCHOONOVER, SENIOR WEB CONTENT SPECIALIST, BETHEL UNIVERSITY
Instead of heading to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays this spring, Emily Roeck ’23 and Brianna Mutterer ’24 are working two days a week at the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society (WBLAHS). Thanks to a new paid internship partnership, the two are supporting key projects during a transformative season for WBLAHS while gaining hands-on work experience to prepare for their careers. “It’s not just the basic, typical intern work—like making copies or answering emails. You get to do research, make projects,
and just kind of go wherever,” says Roeck, who is majoring history and digital humanities with a business minor. WLBAHS and Bethel formed the internship partnership thanks to support from Si and Vicki Ford through the O’Silas Foundation. So far, it’s a winwin. “It has been a fantastic opportunity for the students and for the historical society,” WBLAHS Executive Director Sara Hanson says. For Bethel, it’s giving Roeck and Mutterer chances to gain valuable work experience. “Our history majors have the chance not just to study history, but to practice it, taking on a variety of roles in a small but vibrant organization and seeing
firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing public historians,” says Chris Gehrz, co-chair of the Department of History, Philosophy, and Political Science. For the historical society, the interns are helping Hanson and her team accomplish projects that have been on the WBLAHS “ideas” list but haven’t come to fruition due to staffing levels. Hanson is pleased that the historical society is receiving valuable help while allowing students a chance to explore future careers. “The hands-on opportunities we are able to provide along with
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Emily Roeck ’23 and Brianna Mutterer ’24 outside the Fillebrown House. Through a new partnership, Roeck and Mutterer are the first two Bethel students to intern at the White Bear Lake Historical Society.
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