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Planting for an outdoor classroom Jason and Elsie Feipel and dozens of other student and parent volunteers pitched in to plant a pollinator garden behind Otter Lake Elementary School Saturday, June 1. Thom Green, a fourth grade teacher at the school, received a grant from the National Science Foundation and the University of Minnesota Citizen Science Driven to Discover program to help fund the garden, which will be part of the outdoor classroom space.
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-day, the Press is running a column by Ernie Pyle, considered one of history's greatest war correspondents. His column, written six days after the Normandy inva- Ernie Pyle sion, and photographs of Pyle, have been made available by the National Newspaper Association for reprinting. The Press chose a column called “A Pure Miracle” to commemorate June 6, 1944, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline. More than 9,000 soldiers were killed or wounded fighting Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. Pyle, 44, was later killed by a Japanese machine gun on the tiny Pacific island of le Shima in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. His New York Times obituary said his syndicated columns were delivered to more than 14 million homes at the time of his death. Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his newspaper accounts of “dogface” infantry soldiers. SEE A PURE MIRACLE, PAGE 8A
Mahtomedi Passages program offers unique way to graduate BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR
After putting in hard work preparing for future careers, seven students will graduate from the Mahtomedi Public Schools Passages Transition Program June 5. The program, in its third year, offers students through age 21 with an individualized education plan (IEP) the opportunity to continue
to learn and prepare for their future. Many Passages students have the academic credits to graduate but need further assistance with employment, post-secondary and independent living skills. Students graduate when they meet their individual goals. Currently, there are 20 students in the program. “At Passages we focus on the transitional needs of the students,” teacher Jodie Tester told the
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Mahtomedi School Board at a May 23 meeting. A focus of the program is to prepare students for what they want to do once they graduate. Students participate in volunteer or paid work experiences or take post-secondary enrollment option or technical school classes. This year’s students went on 15 business SEE PASSAGES, PAGE 9A
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Garden project teams Scout with nonprofit An Eagle Scout project will help put a dent in produce needs at the White Bear Lake food shelf. With help from Giving Gardens, Scout Joseph Ward led a group of volunteers and other Scouts in constructing 10 raised garden beds at White Bear Lake United Methodist Church. Volunteers from the church committed to donating 100% of the produce raised in the garden beds over the next three years to the food shelf. The church also donated the plots for constructing the gardens. The May 18 project attracted more than 100 volunteers who spent hours cutting and delivering wood frames and dirt and building the beds. Ward's parents, Daniel and Suzanne, and four siblings also offered support. Giving Gardens founder Chris Harms helped 13-year-old Ward plan the project. The nonprofit's mission is to provide fresh, healthy vegetables to local food shelves. Ward is a member of Boy Scout Troop 906. Submitted
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Schools out
nother school year wraps up this week, and families will stumble into the new routines of the first few days of summer break. For many, the first few weeks of summer break are filled with various camps and activities – so many that it becomes a full-time job for parents to drive them around. A lot of high school age kids look for seasonal employment opportunities. Our soon to be 15-year-old daughter just got her first job at a local golf course. She has been anxious to get a job since her bothers has had a paper routs since last year, and we think it will be a great learning experience to follow a schedule and work with a supervisor and coworkers. The added bonus is that she will earn a paycheck and hopefully learn how to manage money rather than always asking for it. I was pleasantly surprised by how many jobs are available to younger teens. I have heard of other high school kids working as kitchen staff and dishwashers at local restaurants, caddies at golf courses, the State Fair, summer programs, Wild Mountain Publisher’s recreation Waterpark or as referees for soccer or lacrosse associations, or baseball umpires. View Some of these jobs sound fun and pay Carter Johnson well. The jobs I have not heard much buzz about are mowing lawns, gardening, or babysitting – and I would guess those jobs are in high demand during the summer months. As a kid I always had a lawn-mowing business in the summer, and it was a great early lesson about how to manage my own business. My parents encouraged us to save our money with an envelope system, where 10% was saved for a special project, 10% for giving, 10% for immediate spending money and the rest was put in a savings account for college. I would be remiss in not mentioning that younger kids can also get jobs delivering your local newspaper. We have seen an increase in the number of youth who want a paper route. Paper carriers learn time management, discipline and customer service. There is a short 45-minute interview and orientation process here at the Press, but otherwise it is an opportunity for kids to manage their own delivery business. The time commitment is typically in between 60-90 minutes per week, and is preferably year-round. There are very few newspaper groups who still offer carrier opportunities for kids; we continue to do it because I personally believe it is an invaluable experience, teaching kids responsibility and entrepreneurialism at an early age. Having a job is a huge milestone in a youth’s journey to be self-sufficient. This summer keep an eye out for kids who are working in their first job, and be kind and patient with them.
Campfires and square marshmallows Saturday night were invited to a friend’s house for a campfire. My son begged me to arrive early, as the kids wanted to play before it got dark. As hotdogs were being cooked on the campfire grate, the kids were fishing, tossing a football, shooting hoops, skateboarding, scootering and running in the woods throughout the neighborhood. As it grew dark, they started to play hide and seek. The adults sat around the fire discussing the stock market, new patents and trivia, while listening to the kids laughter and playful screeching that echoed throughout the neighborhood. In that moment, as in so many others, I was so grateful to live and work in this community. I hope this summer we can unplug from electronics and be energized in the outdoors playing pick-up games and sports, stringing up a hammock between two trees, fishing or swimming in a local lake, riding bikes, taking walks, or any number of things to stay active and be in the fresh air. Consider it pure joy when the kids are laughing and the birds are singing in your neighborhood. Sail boat racing As the boating season kicks into high gear, it’s a great reminder to keep an eye out for sail boats and know the rules of the road on the water. We have encouraged our kids to complete the boater safety course and get their boater’s license. Lets keep our lakes and rivers safe this summer. As always, wear life jackets, stay alert and keep up on the rules of the water by visiting https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/ regulations/boatwater/boatingguide.pdf. Carter Johnson is publisher of Press Publications. Distributed weekly in: • White Bear Lake • White Bear Township • Mahtomedi • Birchwood • Dellwood • Willernie • Gem Lake • Pine Springs • Portions of Grant MNA 2014 AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER
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ur Minnesota Summers are so sweet, and SO SHORT! Summer also means the kids are out of school, looking for things to do... As we all look for ways to spend meaningful time during our fleeting summer, I’d like to suggest taking time to stop and smell the tomatoes. One of our family’s secrets to slowing down time is to Movers & spend it in our garden. Our Shakers kid’s wonder at the bugs Michelle Bruhn under the soil and their joy and pride with the fresh produce they harvest. Noticing small details takes time. Wanting to find more slows our pace. Being more aware of the seasons is integral to gardening, and this awareness helps us feel part of the earth’s cycles and connected to something bigger than ourselves. Gardening is literally grounding. I’m not saying that growing your own food isn’t work, but it is enjoyable work- real work, away from screens with a tangible reward. Watching plants grow and
food ripen is a natural way to SEE time pass. Mother Nature makes quite the teacher. It starts with a seed, or a plant. Buying plants for the garden gives some instant gratification, and at this time of year is the way to go for tomatoes and peppers. But consider starting some plants from seed. Beans, lettuces, sunflowers, cucumbers, beets and most squash prefer to be planted in place. The wow factor of growing a ten-foot-tall pole bean plant from a single seed is hard to forget. Try thinking of time spent in your garden as an opportunity to slow down and observe instead of another chore. Regardless if that garden is a potted tomato with some basil or marigolds (a fabulous companion planting) or a larger vegetable patch, the chance to appreciate growing something green is there for us all. In White Bear Lake there are some great local resources to take advantage of whether you are a new or seasoned gardener. • The White Bear Lake Seed Library that lets residents ‘check out’ free seeds from the downtown White Bear Lake Library. The founder also holds free talks on a wide array of gardening topics.
• The Mahtomedi Garden Club holds a local garden tour (June 23rd this year) and regular meetings where local gardeners make deep connections. • The Ramsey County Master Gardeners are available to ask specific questions, and hold ‘how to’ classes. • The White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf has a “Community Roots Garden” where we grow food on site for our neighbors in need. A great way to get involved and learn from other gardeners (like me) while affecting change. I think we’re all (kids especially) looking for ways to slow down, be present and feel like we shape some part of our world. Gardening can be a simple and effective way to put down roots, with the bonus of mouth-watering, healthy produce! How will you grow and slow down this summer? You can read more about gardening tips and tricks, local food, farmer interviews plus find direct links to many of the above resources at forksinthedirt.com. Michelle Bruhn is the founder of Forks in the Dirt, a local food and garden information clearing house designed to help you dig your food.
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Rush Line downtown station location illogical Regarding the placement of the Rush Line BRT's downtown White Bear Lake station, I simply do not see the logic of the selected location. The location is in a tiny spot just outside of the actual downtown, and without a large park and ride lot there is a high probability many people will park on local streets to access Rush Line buses. This will take away parking spaces from the adjacent restaurant, add traffic due to park and riders going to the station, and require a longer walk for visitors to reach the actual downtown. The best option is to locate the Downtown White Bear Lake Station on Highway 61 somewhere between Second and Fifth streets with split platforms to serve each side of the road. Instead of terminating at this station, buses would continue a short distance north on Highway 61 to an area with plenty of space for a park and ride facility and bus turnaround. It's likely many people will drive from the north, including Forest Lake and Hugo, so having a park and ride station to the north will decrease the amount of park and ride traffic going through downtown White Bear Lake while still having a station in downtown for people who walk and bike. While the short northern extension would add cost to the project, it would only be a small increase and ensure the Rush Line BRT is done right the first time instead of making costly mistakes and having to go back and change it. Eric Ecklund Bloomington
Mrs. Little My husband and I frequently walk our granddaughter Charlotte to school at Lincoln Elementary in White Bear Lake. And who is monitoring the drop-off of kids almost every single day of the year? It’s Mrs. Little, calling out “good morning” to every child. Charlotte says: “Mrs. Little is the glue that holds the school together; Mrs. Little knows the name of every kid.”
High praise coming from a third grader. From a grandparent's perspective, I’m glad Mrs. Little is at the drop-off every day. Her presence is calming for both kids and drivers; everybody is safer when there is an order to the process. Kudos to “our Mrs. Little at Lincoln!” There are probably lots of Mrs. Littles in White Bear Schools. Thank you for welcoming our kids to school and helping to keep them safe. Joey Halbach Mahtomedi
Adopt clean energy goals White Bear Lake residents all want a lot of the same things. We want to have a future where our children can live peaceful, healthy lives. We want to enjoy our lakes, we want clean air to breathe and we want safe water to drink. Together, we can build a clean energy future that protects our air and water, but we have to get past “no.” Unfortunately, Sen. Roger Chamberlain not only voted to deny that human activity is “a key cause” of climate change, he refused to support the pathway to 100% clean energy. He won’t lead on this issue and we expect more. When it comes to protecting our future, doing nothing is not an option. If Sen. Chamberlain isn’t willing to be a part of taking responsibility for our shared future, it’s time for him to get out of the way for someone who will. According to the Sierra Club, two states and more than 90 cities and 10 counties have already adopted ambitious 100% clean energy goals. It is doable, affordable and feasible. Minnesota can be a leader on this issue. We need to move forward on this issue, and we need to do it now. Karol Durdle White Bear Lake Member, Northeast Metro Climate Action
3 cheers for Dellwood When we re-started the Lake Links effort, there was widespread concern
about the city of Dellwood. There were very positive signs — support in the Comprehensive Plan, then-Mayor Nuffort’s involvement in the original Lake Links effort, and the longstanding and remarkable generosity of many Dellwood residents toward valuable public projects. Dellwood’s City Council was among the first to pass a resolution of support. However, many were skeptical. It is my great pleasure to report that people in Dellwood have stepped up with wonderful support. Commitments by landowners to aid the trail effort, ranging from completed gifts to informal conversations, have made it clear that the trail will be more beautiful, less visible and simply better than it would be if confined to the existing road right of way. Dellwood leads all communities in promises of land to build the best possible trail. In each community, the Lake Links Trail and route will reflect the character and the desires of the people who live there. Dellwood, a beautiful small city, is making it clear that it wants a beautiful, safe and inconspicuous trail. Its residents are backing up those wishes with commitments. We look forward to talking with some with whom we have yet to sit down. Thanks are in order, as well, to our two Dellwood board members, Blanche Hawkins and Dennis Lindeke, and to supporter Matt Dean. We will soon have a more comprehensive report on Lake Links’ progress around the lake. Things are happening. Please remember to join us on our June 8 ride around the lake. West Park, 8:30 a.m. Thank you, Dellwood. Steve Wolgamot Lake Links co-chair Mahtomedi
More on love for Minnesota Gene Johnson cited a recent Twin Cities Business article and made some fine points about why Minnesota is the best place to live and I agree in many ways (“Love for Minnesota,” May 22, 2019). But
the statement or sentence that stood out to me as out of place was “I might add our taxes are quite high, the DNR is crazy with regulations …” It was not clear if Mr. Johnson was actually citing a fact or quoting from the Twin Cities Business article or it was his own opinion. But to further the discussion, Minnesota has consistently been rated as a very top state to live and raise a family in our country for a variety of reasons including, among other things, the environment, economy, education level and overall opportunity. Reasonable people may debate the level and appropriateness of taxation and regulation, but it is pretty obvious when you compare a great many of the lower-ranked (and lower-taxed/regulated) states to ones like Minnesota that, overall, our citizens are the beneficiaries. Michael Schmidt Vadnais Heights
Elder care legislation passes It took two years but the Minnesota State Legislature has passed and the Governor has signed a bill that will provide long overdue protections for our vulnerable adults. This legislation will require assisted living and ‘memory care’ facilities, which are becoming quite prevalent, to be licensed. Minnesota was the last state to require such licensing. This legislation also allows residents to have electronic monitoring, i.e. cameras, in their personal living areas to deter and/or document abuses. This bill prohibits arbitrary discharge, retaliation for reporting abuses and misleading marketing practices. I’m sure we can all agree that these are very reasonable protections for our parents and grandparents! I would like to publicly thank Rep. Ami Wazlawik and Sen. Roger Chamberlain for their support of this legislation and all of the residents of Minnesota who have contacted their legislators to ask for support with a special shout out to AARP and Alzheimer’s Association. Ken Gildner White Bear Township
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Born on June 6, 1931. On May 26, 2019, at the age of 87, she entered fully into the presence of her Lord and Savior. She was married to Donald Conrath on Sept. 16, 1960 and was a devoted and doting wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was preceded in death by parents John and Ruth Rekstad, sister Kathryn (James) Trautmann, brother Howard Rekstad, and sisterin-law Barbara Rasmussen. Survived by loving husband of 58 years Donald; children Scott (Sonja), Michael (Patrice); grandchildren Richard, Forrest, Sharayah, Adelyn (Charles) Kopp and Landon; sister Cecelia (Orville) Mausolf; brother Lloyd (Patricia) Rekstad; sister-in-law Carla Rekstad; brotherin-law Dick Rasmussen and countless other relatives and friends. Arlene was a faithful member and servant at North Haven Church and a longtime resident of White Bear Lake. Memorials preferred to North Haven Church. We celebrate a life well lived. Visitation Wednesday June 5, 2019 4 to 7 p.m. at The Johnson Peterson Funeral Home 2130 2nd St. White Bear Lake. Funeral Thursday June 6, 2019 at 11 a.m., North Haven Church, 2240 15th Ave. E., North St. Paul, visitation 1 hour before the service. Family interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. To see the full obituary or leave a message for the family, please visit johnsonpeterson.com
Beloved Husband of 55 years. Dad, Grandpa and Brother Age 78, died May 24, 2019. Preceded in death by son Danny, Parents and Brother Joe Ray. Loving Husband of Sheree, Dad of Caryn (Shawn) Riehm, Grandpa to Christian and Brandon and Brother to Gary. Funeral service Wednesday May 29, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., Visitation 9 a.m. at The Johnson Peterson Funeral Home 2130 2nd St., White Bear Lake, Family and Friend Gathering to follow service until 12:45 p.m. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Retired from 3M Co. (Tape pilot plant), Member of Hugo American Legion Post 620. To leave a message for the family please go to johnsonpeterson.com.
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George A. O'Connor Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, George A. O'Connor, 86, long time resident of White Bear Lake, passed away May 10, 2019, surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by spouse of 58 years, Ophelia Kertenian O'Connor, daughters, Tania (Anthony) Kleckner and Christina (Curt) Wahl and son, George (Lynn) O'Connor; grandchildren Samuel (Erin) Wahl; Benjamin; Aaron; Rachel; Connor and Finn and great-grandson Eli; sisters Jean (Martin) Brauns and Jane (Roger) Whiting, as well as many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents George W. O'Connor and Edna Erickson O'Connor and brother James O'Connor. George served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955 and was stationed in Okinawa. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and worked as an insurance underwriter for over 30 years. George took great pleasure in sailing on White Bear Lake, spending time at his cabin in the Wisconsin Northwoods as well as visiting with family and friends and telling stories. He loved his family very much and he will be missed immensely.
Kristin Lundell Barth January 11, 1963 - May 20, 2019 Kristin lived a full and loving life. Her childhood farm, a love of animals, and her family gave her meaning and fulfillment. Kristin was a kind and giving person who thought of her family above all else. In the end she was surrounded by close family and peacefully passed away. She was preceded in death by mother Martha Geske (Kimball). She is survived by husband Chad Barth, son Samuel Kjellberg and partner Helen Morley, son Jacob Kjellberg, and daughter Ana Barth. Visitation will be 3 p.m. Thursday, June 6, followed by a 4 p.m. Service at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road.
Carole M. Kohler Age 80 Of White Bear Lake Passed away peacefully on June 1, 2019. Preceded in death by parents; Mabel & Vern Bohrer; sons, Dan & David Kohler; brothers, Bob & Jim Bohrer. Survived by husband, Dennis; children, Steve (Becky) Vilendrer, Doug Vilendrer, Teresa (Scott) Johnson, Sherrie (Rob) Meyer, Sandy (Brandon) Chase, Sue (Dan) Ferderer; 21 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; brother, David Bohrer; sister, Mary Schuh; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Mass of Christian Burial 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 7 with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. at St Mary of Lake Catholic Church, 4690 Bald Eagle Ave., White Bear Lake. Memorials preferred to the American Lung Association or Society of The Blind.
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RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey Th R County C Sh Sheriff's iff' Office reported d the h followf ll ing incidents:
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• Unknown suspects broke a window to a front door in the 3700 block of Centerville Road May 25 and ran away when dogs started barking inside the residence.
• Theft of a catalytic converter from a vehicle parked in the 1400 block of County Road E East at the Vadnais Heights Sports Center was reported May 20. The theft occurred between 5 and 10 p.m. • Theft of a catalytic converter was reported from Holiday Inn Express & Suites in the 1000 block of County Road E East May 21. It occurred overnight. • Theft of an electric bike from a garage in the 900 block of Valley Oaks Road was reported May 22. The bike was recovered May 28 by the Rochester Police Department. • A laptop was reported stolen at a school in the 100 block of Vadnais Boulevard East May 22.
• A passenger window was shattered and items were taken overnight while a vehicle was in the parking lot of Holiday Inn Express & Suites May 25. • Two hotel rooms in the 3500 block of Vadnais Center Driver were booked with a stolen credit card number May 26.
White Bear Township • Deputies responded to a slumper call in the 5700 block of Windmill Drive May 19. An adult male was taken into custody for DWI.
• Deputies responded to the area of 100 Vadnais Boulevard W. May 23 on report of an individual slumped over. The driver was taken into custody for DWI. Blood alcohol concentration was 0.20.
• Burglary was reported in the 4000 block of Preserve Place May 20. The victim’s wallet and vehicle were stolen. Entry was made through an open garage door and unlocked inner garage door. The vehicle was recovered on May 23 by the Savage Police Department.
• A storage unit was broken into in the 3200 block of Highway 61 May 24. It is unknown what was stolen, if anything.
• A pressure washer was reported stolen from a driveway overnight in the 5200 block of Bald Eagle
• A vehicle was stopped in the 4400 block of Timberline Court May 25. A female passenger was arrested and booked for drug possession and introduction of drugs into a correctional facility. • A burglary was reported in the 1000 block of County Road D East May 25. The suspect, possibly an ex-girlfriend, entered an apartment by forcing a window
Boulevard E. May 20. The pressure washer was recovered from a pawn shop on May 21. A KOPS alert was issued on a possible suspect. • Garage door openers were stolen from unlocked vehicle in the 1000 block of Doe Circle May 20. Remotes were found by a neighbor and returned to the owner later that day.
h j d and d • There was a report off a d dog hi hit b by a car, iinjured "flopping" around in the 1900 block of Stillwater Street May 21. Upon further review, the victim was determined to be a duck, not a dog. The duck died prior to deputies’ arrival. • Burglary was reported in the 1500 block of Whitaker Street May 23. Items were taken from a wood shop within the last month. The garage door was open, and the wood shop door was unlocked. • A juvenile male was arrested in the 2500 block of County Road E for assault on a teacher May 23. The case was referred to the county attorney for consideration of charges. • A counterfeit $100 bill was recovered in the 1000 block of Meadowlands Drive May 23 after attempted use. • A man was arrested for gross misdemeanor domestic assault in the area of Otter Lake Road and County Road H2 East May 24. • A school resource officer took a report in the 2500 block of County Road F after a student broke a window at Bellaire Education Center May 24. • A resident in the 1500 block of Highway 96 E. reported May 25 that their child had been bitten by a neighbor’s dog. The incident is under investigation by an animal control officer. • Theft of a motor vehicle was reported in the 1000 block of Meadowlands Drive May 25. The owner of the 2006 gold Chrysler minivan left the keys in the center console while they briefly ran into the grocery store. • Theft of a kayak was reported in the 5600 block of Bald Eagle Boulevard W. May 25. The loss was valued at $3,500. The kayak was recovered May 26.
WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Washington County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents:
Birchwood • A burglary was reported in the 100 block of Wildwood Avenue May 25. The resident said he interrupted the burglary and last saw the suspect running from the rear patio door. He thought it might be someone he has not seen or spoken to in years.
Grant • A resident in the 10000 block of Inwood Avenue reported a scam call about having his Xcel Energy power turned off due to nonpayment. He called Xcel to confirm it was a scam. • A driver was cited for making a right turn on red without stopping first near Highway 36 and Manning Avenue May 25. The driver said she just had too many things on her mind. • An injured deer with three broken legs was put down by a deputy with one round of buckshot in the 10000 block of Jamaca Avenue May 25. Pub-
lic works was advised to come pick up the deer. • A motorcycle driver who was not wearing a helmet slid in a roundabout and fell onto the concrete near Manning Avenue and Dellwood Road May 26. She was hit her head and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. • A driver hit a deer in the 9000 block of Manning Avenue May 26. The deer died. The vehicle was driven home. • A driver was cited for turning right at a red arrow near 50th Street and Lake Elmo Avenue May 27. The driver said she had been waiting for a long time, so she turned even though the light didn't change. • A two-vehicle accident occurred at Highway 36 and Lake Elmo Avenue May 27. One driver received minor injuries. Both vehicles were towed. • A tree was blocking the eastbound lanes of Highway 96 May 27. Passersby helped remove the tree from the road. • A large tree was downed on Jody Avenue May 27. Public works came by to take care of it.
Mahtomedi • A tree fell on power lines near Mahtomedi Avenue and Maple Street May 22. Public works was notified. • A damaged and vandalized vehicle was reported in the 10 block of Long Lake Road May 22. There were four flat tires, a broken rear window and open containers of motor oil thrown into the vehicle. • A deputy was notified of an injured squirrel in the 100 block of Loretta Lane May 24 but was diverted to a call regarding a dog bite. • A dog bite was reported at a business in the 900 block of Wildwood Road May 24. The dog owner will be providing veterinary paperwork. • An injured fox behind the Mahtomedi District Center was reported May 24. The deputy found the fox, and noted that it had a slight limp. The fox was carrying a dead squirrel. The deputy spoke with residents in the neighborhood who said that the fox is used to humans and has several babies in the wooded area. They said her limp ap-
pears to be getting better. The deputy left the fox alone and it ran into the wooded area across the street. • A resident in the 900 block of Ledgestone Drive reported a scam call about having her Xcel Energy power turned off due to nonpayment. • A caller said he thinks a deputy forgot to give him his license back. The deputy's shift was already over, but the deputy said he did forget and said he would bring it to the caller or mail it. • A driver was cited for running a red light near Century Avenue and Long Lake Road May 24. • Ding-dong ditchers in the 40 block of Birchwood Road were reported May 25. The resident reported someone rang her doorbell several times and then ran away. The neighbor next door has had the same issue. • A resident thought they heard shots fired near Katherine Abbot Park May 26 but a deputy didn't find any evidence of shooting.
WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS The White Bear Lake Police Department reported the following incidents: • Catalytic converters from three trucks were stolen from a business overnight in the 3500 block of Bellaire Avenue May 23. • A 28-year-old White Bear Township resident was arrested on a warrant near Grace Street and Highway 96 May 24. • Report of a possible fight or argument was reported in the 4600 block of White Bear Parkway May 24. A 31-year-old White Bear Lake resident was arrested on a misdemeanor code violation warrant.
providing a false name to police officers. • A person was arrested on a warrant in the 1900 block of Buerkle Road May 25. •A 28-year-old was arrested for third-degree DWI test refusal and fifth-degree controlled substance and on a warrant in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue May 25. • A 26-year-old was arrested for fourth-degree DWI near Fourth Street and Wood Avenue May 25. Blood alcohol level was 0.11.
• An officer freed a rabbit stuck in a fence in the 2200 block of Floral Drive May 24.
• When officers were dispatched to a person in crisis call for service in the 4700 block of Highway 61 May 25, it was determined that he had an active misdemeanor warrant. He was arrested.
• A housekeeper's wallet was reported stolen from her cart in the 4900 block of Highway 61 May 24.
• Theft of a wallet from a locker was reported in the 1900 block of Buerkle Road May 27.
• Theft of pills was reported in the 4800 block of Highway 61 May 24. The pills fell four short of the amount prescribed.
• A 30-year-old White Bear Lake resident was arrested for fourth-degree DWI in the 3600 block of Hoffman Road May 28.
• A car tire was reported slashed in the 4700 block of Third Street May 24.
• Theft of items from a vehicle was reported in the 1700 block of Commerce Court May 28. The estimated loss is $900.
• Officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of Century Avenue on a harassment report and arrested a 31-yearold Minneapolis resident on several warrants and for
• A Little Canada resident was cited for shoplifting in
the 4500 block of Centerville Road May 28. The person was also trespassed from the business for one year. • A report of two people sleeping in a vehicle in the 4400 block of Highway 61 was made May 28. Upon investigation, a 36-year-old White Bear Lake man was found to be impaired. He was arrested for DWI. • A White Bear Lake resident was arrested for domestic assault in the 4600 block of White Bear Parkway May 28. • Theft of about $160 worth of steaks was reported in the 4600 block of Centerville Road May 29. • Theft of a bicycle worth about $700 was reported in the 2100 block of Second Street May 29. • Officers responded to the 2000 block of Fifth Street May 29 on a report of a dog locked in a vehicle. Police gained entry to the car and took the dog in for safekeeping until the owner could be located. He was cited for the violation. • A 24-year-old Vadnais Heights resident was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant near Highway 61 and County Road E May 29. • A person was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant in the 4000 block of Highway 61 May 29.
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Evidence stacks up: 20 years in prison for robberies BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR
WHITE BEAR LAKE — One of two robbers of an auto parts store was sentenced to 20 years in prison on six counts of interfering with commerce by robbery in federal court May 29. Tony Lendell Reed, 33, of Tennessee, was also ordered to pay about $11,500 in restitution for six robberies of auto parts stores across the Twin Cities, according to court documents. The last of Reed’s Minnesota robbery spree took place in White Bear Lake in November 2017 after he spent several months targeting auto parts stores in the metro area. His accomplice that day, Tyrell Dandre Campbell, 24, of Minneapolis, pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with commerce by robbery and will be sentenced June 11. Two other men have pleaded guilty to involvement in the other robberies. A jury found Reed guilty in February. He fled the Twin Cities in 2017 and allegedly robbed five businesses in Chicago and Mississippi before he was caught in Tennessee. Reed used the act of armed robbery “like a personal ATM” and gave a “profanity-laced outburst” and “ludicrous version of events” at his trial, according to U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald, who recommended a sentence near the top of the guidelines for the crime.
Multiple types of evidence trace robbers Campbell and Reed entered O'Reilly Auto Parts on County Road E in White Bear Lake just before closing time Nov. 29, 2017, according to court documents. One had a handgun and the other said he did. They made the three employees lie face down; the hands of two employees were zip tied behind their backs. The third employee was told to empty the safe while a gun was held to the employee's back. They then secured the third employee with zip ties and fled with about $3,000. One of the employees escaped the zip ties and fired at them with a gun as they ran away. He was lawfully in possession of a small-caliber handgun. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) DNA-tested zip ties used in some of the other robberies. The results were linked to Reed, according to court documents. The Minnesota FBI obtained call records from Reed’s cell phone via court order. Federal investigators built their case around the cell phone data, which showed the phone had been in close proximity to each of the robberies. White Bear Lake Police Detective Ryan George said at a community meeting earlier this spring that the police department put out a post for community information on the case and witnesses came forward. On Nov. 29, one of the defendants asked residents in White Bear Lake to use their cell phone because he was running from gunshots. He had emerged from the woods sweaty and covered with leaves, the witnesses reported. They allowed him to use their cell phone. Cell phone data showed he called the same number that had just called his phone minutes earlier.
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A slideshow presentation by White Bear Lake Police Detective Ryan George shows the apparent bullet hole in a jacket left near the scene of a robbery. The jacket was tied to a 2017 robbery of O’Reilly Auto Parts on County Road E, where an employee fired at two fleeing suspects. The suspect, Tyrell Dandre Campbell, pleaded guilty to robbery and will be sentenced June 11. The other robber, Tony Lendell Reed, was sentenced to 20 years in prison May 29.
George reviewed surveillance video from a nearby apartment building that showed a man speaking to the two people. A person in the video looked similar to Campbell. An officer found $100 along the path between the store and where he emerged from the woods. The bill was folded and clipped like those kept at the store. George collected evidence from the scene, including the zip ties. They were sent to the BCA for testing. A small piece of blue latex glove was found in the zip tie. The DNA profiled matched Campbell's. Campbell went to the Hennepin County Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound Dec. 2, according to court documents. He told the nurse he got high on narcotics the night before. He said he was at a party where he heard a gunshot and woke up with back pain. He refused to provide additional information to police about the gunshot wound. The White Bear Lake Police Department found four shell casings in the area where the employee said he shot at the suspects, George said. The employee said he thought he hit one of the suspects. In 2018, a resident in the area found a black winter coat in his backyard
under a brush pile. There was a small hole in the bottom of the coat. The maximum sentence for the single charge of interfering with commerce by robbery is 20 years in prison.
Employee did not act in self-defense The employee who fired at Campbell was not technically acting in self-defense, George said. But he was not charged with any crime because no victim presented themselves, he noted. “If someone is an immediate threat, that would constitute self-dense,” he explained. “It was not self-defense because (Campbell) was leaving.” Although you don't need a permit to carry to possess a weapon in your business or home, the police department recommends letting robbers leave and to call the police. Their follow-up work can catch robbers. “Our biggest goal is we don't want anybody hurt,” said Sgt. John Vette. “It's not worth a few thousand dollars to put yourself at harm if they retaliate,” George added. They recommend businesses use surveillance video to catch criminals.
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A Pure Miracle
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ORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 – Due to a last-minute alteration in the arrangements, I didn’t arrive on the beachhead until the morning after D-day, after our first wave of assault troops had hit the shore. By the time we got here the beaches had been taken and the fighting had moved a couple of miles inland. All that remained on the beach was some sniping and artillery fire, and the occasional startling blast of a mine geysering brown sand into the air. That plus a gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of shoreline. Submerged tanks and overturned boats and burned trucks and shell-shattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over these bitter sands. That plus the bodies of soldiers lying in rows covered with blankets, the toes of their shoes sticking up in a line as though on drill. And other bodies, uncollected, still sprawling grotesquely in the sand or half hidden by the high grass beyond the beach. That plus an intense, grim determination of work-weary men to get this chaotic beach organized and get all the vital supplies and the reinforcements moving more rapidly over it from the stacked-up ships standing in droves out to sea. Now that it is over it seems to me a pure miracle that we ever took the beach at all. For some of our units it was easy, but in this special sector where I am now our troops faced such odds that our getting ashore was like my whipping Joe Louis down to a pulp. In this column I want to tell you what the opening of the second front in this one sector entailed, so that you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you. Ashore, facing us, were more enemy troops than we had in our assault waves. The advantages were all theirs, the disadvantages all ours. The Germans were dug into positions that they had been working on for months, although these were not yet all complete. A one-hundred-foot bluff a couple of hundred yards back from the beach had great concrete gun emplacements built right into the hilltop. These opened to the sides instead of to the front, thus making it very hard for naval fire from the sea to reach them. They could shoot parallel with the beach and cover every foot of it for miles with artillery fire. Then they had hidden machine-gun nests on the forward slopes, with crossfire taking in every inch of the beach. These nests were connected by networks of trenches, so that the German gunners could move about without exposing themselves. Throughout the length of the beach, running zigzag a couple of hundred yards back from the shoreline, was an immense V-shaped ditch fifteen feet deep. Nothing could cross it, not even men on foot, until fills had been made. And in other places at the far end of the beach, where the ground is flatter, they had great concrete walls. These were blasted by our naval gunfire or by explosives set by hand after we got ashore. Our only exits from the beach were several swales or valleys, each about one hundred yards wide. The Germans made the most of these funnel-like traps, sowing them with buried mines. They contained, also, barbed-wire entanglements with mines attached, hidden ditches, and machine guns firing from the slopes. This is what was on the shore. But our men had to go through a maze nearly as deadly as this before they even got ashore. Underwater obstacles were terrific. The Germans had whole fields of evil devices under the water to catch our boats. Even now, several days after the landing, we have cleared only channels through them and
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Ernest (Ernie) Pyle was a Pulitzer-Prize winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about American soldiers during World War II. These photos were taken in 1944.
IF YOU GO: A D-Day commemoration will be presented by historian Dan Hartman from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at the Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Cost is $10.
cannot yet approach the whole length of the beach with our ships. Even now some ship or boat hits one of these mines every day and is knocked out of commission. The Germans had masses of those great six-pronged spiders, made of railroad iron and standing shoulder-high, just beneath the surface of the water for our landing craft to run into. They also had huge logs buried in the sand, pointing upward and outward, their tops just below the water. Attached to these logs were mines. In addition to these obstacles they had floating mines offshore, land mines buried in the sand of the beach, and more mines in checkerboard rows in the tall grass beyond the sand. And the enemy had four men on shore for every three men we had approaching the shore. And yet we got on. Beach landings are planned to a schedule that is set far ahead of time. They all have to be timed, in order for everything to mesh and for the following waves of troops to be standing off the beach and ready to land at the right moment. As the landings are planned, some elements of the assault force are to break through quickly, push on inland, and attack the most obvious enemy strong points. It is usually the plan for units to be inland, attacking gun positions from behind, within a matter of minutes after the first men hit the beach. I have always been amazed at the speed called for in these plans. You’ll have schedules calling for engineers to land at H-hour plus two minutes, and service troops at H-hour plus thirty minutes, and even for press censors to land at H-hour plus seventy-five minutes. But in the attack on this special portion of the beach where I am – the worst we had, incidentally – the schedule didn’t hold. Our men simply could not get past the beach. They were pinned down right on the water’s edge by an inhuman wall of fire from the bluff. Our first waves were on that beach for hours, instead of a few minutes, before they could begin working inland. You can still see the foxholes they
dug at the very edge of the water, in the sand and the small, jumbled rocks that form parts of the beach. Medical corpsmen attended the wounded as best they could. Men were killed as they stepped out of landing craft. An officer whom I knew got a bullet through the head just as the door of his landing craft was let down. Some men were drowned. The first crack in the beach defenses was finally accomplished by terrific and wonderful naval gunfire, which knocked out the big emplacements. They tell epic stories of destroyers that ran right up into shallow water and had it out point-blank with the big guns in those concrete emplacements ashore. When the heavy fire stopped, our men were organized by their officers and pushed on inland, circling machine-gun nests and taking them from the rear. As one officer said, the only way to take a beach is to face it and keep going. It is costly at first, but it’s the only way. If the men are pinned down on the beach, dug in and out of action, they might as well not be there at all. They hold up the waves behind them, and nothing is being gained. Our men were pinned down for a while, but finally they stood up and went through, and so we took that
beach and accomplished our landing. We did it with every advantage on the enemy’s side and every disadvantage on ours. In the light of a couple of days of retrospection, we sit and talk and call it a miracle that our men ever got on at all or were able to stay on. Before long it will be permitted to name the units that did it. Then you will know to whom this glory should go. They suffered casualties. And yet if you take the entire beachhead assault, including other units that had a much easier time, our total casualties in driving this wedge into the continent of Europe were remarkably low – only a fraction, in fact, of what our commanders had been prepared to accept. And these units that were so battered and went through such hell are still, right at this moment, pushing on inland without rest, their spirits high, their egotism in victory almost reaching the smart-alecky stage. Their tails are up. "We’ve done it again," they say. They figure that the rest of the army isn’t needed at all. Which proves that, while their judgment in this regard is bad, they certainly have the spirit that wins battles and eventually wars. Permission to distribute and re-publish Ernie Pyle’s columns was given by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
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tours in the community, said teacher Erin Schnyders. They held a Reverse Job Fair where students had their own booth and showcased their career skills to community members. “It was a great networking event,” Schnyders noted. Dressed in professional attire, students also participated in mock interviews at businesses. Student Matt Bjork, who will graduate this June, had the opportunity to job shadow a radio announcer at KFAN. “The teachers, job coaches and staff there have been very supportive,” said his mom, Lynn Bjork. “They go above and beyond to help the kids dream big and reach their goals.” Another focus of the program is developing independent living skills. In addition to future school and work goals, students learn about fi nancial literacy, cooking, cleaning, healthy habits and social skills. Students also learned about their own disabilities and gave presentations to fellow classmates, Schnyders said. Students led weekly community meetings and learned how to lead their own IEP meetings. The leadership development gives students confidence in what they have to offer. Schnyders cited a student who led her own end-of-the-year meeting complete with a PowerPoint presentation that described what she is good at, what she wants to do in the future and what help she needs with accomplishing her goals. “We need to listen to the voice of our students,” Tester said. “I don't care what their disability is. They have a voice.” Students have individual goals and unique schedules but work together to reach them, she noted. “We work on an individual basis, everybody has their own individual need, but we don't separate out,” she noted. “That is very unique and something to be very proud of.”
Off to college after Passages, apple farm experiences Student Blake Roettger walked with his twin sister in their 2017 high school graduation but now he will have a unique graduation of his own. After two years in the program, he is heading to college this fall, said his mom Lori Roettger. “Blake has made great strides towards independent living skills and employment at Passages,” she noted. “His confidence in the workplace has soared with two successful temporary jobs at Goodwill and Pine Tree Apple Orchard. In fact, he excelled so much at Pine Tree that he was hired back for the second season on his own, without the help of the job coach from Passages.” Blake sorted apples, stocked shelves and drove people to the pumpkin patch. Roettger said she was grateful to the Jacobson family for hiring him. “I'm not sure if I would have envisioned him to go out and handle a job like that,” she said. “They just wrapped their arms around Blake and took him under their wing.” After two years at Passages, he is ready to attend the University of Iowa's REACH program. “Blake is a sharp kid; he is ready to move on,” Roettger said. “He will live on campus in a dorm and be totally integrated into Big 10 experience.” He will continue with instruction to prepare him for fi nding work after college. She credits the Passages program for preparing him for this. “With these experiences and many more, the staff at Passages has done an outstanding job in building his confidence, continuing his education and preparing him for the next step,” Roettger noted. “We will be forever grateful to Passages and the community that gave our son a hand up after high school.”
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Community member Bill Flanary asks questions about Brad Bohnen’s job board during a Reverse Job Fair hosted by the Mahtomedi Public Schools Passages Transition Program this school year. Students showcased their workplace readiness and employability skills.
100% 7-year graduation rate The Passages program helps the district achieve a high seven-year graduation rate: nearly 100% (99.6%), according to district Communications Specialist Alice Seuffert. Watertown-Mayer, Orono, Wayzata and Minnetonka were named the top 2018 graduating districts with about a 97 percent four-year graduation rate but their seven-year graduation rates are between 96 and 98 percent, several percentage points lower than Mahtomedi's, according to Minnesota Department of Education 2018 Graduation Indicators and 2018 District Report Cards. Mahtomedi's 2018 four-year graduation rate was 93 percent. “We recognize that not all students graduate in the same way and in the same time frame, so it
is important for us to focus beyond the four-year graduation rate data,” Seuffert noted. “Our four-, five-, six- and seven-year graduation rate shows that Passages makes a significant impact on our students and helps them achieve graduation.” The Passages program is located in the Mahtomedi mall on Century Avenue; it is purposely located away from the high school so it feels like a next step for students, Seuffert explained. The program is looking for more businesses to partner in hiring, volunteering, skills training, interviews and student job fairs. For more information, contact Jenna Vennis, work coordinator at jenna. veenis@isd832.net or 651-773-4861.
Restaurant transformation requires amped-up electricity BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Downtown is losing a parking spot but gaining upgraded electrical service. A new restaurant on Washington Square needs a different type of voltage to operate its equipment, so a new transformer will be installed in the city-owned parking lot on Banning Avenue. A parking stall next to the enclosed dumpster was decidedly the best place for the 8-by-6-foot electrical box, which City Council approved May 28. Brick House Food and Drink is preparing to open this fall at 4746 Washington Ave. Rust Architects is doing work on the building's restoration and informed city staff it needed threephase electrical service. No transformers in the area have that capability. It is anticipated that other downtown business owners will need to upgrade their electrical capacity as building uses on that block change over time, noted City Engineer Paul Kauppi. Brick House will pay for the new transformer. Kauppi anticipates gaining at least one parking space next year after the lot is reconstructed, making up for the lost spot. The restaurant, billed as an upscale steak-
house, will seat 114 patrons on two floors and another 46 on an outside roof deck. The building was formerly Olive's Pizza Bar, which closed in 2017. The daughter of owner Tim Lawin will manage the eatery. Lawin also owns the Dellwood Country Club. In other business at the May 28 meeting, the council: • Approved the sale of general obligation bonds for 2019 street improvement projects. A total of $2.1 million was authorized for the annual street reconstruction and mill and overlay projects. • Accepted a donation from the White Bear Lake Lions Club in the amount of $9,200. The money will be used for improvements of the Lions Pavilion at Lakewood Hills Park. “Once again, the Lions show their generosity to the community. We appreciate that,” said Mayor Jo Emerson. • Approved amended language to the County Road E revolving loan and grant program, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. The program is modeled after the downtown program to encourage small- and medium-sized businesses to locate along the corridor. Business owners are also eligible for $3,000 grants, noted City Planner Anne Kane, to be used for exterior improvements. Inconsistent language
was brought to the city's attention by a potential purchaser of property on one of the four corners of E and Bellaire Avenue. • Heard a presentation from high school environmental club adviser Amy Donlin. The students made a three-minute video called “A Change of Heart” that was entered in a Climate Smart Municipalities competition. Sixteen other Minnesota schools as well as some from Germany entered the contest, which emphasizes energy efficiency and sustainability. The video is also entered in a contest sponsored by the St. Paul Saints called “Your Big Idea.” The winner receives $5,000 and throws out the fi rst pitch at the June 8 Saints game. • Heard from City Manager Ellen Hiniker that an application for a downtown concert will be forthcoming from the owners of Kellerman Event Center. The Aug. 3 concert will feature The Cadillac Three and Devon Worley Band in the parking lot behind Big Wood Brewery. Hours have not been set, but event organizers prefer 3 to 11 p.m.; Hiniker said the city prefers 3 to 10 p.m. The concert would require closure of Fourth and Third Streets and Cook and Banning. Food trucks would be located on Third Street. “Staff is supportive,” Hiniker said. Security and logistics have to be worked out.
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The Honorable Dr. Mark T. Esper, left, congratulates Eric Ahlness on appointment as a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army for the state of Minnesota.
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White Bear Lake resident Eric Ahlness was appointed as a new civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army. Secretary Dr. Mark Esper selected Ahlness to represent Minnesota. He is one of four new aides named April 23 during a ceremony at the Pentagon. Ahlness is a retired colonel in the Minnesota Army National Guard; he served for 28 years as an infantry and intelligence officer. He will serve a two-year term without compensation promoting good relations between the Army and the public and advising the secretary about regional issues. Ahlness continues to serve veterans as vice president for operations for corporate affairs and as an advisor to the Veteran Military Support Network. Submitted ELLEN MAAS | SUBMITTED
Loon Chronicles IV: Off to a great start What a week! Last Saturday, our newest Loon Whisperer, Anne Sundal, advised that a pair of Loons appeared to be building a nest near her home. She took me out in her canoe and we both watched the Loon pair piling sticks, bits of bulrushes, and mud on a nest in the making. Much like last year, it was a hastily put together pile of nesting materials in very high water with no adjoining habitat. As predicted, after the Memorial Day monsoon, the nest was history. So, the next day, we borrowed my mom’s pontoon, our neighbor Darren DeYoung and his very strong boys, Colin and Clayton, and Anne and headed to the War Zone to move our manmade nest near the Loon’s most recent failed nest. Earlier that morning, Len and I chased the turtles off our nest, cleaned off all of the goose production, and added more nesting material. Everyone on the boat helped haul in the nest and buoy and drop it in, anchors and all, at the new location. Anne even added more nesting material. We received a lot of high fives from the kayakers. Anne reported that the Loon pair checked out the new nest, but did not stay long. On Thursday, we spotted the Loons checking out an old Goose nest. By Friday, the Loons had claimed the nest as their own and started adding to it. This morning, we saw the male take his turn on the nest. After the female slid off the nest, the male carefully climbed on board and immediately started turning two big eggs. The female stuck around a bit and added a few more sticks to the side of the nest, before she took off for a much needed break. The Loons are right on schedule and if all goes well, we can expect a hatch by the end of June. Hang on for the ride!
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Getting aggressive with starry stonewort As the 2019 fishing and boating season gets underway, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is continuing and expanding a multi-faceted approach to combating the spread of starry stonewort, an aquatic invasive species. The agency is issuing permits for pilot projects, working with local governments and lake associations, and partnering with researchers to limit starry stonewort in Minnesota after it was first confirmed in 2015 in Lake Koronis in Stearns County. Starry stonewort is an algae that looks similar to other native plants and can form dense mats, which can interfere with use of a lake and compete with native plants. It is most likely spread when fragments have not been properly cleaned from trailered boats, personal watercraft, docks, boat lifts, anchors or other water-related equipment. The invasive plant is not in White Bear Lake, nor does Wendy Crowell, DNR aquatic invasive species management consultant, believe it’s inevitable that starry stonewort will reach the lake. “There are no lakes in Washington or Ramsey county that are known to have this plant,” she said. “Currently, the species is only known to occur in 13 waterbodies in Minnesota. The treatments of small starry stonewort infestations, particularly near water accesses, help to prevent the spread of the species. In addition, all of the efforts that people make to clean their equipment, in order
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Starry stonewort growing underwater. A close-up shows the white star–shaped bulbil the plant uses to reproduce.
to prevent the spread of plants and animals from one waterbody to another, play a very important role in preventing the spread of starry stonewort to new lakes.”
annual basis if suppression is the goal. • Repeat copper treatments can reduce abundance and slow spread in a given season. Most native plant communities have seen minimal impacts from copper treatments, though a native type of algae that looks similar to starry stonewort, Chara, has been damaged by treatments.
Monitoring and research efforts have led to important new information: • Starry stonewort may double or triple in size within two to three years in a lake, once it becomes well established. • Hand removal by divers in small, localized areas appears to be effective, if done carefully. Repeated hand-pulling efforts or follow-up copper treatments may be necessary. Similar to other invasive plants in Minnesota, starry stonewort requires management on an
The DNR reminds boaters and anglers to follow Minnesota laws to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species: • Clean aquatic plants and animals from watercraft. • Drain all water by removing drain plugs and keep drain plugs out while transporting watercraft.
• Dispose of unwanted bait in the trash. Some invasive species are small and difficult to see at the access. To remove or kill them, take one or more of the following precautions before moving to another waterbody, especially after leaving infested waters: • Spray with high-pressure water. • Rinse with very hot water (120 degrees for at least two minutes or 140 degrees for at least 10 seconds). • Dry for at least five days. Details about starry stonewort and other aquatic invasive species are available at mndnr.gov/ais. Debra Neutkens
White Bear Lake Area Church Directory Find the church that fits your needs. CHURCH OF ST. PIUS X
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3878 Highland Avenue White Bear Lake • 651-429-5337 www.churchofstpiusx.org Masses: Mon.-Fri. 8 am • Wed. 6:30 pm First Sat. 8 am, Sat. 4 pm Sun. 8:45am & 10:30am, 7:30pm • Reconciliation: Sat. 6pm
Traditional Worship Join us at Redeemer!
Traditional Worship at 9 am Contemporary at 9 & 10:30 am
First Christian Church of St. Paul (disciples of Christ) Mahtomedi, Minnesota
September - May WEDNESDAY EVENINGS Meal 5-6 pm Programming 6-7 pm Menu online-All ages welcome
SUNDAY WORSHIP Traditional - 8:30 am Education/Coffee - 9:30 am Contemporary - 10:30 am
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AT REDEEMER Worship- 9:30 am Coffee-10:30 am
Worship on the Farm Bruentrup Family Farm 2170 E. County Road D Maplewood, MN Meal 5:30 pm Worship 6:30 pm
3770 Bellaire Avenue, White Bear Lake 651-429-5411 rlcwbl.org
650 Wildwood Road Mahtomedi, MN 55115 www.fccstpaul.com 651-779-3330
NURSERY AT ALL SERVICES ST. ANDREW’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 900 STILLWATER ROAD, MAHTOMEDI WWW.SAINTANDREWS.ORG 651-426-3261
Pastor Bob Gehrke Pastor Dan Bodin
SUMMER WORSHIP TIME 10-11am May 26-Sept. 8 Nursery available infants-3 years
Community bread oven | Nourishing the hungers of life 1851 Birch Street, White Bear Lake | 651-429-9026 | wblumc.org
Sunday School and Fellowship at 9:00 am Family Worship Service at 10:30 am Lts. Michael & Erin Metzler, Pastors 2080 Woodlynn Ave. , Maplewood • 651-779-9177
Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 8:45 & 10:15 a.m. Great Hall St. Andrew’s Lutheran Chruch
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South Shore Trinity Lutheran Church
Worship time: Sundays 10am
10:00 am Coffee Fellowship Older children participate in Children’s Church during worship You Find us on Facebook 5th and Bloom Ave, White Bear • 651-429-3381 • www.fpcwbl.org
Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Sanctuary
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Masses: Saturday – 5:00 PM Sunday – 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM 651-429-7771 www.stmarys-wbl.org Church 4741 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake Parish Life Center/School 4690 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
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Rev. Sara Goodman
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Worship Saturday 5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christian Education Hour 9:30 – for all ages – Dial-A-Devotion 651-429-0078 www.sstwbl.org
OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL
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Monday & Wed-Fri: Mass at 9 a.m. Tuesday: Mass at 6 p.m. a.m. Saturday: Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday: Mass at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. 700 Mahtomedi Ave., Mahtomedi 651-426-3245
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NEW SCIENCE IN TURF AND IRRIGATION When: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 Where: Vadnais Heights City Hall, 800 County Rd. E East Details: Workshop will include new insights in alternative turf varieties, irrigation best practices, working with soggy yards, mowing practices and more led by the U of M Center for Turfgrass Science. Examples and case studies included. Free. Contact: vlawmo.org
11TH ANNUAL WINEMAKERS FORUM When: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 6 Where: 7 Vines Vineyard, 101 Highway 96 E., Dellwood Details: Fundraiser for Lakeview Health Foundation’s Prescription Assistance Program includes wines from Benguela Cove in South Africa , paired with small plates from Lake Elmo Inn. Live music and a live auction are also part of the event. Tickets $150/person. Contact: lakeviewhealth. org
LUNCH AND LEARN: FOOD SUPPORT AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, June 6 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: Learn about the Fare for All Grocery discount program, area food shelves and what they now offer and who is eligible, monthly federal Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors and how to stretch your nutrition dollars. Contact: 651-724-6007 or rclreads.com
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8 Where: Lodge at White Bear, 3666 E. County Line Rd. N. Details: Critical shortage of type O blood. Preregister online or by phone. Contact: 1-800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org
ALAN JOHNSON, COMEDY JUGGLER EXTRAORDINAIRE! When: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8 Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Fast-paced variety show combining magic, balloons, comedy, one-ofa-kind juggling tricks for all ages. No registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042 or washcolib.org
District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Details: Guided story stroll based on the book “One Dog Canoe” by Mary Casanova. No registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042 or washcolib.org
MARKETFEST When: 6-9 p.m. Thursdays June 13 through July 25 Where: Downtown White Bear Lake Details: Free family festival includes more than 150 retail and food vendors, live music, children’s activities, farmers market, classic car show. Contact: marketfest.org
MANITOU DAYS GRANDE PARADE AND BEACH DANCE
When: Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14. Dance 8-11 p.m., Memorial Beach. Details: Parade route MCKENNA KIPP OPEN begins downtown and TO BENEFIT JDRF When: 9 a.m. Sunday, June travels along Lake Ave. Rain or shine. Beach 9 dance to follow at West Where: Oak Glen Golf Park/Memorial Beach Course, Stillwater with live music. Details: Support local Contact: manitoudays.com youth with diabetes through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. PUTTER AROUND DOWNTOWN WHITE $110 includes golf, cart, BEAR LAKE and box lunch. When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact: 651-592-9288 or Saturday, June 15 okipp@wgcmn.com Where: Downtown White Bear Lake BUILD A BURGER FOR Details: Free mini golf TROOPS course at participating When: 5-8 p.m. Monday, businesses in downtown June 10 White Bear Lake. Start Where: White Bear Lake at any participating VFW 1782, 4496 Lake Ave. business and return S. scorecard and Details: Fundraiser registration slips for for Suburban Ramsey every $5 spent to Create County Beyond the Yellow Space to be entered into Ribbon. $6 burgers. Open a drawing for prizes. to the public. See list of participating businesses online. Contact: 651-426-4944 Contact: 651-321-3491 or yourcreatespace.com/ STORY STROLL: putter-around-downtown ONE DOG CANOE When: 10-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 12 Where: Mahtomedi
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WELLS FARGO STAGE COACH When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Experience history and get a photo with the Wells Fargo Stagecoach wagon, all the way from San Francisco. Free. Contact: 612-3274849 or childrens performingartsmn.org
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Movie in the Park When: 8:30 p.m. (Dusk) Saturday, June 8 Where: Polar Lakes Park, 1280 Hammond Rd., White Bear Township Details: Free, family friendly
Contact: 651-204-6000 or cityvadnaisheights.com
BIRCHWOOD CITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE When: All day Saturday, June 22 Where: Throughout Birchwood
When: 10:45 a.m. Monday, June 24 Where: White Bear Yacht Club Details: Fundraiser to benefit the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation. Contact: vhedc.com
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WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION When: 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, 20TH ANNUAL GOLF June 19 TOURNAMENT Where: Berwood Park, 780 Berwood Ave., Vadnais Heights Details: Free ice cream, games and face painting, ‘Hot Dog with a Deputy’ and live music.
outdoor event with showing on the movie, “Jumanji.” Concessions available. See facebook page for updates and weather cancellations. Contact: ci.white-bear-township. mn.us
cart, prizes, and dinner. $160/person. Contact: 651-407-7696 or wblaef.org
WHITE BEAR LAKE-ALL AMERICA CITY
When: 6-7 p.m. Monday, June 24 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. MAHTOMEDI GARDEN TOUR Details: Look Magazine named White Bear Lake When: Noon-4 p.m. an “All-America” City Sunday, June 23 for 1964 and a year of Where: Gardens celebrations began. Learn throughout Mahtomedi about what was being Details: Self-guided tour of celebrated, what has six unique gardens. $12 in changed and what has advance; $15 day of tour at remained the same. Triangle Park. Contact: 651-407-5327 or Contact: whitebearhistory.org mahtomedigardenclub. org
KEITH WARNER MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
When: June 24 Where: Indian Hills Golf and Country Club, Details: Scramble style format and shotgun start; lunch, drink tickets, gift,
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‘10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL’ When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6; 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 7; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Novice and published playwrights worldwide submit new works; 10 are chosen to be performed by actors from across the Twin Cities. Contact: 651-429-5674 or lakeshoreplayers.org
‘MS. MARVEL’S SANDBOX CIRCUS!’ When: 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8
Where: Big Pink, 1900 N. 2nd St., Stillwater Details: Puppet show presented by Open Eye Figure Theatre. Witness Acrobatic Ants, the Daredevil Squirrel, the Caterpillar Catapult and the Earthworm Orchestra. Contact: 651-439-3362 or mactfactor@icloud.com
‘MUSIC MAN JR.’ When: 2 & 7 p.m. Sunday, June 16; 7 p.m. Monday, June 17, Tuesday, June 18, Wednesday, June 19 and Friday, June 21; 2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, June 22; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23 Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Performance of the Meredith Wilson classic musical comedy. Contact: 651-3368613 or childrens performingartsmn.org
Arts CRAIG BLACKLOCK EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION When: 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 Where: White Bear Center for the Arts, 4971 Long Ave. Details: Take a visual journey down the St. Croix & Namekagon Rivers through Craig Blacklock’s videos accompanied by Peter Mayer’s live, original
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WHITE BEAR LAKE CLASS OF 1999 When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, June 22 Where: The Armory, 2228 4th St., White Bear Lake Details: 1990’s DJ, trivia, TV Shows. Prom-themed photos, bean bags, BBQ and more. $35/person or $60/two includes appetizers and soft drinks. Cash bar. Contact: wbl1999. ticketspice.com/20-yearreunion
NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY GUIDED MORNING BIRD HIKE When: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, June 8 Where: Lake Elmo Park Reserve, 1515 Keats Ave. Details: Learn to identify birds that call the area home and contribute to citizen science data collection by completing bird count surveys with a guide. Free with parks permit. Open to all ages; minor must be with an adult. Contact: 651-430-8200 or co.washington.mn.us/ parks
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Commons, next to Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St. N. Details: Open-air concert series, with the Backyard Band kickingoff the 2019 season. Bring blankets, chairs, food, and leashes dogs. Concessions. See website for lineup. Contact: 651-490-4700 or shoreviewmn.gov
ADULT CANOE PADDLE When: 1-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13 Where: Warner Nature Center, 15375 Norrell Ave. N., Marine on St. Croix Details: Paddle the calm waters of Terrapin Lake and see eagles and beavers. $10/WNC members; $12/nonmembers. Registration required by June 6. Contact: warnernaturecenter.org
ONE SQUARE FOOT FUNDRAISER
When: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 13 FILE | PRESS PUBLICATIONS Where: JX Event Venue, 123 Second St. N., Stillwater Details: Annual benefit entertainment, games, carnival, When: Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9 for ArtReach St. Croix food, teen dance, color run and features a silent auction Where: Mostly at Lions Park in KIDS-MAKEparade. with original artwork by Hugo SCULPTURE local artists, centerpiece Contact: goodneighbordays.com Details: Annual festival featuring WORKSHOPS sale, live music and food. When: 1 to 4 pm Saturday, Contact: 651-439-1465 or June 8 artreachstcroix.org Where: Franconia music on June 11; tickets DROP-IN BALD EAGLE Sculpture Park, 29836 St. $10. Register in advance. DISCOVERY STATIONS WATERSKI CLUB SHOWS Croix Trail, Franconia Free public reception and When: 10 a.m.-noon When: 7 p.m. Thursdays, Details: Students ages book signing on June 12. Saturdays, June-Sept. mid-June through August 4-18 create sculptures Exhibit runs now through Where: Tamarack Nature Where: Centerville Lake with assistance of July 3. Center, 5287 Otter in Centerville Franconia staff and Contact: whitebeararts. Lake Road, White Bear artists. Details: Members of all org Township ages perform waterskiing Contact: 651-257-6668 or Details: Free drop-in tricks. Club also performs franconia.org. MEET THE ARTIST: program with nature at summer festivals ROBERT KERNS discussions, touchable throughout the state. CITIZEN SCIENCE When: 10-11 a..m Sunday, artifacts and interactions Contact: POLLINATOR COUNT June 23 with animals. All ages. baldeaglewaterskishows. When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Where: White Bear Contact: 651-407-5350 or com June 8; also July 13, Aug. Unitarian Universalist parks.co.ramsey.mn.us/ 10, and Sept. 14 Church, 328 Maple St., tamarack GLACIAL Where: Butterfly Mahtomedi POTHOLE TOURS Landing, Pine Point Details: “Tapeworks MEET THE GARDENER When: Tours at noon Regional Park, 11900 Revisited” exhibit When: 10:15-11 a.m. Fridays, Saturdays, Norell Ave. N., Stillwater inspired by artist’s Mondays, June 10-Aug. 26 Sundays & Mondays May Details: A multi-year grandmother’s quilts, Where: Tamarack Nature 25-Sept. citizen science pollinator stamp collecting, Center, 5287 Otter Where: Interstate State count collects floral grasshopper legs and Park, Taylors Falls, MN visitors. Register online. Texas skies. Exhibit runs Lake Road, White Bear Township May 26-July 14. Details: Tour worldContact: Details: Meet Tamarack renowned potholes on a pollinatorfriendly.org Contact: 651-426-3369 ot gardeners and help 45-minute guided walk. whitebearunitarian.org plant, tend and taste the Contact: 651-465-5711 or CRUISIN’ ON THE CROIX harvest. dnr.state.mn.us/stateHOT ROD & VINTAGE Contact: 651-407-5350 or parks/interstate CAR SHOW parks.co.ramsey.mn.us/ When: 3-8 p.m. tamarack Wednesdays, June 12 & VADNAIS HEIGHTS 26 FARMERS MARKET MIDWEST Where: Lowell Park, LAKEWOOD SKI OTTERS SHOWS When: 2-6 p.m. downtown Stillwater COMMUNITY COLLEGE Wednesdays, June - Oct. When: 6 p.m. Sundays REUNION Details: Admire vintage beginning second Sunday When: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Where: Helene Houle and hot rod cars, food in June throughout the Medical Center parking vendors, live music at 5 June 13 summer lot, 1155 E. County Rd. E p.m., free festivities. Where: McGovern’s Pub Where: Goose Lake on Details: 30 selling spaces Contact: 225 7th St. W., St. Paul Hoffman Road in White with produce grown Details: Evening of fun and discoverstillwater.com Bear Lake within 50 miles of St. networking with fellow Paul. Details: White Bear-based Lakewood attendees from CONCERT team of 120 amateur Contact: 651-485-9532 or the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s, IN THE COMMONS skiers from metro area. cityvadnaisheights.com and current and retired When: 7 p.m. Contact: skiotter.com teachers. RSVP by June 6. Wednesdays, June 12Contact: alumni@century. Aug 14 edu Where: Shoreview
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MN HIGH SCHOOL STATE RODEO FINALS When: 7 p.m. Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15; noon Sunday, June 16 Where: Highway 61 and County Rd. 4, Hugo (just west of the roundabout) Details: Free cowboy hats for first 100 kids each performance, wagon and pony rides. Adults $10, 18 and under $5, children under 5 free. Contact: 612-670-0710
FRIDAY EVENING PADDLE When: 7-9 p.m. Fridays, June 14 & 28 Where: Wargo Nature Center, 7701 Main St., Lino Lakes Details: Leisurely Friday evening paddle on beautiful George Watch Lake. Enjoy a full moon on June 28. $5/person; registration includes equipment. No experience necessary. Contact: 763-324-3350 or anokacountyparks.com
FOOD TRUCK EXTRAVAGANZA When: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, June 15 Where: Stillwater Area High School, 5701 Stillwater Blvd. N. Details: Community event includes over 40 food trucks, beer and wine tent, marketplace, live music, climbing wall, pizza-eating contest and kids activities. Contact: greater stillwaterchamber.com
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LOOKING BACK Week of June 2 – June 8, 2019 Culled from the archives of the White Bear Press at the resource library of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. 1919 The Ramsey County 8th Grade Commencement was held Saturday, May 31, at University Farm Auditorium at 10:00 o’clock. There was a large attendance and much enthusiasm was shown. 1944 Mrs. Cecila LeMire and Mrs. Florence LeMire, Twelfth Street and Morehead Avenue, have as their guests, the latter’s mother, sister and brother-inlaw. Mrs. Mabel Jones and Miss Bessie Jones of Pasco, Wash. Chief Petty Officer L. G. Gaartz and Mrs. Gaartz (Eleanor Jones) and their daughters Joan and Patricia of Calzie, Maine…. 1969 A parish picnic for members of St. Pius X Church will be held Saturday, June 7 at Thompson Park in St. Paul. The Women’s Club of the parish sponsoring the event is planning a day of fun for all the family. 1994 White Bear Lake’s water level is up this year, which is good news not only for dock owners, but for residents with sprinkler systems capable of pumping from the lake. The White Bear Lake Conservation District announced at its May meeting that the lake is offi-
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cially high enough to allow water to be pumped out. Since 1990, district ordinance has prohibited drawing water from the lake when the level drops below 923.5 feet. The only exception to the law is for firefighting purposes. As of June 2, the lake sat at 923.79 feet… Looking Forward to the Past Upcoming Historical Society Events
A Walk Down Memory Lane Featuring the Old-Fashioned Cake Walk Thursday, June 20th 6-9p.m. at Marketfest, Downtown White Bear Lake The White Bear Lake Area Historical Society takes over Fourth Street in downtown White Bear Lake during Marketfest. Activities and booths highlighting programs and events
brought to you by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society featuring the OLD-FASHIONED CAKE WALK - Back by popular demand! Lucky winners will take home a delicious cake from Grandma’s Bakery!
Compiled by Gloria Tessier, Meg Todd and Sara Markoe Hanson at the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, 651-407-5327.
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Cycling for MS comes to White Bear Lake A 150-mile cycling event to take place June 8 and 9 will help those living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The event will end in White Bear Lake. More than 3,500 cyclists will journey from Proctor to White Bear Lake with Bike MS C.H. Robinson MS 150 and raise $3 million in the process. This is the fl agship event that sparked a nationwide Bike MS program; it is one of the biggest events of its kind in the country. There are now over 70 such events annually across the country.
Summer library program begins The Ramsey County Library's summer learning program began June 1. The program is designed to inspire and encourage children of all ages to read, explore, create and discover
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throughout the summer. Youth ages 4 through 19 can participate. To celebrate the start of the program, the library will host its annual festival on Saturday, June 8, at the library in Roseville. There will be a celebration for all ages from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with musical guests, crafts and activities, followed by a program just for teens from 4-7 p.m. that will turn the library into an escape room and hangout space.
Be a 2020 census taker The government is looking for paid workers to help with the 2020 census. Census takers with language skills in Somali, Hmong, Spanish and Karen are especially needed. These part-time, flexible positions begin in early 2020. Learn more about 2020 census job opportunities at 2020census.gov.
Invitation to the Hope Lives groundbreaking St. Andrew's Lutheran Church will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its building project at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, June 9 outside the church sanctuary, located at 900 Stillwater Road in Mahtomedi. “This is a very exciting time in the life of this congregation and this entire community,” said Lead Pastor Mike Carlson. “All are invited as we launch this bold initiative to build hope and transform lives.” The $12 million Hope Lives capital campaign at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church will advance the mission and ministry of the church with a two-phase building project. The project’s plans include new fellowship space adjacent to the sanctuary, expanded ministry space in the Great Hall, eventual connection of the sanctuary and Youth and Sports Center, parking reconfiguration and existing debt reduction. More information can be found at HopeLives.info.
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1. The White Bear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce held a legislative session recap with Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (42B) and Rep. Ami Wazlawick (38B) May 31. From left, Rep. Ami Wazlawick, Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, Tracy Schimek (City of WBL), Jerry Kwapick (Lake Area Bank), Colette Jurek (Xcel Energy), Mike Greenbaum (NewTrax), Tom Snell (WBACC), Kevin Donovan (Maht. Educational Foundation), Sheila Kelly (Sheila J. Kelly Law), Mike Bromelkamp, Bob Kermes, Adam Hennen (Olsen Thielen), Bob Morse (MidCountry Bank). — Submitted 2. From left, Isabel Hiller, Fiona Hancock, Shayne Zenk and Brecken Zahler, students at Mahtomedi Area Preschool, congratulate and high five Mahtomedi High School seniors May 29. Every spring the graduating class marches over to visit staff and students at Wildwood Elementary. — Stephanie Berwald
4. Jim and Becky Petryk take off in their 1924 Ford Model T after an afternoon visit to Cup and Cone in White Bear Lake Saturday, June 1. Using a vintage repair manual, Jim rebuilt the vehicle from an assortment of original Model T parts. Between 1908 and 1927 Ford produced more than 14 million of the durable vehicles before the transition to the Model A. The new car price was $290 back in 1924. — Paul Dols 5. Mahtomedi Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 56458 has successfully completed their Bronze award. With a focus of being “Habitat Helpers,” the Troop researched, planned and planted a pollinator-friendly garden at the St. Andrew’s Family Shelter in Hugo with help and funding from a Mahtomedi Garden Club grant. The girls also built and installed 12 Bluebird houses throughout the Katherine Abbott park/ trail system. — Submitted
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White Bear Indian Education students honored Above: Native Pride dancer Larry Yazzie leads a group dance in a circle around the picnic pavilion at Lakewood Hills Park in White Bear Lake during the American Indian Honoring Ceremony Saturday, June 1. It was the third year of the White Bear Lake — Indian Education Program ceremony honoring students and families who self-identify as being American Indian. For the 2018 – 2019 school year, 226 students in the district identified as American Indian based on the federal classification.
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The Zephyrs softball team won the Section 4 tournament, capped by an 8-3 win over St. Anthony Village.
Big inning caps Zephyr softball’s drive to state tourney BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR
The section softball championship was there for the taking, and Mahtomedi took it. The Zephyrs went 4-0 in a Section 4 tournament that had no powerhouse teams, capped by an 8-3 win over St. Anthony Village on Thursday. “We had clutch hitting, we had great pitching, our defense was solid,
and everyone played a part,” said coach Skip Heagle, who got the gatorade shower from two of his players just before the awards ceremony. Mahtomedi takes a 13-8-1 record into the state Class 3A tournament. They face Becker (19-5) in the fi rst round Thursday at 11 a.m. at North Mankato. Other pairings are Visitation vs. top-seed Mankato West, Benilde-St. Margaret’s vs. Cloquet and Northfield vs. Detroit Lakes. The
fi rst two rounds will be Thursday, and all fi nals Friday. In the section, all at Lexington Memorial Fields in Circle Pines, the No. 2 seeded Zephyrs routed Columbia Heights 14-0, then edged St. Anthony Village (SAV) 5-4 and No. 1 Hill-Murray 5-4 before the rematch with SAV. In the fi nals, the Zephyrs broke a 2-2 tie with five runs in the fi fth inning. The key hits, both with two outs, were Grace Hadlich’s two-run
single up the middle and Anna Wohlwend’s three-run double to deep left field. Rosenthal gave up just three hits and one walk, striking out six. Hadlich, Olivia Van Hout and Emma Nelson had two hits each. Hadlich said the team made a pact in pre-season: “We were going to work hard, set high goals, and hold ourselves accountable.”
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White Bear Lake captured the Section 4AA boys track championship May 28 and 30, and qualified for the state meet in seven events. The Bears tallied 205 points, well ahead of Roseville’s 149 and Stillwater’s 142, for top three among 15 teams, at Stillwater High School. Bear senior Conor McManamon won the 110 high hurdles and 300 intermediate hurdles and led off a second-place 4x200 relay. Also placing first were junior Logan Tanttu in the 800 run, senior Sean Ruohmaki in discus, and the 4x800 relay with Sam Verkerke, Isaac Maruyama, Max Nelson, and Tanttu. Qualifying by placing second were Kevin Boeing
(triple jump) and Andrew Kohnen (shot put). The state meet will be held Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, at Hamline University. Class AA competes in the morning.
Top five teams (1) White Bear Lake 205 (2) Roseville Area 149 (3) Stillwater Area 142 (4) St. Paul Highland Park 76 (5) Mahtomedi 67
Bears who scored Hurdles —110 highs: (1) Conor McManamon 14.50 (3) Will Flemons 15.77 … 300 intermediates: (1) McManamon 39.28 (6) Jeffrey Odamtten 42.46 Runs — 200: (9) Carter Ehlers 23.44 … 400: (4) Adam Bear 51.70 (8) Nicholas Fosse 53.56 … 800: (1) Logan Tanttu 2:02.25 (6) Sam Verkerke 2:04.95 (8) Ernest
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Bears who scored Hurdles — 110 highs: (1) Erika Townley 14.73 (7) Madeline Wallace 16.69 (9) Sophia Verkerke 16.82 … 300 intermediates: (1) Townley 44.57 (7) Wallace 48.88 Runs — 100: (8) Katherine Hoover 13.13 … 200: (4) Victoria Adebisi 26.25 … 400: (9) Emily Brockberg 1:02.22 … 800: (1) Madeline Verkerke 2:21.64 (5) Tori Taugner 2:24.93 (6) Olivia Schwintek 2:25.21 … 1600: (5) Melanie Pankow 5:29.47 (6) Claire Schneider 5:29.49 (8) Anna Ryan 5:29.90 … 3200: (4) Margaret Blanding 11:34.37 (8) Natalie Andres 12:11.81 Relays — 4x100: (3) Hoover, Caitlin Wallace, Danielle Madden, Madelyn Sanda, 49.38 … 4x200: (1) Sanda, Wallace, Madden, Adebisi, 1:44.20 … 4x400: (1) Lauren Eckerle, Jordan Gast, Bailey McCullough, Townley, 4:00.27 …. 4x800: (1) Eckerle, McCullough, Brockberg, Verkerke, 9:30.08 Jumps — Long: (2) Adebisi 17-11 3/4 (3) Wallace 17-4 … High: (8) Lauren Loppnow 4-9 … Pole vault: (8) Grace Squires 8-1 (9) Hannah Wickstrom 7-7 Throws — Shot put: (4) Opeoluwa Olusi 37-10 3/4 (5) Alexys Guidry 37-7 3/4 … Discus: (3) Guidry 126-8 (5) Olusi 110-2 (6) Grace Johnson 109-8
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White Bear Lake girls track won six events, including three relays, at Section 4AA, May 28 and 30, and will have state entrants in seven events. However, Stillwater topped the Bears 226 to 180 for the team title in the 15-team, two-day meet at Stillwater. The Bears had beaten the Ponies for championships in both section true-team and conference. Bear senior Erika Townley repeated as section champion in both hurdle races and will now take aim at the state golds after placing second behind a senior in each as a junior. Madeline Verkerke, Bear senior, won a close 800-meter race by 0.19 of a second over a Roseville runner. The Bears dominated the relays, placing fi rst in the 4x200, the 4x400 and the 4x800, and third in the 4x100, which set a school record of 49.38. Lauren Eckerle and Bailey McCullough will each run in two relays at state. Victoria Adebisi, Bear senior, anchored the 4x200 relay win, took second in long jump to qualify, and fourth in 200 dash. Her 25.89 in prelims broke one of the Bears’ oldest school records, and her 1711 3/4 long jump was 1 3/4 inches from the record.
(1) Stillwater 226 (2) White Bear Lake 180 (3) Roseville Area 157 (4) Mahtomedi 72.5 (5) North St. Paul 62.5
Haley Rosenthal, Mahtomedi senior pitcher, threw all but two innings as the Zephyrs captured the Section 4AAA softball championship with victories over Columbia Heights 14-0, St. Anthony Village 5-4, HillMurray 5-4, and SAV again 8-3. The third-year varsity hurler gave her team a good chance to win each game, giving up 18 hits in 24 innings but walking just four and striking out 21. Minnesota’s #1 Volume Toyota Dealer! Per Toyota Motor Sale USA 2017
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Mattson 2:05.19 … 1600: (5) Tryg Solberg 4:31.18 (7) Trevor Locke 4:37.67 … 3200: (5) Max Nelson 9:42.62 (6) Solberg 9:43.73 (7) Isaac Maruyama 9:47.72 Relays — 4x100: (3) Gavin Rogers, Kevin Boeing, Aaron Wahl, Ehlers, 43.42 … 4x200: (2) McManamon, Boeing, Wahl, Ehlers, 1:29.90 … 4x400: (2) Wahl, Nelson, Tanttu, Bear, 3:25.45 … 4x800: (1) Verkerke, Maruyama, Nelson, Tanttu, 8:08.78 Jumps — Long: (4) Rogers 20-6 (5) Odamtten 20-5 1/2 (6) Flemons 20-1 1/4 … Triple: (2) Kevin Boeing 43-5 … High: (3) Boeing 6-2 … Pole vault: (6) Sam Adair 11-2 (9) Ryan Pederson 10-2 Throws — Shot put: (2) Andrew Kohnen 51-4 1/2 (3) Sean Ruohmaki 50-4 3/4 (5) Luke Parzyck 48-5 3/4 .. Discus: (1) Ruohmaki 147-10 (4) Kohnen 135-7 (5) Parzyck 135-3
Mahtomedi’s Fosdick is section champ in long, triple jump BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR
Mahtomedi senior Ian Fosdick won long and triple jump in Section 5AA track, and will compete at state along with hurdler Evan Johnson. Fosdick won the triple with 46 feet, one half inch, raising his own school record, and the long jump with 21-5. It’s his second trip in triple jump. “Ian is very dedicated. He spends time out of season training and competing,” coach Isaac Fordyce said, adding that Fosdick has a “great relationship” with jumps coach Thad Tumblson. Evan Johnson, a junior in his first track season, took second 300 hurdles with 41.33 and eighth in the 110 with 16.91. Just missing “state” with third-place finishes were Luke Koeneman in pole
vault (12-2) and Grace McCormick in high jump (5-1). Kylie Krawczyk closed a strong career placing fourth in both long jump (16-10) and triple jump (34-7 3/4) and fifth in 100 hurdles (16.11). Sarah Stellmach, junior, took fifth in both 100 dash (13.02) and 400 dash (59.65). Jackelyn Ong was sixth in both long (16-7) and triple jump (33-5 3/4). Bella Frattalone took seventh in pole vault (8-1) and ninth in long jump, 15-7 1/2. Caylee Greeder was seventh in triple jump (33-5 3/4). Placing eighth were Lauren Loppnow, high jump, 4-9; Giorgia Birkeland, 800 run, 2:27.69; and Peyton Morrell, eighth, 4-9. Other boys scoring were Ryan Millington, fourth, high jump, 6-0; David Blasena, seventh, long jump, 19-10; and Alexander Halatsis, ninth, 100 dash, 11.72.
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Doubling down: Bear seniors had a nice 3-year run BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR
They are a couple of bulky guys who don’t look much like tennis players. However, Bennett King and James Williams played No. 1 doubles for three years for White Bear Lake and won 80 percent of their matches. And it’s not like the two seniors are longtime best buds. Nope, tennis is pretty much the only time they are together. “You would never know it, watching them move around the court together with electric energy, that they do not hang out together off the court,” coach Christine Anderson observed. “They are a strategic pairing of dissimilar skills sets …They have fi gured out how to do the one thing that everyone loves to do — win. I think the main reason is they hate to lose.” Always facing the other team’s best doubles, they went 14-2 this year, and 48-12 in their career (excluding matches with other partners). Their collective careers ended with a second-round loss in section doubles May 24. “When we started to play together in 10th grade, we realized we both had the same energy on the court,” King said. “Christine saw that, and she saw that we were also both loud, that we’d yell for points and cheer our teammates on. So she kept us together.” Both are strong physically, have
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tons of positive energy, and are good about picking the other up, King said. And their differences complemented each other. “James’ ground strokes are very well hit, while net play is my strength,” King said. Williams added, “I can serve pretty well, which lets Bennett shine at the net.”
Whiffle Ball League for kids, run by kids BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR
There’s a league in town for boys age 10-14 who’d like to have some fun playing whiffle ball, and raise some money for charity in the process. A & E’s Whiffle Ball League, entering its third season, was founded by Austin and Ethan Felling, age 13 and 12, of Mahtomedi, who are helped by their mom, Becky. The boys say this is a league run by kids, with no adult coaching. Each team has two captains. Teams will have boys of mixed ages. The playing dates are July 15, 16, 22 and 24 (Mondays and Wednesdays) with games at 6 and 7 p.m., at The Quads Ballfields in Mahtomedi. “This year is our third year, and we want to make it even bigger,” the boys stated in a press release. “We are hoping to get as many boys in our league as possible! This is meant to be FUN and help others at the same time.” The league motto is: “You don’t have to be a baseball player to have fun with whiffle ball.” Austin and Ethan got the idea a few years ago while on spring break from a boy from Vermont who ran a simi-
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lar league. They've raised more than $3,500 the last two summers. The funds are earmarked for the St. Andrews Community Resource Center. “We have toured the center, and they help families in our community with housing, food, job services, personal needs, and more,” the press release stated. Cost is $35 per player. Registration deadline is June 15. If you have questions, call Becky at 612-554-3732.
King confi rmed what Anderson said: “We never hang out, outside of tennis. We just say ‘hi’ if we pass in the hall.” King’s best pal on the team is Cooper Anderson, the Bears’ No. 1 singles player for four years. They played some dubs together. Williams and King were happy to
leave singles to Cooper and others. “I love doubles. You’ve always got someone to pick you up,” King said. Williams explained: “Singles are not for me. I’m a bigger guy and I don’t like all that running. That’s why I’m in tennis and not track!” Asked about career highlights, King and Williams both pointed to the team’s 4-3 upset of St. Paul Harding last year that sent the Bears to the section fi nals for the only time in their careers. (The Bears lost to perennial state power Mounds View). Williams was a football lineman (center) through 11th grade. Concussions, he said, made him stop football and concentrate on academics and tennis. Their tenure ended somewhat ingloriously with a loss to a pair of seventh-graders from Mahtomedi. But those were very talented kids who had also gotten their team’s lone point against top-ranked Mounds View. “I wasn’t happy about it,” King said. But he saw some irony in the situation. “When we were freshmen, Cooper and I beat a couple seniors, and ended their careers. So, it kinda came full cycle for me.” Williams will attend Century College and then the U of M. He will continue tennis in a men’s league that assistant coach Jackson Farley invited him to join. King will attend St. John’s and hopes to make the tennis team.
White Bear boys golf has 4 state qualifiers Playing their best golf of the season at sectionals, the White Bear Lake boys placed second and qualified four players for the state tournament on May 28 and 30 in Section 4AAA. Joe Frattalone, sophomore, led the Bears with a fifth-place finish, shooting 80-81-161 at Bunker Hills. Lleyton Roed, sophomore, placed sixth with 78-84-162. Tying for ninth place were eighth-grader Camden O’Malley with 85-78-163 and senior Jake Paulson with 81-82-163. Paulson qualified for the second time. “This is a great accomplishment for such a young team,” coach Craig Nasvik said.
The Bears shot 324 and 332 for a 656 total. The other entrants were Luke Schroeder, 92-84-176, and Torin Larson 88-89-177. Stillwater was the runaway champion with 623, led by medalist Brock Winter with 148. The state Class 3A meet will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, June 11-12, at Bunker Hills. The Bears finished seventh of nine teams in the Suburban East Conference and nobody made all-conference. Getting honorable mentions for all-conference were Roed, Schroeder and Larson.
Ace at Dellwood Rick Dunn of White Bear Township holds the ball he shot last week for the season’s first holein-one at Dellwood Country Club. He used a No. 4 hybrid for the ace on the 180-yard No. 3 hole.
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f I had to pick the biggest difference between an average golfer and a Tour professional, it would be the difference in wedge play around the greens. The tour player can get up and down from around the green about 70% of the time and the average players’ stat is less than 20%. That’s why I have always suggested spending more than half of your practice time on the short game. Most golfers carry a pitching wedge and a sand wedge. Tour professionals carry 4 wedges. I don’t think the average golfer needs 4, but I really believe a gap wedge belongs in every bag. There are 4 kinds of wedges with varying lofts and bounce. A pitching wedge is 45-46 degrees, a gap wedge is 50-52, a sand wedge is 54-58, and a lob wedge is 60- 64. When discussing wedges, it’s important to understand a term called bounce. The bounce is the angle created between the leading edge and the lowest point of the sole, or trailing edge. Bob Vokey, the creator of Titleist Vokey wedges, says bounce is your friend. That’s because it provides forgiveness on all wedge shots, allowing you to strike the ball properly even if you make mistakes. Bounce is important because it effects how the wedge slides off of the
ground. Low bounce (6 – 8) is used for fi rm turf and has a narrower sole width. Medium bounce (10) is used for medium turf and normal sand conditions. High bounce (12 – 14) is used for soft turf and soft Tee sand and has a wider sole width. Which Time wedges you carry in your bag will depend on Betsy Larey where you play. Good players generally carry three or four wedges. Since you’re limited to 14 clubs in your bag, you really need to determine if you are better off with more wedges or more hybrids/fairway woods. Average players who struggle more with the long game are probably better off with an extra fairway wood or hybrid, while better players will probably score better with having an extra “money wedge” in their bag. There are two basic shots you need around the greens, the pitch and a chip. The best players will have variations on these two shots; a low, medium and high pitch, a bump and run (long chip) a short bunker shot, a long bunker shot, and blast from deep rough. There are more, but this list is pretty complete for a good amateur golfer.
An average golfer needs to have an understanding and be able to hit the two basic shots. A chip shot is made by reducing the loft of the club through impact and hitting the ball fi rst, then the ground with the leading edge of the club. In a pitch shot you’re playing the shaft in a more neutral position and hitting the ground with the bounce on the bottom of the club before you hit the ball. Here’s what I see the average golfer doing when they try to hit a basic chip shot. The weight is on left side, open stance, spine tilts back towards the ball, ball position is off the back foot (right foot for right handed), hands forward. The stroke is made with the shoulders, keeping the hands forward. Very little wrist and the clubhead stays close to the ground. Here’s the problem that most golfers have with this shot. The club goes straight back and outside the target line and the only way to hit it is to tilt your shoulders back, away from the ball and scoop it with your hands. The miss is going to be hitting it thin or fat. Next, this is what I see many golfers do when attempting a pitch shot. The setup is neutral (weight equal on both feet, left shoulder higher than right, ball position middle of stance).
The stroke is made with arms only on the way back with a wrist hinge, then a weight transfer on the forward swing with an abbreviated finish. In other words, short back swing and short follow through with a big arm swing. The problem with this concept is the average player tries to move the arms faster and pull on the grip end of the club on the downswing to generate clubhead speed. If you do this, you’ll probably end up at impact with an open clubface which causes you to hit shots high and short. In other words, too much arm swing and not enough body pivot. If this sounds like what you are currently doing, I’ve got a better way to hit your greenside shots. Next week I’ll give you the details on how to hit consistent chip and pitch shots from 75 yards to the green.
in goal stopped 14 of 18 shots by the Raiders (6-7). White Bear Lake girls lacrosse lost their section opener 10-6 to Roseville Area on Thursday evening. The Bears finished with a 5-8 record.
Section 4AA individuals Friday, May 24. Cooper Anderson, seeded No. 3, beat Dylan Magistad of Stillwater 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, then lost to Mahtomedi’s No. 6 Peter Morris 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. The upset loss ended a stellar season and career for Anderson, who was 17-3 this year and 74-18 at the top spot in his four-year tenure. His overall estimated record was 95-40. Bennett King and James Williams, seeded No. 3, beat a Harding team 6-3, 6-3, then fell to Mahtomedi’s No. 6 Sam Rathmanner and Jack Allaben, 6-2, 5-7 (5), 6-1. The other singles entrant was Partrick Hunner, and the other doubles entrant was Cullen Johnson/Gavin Tschida. Each was 1-1. This was also the coaching finale for Christine Anderson, who has stepped down after eight seasons.
Betsy Larey is a Class A LPGA Teaching Professional who has been helping adults and juniors for over 25 years. She has taught at the PGA Tour Academy in St Augustine FL and has been the Head Women’s Coach at Carleton College, Flagler College and White Bear Lake High School. She teaches at Keller in St Paul. For lessons, contact her directly at betsylareygolf@gmail.com or call 651-470-2297.
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Grant Napgezek of the Bears lacrosse team jousts with Roseville’s Will Maahs.
Bear LAX boys advance, girls ousted White Bear Lake boys lacrosse won its section opener 14-3 over Roseville Area at home Thursday evening. The Bears (10-3) faced Irondale (11-2) on Monday evening, with the winner advancing to finals
Wednesday evening. Erick Bloom led with five goals and three assists. Thomas Boudreau and Adam Woodcock tallied four goals apiece. Jackson Chase-Jacobus and Tony Jorgenson also scored. William Lemire
White Bear Lake softball picked up two victories, both in extra innings, in Section 2AAAA, before being ousted with a final 8-14 record. The Bears edged Mounds View 5-4 in 10 innings with Emily Price pitching the distance and belting a three-run homer. Abbi Bates singled to drive home Natalie Dumas with the game-winner. In a 5-2 loss to Roseville, the Bears were held to four hits, including RBI hits by Mikayla Stowe and Madeline Peterson. Price pitched. Price threw a 1-0, nine-inning shutout against Woodbury, holding the Royals to five hits, striking out seven. She singled in the ninth and her pinch-runner, Sam Schwartz, came around on singles by Stowe and Peterson (RBI) for the game-winner. The Bears were ousted by Stillwater 5-3 with Olivia O’Connor and Price pitching. Price rapped four hits in her final game and Peterson had two. Bears tennis leader finished with 95 wins White Bear Lake’s tennis season ended with both singles and both doubles entrants losing in the second round of
White Bear girls golf 4th at sectional White Bear Lake girls golf placed fourth among seven teams in the Section 4AAA meet May 28 and 31 at Tanners Brook in Forest Lake, ending the season. The Bears shot 385 and 354 for a 739 total. Stillwater won with 623. Katie Reeves led the Bears with 184, tying for 10th place and missing state by one place. Sydney Beck placed 14th with 198, Abby Maahs 15th with 200, Lauren Schmid 16th with 202, and Makena Pratt and Heidi Barber 17th, both with 203. In the conference season, the Bears placed seventh of nine teams.
MAHTOMEDI SPORTS BRIEFS Zephyr LAX teams advance The Mahtomedi boys and girls lacrosse teams each won their Section 4 openers and were to face a stern test in the semifinals Monday evening. The Zephyr boys (8-5), section champs the last two years, edged Mounds View 11-9 with nine players scoring, led by Ryan Pilla and Nathan Graslewicz with two each. They faced unbeaten, No. 2 ranked Stillwater (13-0) on Monday. The Zephyr girls (11-3) defeated Mounds View 17-6. On Monday, they took on Hill-Murray (12-2), with whom they split in conference play and shared the title. For each, the section finals are slated for Wednesday evening.
Zephyr 7th-graders place 3rd in section doubles Mahtomedi seventh-graders Sam Rathmanner and Jack Allaben placed third in Section 4AA doubles May 28 at the University of Minnesota. They beat two Stillwater duos and upset White Bear Lake seniors Bennett King and James Williams (who were 14-2 for the season) 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-1. They lost
in the semifinals to Mounds View’s Christo Alex and Michael Ciao 6-3, 6-3. Normally playing 3 or 4 singles, Rathmanner fi nished 23-1 and Allaben 20-4. Peter Morris placed fourth in singles, also pulling an upset of a higher-seeded player in the second round.
Zephyr nine in losers bracket of sectional Mahtomedi’s defending state Class 3A champion baseball lost in the second round of Section 4AAA to Hill-Murray 8-6 Saturday and faced St. Paul Central in the sudden-death round Monday evening. The Zephyrs blanked St. Paul Como Park 11-0 in the fi rst inning on a five-inning no-hitter by Johnny DeVore and Luke Loughlin and a 12-hit attack including a three-run homer by Leo Bustos, solo homer by Jake Arlandson and two doubles by Blake Hogan.
Young Zephyr boys golf team 3rd in section An all-underclassman Mahtomedi boys golf team placed third at the Sectional 4AAA meet May 28
and 30 at Bunker Hills, with no state qualifiers. The Zephyrs shot 338 and 320 for a 658 total, trailing Stillwater (623) and White Bear Lake (656). Nick Gambeski, a sophomore, placed 12th with 82-82-164, sophomore Noah Schmidt 13th (89-76-165), junior Billy Buttermore 15th (86-79-165), and sophomore Nolan Pratumwon 18th (81-88-169). In the Metro East Conference, the Zephyrs placed fi fth of nine teams. Gambeski made all-conference, and Schmidt and Grant Cegielski got honorable mention.
Zephyrs’ Simon is section golf champ, team 2nd Mahtomedi sophomore golfer Maddie Simon captured the Section 4AAA individual championship, leading the Zephyrs to second place, May 28 and 31 at Tanners Brook in Forest Lake. Simon shot 80-75155. The Zephyrs were runners-up behind Stillwater. Carley Pekonen 94-90-184, Ella Stromberg 9895-193, and Kayla Meslow 107-103-210. In the Metro East Conference, the Zephyrs placed fourth of nine teams, with Simon placing second individually.
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Agile K-9 officers will strut their stuff BY SHANNON GRANHOLM QUAD COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR
LINO LAKES — As many as 100 K-9s and their handlers from all over Minnesota and surrounding states — including Wisconsin and North Dakota — will visit Lino Lakes next month to be certified and compete for awards. The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department (LLPSD) is hosting the U.S. Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 12 Patrol Dog 1 (PD1) Certification from June 16-18 at various locations throughout the city, including Centennial High School, Centennial Middle School and Lino Lakes Elementary. “A big piece for us was trying to bring in a community event for our city. Our police department tries to do as much as we can to make sure that we are involved with the community, and this is another way of doing that,” said soon-to-be-retired K-9 handler and LLPSD Officer Pete Noll. The USPCA is the nation’s oldest and largest police K-9 organization. Since 1971, it has trained and certified police dogs in general patrol dog use, tracking, protection, narcotic detection, explosive detection, arson investigations, fish and game patrols and search and rescue efforts. Region 12 represents the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba, Canada. The LLPSD has been a member of the organization since 2004, when its first K-9, Recon, began his duties. Although the PD1 certification serves as an annual certification for the K-9s, the handlers treat the event as a competition, trying to get near-perfect scores. Winners bring home trophies for the overall highest score or as top achiever in each of the categories. For Noll, the event is turning out to be a grand finale for K-9 Justice, who is slated to retire as soon as K-9 Argos and his handler, Officer Kristen Mobraten, are ready to assume patrol duties. “I didn't realize it was going to be (a big finale). I thought I had a little more time working with Justice, but it ultimately is kind of working out that way. Hopefully we can go there and do well for our city,” Noll said. He also serves as a USPCA Region 12 board member.
Schedule of events The Patrol Dog 1 certification event will kick off Sunday, June 16, with a procession of squads carrying the K-9s and their handlers from the police station down Lake Drive to Centennial High School. A free public demonstration will begin around 6 p.m. at the high school to give people an idea of what the next couple of days will involve. All portions of the certification will be open and free for the public to attend. On Monday, June 17, the certifications event will begin around 7 a.m. and likely continue until 4 p.m. K-9s and their handlers will participate in agility, suspect search, article search and obedience certifications. All day Tuesday, June 18, will be spent on criminal apprehension. In the “false start” part of the event, a decoy will run and the K-9 must stay next to their handler. During “recall,” which Noll said is the hardest part of the criminal apprehension piece, a decoy will run away and the handler will give the K-9 the command to go after him. Then the caller must call the dog back mid-pursuit. “Imagine firing a gun or throw-
Former Lino Lakes K-9 Recon performs some challenges in the agility portion of the certification.
K-9 handler Dale Hager and Recon perform part of the agility phase by climbing a 6 foot ladder.
ing a baseball and then saying, ‘No, I want that back.’ You already made that action happen, so it is very difficult,” Noll explained. In a similar exercise, the dog must go after a suspect after he/she fires a gun. Even though there is a specific obedience category, all categories will have an obedience piece. “If our dog is not doing what we want them to, we can lose points,” Noll said.
Benefits of hosting One of the main benefits to hosting the event, Noll said, is exposing the public to what police dogs do. “They get to see a piece that they normally don't get to see. Justice and I do demos multiple times a year for people to see at different events. This is larger-scale,” he said, “where people get to see not only how we do stuff, but how the other dogs do stuff too.” Some of the exercises involved in certification are not typically performed at K-9 demos, he noted, because the necessary equipment isn’t generally available. In addition, the LLPSD K-9 program will receive a percentage of the profits from the event; the USPCA will keep 40% of the profits, while the department gets 60%. The LLPSD is seeking event sponsors and donations to help pay for the costs of hosting the K-9 trial. If interested, contact Noll at Pnoll@linolakes.us; Melissa at Mchristensen@linolakes.us; or Jackie at jackie.McIntosh@ci.lino-lakes.mn.us. Keep an eye on LLPD's Facebook page for more details about the event. Editor Shannon Granholm can be reached at 651-407-1227 or quadnews@presspubs.com.
K-9 handler Pete Noll and retiring K-9 Justice perform a suspect search and attempt to locate a person hiding inside one of six boxes.
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“APOLLO 11: FIRST STEPS EDITION” (NR) [PLAYS MAY 17-AUG. 4 AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA’S WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT-3M OMNITHEATER TO KICK OFF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC MOON LANDING.] — Todd Douglas Miller’s inspirational, educational, critically-acclaimed, thrilling, historical, 40-minute, 2019 IMAX documentary that chronicles brave Apollo 11 astronauts commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, and pilot Michael Collins as they lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July, 16, 1969, the remarkable landing of the Eagle and first steps on the Moon on July 20, 1969, their safe return to Earth, and post-mission activities and includes never-seen film footage and never-heard audio recordings.
“GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS” (PG-13) [SEQUENCES OF MONSTER ACTION VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION, AND SOME LANGUAGE.] —After a ruthless eco terrorist (Charles Dance) and his henchmen kidnap a scientist Vera Farmiga) and her teenage daughter (Millie Bobby Brown) at a research facility in China with the intent of restoring the balance to the world by unleashing seventeen gargantuan, ancient titans, including Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah, in this exciting, entertaining, action-packed, fast-paced, violent, star-studded (Bradley Whitford, David Strathairn, O’Shea Jackson Jr., CCH Pounder, Ziyi Zhang, Aisa Hinds, and Anthony Ramos), 3D, 132-minute sequel to the 2014 “Godzilla” highlighted by amazing special effects, her distraught, scientist ex-husband (Kyle Chandler) with the help of other scientists (Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Thomas Middleditch, et al) try to find them and with the help of the legendary Godzilla attempt to stop the titans from all over the world from decimating Earth.
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This past weekend got off to a thundery start with evening thunderstorms this past Friday, then overnight on early Saturday morning, but by the time we woke the storms had moved off to our east. The humid weather conditions that ended the week were replaced by cooler drier air as the high only reached into the low 70’s. One thing that did remain was the smoke from the distant Canadian fires that first appeared back on Thursday, May 30. A shift in the upper winds should move it off this week. After over 6 inches of rain in May, my lawn is green and lush and got its much needed first cutting. Astro Note: Venus above the star cluster Pleiades on Sunday, June 9. First quarter moon on Monday, June 10.
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“PHOTOGRAPH” (PG-13) [SOME THEMATIC MATERIAL.] — When a handsome photographer (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) in Mumbai is constantly pressured by his well-meaning grandmother (Farrukh Jaffar) to get married so that she can show off her grandchildren in her village and struggles to pay off his family’s longtime, stifling debt in this charming, well-acted, coming-of-age, unpredictable, thought-provoking, romantic,110-minute film with a frustrating, abrupt ending, he ends up meeting a beautiful accounting student (Sanya Malhotra), who lives with her middleclass parents, after snapping her picture at the Gateway to India and they slowly develop a connection as she poses as his fiancé.
“THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR” (PG-13) [SOME SUGGESTIVE CONTENT AND LANGUAGE.] — While a beautiful, Jamacian, quantum physics student (Yara Shahidi) works with a pro bono lawyer (John Leguizamo) to try and prevent her family (Gbenga Akinnagbe, Miriam A. Hyman, and Jordan Williams) from being deported the next day in this entertaining, well-written, love-it-or-hate-it, romantic, 100-minute film based on Nicola Yoon’s novel, she tries to ignore the sparks that flew when she meets a handsome, poetic, would-be medical student (Charlie Melton), who is dealing with his own issues with his family (Jake Choi, Keong Sim, and Cathy Shim), after he saves her from a potential tragic accident in New York City. WENDY SCHADEWALD The preceding p films were reviewed by Wendy Schade Scha d wal dew al who has been a Twin Cities film critic Schadewald, since sinc nce ce 1986. 198 19 98 To see more of her film reviews, log on to www.shortredheadreelreviews.com ww www w to
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Mahtomedi district’s budget rebounds after year of scrimping BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR
MAHTOMEDI — After a year of pulling in the district’s financial reins, it appears Mahtomedi Public Schools is starting to come out of the woods. No budget cuts unrelated to enrollment have been proposed for next school year. This school year, budget cuts were felt by every school; Wildwood Elementary School, for example, had no principal on site. This fall, however, new principal Scott Briske will greet students as they return to school. The family and consumer science program eliminated at the high school will also be replaced. However, not all positions cut this school year will be funded next school year. Despite the levy passed by voters last fall that will provide additional funding into the future, the district will need time to catch up, said Finance Director Bill Menozzi. The levy will be used to keep schools safe and reduce deficits. Schools across the state also continue to be underfunded by the state based on inflation. Last spring, the district had a projected $1.6 million budget shortfall for the 2018-2019 school year. Budget cuts that impacted about 30 staff positions, plus other measures, helped get the district back on track, according to Press archives. This next school year, a $47,000 surplus is expected, according to the preliminary 2019-2020 budget presented by Menozzi at a May 23 school board meeting. The grand total revenues and expenditures for all funds is expected to be about $55.7 million. In the general fund, the district expects to receive $41.2 million and spend $41.1 million; it projects about a $100,000 surplus. The community service, debt services and internal service funds are also projected to be at a surplus. The other post-employment benefits trust fund, used for teacher severance payments, is expected to show a negative balance of about $185,000. “That is reasonable and expected for that trust fund,” Menozzi noted. The food service fund is expected to be in the
red. “We are projecting just a slight deficit of about $4,500 in the food service fund for next year,” Menozzi said. The food service supervisor fee (in partnership with Stillwater Public Schools) increased and food service staff were given a cost of living adjustment. “I think the budget is in better shape this year in terms of being better balanced,” Menozzi noted. “I feel like the adjustments that we have made and the analysis on enrollment that we have done gives us a good chance to bring a balanced budget for next year.” Even though the budget is looking better for next school year, the district is still expected to be out of compliance with its fund balance policy. The district is supposed to maintain a fund balance of 8% of general fund expenditures, according to policy. The projected fund balance for 2019-2020 is $2.5 million, or 2% of general fund expenditures. Due to the projected deficit, textbook and classroom supply purchases are still frozen and no new programs without specific revenue will be added, according to district policy. It took a number of years for the district’s fund balance to dip so low, and it will take a number of years to build it back up, Menozzi explained. The board is expected to review and approve the preliminary budget June 27. In other action the school board: • Heard an annual report on the Mahtomedi Compensation Plan (MCP)/Q-Comp plan. The state program allows districts and teacher representatives to design and collectively bargain for career advancement, professional development, teacher evaluation and pay. The state requires an annual report. • Put two staff on unrequested leave of absence. The two part-time teachers are no longer needed based on student enrollment, said Superintendent Barb Duffrin. The teachers are O.H. Anderson gifted and talented third grade teacher Julie Edwards and English as a second language teacher Holly Packard.
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Veteran visits kindergarten Arthur (Art) Laliberte, a 102-year-old Navy Veteran, visited his granddaughter’s kindergarten class at Wildwood Elementary. This school year, Jeanna Warren’s students sent Laliberte cards on Veterans Day and his recent birthday.
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Honoring the fallen
White Bear Lake Area High School – North Campus students recently raised more than $1,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society thanks to the generosity of students and staff through the Penny War fundraiser.
White Bear Lake middle school students visited Washington, D.C., and presented a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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White Bear Lake Area High School teacher Cassie Knutson received the Minnesota American Chemical Society Chemistry Teacher Award this month.
White Bear Lake Transition Education Center students have been hard at work in the greenhouse, where they are planting, growing and caring for herbs and flowers as part of the Grow and Bloom sale.
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SCHOOL BRIEFS Graduation, last day of school The last day of school for White Bear Lake Area High School seniors was June 4. Juniors will be released early June 6. The last day of school for other students will be June 7. High school graduation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. June 7 at Aldrich Arena in Maplewood. The last day of school for Mahtomedi Public Schools is June 6. Seniors will be sent off in the afternoon. Graduation will be held at 6 p.m. June 8 at Aldrich Arena.
2nd place in National Geography Challenge Central Middle School students recently competed in the National Geography Challenge. Each student completed a 50-question geographical knowledge assessment. The top 10 scores (Kaisa Brown, Ryan Mattson, Marion Moore, Kaitlyn Porter, Megan Ryan, Sophie Scroggins, Joey Thomalla, Kathryn Twist, Anthony Vomela and Will Heise) are combined and then submitted to the National Council for Geographic Education. Central’s top scorers earned a total of 411 points, which was solid enough to be second in the
nation, just six points behind first place. Central's top scorer, Marion Moore, was the third-highest score in the nation with a score of 44 out of 50.
Over $50K raised for student mental health The Mahtomedi Area Educational Fund (MAEF) presented the Mahtomedi School Board with a check for $56,680 for the 2019 Fund-A-Need (FAN) Project. Each year, as part of the Legacy Night celebration, the MAEF Board of Trustees selects an innovative educational proposal which has the potential to impact students of all ages. This year's FAN donations will support Mahtomedi Public School's proposal for improving student mental wellness supports beginning in the 2019-20 school year. MAEF funds will support wellness education speakers and programs for students and parents/ guardians, mental health assessment training for school educators and staff, and access to in-school, mental health counseling for all students by providing co-pay assistance to families with need.
Ambassadors become Key Club
You’ve always said you wouldn’t be caught dead in that dress.
You’d better tell them now.
South Campus Ambassadors has now officially changed its name and is called Key Club. This is a great opportunity for students to be involved in an internationally recognized organization. Key Club is a student-led high school organization. Members make the world a better place through service. In doing so, they grow as individuals and as leaders by answering the call to lead, summoning the courage to engage and developing the heart to serve. Key Club is a subgroup of a larger community-based service organization called Kiwanis. Stillwater Kiwanis has sponsored and guided the club through the process; Key Club was officially chartered in January. Members recently celebrated at a charter breakfast and now are ready to forge forward as an official Key Club International group.
Race2Reduce receives $50K in state funding The award-winning Race2Reduce water conservation program initiated in the White Bear Lake Area School District recently received $50,000 in one-time funds from the legislature for FY 2020. Now in its fourth year, Race2Reduce has had a significant and documented impact. Students who have experienced this curriculum have not only acquired knowledge about water resource issues, but have also developed advocacy skills, changed personal behaviors and influenced others to be more conservation-minded.
Education budget signed into law The bipartisan E-12 education omnibus budget bill was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz on May 30. The bill provides an additional $543 million in new funding for Minnesota school districts over the next two years. It provides a 2% increase each year in the basic funding formula, restores $49 million in PreK investments, funds 4,000 young learners across the state, caps the special education cross-subsidy to help school budgets and makes permanent funding increases for Minnesota’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. “This final bipartisan education bill is a major improvement over where the Senate position was a month ago, and I want to thank Gov. Walz for his strong work to make a real investment in Minnesota’s schools and our children’s futures,” said Sen. Chuck Wiger (DFL-Maplewood), the ranking DFL member on the Senate E-12 Education Finance Committee. “While this is an improvement, there are things we must continue to work to advance: closing the achievement gap, passing the Teachers of Color Act, and getting a real handle on the special education cross-subsidy. Let’s build on the successes from this year as we go into 2020.”
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given sealed bids will be received, publicly opened, and read aloud by representatives of the Town of White Bear, Minnesota at the Town Administrative Offices, 1281 Hammond Road, White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110, in said Township at 9:00am, Thursday, June 13, 2019 for furnishing all work and materials for the Lift Station No. 9 Rehabilitation, consisting of the following: Temporary Conveyance Directional Drill Forcemain Replacement Submersible Pumps, Guide Rails, and Chain Replacement Check and Plug Valve Replacement Process Piping Replacement Well Cleaning, Repair, and Coating Installation of Access Hatches, Manholes, Top Slab, and Associated Concrete Work Control Panel, Controls, and Radio Replacement Site Paving and Restoration Bids forms, contract documents, drawings and specifications as prepared by TKDA, are on file for inspection in the office of the Town Clerk and in the office of the Engineers, whose address is 444 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. Complete digital Bid Forms, Drawings, and Specifications for use by Contractors submitting a bid are available on www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for a non-refundable price of $25.00 by inputting Quest Project No. 6368253 on the Project search page. Please contact Quest Construction Data Network LLC at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn. com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Contractors desiring drawings, specifications, and related documents for the purpose of submitting a bid may secure them from the Engineers upon a non-refundable payment of $50.00 for each set. Mail orders for Drawings and Specifications, and orders for Drawings and Specifications will not be taken by the Town. Every bidder must apply to the Town Clerk at 1281 Hammond Road, Town of White Bear, for a Permit before conducting any subsurface investigation and such bidder shall be responsible to check with the utility companies concerning the location of any buried utility services. No bid will be considered unless it is securely sealed in an envelope and filed with the Town Clerk prior to the time noted above for the closing of bids. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or cashier’s check payable to White Bear Township in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the bidder, if successful, will enter into a contract with the Owner for the work described in the proposal. This deposit will be subject to forfeiture as provided by law. The deposits for the three lowest bidders will be retained by the Owner until the contract has been awarded and executed but not longer than sixty (60) days. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days following the bid opening. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities or to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, in the best interest of the Owner. The Town Board will consider award of contracts at a regular meeting to be held on Monday, June 17, 2019 beginning at 7:00pm. Patrick Christopherson, Town Clerk Dated: May 20, 2019 Published two times in the White Bear Press on May 29 and June 5, 2019.
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COURT FILE NO. 62PR19-423 NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE) Estate of Jerald V. Dressler, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Roxanne M. Meyer, whose address is: 3491 Crestmoor Point, Woodbury, MN 55125. as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representive or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objection to the appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Date: 5/29/2019 Joel Olson, Registrar Michael Upton, Deputy Court Administrator Pro Se Applicant: Roxanne M. Meyer 3491 Crestmoor Point Woodbury, MN 55125 Published two times in the Vadnais Heights Press on June 6 and 12, 2019.
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MN Lic. BC437164 INSURED
612-868-6837
Lawrence J Scott 651-248-7804
Tree Service
Primeau’s Tree Service Shrub Care/Trimming 45 yrs. experience Family owned CertiďŹ ed Arborist
651-773-5643
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“And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”
$250,000 2648 S Shore Blvd., White Bear Lake - Deeded lake access - 3 Bdrs 2 Bths 1 Car Garage - Excellent location - Lake living
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HOURS
$250,000
$230,000
315 Snail Lake Rd., Shoreview
4891 Stewart Ave., Downtown White Bear Lake
HOURS
- Walk 3 blocks to downtown - 3 Bdr 1 Bth 2 Car Garage - Rambler, corner lot - Fantastic location
SOLD
$550,000
$179,000 - 2 Bdr 2 Bth 2 Car Garage - Over 1,300 sq. ft. - 2 story inner unit - Nicely appointed - Good privacy
HOURS
- Rambler, all on one lvl - Many updates - Convienient location - 3 Car Garage
- 2 Bdr 2 Bth 2 Car Garage - Over 1,300 sq. ft. - End unit on pond - Updated, move-in ready - Next to YMCA and library
SOLD
$295,000
$159,900
4386 Cottage Park Rd., White Bear Lake
2241 4th St., Downtown White Bear Lake
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8638 Quarry Ridge Ln., Woodbury
HOURS
James Sanchez Broker-owner 25 years experience
$215,000
$325,000 - 4 Bdr 2 Bth 2 Car Garage - Over 1,800 sq. ft. - Heavily wooded cul-de-sac - Next to park -Totally updated
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4790 Banning Avenue Downtown White Bear Lake 651-653-7326 • www.wblrealty.com
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