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Queen Mary nearing launch date BY DEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER
Where she'll be moored on White Bear Lake is still under negotiation, but the Queen Mary is expected to make her debut late next month. Co-owner Pete Sampair confirms the 38-foot custom cruiser has been restored to her original grandeur and is only awaiting a rebuilt transmission. Apparently 80-year-old transmission parts are hard to find, especially when the company is no longer making them. The rest of the Queen is shipshape, thanks to a Mennonite cabinet maker in Riceville, Iowa, who restored her from top to bottom verbatim to the day she rolled out of Johnson Boat Works
in 1939. Originally named JoanII, her owner was John O. Johnson, the Norwegian immigrant who built racing sailboats out of his Lake Avenue boatworks. His son Walter "Buster" Johnson inherited the boat in 1982 and renamed her Queen Mary since she was the largest vessel on the lake. A Birchwood resident bought her from Buster soon after and moved the cruiser to Lake Superior. Two years ago, that owner offered the Queen to anyone who promised to return the boat to White Bear Lake. Sampair took him up on it. With help from Johnson's great-grandson, White Bear Boat Works owner Jason Brown SUBMITTED
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The Queen Mary is expected to make her debut on White Bear Lake late next month.
‘Understanding where we came from’ BY KATIE LEIBEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Sitting on the dock of the bay Above: In a variation of the song made famous by Otis Redding, diners sit at tables set up on docks in Commercial Bay in White Bear Lake Saturday, June 20. City officials have been working with businesses in an effort to create outdoor options in order to safely resume activities during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. At right: Live outdoor music also made a return to the lake shore with a performance by the “Backyard Band” at Tally’s.
Three educators are banding together to put on an event with a purpose: to educate and help others take action against racism in the community. In light of the events following George Floyd’s death, Karin Hogen, Robert Anderson and Odelis Anderson have teamed up to put on an event in White Bear at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 27: Standing Up to Racism: Educate and Eradicate. “I think we all know as Minnesotans and Americans that systemic racism and inequality has shaped our country to this day, and as teachers we are very familiar with the idea that people don’t know what they don’t know,” Hogen said. The objective of this peaceful walk is to recognize the ways in which race and racism have shaped the White Bear Lake community, to educate its residents about that history and provide opportunities for people to take action. “We want the community to leave here feeling empowered, like they have action steps they can do, depending on their comfort level, to help,” Odelis said. The event, which is not associated with the school district, started as a SEE STANDING UP, PAGE 13
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