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GOOD VIBES : Fashion brand spreads warmth PAGE 9A

Church’s ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ sign stolen from yard overnight BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Birddee Jefferson shows Kinsley and Scarlett Ritchie how to properly exit a school bus after giving them a tour of the interior of the vehicle during an open house for parents and students at Wildwood Elementary School in Mahtomedi Thursday, Aug. 31.

WHITE BEAR LAKE — A golden yellow sign proclaiming “#Love Thy Neighbor (no exceptions)” outside First Presbyterian Church on Bloom Avenue went missing overnight Aug. 26. A church staff member said the sign was there the evening of Aug. 25 and gone the next morning. She looked for it around the church, hoping it was somewhere to be found but determined it had been stolen. She promptly ordered another one and said she planned to call the police after a morning meeting. The sign was a way for the church to publicly state what they know to be the command of Jesus, to love their neighbors as themselves. “It appears someone may have taken exception to this idea,” said Pastor Neil Craigan. However, Craigan said he hopes the sign was taken by teenagers trying to be funny rather than someone who was angry at the message. SEE STOLEN SIGN, PAGE 9A

Plaintiffs prevail in lake level lawsuit BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

After five sometimes wet — sometimes dry — years, the lake level lawsuit is over. The plaintiffs, the White Bear Lake Restoration Association and intervening homeowners association, won. The defendant, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), lost. In her last case before retiring Aug. 31, District Court Judge Margaret Marrinan ruled that the DNR's current and planned permitting of high-capacity wells and man-

agement of White Bear Lake and the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer violated both the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (MERA) and the public trust. The DNR's conduct, the judge decided, has impaired White Bear Lake and its underlying aquifer by allowing excessive pumping, all the while knowing the withdrawals were not sustainable. A member of the plaintiff's legal team, Katie Crosby Lehmann, used the word “ecstatic” to describe their reaction to Marrinan's decision, signed Aug. 30.

“Our clients took on their civic duty to force the DNR to follow Minnesota's environmental laws,” noted Lehmann, founder and managing partner with Ciresi Conlin LLP. “Their actions help ensure sustainable water for all citizens and businesses drawing water from one of our primary aquifers, the Prairie du Chien-Jordan.” The 140-page decision came five months after the close of the non-jury trial March 29. Over and over throughout the document, the judge emphasized the strong connection SEE LAWSUIT, PAGE 8A

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A female kayaker passes under the Manitou Island bridge on Friday, Sept. 1. Rising lake levels allow limited boat traffic to once again travel under the bridge, which at one time was impassable.

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