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Judge gets update in lake lawsuit case as attorneys prepare for trial BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
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Rolling rural tradition A Above: A vintage John Deere expels some smoke as a group of particip pants in the 7th Annual Grant Heritage Days Tractor Parade roll toward M McKusick Road Saturday, Sept. 10. At left: Adeline Fischer, 5, waves to a p parade participant close to her age as she drives past on a miniature tracttor. A picnic and prizes at the Gasthaus restaurant followed the parade.
ST. PAUL — A delayed government report on White Bear Lake concerns the district judge deciding the lake level legal case. At an update in her courtroom Sept. 8, Judge Margaret Marrinan informed attorneys representing the plaintiffs, the White Bear Lake Restoration Association (WBLRA) and intervening White Bear Lake Homeowners Association, and those representing the defendants, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its intervenors, White Bear Township and city of White Bear Lake, that she was "disappointed" the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report is late. That report, “Characterizing Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in Selected Northeastern Twin Cities Lakes, 2013-2016,” was due this fall and is considered a significant item of evidence in the case. It's a follow-up to an earlier study that found a combination of less precipitation and more groundwater pumping could explain the decline in lake level. Assistant DNR Commissioner Barb Naramore told the judge the delay was due to peer review, technical comments that had to be addressed and calibration of the ground/surface water flow model. The report will come in two parts, she said, with Chapter 1 expected by Sept. 30 and Chapter 2, with methods and results, coming end the of 2016. SEE LAKE LAWSUIT, PAGE 8A
The day the towers fell: My story BY BROOKE (BUSHMAN) HENNESSEY SPECIAL TO THE PRESS
I was part of 9/11. I was starting my junior year at New York University and lived in an apartment on the 22nd floor of Water Street. I woke up at 6 a.m. Monday, September 11, 2001 to do my laundry and had the intention to go for a run. Instead, I put my laundry in and went back to bed. I was awakened by a telephone call from my friend Greg, who lived in the building. He said, “Look out the window and turn on the TV. I am coming up to get you.” I looked out the window, which faced north and saw the first tower with clouds of smoke pouring from it. I went back and forth between watching the towers and the broadcasts on TV. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My friend Greg arrived and we sat watching from my window. I said, “It is going to fall!” As we know,
that is exactly what happened next. I immediately started to cry. Greg asked, “Are you okay?” I replied, “Everyone is dead …” Our building shook and it turned black as night. The smoke and rubble rolled south to our building and blew my industrial windows open. The alarms went off in the building. I stuck my head into the hallway and there were students screaming, “Get out!” I grabbed my keys, cell phone and a $50 bill. I ran down 22 flights of stairs in flip-flops. The campus security was in the lobby ripping up bed sheets. They gave us pieces of wet sheets and said, “Put this over your mouth and walk north or over the Brooklyn Bridge.” I was panicked. I didn’t know what to do. I was in my pajamas. I didn’t know anyone in Brooklyn. I decided we should walk north. As we walked, we were surrounded by fellow New Yorkers wandering on the streets with their cell phones in the air. Everyone was trying to get ser-
vice. No one's cell phone worked. We were gathering around parked cars trying to listen to the radio to get information on what to do or where to go. People and the streets were covered in ash and soot. I remembered I had my keys to the tanning salon where I worked in Greenwich Village on my key chain. We walked through China Town, Little Italy, Soho and made it to the Village. People were screaming and pushing one another and running in every direction. There were gas explosions going off and I could smell gas. I didn’t know which way to run. I sprinted to the tanning salon, fumbled for my keys and banged on the door. The owner James was there and let me in. For the next week, I skipped around trying to figure out where to sleep. I spent two nights in Nyack, New York, watching news coverage nonstop. I was so deSEE MY STORY, PAGE 9A
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