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looking to soon hire an interim assistant principal for the 2015-16 school year and begin searching for a more permanent replacement this spring.
School Briefs Sunrise associate principal selected The new associate principal of Sunrise Park Middle School is coming from Mahtomedi. Matt Menier is leaving his post of assistant principal of student activities at Mahtomedi High School to fill the associate principal opening at Sunrise. Menier has been at Mahtomedi since 2013. Prior to his role in administration, he was a social studies teacher at the middle school and high school levels and had a leadership role in teacher professional development. Mahtomedi leaders are
Manufacturing pathway launch Interested students and community members are invited to an event celebrating the launch of the White Bear Lake Area High School manufacturing pathway from 9-11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the South Campus Theater. Learn about the new high school manufacturing courses, learn about the initiative's partners and hear a presentation and a panel discussion about the state of the manufacturing workforce. RSVP at bit.ly/1IDNKcc.
Angel Fund fundraiser The new Vadnais Heights location of Noodles & Company will donate to the White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation's Angel Fund on Tuesday, Sept. 22. When patrons mention the Angel Fund before making a purchase for dine in or take out, Noodles & Company will give 100 percent of their payments to the Angel Fund, which provides clothing, school supplies and other essentials to District 624 families in need. Noodles & Company also will give the Angel Fund 25 percent of the proceeds of any catering delivered on or ordered on Sept. 22. The restaurant is located at 1020 Highway 96.
Community Briefs Gardeners wanted The Ramsey County Master Gardener Program is accepting applications from residents interested in becoming a Master Gardener. Accepted pupils must attend a Dec. 8 orientation, complete an online or in-person course, attend four meetings on Tuesday evenings and volunteer 50 hours. There is ongoing training and volunteer requirements to maintain Master Gardener certification. For more information and an application go to www. co.ramsey.mn.us/mastergardener/BeAMas-
tergardener.htm or call 651-704-2053. Application deadline is Oct. 1.
Blood drives
Artists wanted The Wildwood branch of Washington County Library will host a community art show Oct. 1-31. Local artists age 14 and older are invited to complete an application and submit it to the library by Friday, Sept. 25. Find details and an application at www. co.washington.mn.us/ library. The library's second annual community art show is a non-juried show and will exhibit approximately 30-40 pieces of art. An artist meetand-greet is scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Five American Red Cross blood drives will be held in the area later this month. Drives in White Bear Lake: 1-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 at the White Bear Area YMCA, 2100 Orchard Lane; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at Kowalski’s, 4391 Lake Ave. S.; and 2-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 at South Shore Trinity Lutheran Church, 2480 S. Shore Blvd. Additional donation opportunities in Vadnais Heights: 12:306:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at Xperience Fitness, 905 County Road E, and noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Keller Williams, 3555 Willow Lake Blvd. To make an appointment to give blood, visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-RED-CROSS.
Letters to the Editor Lose-lose situation Bryan and Jan Jarvinen VADNAIS HEIGHTS — The city of White Bear Lake continues to seek a cost sharing partner to replace the $1.4-2.4 million ice system at its aging ice arena. Absent identifying financial partners, the White Bear City Council is not funding the costs alone. The White Bear Sport Center is home to the White Bear Area Hockey Association and it's very unfortunate neither the hockey association nor the city realized the condition of their ice arena before the Vadnais Sports Center financially failed. Ironically, earlier this month the White Bear Area Hockey Association was back in front of the Vadnais Heights City Council seeking city approval to take over pull-tab sales at Jimmy's. In fact, the city has been threatened with litigation if the city denies the application. Could there be a connection between the hockey association's need to raise money for their home ice arena and their relentless effort to take charitable gambling dollars out of Vadnais Heights? We are not gamblers, but we think the proceeds from charitable gambling raised in Vadnais Heights should stay in Vadnais Heights to help the needy in our city. We find it unfortunate we're all in a lose-lose situation, especially if this charitable gambling issue ends up in the courts.
Business decision Robert Morse VADNAIS HEIGHTS — I was displeased, then saddened, to see the Vadnais Heights mayor and some council members go out of their way to deny a local business to legally and ethically pursue a change of venue for its pull tab partnership in order to attempt to increase patrons to the establishment, all in the convenient name of a technicality of an old form.
The city attorney rightly alerted them that there were no substantive differences between forms. This was quickly followed by a decision to place a moratorium on any future charitable gambling applications. Secondly, the finance director summarized that since the proposed charitable foundation overpaid the 10 percent tax share over four years to the city from a present Vadnais Heights establishment, there might be an indication of problems in more complex areas. Smoke on the water and, I fear, another opening for adverse action which residents have to pay for. Doesn’t a tax-paying business owner in good standing get to decide who to allow on his property to raise equally valid charitable funds with a foundation that is also in good standing locally? Government has no right to deny a business owner, or any of us, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and if some don’t agree with it, they have the right to patronize another establishment. In the words of The Gipper, government is not meant to run our lives.
Three Blind Mice Joyce Welander GRANT — Councilmen Larry Lanoux and Loren Sederstrom have requested a special City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 to discuss legal newspaper options for publishing the proposed city constitution (charter) as required by law prior to the Oct. 13 special election. Why? Because the Three Blind Mice council majority has refused to allow them any opportunity to rationally discuss why the council should reconsider its choice of legal newspaper. The current legal newspaper's charter publication cost is approximately $34,000 while two other newspapers offer the same service for approximately $2,200 and $7,000. This debacle has been brought about by Robert's Rules of Order that precludes a single councilperson from moving a
consent agenda item to the regular agenda where it can be openly discussed. The mice have conveniently found a way with the consent agenda rule to avoid discussion on matters of importance to the public. They scurry behind the scenes in darkness to avoid transparency about the truth in Grant.
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South Shore Blvd. at Bellaire Avenue White Bear Lake, MN 651-429-4293 LCMS
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