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MATOSKA MEMORIES: Looking back PAGE 14A
Sports garden open for business VADNAIS HEIGHTS — The fieldhouse at TCO Sports Garden is still under construction, but the ice rinks are open. Formerly the Vadnais Sports Center, the facility was renamed TCO Sports Garden last February after Ramsey County commissioners approved a 15-year contract with Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO) that came with naming rights. TCO committed to a $1.95 million investment in the facility, including $60,000 in 2020 and $135,000 annually through 2034. The agreement includes an option for a five-year extension. Funds will be used to assist with financing construction of the new in-
door turf facility, expected to be complete in November. The 82,000-squarefoot fieldhouse has a permanent roof structure, as opposed to the old dome, which was not repaired after collapsing in a 2018 snowstorm. The county, which has owned the complex since 2014, wants people to know a few more things about the facility: • The new logo is designed to embrace the community. The 'O' in sports signifies a ball or puck on a playing surface and the 'A' in garden is an arrow pointing north, to signify the north metro and achieving new SEE SPORTS GARDEN, PAGE 9A
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The entrance to the TCO Sports Garden. Previously named the Vadnais Sports Center, Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO) has acquired naming rights to the facility.
Mahtomedi grad finds romance on ‘Love Island’ BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Favorite scarecrow discoveries Sarah VanTassel, Tara Johnson and Rachael Lick pose with a scarecrow outside Grandma’s Bakery during a Ladies Night Out event in downtown White Bear Lake Thursday, Sept. 24. Downtown businesses created and displayed unique scarecrows to help celebrate the start of fall.
Most people value a little privacy at the start of a new relationship, but for Mahtomedi grad Rachel Lundell, it wasn’t such a big deal to air it all on national TV. “My first day in the villa, when I was still dating, not coupled up, we were talking about what we would like our families to look like,” Lundell said. “In what world do you meet someone and you’re talking about kids?” she said. “You need to figure out what person is the best person on the island for you and go with that. You make up your own rules.” Lundell appeared on the second season of “Love Island,” a dating reality series on CBS. Though the series started in the U.K. in 2015, a U.S. version of the show was launched last year. The show challenges participants to couple up— strategically and romantically—to complete challenges and avoid being “dumped” from the island. Lundell has been a big fan of the series since it began. She
got the idea to audition when she saw a casting call poster at her gym. It was a long process, with a lot of callbacks and last-minute notices. At one point, it seemed like there wouldn’t even be a show: With the outbreak of COVID-19, the production was up in the air. When the creators got the goahead, they had to get creative to keep everyone healthy and safe. Ordinarily, “Love Island” would send its contestants to a remote beach in Fiji. Instead, the contestants gathered on an isolated luxury rooftop in Las Vegas. Inside the “Love Island” bubble, COVID-19 seemed far away. “We were the only people on set who were able to be within 6 feet of each other,” Lundell said. “You forget about COVID for sure; you don’t have that barrier. It bonds you even more. Then we would all go get tested on site, and that just snaps you back to ‘Oh yeah, the rest of the world is on lockdown. No one else is doing what we’re doing.’” SEE LOVE ISLAND, PAGE 8A
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