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1968 or 2016: Memories of war compel vet to reach out BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

When hellish flashbacks from war creep into his mind, Vietnam veteran Jerry Miron finds solace in an orange grove. His infantry unit came across the grove in 1968 on their way to a mission. The trees were full of large, juicy oranges. Miron recalls the commanding officer telling the unit to rest in the grove before continuing. "Where we're going, it's going to be hot and at least 20 percent of you guys won't be coming back," the commander said. "When things get rough, I go into that orange grove," Miron said over a cup of Chai in downtown White Bear Lake. The township resident has learned to compartmentalize in his mind the bad memories of war. Decades later, he credits the loving support of his family and sheer will to overcome the emotional battle scars that still haunt him. It took Miron 45 years to start talking about Vietnam and his post traumatic SEE PTSD DOCUMENTARY, PAGE 8A

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Army Veteran Jerry Miron served as a scout dog handler in Vietnam in 1968-69. He and his dog Rebel walked point ahead of infantry soldiers searching for hidden dangers. Rebel was an “unbelievable dog,” Miron said, and saved the lives of many soldiers.

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Jerry Miron accepted the Best Documentary for Audience Award on behalf of producer Tim VandeSteeg for “Iron Will: Veterans’ Battle with PTSD.” He was one of 38 veterans interviewed in the film and the only one from Minnesota.

Wetterling offers hope to other parents BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS PRESS EDITOR

BIRCHWOOD — Less than two months after the Wetterling family's worst imaginable scenario came true — that Jacob was in fact sexually assaulted and killed — Patty Wetterling is telling other parents not to be afraid. Wetterling's message is hope in the midst of tragedy. “It's fear that tears people apart,” she said at a meeting in Birchwood, a community divided over a sex offender issue over the last year. “I know fear. I know how destructive and harmful it can be. Hope and information are empowering.” Fear is what gripped Birchwood about a year ago when the community faced the prospect of a Level 3 sex offender moving into the village to live with family members. At the notification meeting last fall, fear reigned. “People were terrified, bona fide scared,” said a resident, who saw the community become divided over the issue. “We have to open our hearts and get to know each other.” “The biggest thing is to knock away the fear,” Wetterling said. Over the last 27 years since her son went missing, she has chosen to believe that there are “still good people.” “I refused to let the man who took Jacob take everything else from me,” Wetterling said.

Wetterling became an advocate for child safety and helped get the sex offender registry and notification system passed in Minnesota and nationally in the ’90s. “That law has been amended repeatedly,” Wetterling said. Now, Wetterling advocates for balance in that law that would give some sex offenders a better second chance — when cities pass too many zoning restrictions, offenders can become homeless. “That doesn't help anybody at all,” Wetterling said. The original intent of the law was to give communities information, Wetterling said, not keep all sex offenders segregated from the rest of the state. “The reality is there are sex offenders in every community,” Wetterling said. She used to think sex offenders would always be sex offenders, but since 1989, she has learned a lot. “Statistically, most sex offenders don't re-offend,” she said. “Sex offenders are, first of all, people. Any one of us to succeed has to have, first of all, a place to live.” In her own experience in her family's search for what happened to her son Jacob — who disappeared in 1989 — the sex offender registry wouldn't have prevented their loss. “The top eight suspects, in the end, were not on SEE MESSAGE OF HOPE, PAGE 9A

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On their way to state Mahtomedi football team members run onto the field for the second half of their 50 – 27 playoff victory over SMB Friday, Nov. 4. The Zephyrs will face Mankato West in the first round of the 2016 State Football Tournament Saturday, Nov. 12 at Farmington High School. See story on page 2B.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Coffee and bagels open on E The newest Caribou Coffee & Einstein Bros. celebrated its grand opening in White Bear Lake Nov. 7. The first 50 people in line received free coffee, bagels and schmear every week for a year from the new location, 2751 County Road E. Founded in 1992, Caribou Coffee is the second largest company-operated premium coffeehouse in the United States with more

than 270 stores. It operates 31 coffee and bagels stores in partnership with Einstein Bros.

Center complex, 3585 Highway 61. The Maplewood location will close Dec. 2 and reopen in the new bank 9 a.m. Dec. 5.

Bank moving to Vadnais People's Bank Midwest is moving from its Maplewood office to Vadnais Heights. The bank is relocating to a new 4,600-square-foot facility on the northeast corner of the Vadnais Sports

Salon moves to new location Revive Salonspa has moved into the former White Bear Glass space at 2225 Fourth St. next to Abbott Paint in White Bear Lake. A grand opening celebration is planned 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. There will be wine, Aveda Rituals and a complimentary Aveda gift. Aveda products are also 20 percent off Nov. 10-12. Salon staff opened the new salon and spa Nov. 2. For more, see revivesalonwbl.com.

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The Caribou Coffee & Einstein Bros. crew gathered for a group photo prior to the grand opening. The new location includes a drive-thru window.

BREAKTHROUGH MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS ADVANCED PAIN RELIEF Unless you or someone you know has struggled with severe injury, chronic pain, or degenerative disease, it’s difficult to understand the impact it can have on life. But if you struggle with chronic pain, you know its debilitating effects. You’ve likely given up hobbies, family activities, and travel in your efforts to control pain and maintain functionality. Unfortunately, until now, the only treatment options for these types of conditions have been surgery or addictive pain killers, which often have unwelcome side effects. But recent advances in medical technology may offer advanced, effective relief. K-Laser, a state-of-the-art, Class IV laser therapy, has been found to penetrate tissue and initiate healing on a cellular level, even allowing some patients to return to normal, everyday activities with little to no pain.

IMAGINE A DAY WITH NO PAIN Dr. Dustin Carlson D.C., of White Bear Lake, has offered K-Laser treatments in his practice since 2016 and confirms these findings. “I’m thrilled with the outcome of K-Laser therapy. I’m now able to provide holistic, natural treatment for conditions that previously required invasive treatment or heavy medications with no promise of real relief.” His patients are happy as well. Here are a few of the responses he has heard: “I can hardly express the relief I have received from one treatment.” ~retired ER nurse, 25 years of chronic lower back pain “This was dramatic pain relief! I began gardening again and using my treadmill for exercise.” ~67-year-old with debilitating knee pain “I can’t believe the difference it is making. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” ~arthritic hip patient

THE SECRET IS LIGHT ENERGY K-Laser, also known as High Power Laser Therapy, targets damaged tissue with specific wavelengths of light that have

been found to interact with tissue and accelerate the healing process. Much like photosynthesis in plants, light energy passes through the skin, into the cell membrane, initiating a process called photobiostimulation. This process enhances the body’s natural regenerative functions, as well as stimulating the release of endorphins and collagen. It may eventually even normalize damaged or injured tissue. The result? Accelerated wound healing, as well as reduced pain, stiffness, swelling, and spasms. As the injured area returns to normal, function is restored, so patients may take their life back and resume their favorite hobbies and activities. CONDITIONS TREATED WITH K-LASER High power laser therapy can stimulate all cell types, including soft tissue, ligaments, cartilage, and nerves. Some conditions that have been shown to respond well to K-Laser include: • Peripheral Neuropathy, Fibromyalgia • Back and Neck Pain • Sciatic Pain • Arthritis pain, Degenerative Discs/Joints • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome • Knee Problems • Tendinitis, Trigger Fingers • Bunion Pains, Plantar Fasciitis • Sprains and/or Strains • Bruises, Contusions, Burns • Headaches, TMJ, Sinus Trouble • Athletic Injuries • Work-Related and Auto Injuries

RESULTS MAY EVEN BE SEEN AFTER 1 TREATMENT Many patients report pain relief in as little as one treatment, and most are able to resume normal daily activities with no pain and restricted movement after their therapy is completed. Treatments are administered by a technician, using a hand-held device the size of a flashlight. The laser is placed directly over the injured area for anywhere from 30 seconds to 9 minutes, depending on the size of the area being treated and the treatment plan.

Steve Donohue, Asst. Athletic Trainer of the N.Y. Yankees, reports, “We use the K-Laser both on acute and chronic conditions, such as bruises, contusions and tendinitis. We ice and then use the laser, and players seem to respond quicker. It’s a hot item in the training room. The guys line up for it!” More than 1200 studies conducted over 40 years worldwide have shown the powerful therapeutic benefits of high power laser therapy. Findings include: • Acute Pain: diminished more than 70%, chronic pain more than 60% • Chronic Low Back Pain: treatment effective in 71% of cases; pain eliminated completely in 45% • Wounds: 55% greater healing on day 8, as compared to the placebo group • Knee Injury: improved knee flexion and pressure sensitivity after every treatment

NOW AVAILABLE IN WHITE BEAR LAKE! Are you a candidate for K-Laser therapy? For a limited time, Dr. Dustin Carlson D.C. is offering a complementary visit valued at $75. “If you suffer from chronic pain, laser therapy may give you your life back. You owe it to yourself to try the advanced treatment options that are now available. I truly believe K-Laser can make a difference. My hope is that everyone who needs it will at least give it a try,” said Dr. Dustin Carlson D.C. To take advantage of this special offer, call 651-762-8040 before November 11th, 2016. Clinic hours are 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the “K-Laser Evaluation.” Sincerely,

Most patients report a warm, relaxing sensation. They generally experience no side effects or recovery period.

THE GOAL IS HEALING, NOT MERELY SYMPTOM RELIEF For too long, medicine has focused on symptom relief rather than true healing. K-Laser offers an alternative, and it’s a welcome change for athletes as well as patients interested in natural remedies.

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F YOU HAVE an IRA for your retirement funding, you need to be aware that on April 10, 2017, the Department of Labor has some new rulings. In advance of that, you will need to make a choice if you want a “traditional” IRA or a “managed account.” The Department of Labor in their wisdom, and perhaps rightly so, wants the consumer to be aware of all costs associated with investing your funds. Up until now, many of those fees may be hidden compared to a broker advising a transaction fee. Some fi nancial advisors and brokers have overcharged and About the misrepresented the transaction fees. Town Check in with those who you work with about your IRA. You Gene Johnson may continue a traditional IRA with an upfront transaction fee. You just have to weigh it out along with the flexibility you desire to move from various funds or stay in certain fund families. A broker and/or advisor can be of help. SCOTT ANDERSON has been a key part of leading the growth at Eagle Brook Church campuses in the northeast metro for the past 20 years. He was fi rst hired as a custodian coming from the management of local McDonald’s franchises. He leaves as Eagle Brook’s Executive Pastor with a remarkable administrative record. Eagle Brook Church and its multiple campuses have over 30,000 a weekend in attendance. Scott will head the Scottsdale Bible Church which averages about 12,000 a weekend in attendance. We wish him well. Eagle Brook has grown significantly over the last 20 years with the visionary leader Senior Pastor Bob Merritt. The growth is expected to continue and perhaps Eagle Brook will have churches circling the Twin Cities before long. KATHY AND I love museums and they rate high in our travel experiences. Following is a quote picked up from the American Education Association 2014: “Children who visited a museum during kindergarten had higher achievement scores in reading, mathematics and science in third grade than children who did not.” I have also read that museums are considered a more reliable source of historical information than books, teachers, or even personal accounts by relatives. What are our communities doing to preserve our history and culture? The Washington County Historical Society is remarkable and Brent Peterson keeps it alive and at the top of our minds. I FIND IT interesting that Central Follies in 1992 did a musical show at Central Junior High School in White Bear Lake. The theme was “There’s a hole in the bottom of the lake.” Recent research has shown there is a hole in the bottom of the lake and water is leaving faster than it is returning via the springs. Central Follies was launched by Judy Pew and provided a great outlet for stage experience for junior high school students. In 1992 Helen Kahl was the director. REMEMBER, TEACHERS DON’T give grades. Students earn them. HOW DID JEREMIAH in the Old Testament know about politics in the United States? Jeremiah 17:9: “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Gene Johnson is publisher emeritus of Press Publications.

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It’s better to be safe than sorry It’s that special time of year and the holidays are fast approaching! The holiday season is one of the most stressful times of the year. It is also a time when busy people become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. We can never be too careful, too prepared or too aware. Be vigilant about locking doors and windows when you leave the house, for a few Movers & even minutes. When leaving home for Shakers an extended time, Julie Swanson have a neighbor or family member watch your house, shovel your driveway and pick up your newspapers and mail. Have indoor and outdoor lights on an automatic timer and leave a radio or television on so the house looks and sounds occupied. Large displays of holiday gifts should not be visible through the windows and doors of your home. It is not uncommon for criminals to take advantage of the generosity of people during the holiday season by soliciting donations door-todoor for charitable causes when no charity is involved. Keep in mind that the White Bear Lake city code requires all solicitors to have a city issued permit. It never hurts to ask for identification, and find out how the donated funds will be used. If you are not satisfied or suspicious

of the response, do not donate. Last holiday season the Twin Cities saw a tremendous increase in package thefts from doorsteps. As a reminder, keep track of your packages during the delivery process. If possible, have all deliveries sent where someone is available to receive the package. If you aren’t home, ask a neighbor to watch for the package. If you see a package delivered to a neighbor’s home, keep an eye out for any suspicious people or vehicles in the area. Last year the White Bear Lake Police Department arrested several people for package thefts, and it was a result of very alert neighbors who reported a suspicious vehicle in the neighborhood. We all know that the holiday season is the busiest travel time of the year. It is important to make sure you are not distracted while driving and commit to keeping your phone down. No text message or play list is worth the risk. Once the holidays wrap up, the White Bear Lake Police Department will be offering a variety of opportunities to community members. A new Community Emergency Response Team training academy (CERT) will begin in mid-January. CERT educates individuals about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using training learned

in the classroom and during exercises, CERT volunteers can assist others in their community following a disaster when professional responders are not immediately available to help. The academy runs for eight weeks and is taught by White Bear Lake Police Officers, Firefighters and current CERT members. The White Bear Lake Police Department is hosting a personal safety and situational awareness class for high school senior girls to prepare them for how to stay safe at college. The class will be held Monday, January 9, 2017 from 5:308:30 at the White Bear Lake Police Department. The class will include hands on activities, minutes of Q&A and pizza. We have space for 30 girls and preregistration is required. The White Bear Lake Police Department will be offering a Citizen’s Academy for members of the community in the spring. This eight week course is taught by officers and provides participants with an in depth look at police work and how the community can prevent crime. Participants will also have an opportunity to participate in a ride along with the White Bear Lake Police Department. If you are interested in participating in any of these programs, please contact the White Bear Lake Police Department at 651-429-8511 or email jswanson@whitebearlake.org Julie Swanson is chief of the White Bear Lake Police Department.

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Keeping our promises to veterans

hat do our veterans in Minnesota and across the country ask in return for their service? Usually, they want nothing more than the benefits they were told would be there for them when they leave military service. I recently met with Veterans Secretary Robert McDonald and urged him to continue to make the changes necessary to address the VA’s recent benefits backlog that had forced far too many returning veterans to wait far too long to receive the medical care they need to treat both the visible and invisible scars of war. I told him I’m going to continue my fight to ensure that veterans not only get timely and quality care at our VA medical facilities, but also receive the education, training and housing benefits they were promised to help ease their transition back into civilian life. When I talk to Minnesota veterans and meet with the leaders of our state’s veterans groups, they tell me that ensuring access to these important bene-

fits must continue to be a top priority. During the current Congress, I, along with Minnesota Congressman Tim Walz, have pushed our “Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act,” to get benefits into the hands of veterans with service-related disabilities as quickly as possible. A key feature of the bill is to allow veterans to receive a disability Legislator diagnosis from doctors outside the VA system Lingo so that they can access their disability benefits Al Franken more quickly. This year, I’ve also pressed to ensure that Minnesota National Guard and Reserve members who were called to active duty can access their hard-earned veterans benefits. Unfortunately, some Minnesota Guard and Reserve members who were deployed to the hostile Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

had their GI Bill applications rejected after returning home. I’ve worked with Senator Amy Klobuchar to fix this problem by pushing to ensure that Guard and Reserve men and women who were called to active duty—including the Minnesotans deployed to the Sinai—are no longer denied these important benefits. Helping atomic veterans I’m also working to help thousands of service members who in the late 1970s were unwittingly exposed to high levels of radiation when they helped clean up nuclear testing sites in the Marshall Islands without proper protection. Today these “atomic veterans” suffer from high rates of cancer, heart disease, and respiratory issues and are not being adequately compensated for their medical costs. To correct this injustice, I, along with Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, have pushed a bipartisan bill to extend key medical benefits to these veterans so they can get the care they should have gotten long ago.

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Honoring veterans’ sacrifice I’ll continue to listen to Minnesota veterans and fight on their behalf in the U.S. Senate to ensure they have access to the VA benefits they were promised in return for the sacrifice and service. Perhaps President Reagan said it best on Veterans Day in 1985, when he spoke of those who laid down their lives for our country. “Most of them were boys when they died,” he said, “and they gave up two lives – the one they were living and the one they would have lived.” Today, for us to honor our veterans’ “second life,” we must do more than thank them for their service. We must ensure that we keep our promises to get them the medical care they need, and deliver the education, training and housing benefits they’ve earned in a timely manner. Keeping our promises will not only help ease a veteran’s transition back into civilian life, but it will reflect the true meaning of Veterans Day. Al Franken is a U.S. senator representing Minnesota.

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William Francis Schifsky William Francis Schifsky, 87, died Nov. 4, 2016. Bill was born in St. Paul on Christmas Day of 1928. He was the son of Viola (nee Moris) and Thomas Schifsky. His family purchased land at 361 E. County Road East in White Bear Lake and that was the beginnings of T.A. Schifsky & Sons. Bill met the love of his life, LaVerne Markgraf, and the two were married on September 30, 1950. Then, just two months later, Bill joined the U.S. Army and served as a Corporal in the Korean War (stationed in Alaska) from 1950 to 1953. He was a devoted lifetime member of the American Legion, a past president of the North Ramsey 500th Lions Club, and on the board of directors for the New Brighton Bank. The highway began being built after the war and T.A. Schifsky & Sons was forced to move to North St. Paul as they needed their land for the road construction. Bill continued as co-owner of the company until he retired in 1993. During his life on the lake, Bill loved to garden, fish, hunt, bowl, and golf. Over their lifetime, they were able to own property in Homosassa Springs, Fla., West Palm Beach, Fla., Pequot Lakes and Shoreview. More than anything, his family was his pride and joy. Bill will be dearly missed by his wife of 66 years, LaVerne (nee Markgraf); daughter, Judy (“Lou”) Gallagher; sons, David (Judy), Jeffery, Alan (Stephanie), and Nicholas; grandchildren, Bailey & Duncan Potter, Nicole (Rob) Stangler, Sue, Sam, Emma, Lauren, Luke, Ian, and Aislinn; great-grandchildren, Maxwell, Karly, Natalie, Christian, Matthew, Nathan, Michael, Jacob, Tyler, and Ava; sisters-inlaw’s, Margo, Fran, Donna, and Bernie; brother-in-law, Dick; and many other family and friends. There will be a gathering for friends and family from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at Mueller Memorial, 4738 Bald Eagle Ave., White Bear Lake with a Prayer Service at 6:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 2016 at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 4741 Bald Eagle Ave., White Bear Lake, with second visitation one hour prior to Mass at the church. Interment at the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to Our Lady of Peace Hospice at 2076 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104. Bill’s family is forever grateful for the compassionate care he received in his final days at Our Lady of Peace. Mueller Memorial is serving the family, to leave a message of condolence, please visit www.MuellerMemorial.com or call 651-429-4944 for more information.

Adrienne Vanzwol Adrienne Vanzwol, 82, artist, horse lover and avid gardener, died Oct. 9. Survived by husband Rick of 62 years, siblings Sue Snell and Ted Barish, children Barb Wohlferd and Mike Vanzwol, grandchildren Jennifer Wohlferd Rowlands, April Wohlferd Pupedis and Krista Wohlferd Reifke, and great-grandchildren Alex, Nathan, Joshua, Joselyn and Hannah. No funeral was held.

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Ronald O. Kay Ronald O. Kay, 82, of White Bear Lake. Celebration of life 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 26 at Keller Golf Clubhouse in Maplewood.

Dorothy A. Sorenson Dorothy A. Sorenson, 89, died Nov. 4. Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3770 Bellaire Ave., White Bear Lake.

Man sentenced to probation for assault Beau Raymond Hengtgen, 34, of White Bear Lake, was sentenced to five years of probation last month after being convicted of third-degree assault. Hengtgen was sentenced for assaulting a woman in his car in June. He “grabbed her by the hair and smashed her head into the dashboard and punched her in the nose,” according to a complaint from the Washington County Attorney's Office. Hengtgen then allegedly put her in a “choke hold” with an arm around her neck and pulled her head down in the vehicle. The woman kicked the window out and flailed her legs in an attempt to get help, the complaint stated. Terms of Hengtgen's probation include 79 days of jail that he already served and a $300-$3,000 fine depending whether he follows conditions of probation. Conditions include no use of alcohol or drugs, random testing, chemical dependency evaluation, a domestic no contact order and enrollment in the Bob Kelly program.

Local given probation for drug violations Ryan Meadows, 26, of White Bear Lake, was sentenced to three years of probation last month for fifth-degree drug violations. Meadows sold marijuana in 2015, according to a complaint from the Washington County Attorney's Office. Terms of probation include 45 days in jail, electronic home monitoring, no use of alcohol or drugs, random testing and remain law abiding.

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Lyle K. Walstad Lyle K. Walstad, 93, of White Bear Lake, died Nov. 2. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at First Lutheran Church, 4000 Linden St., White Bear Lake. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Honsa Family Funeral Home, 2460 East County Road E, White Bear Lake and one hour before service at church.

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Chelsi Berroteran, 23, of Mahtomedi, was sentenced to five years of probation last month for fifth-degree drug violations. Berroteran was found attempting to steal $420 worth of merchandise concealed in her clothing at a SuperAmerica in August, according to a complaint from the Washington County Attorney's Office. An officer also found marijuana and methamphetamine on her. Terms of probation include 46 days of jail, a $50 fine, no use of alcohol or drugs, random testing, enter in chemical health program with lodging within 30 days, obtain mental health evaluation, remain law abiding, and complete assessment for women's cognitive skills program or equivalent.

Local charged with possessing methamphetamine Tyler Landers, 21, of Vadnais Heights, was charged with fifth-degree drug possession last month. Landers was found by law enforcement in possession of pipes with methamphetamine residue while driving a vehicle, according to a complaint from the Washington County Attorney's Office. Sara Marie Moore

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Day off charitable h bl giving I wanted to take a brief moment of your time to talk about charitable giving. On Thursday, Nov. 17, nonprofits across the state will take part in "Give To The Max Day," an annual day during which tens of thousands of people make financial contributions to the causes about which they're passionate. I encourage you, on this day dedicated to giving, to think about what you're passionate about. Are you passionate about an organi-

zation that provides nutritious food and resources for our neighbors who are experiencing a period of need? Please consider a gift to the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf. Does an organization that facilitates a vast number of multi-disciplinary visual arts education experiences and provides a home for exquisite and relevant artistic treasures feel like a valuable resource to your community? Consider making a contribution to the White Bear Center

for the Arts. Lovers of history and the keeping, curating and educating about our shared history can give to the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. The Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation has donors on board that will generously match your donation dollar for dollar until the end of the year! And, of course, I'd be remiss not to ask you to consider a contribution to Lakeshore Players Theatre, your community

stage, to support our efforts in entertaining, educating and enriching the White Bear Lake community. Large or small, a gift to these, or any of the other valuable local organizations whose missions inspire you, will go so far. Thank you and don't forget to "Give To The Max" on Nov. 17. Rob Thomas Development Director Lakeshore Players Theatre White Bear Lake

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RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff's Department reported the following incidents:

VADNAIS HEIGHTS • Deputies responded to a fi ght over a bus ticket the morning of Oct. 26, in the 1000 block of County Road F. One 20-year-old man was arrested on charges of fi fth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Information on his opponent was not released. • A man attempting to leave WalMart the afternoon of Oct. 26 with a backpack fi lled with $205 worth of stolen goods was cited for shoplifting. • Dozens of counterfeit bills, all 10’s and 20’s totaling $340, were passed Oct. 27 at Wal-Mart on County Road E. It’s suspected the money was passed in a single transaction that morning. • A 26-year-old Austin, Minnesota man will be spending time in jail until his court appearance after he

was nabbed for stealing a wooden clock, valued at $72, the afternoon of Oct. 28 at Wal-Mart. The shoplifter was booked at the jail due to his previous record of failing to appear in court. • A man called 911 the evening of Oct. 29, reporting that his upset wife had driven away from the house with a handgun. The 61-year-old returned a short time later and deputies lent a calming influence. No charges. • A woman reported the loss of her wedding ring, a gold band containing a princess-cut diamond and valued at $3,000, at Wal-Mart the afternoon of Oct. 30. It’s not known why the 45-year-old took the ring off of her fi nger. • Burglars struck early on Halloween morning at a building in the 3200 block of Hwy. 61, fi rst stealing the lockbox and, once inside, helping themselves to $540 worth of power tools. No suspects. • A Garmin GPS unit and a cell phone, value unknown, went

missing from a vehicle overnight on Halloween in the 4200 block of Centerville Road. No forced entry was found. • An HP laptop computer and two gym bags fi lled with workout stuff were stolen from a vehicle parked overnight on Halloween in the 600 block of County Road F. Value and means of entry are unknown. • A prowler smashed the window of a vehicle parked in the 4200 block of Centerville Road the afternoon of Nov. 1, rifling through a collection of CDs. The owner was unsure of the loss, if any. • The 28-year-old boyfriend’s drinking upset his girlfriend the night of Nov. 1, and the next morning she grabbed a knife and threatened him. During a struggle over the weapon, the 30-year-old girlfriend suffered a cut to her arm. She was treated for the injury and both parties were jailed on felony domestic assault charges.

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP • An upset 49-year-old woman called 911 in the wee hours of Oct. 26, reporting that her 58-year-old husband had choked her, then left the scene with the family dog. The case remains under investigation. • Three chop saws and a DeWalt drill, total value of $3,200, were stolen overnight Oct. 28 from an unlocked storage box on a pickup truck parked in the 5600 block of Jenni Lane. • Cribbage can be a serious game. After her boyfriend, drunk, according to reports, punched her the night of Oct. 30, his girlfriend hit him in the head with the cribbage board. Both the 60-year-old girlfriend and the bloody, 65-yearold boyfriend were booked at the jail on domestic assault charges.

WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Washington County Sheriff's Offi ce reported the following selected incidents in Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Mahtomedi, Pine Springs and Willernie:

GRANT • Employees of Victoria Station in the 9000 block of Dellwood Road on Oct. 26 reported four kids riding four-wheelers on the property without permission. • A Stillwater man, 22, was arrested at 1:53 a.m. Oct. 30 in the 7000 block of Lake Elmo Avenue for fourth-degree DWI, after crashing his car and testing 0.16 in the field sobriety test.

MAHTOMEDI • A resident in the 400 block of Glenmar Avenue on Oct. 24 reported someone using his credit card in St. Paul and Maplewood without authorization. • A resident in the 800 block of Stillwater Road on Oct. 24 reported a male threatening to “kick

your a-- in” after her son asked for his bicycle back. When Washington County Sheriff’s deputies told the subject to return the borrowed bike, the male said the complainant was lying about the comment. • A resident in the 600 block of Mahtomedi Avenue on Oct. 25 reported someone trying to open a credit card account in her name. • Employees of the Wildwood Library in the 700 block of Stillwater Road on Oct. 26 reported two suspicious bags left at the entrance after hours by unseen parties. • A resident in the 100 block of Rustic Drive on Oct. 26 reported receiving multiple phone calls from people claiming his computer needed fi xing. • A Lake Elmo woman reported a girl crying at the Freedom gas station in the 1000 block of Wildwood Road before leaving with another couple on Oct. 27. The reported license plate number did not match the vehicle. • A resident in the 400 block of Barrington Place on Oct. 27 reported attempted fraudulent transactions on her credit card.

• A Mahtomedi woman, 43, was cited at 3:10 a.m. Oct. 28 on Lincolntown Avenue and Robert Street for speeding and failing to stop at the stop sign. • A Mahtomedi man, 54, was arrested at 11:14 p.m. Oct. 28 in the 60 block of Fir Street on a Washington County gross misdemeanor warrant. • A Grant woman, 20, was cited at 6:03 a.m. Oct. 29 on Mahtomedi Avenue and Dahlia Street for speeding.

PINE SPRINGS • A semi-trailer rollover was reported Oct. 24 on eastbound Highway 36 to northbound I-694. • An Arkansas Path, Texas woman, 58, was cited at 4:54 a.m. Oct. 31 on Highway 36 and I-694 for speeding 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. • A Grant woman, 27, was cited Oct. 31 on Jamaca Avenue N. and Stillwater Road for speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph zone and for stop sign violation.

WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS The White Bear Lake Police Department reported the following incidents: • A chainsaw theft suspect was found in the 2300 block of County Road at 10:12 a.m. Oct. 28. The suspect admitted to stealing the chainsaw and it was returned to its owner. Theft charges are being pursued. • Three male suspects were arrested for a burglary that occurred in the 4000 block of Highway 61 at 10:23 a.m. Oct. 28. • A 54-year-old male from White Bear Lake was arrested for third-degree DWI in the 4000 block of Highway 61 at 12:54 p.m. Oct. 28. His blood alcohol level was 0.16. • A report of overnight vehicle tampering was reported in the 2200 block of Sierra Drive at 2:18 p.m. Oct. 28. • A 25-year-old male from White Bear Lake was arrested for third-degree DWI in the 4600 block of Clark Street at 2:26 a.m. Oct. 29. • A 25-year-old from Duluth was arrested for fourth-degree DWI in the area of Highway 61 and Whita-

ker Street at 3:20 p.m. Oct. 29. Blood alcohol level was 0.12. • Theft of a purse was reported in the 3200 block of White Bear Avenue at 10:11 a.m. Oct. 29. Suspects used a card several times throughout the night and were identified. • Burglary was reported in the 4000 block of Gisella Boulevard at 10:50 a.m. Oct. 29. The complainant stated his home was burglarized between Thursday and Saturday. A rear window had been broken out and approximately $200 was missing. • A juvenile was arrested on a warrant in the area of Fifth Street and Murray Avenue at 7:37 p.m. Oct. 29. • A 36-year-old male from White Bear Lake was arrested for second-degree DWI in the 1800 block of County Road F at 11:43 p.m. Oct. 29. His blood alcohol level was 0.20. • A 32-year-old female was arrested for gross misdemeanor DWI in the area of Otter Lake Road and Birch Lake Avenue at 1:36 a.m. Oct. 30. She crashed her vehicle. • A victim reported a 39-year-old male pointed a handgun at her in

the 4000 block of Bellaire Avenue at 3:37 a.m. Oct. 30. The male fled the scene prior to officer arrival. The suspect is facing a charge of felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The victim was injured (not by the gun) and was provided medical attention. • A 23-year-old from St. Paul was arrested on a warrant for disturbing the peace in the 2600 block of County Road E at 10:43 p.m. Oct. 30. • Damage to a mailbox was reported in the 3500 block of Highland Avenue at 10:32 p.m. Oct. 31. • A victim reported an assault in the area of Burson Avenue at 2:47 p.m. Nov. 1. The victim was injured. The suspect was identified. • A 36-year-old male from North St. Paul was arrested on an active felony narcotics warrant in the area of Fifth Street and Campbell Avenue at 10:05 p.m. Nov. 1. He was also cited for driving after revocation, possession of a small amount of marijuana in a motor vehicle, and possession of hypodermic syringes. Cash in the amount of $359 was seized.

• A complainant in the 2000 block of Ninth Street reported at 12:31 p.m. Nov. 2 that a cell phone account was opened fraudulently in their name. • Disorderly juveniles were dispersed in the 2100 block of Fourth Street at 4:47 p.m. Nov. 2. • Credit card fraud was reported in the 2200 block of Randy Avenue at 6:12 p.m. Nov. 2. • A dog was fatally struck by a vehicle in the 3400 block of Willow Avenue at 6:44 p.m. Nov. 4. Based on witness and the driver's testimony, it appears the dog darted out in front of the vehicle traveling northbound in the area. • Shoplifting was reported in the 4600 block of Highway 61 N. at 8:28 p.m. Nov. 2. • An attempted burglary was reported in the 4600 block of Clark Avenue at 6:25 p.m. Nov. 3. • A 21-year-old male from White Bear Lake was arrested on a felony warrant in the 2300 block of County Road E at 8:37 p.m. Nov. 3.

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stress. And now, on behalf of other veterans suffering in silence, he doesn’t stop talking. Miron’s new mission is to advocate for the men and women who served their country; particularly those who believe suicide is the only way out of their pain. The father of three chokes up while talking about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its toll on veterans. He prefers to drop the “D” from the term due to the stigma associated with the word disorder. According to Miron, about 20 veterans commit suicide every day. But the number is misleading, he said. “Only 24 states report the statistic; 26 states do not. A more accurate figure is about 1,400 per month.” Suicide is a major focus of a new documentary called “Iron Will: Veterans Battle with PTSD,” which premiered in St. Louis Park last month. Miron is one of 38 veterans interviewed for the award-winning film and the only one from Minnesota. Directed by Sergio Valenzuela, an Iraq veteran, and narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, the two-hour documentary shares the deeply personal stories and daily struggles of veterans suffering with some form of post-traumatic stress. Ironically, PTSD claimed the lives of four veterans slated to appear in the movie. Miron spoke to audiences after the two sold-out shows Oct. 22 and asked a question he asks often: “’What is the average number of suicides among veterans?’ The average answer is 10 per month,” he noted. “People haven’t got a clue.” Once reluctant to relive the memories of Vietnam and certainly opposed to sharing them with an audience, Miron has come a long way since 1968. He tried for decades to forget the horrors of war and refused to tell anyone the worst of what happened, not even his brothers, who are veterans, or his wife. His children helped him come out about the war by convincing him to speak to their class at Hill Murray, something he did for a number of years on Veteran’s Day. Miron realized he could help other veterans “who are holding it in” and think they’re alone. That’s why he agreed to be part of Iron Will. “I had two reasons,” Miron said. “To create awareness of the struggles veterans experience after repeated deployments and to help spouses and families when their loved ones return from war. “Veterans are expected to move back into society with no problems; just forget everything that’s happened to them. It doesn’t happen that way,” Miron noted. “And families are sucked into the trauma that the veteran has been through, but don’t know what to expect. The Veterans Administration has done a very poor job helping them. “What the family knows is their spouse or their father or mother has changed when they return home. There is something different about them. The veteran doesn’t understand why they’ve changed and no one is there to help them. I believe that’s one of the reasons suicide and divorce rates are so high and they abuse alcohol and drugs. The family doesn’t know how to help because they don’t understand what’s happening to them. “If we as a society are going to put these veterans in harm’s way, then we need to take care of them and their families when they come back.” The film includes a summary of resources for veterans who need help that includes the use of service dogs and a nonprofit devoted to veterans with traumatic brain injuries. Miron’s daughter Brooke also appears in the movie to talk about veteran’s issues after his wife Dianne declined. To see the trailer, go to IronWillMovie.com. It has been viewed more than one million times. Retired from a career as a financial adviser, Miron, 68, is involved in a company called Evolv, which helps veterans suffering from chronic health issues. He is also assistant director of Veterans Beer Company, which gives 10 percent of profits to veterans causes and works to create jobs for veterans and plays goalie for the Minnesota Warriors Hockey team. Jerry is part of the Miron clan from Hugo but moved to St. Paul as a child after his father was killed in a farming accident. Jerry was 2 at the time. He and Dianne, married almost 43 years, moved to White Bear Lake in 1977. “My wife knows about 20 percent of what happened over there,” he added. “She wants me to tell her. I say ‘why should we both hurt?’” Miron has appeared in interviews with KSTP and KARE11 to get the word out about the documentary. He thinks people need to see the movie. “We need to get this suicide rate down and get government people to understand the problems soldiers are having and get them help,” Miron said. He doesn’t know if “Iron Will” will go nationwide, but Netflix might pick it up. The next showing is Dec. 7 in Tennessee. “Someone told me after seeing the movie it looks to be just as raw for me now as when I left Vietnam,” Miron said. “That tells me it never leaves the veterans.”

J Mi ill be b speaking ki after ft performances f “Th Jerry Miron will off “The Things They Carried” at the History Center Theatre in St. Paul Feb. 13-23, 2017. The play is based on the book by Tim O’Brien whose personal journey took him from Macalester College to the jungles of Vietnam. For tickets, go to www. historytheatre.com.

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Miron still has money from the war in a scrapbook and a poem he clipped from Stars & Stripes the day he arrived in Vietnam. Written by an Army Specialist, it talks about yesterday’s boy becoming a man. “It hit me,” Miron said, “because I was only 19 when I got to Vietnam.”

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The family that Jerry Miron says helps him “survive and thrive.” From left: Son Quinn, Jerry, wife Dianne, daughter Paige, her husband Parker, daughter Brooke, her husband Juston and their two children in front, McKenna and Jaden.

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the registry,” she said. “Most sex offenders are first-timers.” Danny Heinrich, who admitted in September to sexually assaulting and killing Jacob and revealed the location of the boy’s body, was not a registered sex offender. While telling the story of a teen offender, she said she discovered in her work with sex offenders that “you can't throw them all into a pot.” The teen offender “is not the same as the man who took Jacob, but they are both sex offenders,” she said. Wetterling even housed a sex offender a few years ago, an acquaintance of her husband's who had nowhere else to go at the time. Wetterling said the “sexualized culture” of the country needs to be addressed at its roots in order to thoroughly combat sex offenses. Pornography and its addictiveness is a big issue, she said. “(Danny Heinrich) is a man who sat at home looking at porn,” she said. “As of last October, he was still in the community photographing kids.” Communities getting to know and trust their neighbors would also help, she said. Teaching children about healthy relationships and the location where sex offenders live is also key. “It's like telling kids there are dogs who bite,” she said. With knowledge, children can learn to “steer clear” of places where such dogs are found. Children can learn the same tactic with people. “Give them the tools so they can avoid situations,” she said. Wetterling said most sex offenders are not strangers to their victims. Still, the St. Joseph community made changes due to the Wetterling case. A playground next to a parking lot was relocated, lights were installed downtown and a community Halloween party is held at the local school.

Addressing community fear Wetterling was invited to speak in Birchwood to offer her perspective to the community divided over where Level 3 sex offenders should be able to live. “These are tough issues,” Wetterling said. “There are no simple solutions.” Some community members pushed for a city code change last fall that would prevent Level 3 offenders from

living near areas frequented by children. Joseph Zacher, a convicted Level 3 sex offender, was moving to his aunt's house next to the city tennis courts. An interim ordinance was passed by the council, but with an exemption for offenders living with relatives. The code was based on other communities with restrictions. A community safety committee was then formed to address the issue. The committee's proposed ordinance that included tighter restrictions was unanimously approved by the council this September. Level 3 offenders cannot live within 1,000 feet of parks, beaches, schools and licensed day care facilities, with exceptions for minors and current residents. Zacher lived in Birchwood for less than a month last fall; he went back to prison for violating release conditions. This August, he moved to a halfway house in southern Minnesota, according to his aunt, Claudia Jefferson. Jefferson spoke at the community meeting with Wetterling, remarking on how Zacher was not the kind of threat some in the community supposed. When Jefferson received the community notification letter, it was also the first she knew of his final approval, she said. It made her nervous, too. “The letter goes out and scares everybody to death, including the aunt,” she said. “We didn't know he was completely approved until you guys knew.” Jefferson said there were inaccuracies in the letter about Zacher not knowing his victims, which caused a lot of fear in the community. “He did know his victims,” she said. According to court records, Zacher has two convictions for having sexual contact with underage girls, one with an acquaintance whose house he broke into and one with a girl he met at a party. Zacher has repeatedly violated release conditions and has been in and out of prison for about 20 years. Jefferson said that when Zacher heard he was going to move in with his grandfather and aunts, he said: “I don't want to put anybody through this.” But the family took the courage to give their nephew a second chance. They had to cancel their internet service and put other restrictions on their lifestyle to house Zacher. “We gave up a lot too, and we were

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Visit www.whitebeartownship.org or call 651.747.2750 1281 Hammond Road, White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110 scared too, but we didn't get a chance to tell people this,” Jefferson said. When Zacher was found watching a movie with a family member on a DVD player that had internet access, he was sent back to prison a few days before Christmas, Jefferson said. “We don't even have internet,” Jefferson said. “He decorated the Christmas tree. He was making his parents Christmas presents. He wasn't out stalking anybody. He had someone home with him all the time to help him.” Jefferson lamented the fact that she heard a resident say Zacher would be gone by Christmas at the first community notification meeting last fall. When Jefferson told Zacher the Wetterling Foundation planned to visit Birchwood, he said, “That is an amazing group of people,” remarking on how he heard a member speak while he was in St. Cloud.

Jefferson grew up in Birchwood but now lives in Mahtomedi. “People almost don't want to come near us,” she said. “Instead of attacking out of fear, let's all work together.” Jefferson received applause from meeting attendees for sharing more of her side of the story. “I'm so glad you shared Joe's story,” Wetterling said. “Because these are real human beings and some of them can make it.” “The solution is not just one aspect in a code, but a community collectiveness,” Wingfield said. “My one hope is people can go home a little calmer,” Wetterling said. “We are Jacob's hope and we are the hope for every child who is in this community.” “We'd all give you Jacob back in a New York minute,” Wingfield said. “Our hearts just bleed for you.”

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VADNAIS HEIGHTS — What is good leadership? How can a company sustain itself for 30, 100 or 150 years? How can we better serve our communities? These were just a few of the questions discussed at the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) annual dinner held Tuesday, Nov. 1. The event was fully packed, with 300 in attendance. The evening included the VHEDC's annual award program and a business leader keynote speaker. “I’m very happy for the turnout we had, because it shows how strong the commitment is to the business community,” said Kevin Whalen, current VHEDC president and president of Peoples Bank Midwest. There were three awards given during the evening. The Business Excellence award was given to The Urgency Room. We “have enjoyed being a part of the community of Vadnais Heights,” said Robert Anderson, The Urgency Room’s assistant medical director. The Urgency Room’s Vadnais

Heights location alone treats about 25,000 patients during the year. All three of its Twin Cities locations see and treat around 75,000 patients, which is more than the capacity a typical emergency room can handle. The Keith Warner Standard of Excellence Award was presented to HB Fuller. Among many other endeavors, the company supports its community through grants, volunteerism and leadership development. The Partnership award was shared by Du Fresne Manufacturing and White Bear Lake Area Schools. The two entities have been in partnership for eight years and provide job training and skills for teens and college students. “Employee development is an actual product that can be provided to their employees,” said Jim Stephen, vice president of Du Fresne. “Du Fresne was our first community partner,” said White Bear Schools Superintendent Michael Lovett. “They invited us to the plant and to the facility. They helped us see the possibilities partnering with the high school and partnering with the community to create opportunities for students.”

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H.B. Fuller CEO Jim Owens thanks the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation and community after H.B. Fuller was presented the 2016 Keith Warner Standard of Excellence Award.

To close out the night, keynote speaker Bill George talked about his successes in creating quality leaders and how to build a sustainable business. The former Medtronic CEO, best-selling author of four books and tenured Harvard professor shed light on the misconceptions surrounding Minnesota busi-

ness, noting that the state is thriving and should be proud of what has been accomplished. “The country uses Minnesota as a business model,” George said. “Leadership is about teams and how well you can collaborate.”

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Students use cardboard boxes for beds Mahtomedi High School students headed outside to sleep — in boxes — to raise awareness of teen homelessness Oct. 28. “We want people to know that homelessness isn’t

just a big city thing — it’s an every city thing — like here in small Mahtomedi,” said Bri Wintz, who along with her Mahtomedi National Honor Society (NHS) members, oversaw the event at their high school.

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“Night on the Street” kicked off at 7 p.m. the last Friday in October and ended the next morning at 7 a.m. Historically, the event draws as many as 50 students who brave the cold overnight for the cause. Finding a box to sleep in was much easier this year thanks to appliance dealer Warners' Stellian. The company immediately jumped on board when students requested it to contribute something they were recycling anyway. “It was one of those ‘ah-ha’ ideas that had the potential to really boost event participation,” noted Weston Shelander, another NHS member helping with this event. “Providing boxes will encourage participation. And the more kids we can get involved will exponentially expand our message potential.” Shelander is referring to the use of social media messaging as a publicity tool students planned to use. Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram were a few ways students hoped would help get their message out. Every penny raised by the event was donated to Canvas Health of Stillwater, an organization that believes the vitality of a community rests on the strength of individuals and families within them — and homeless children are at the center of that mission. During the event, the students also assembled food donation packages from the NHS’s own reserves that Canvas Health will distribute among the families they serve. Warners’ Stellian did have one condition that had to be met: That they could retrieve the boxes post-event to ensure the cardboard was properly recycled.

Mahtomedi National Honor Society students gather for a group photo at the kickoff for their “Night on the Street” Oct. 28.

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Ally Wilson was one of the students participating in the awareness project.

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Lisa Sicard points out the boxes that students used for their night on the street.

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Mahtomedi Generations will host a play preview of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 6:10 Nov 16 in the Chautauqua Fine Arts Center at Mahtomedi High School. Refreshments will also be provided before the show. For more information or to register, contact 651-728-0246 or mahtomedigenerations@gmail.com. Mahtomedi Generations is a student-led organization that builds stronger relationships between older adults and students in Mahtomedi Public Schools. For more information on the group, visit www.mahtomedigenerations.com.

Frassati Catholic Academy teachers earn STEM certification Frassati Catholic Academy staff members received STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) certification this past summer. Staff began working on graduate STEM certification in 2014 through St. Catherine University. The certification program allowed teachers the opportunity to collaborate and build strong bonds during the formation of the new school.

Dementia resources offered The White Bear Lake Senior Center will hold a Chat Café on dementia 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 15. Presenters Lyngblomsten Community Services and Lisa Brown will address “Local Resources for Dementia: Caregiver Support.” Registration is required. A$5 donation is suggested. A hot catered meal is included. For more information call 651-653-3125.

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First Lutheran turns into “Community of Grace Lutheran Church” The congregation of First Lutheran Church voted overwhelmingly Oct. 30 to change its name to “Community of Grace Lutheran Church,” a name that more “fittingly describes the spiritual heart and culture of our church family,” according to Senior Pastor Steve Turnbull. “Our purpose is to communicate to people outside of this church what kind of Christian community they can find on the inside,” Turnbull said. Retaining Lutheran Church in the name, he added, also speaks to the church’s heritage and to its ongoing commitment to the centrality of “showing and telling” Jesus’ love. Far from being a departure from its past, “Community of Grace may actually say better what we have always stood for,” he said. “We are in a culture that is increasingly full of people for whom words don’t mean what they used to. That includes the words, ‘First Lutheran,’” Turnbull said. The new name will be especially meaningful for First Lutheran’s many community outreach activities, including its massive annual community garage sale, seasonal events for families and its commitment to love its neighborhood through pioneering efforts to advance the local food shelf and

to serve homeless families in Ramsey County. Church Council President Jodi Bendt said the congregational vote culminated more than a halfyears’ worth of preparation. That research, she said, pursued three objectives: fi rst, to connect the church’s strengths with what outside community members are seeking in a spiritual church home; second, to determine whether a new name might enhance that outreach; and third, what that name might be. Turnbull initially introduced the idea to members by personally hosting numerous conversations with church members. The council then approved a three-hour “fishbowl focus group,” a consensus-building exercise that solicited personal input from a 100-person cross section of church members. The church also sponsored focus groups with outside community members, and conducted two opinion polls – both inside and outside church membership. The process helped the council decide on “Community of Grace Lutheran Church” from a list that initially included more than 100 potential names, Bendt said. Now that the name has been chosen, the church leadership plans to begin using it publicly

after a transition period of a few months. This is not the fi rst time in its 128-year history that First Lutheran Church has worked to make itself more relevant and helpful to the White Bear Lake community. Today's church was created by a merger of two pioneer congregations: Zion Lutheran (primarily German-speaking) and the Swedish Lutheran Church of White Bear Lake (primarily Swedish-speaking), which became First English Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1929. As church membership expanded rapidly after World War II, the congregation voted to relocate to its current location on Highway 61, just south of County Road F. Initial construction began in 1958. The cornerstone for its new sanctuary was laid in 1963, as First Lutheran celebrated its 75th anniversary. A third building stage, which included an education unit, kitchen, choir rooms, offices, and the commons area, was dedicated in September 1993. The original First English Evangelical Lutheran Church building at Sixth and Stewart Streets in downtown White Bear Lake is still in use today by Lakeshore Players. From press release

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OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL

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Sunday Service at 10am 2600 Cnty Rd E White Bear Lake Near Festival Foods CHURCH OF ST. PIUS X 3878 Highland Avenue White Bear Lake • 651-429-5337 www.churchofstpiusx.org Masses: Mon.-Fri. 8 am • Wed. 6:30 pm Fri. 6:45 am • First Sat. 8 am, Sat. 5 pm Sun. 8 & 10am, 7:30pm • Reconciliation: Sat. 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Monday: Communion Service at 9 a.m. Tuesday-Friday: Mass at 9 a.m. Saturday: Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday: Mass at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. 700 Mahtomedi Ave., Mahtomedi 651-426-3245

Masses: Saturday – 5:00 PM Sunday – 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM 651-429-7771 www.stmarys-wbl.org Church 4741 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake Parish Life Center/School 4690 Bald Eagle Avenue, White Bear Lake

South Shore Trinity Lutheran Church South Shore Blvd. at Bellaire Avenue White Bear Lake, MN 651-429-4293 LCMS Pastor Bob Gehrke Pastor Dan Bodin

Worship Saturday 5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christian Education Hour 9:30 – for all ages – Dial-A-Devotion 651-429-0078 www.sstwbl.org

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11:15am Band-Led Sunday Worship 11:15Service am (45 min) *Interactive, Band-led & Casual/Nursery Fellowship Between Services! 1851 Birch Street, WBL, MN 55110 / 651-429-9026 / www.wblumc.org

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OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD MASS Saturdays at 4:30 PM

Meeting at Baptisms and Weddings St. Stephens Father Steve Josephson Lutheran Church 612-709-8084 E-mail: steve_j_55303@yahoo.com 1965 East County Rd E ALL ARE WELCOME

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UPCOMING EVENTS ROTARY MEETING

When: 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 Where: Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 4940 Hwy 61, White Bear Lake Details: Anyone interested is invited to hear featured speaker Retired Four Star Air Force General Bruce Carlson discuss the history of the Islamic conflict in the Middle East. Contact: whitebear rotary.org

WILDWOOD LIBRARY BOOK CLUB

When: 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd. Mahtomedi Details: This month’s selection is ‘All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion’ by Fannie Flagg. Read the book and join the discussion. Contact: 651-426-2042

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 Where: White Bear Lake City Hall, 4701 Hwy. 61 Details: Public is invited to attend the regular meeting of the White Bear Lake Area LWV for the discussion topic ‘New Caucus RulesPresidential Primaries in 2020’. Contact: 651-493-0686

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When: 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 Where: White Bear Country Inn, 4940 Highway 61 Details: Seniors can learn about Medicare health plan options. Call to register. Contact: 877-523-1518

MAKE IT/TAKE IT CRAFT NIGHT

When: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 Where: Presbyterian Church of the way Community Room, 3382 Lexington Ave. N., Shoreview Details: Annual craft extravaganza sponsored by White Bear Lake Women of Today includes supplies to make 5 craft projects, dessert, music and door prized. Children age 8+ and potential members welcome. RSVP by Nov. 7 Contact: whitebear lakeWT@mnwt.org

When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 Where: Chautauqua Theater, 8000 75th St. N. Details: Shawn Otto, local author of ‘Sins of Our Father’, will discuss his novel, his process and more. Light refreshments will be served during book signing. TEENS IN: Books will be available 14 GOING ON 4 for purchase. When: 3:30-5 p.m. Contact: community Thursday, Nov. 10 CRAFT & ART ed.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us BOUTIQUE Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rd. Mahtomedi PARENT SAFETY NIGHT Saturday, Nov. 12 Details: Bring a pillow Where: White Bear When: 5:30-6:30 and curl up with a favor- p.m. dinner; 6:30-8:30 Shopping Center, ite picture book. Weekly p.m. breakout sessions Details: 18 vendors program for teens 12-17 selling art, jewelry, Thursday, Nov. 10 years includes art projfelted mittens, beaded Where: WBLAHS ects, tech workshops, silverware and more. South Campus, 3551 games and more. Free; McKnight Rd. no registration required. Details: Discuss 3D PRINTING Contact: 651-426-2042 a variety of topics WITH TINKERCAD including youth drug When: 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE trends and awareness, internet safety, mental – WHITE BEAR LAKE Where: White Bear health support, and safe Lake Library, 2150 2nd When: 4-8 p.m. routes to school. Free St. Thursday, Nov. 10 pizza and childcare Details: Teens in Where: Downtown provided. grades 6-12 can design White Bear Lake Contact: 651-429-8511 and print a 3D model Details: Shop early at using the free Tinkercad local retailers with insoftware. Registration store specials. VETERAN’S DAY required. Contact: www.down COFFEE Contact: 651-724-6007 townwhitebearlake.com When: 7:30-9a.m. or rclreads.org Friday, Nov. 11 Where: White Bear U.S.M.C. BIRTHDAY Area Senior Center, 2484 MARTINMAS CELEBRATION E. County Rd. F, White CELEBRATION & When: 6 p.m. Bear Lake LANTERN WALK Thursday, Nov. 10 Details: All are Where: VFW Post When: 3-5:15 p.m. welcome to honor our 1782, White Bear Lake Saturday, Nov. 12 veterans. Details: Sword cakeWhere: Firefly Farm, Contact: 651-653-3121 cutting ceremony. 11675 Keats Ave. N., Stillwater Details: Public is invited to celebrate the Feast of St. Martin, a traditional Catholic holiday, with the Knaeble family Week of October 30 – November 5 at their hobby farm. Horseback quadrille Editor’s note: Visit www.presspubs.com to read the full versions of these most-visited stories show, lantern-making, singing and potluck 1. Army general (and White Bear grad) leads cyber dinner. Bring a food item command. White Bear Press > News or $5 goodwill donation; and item for the food 2. The Ponds at Heifort Hills breaks ground in Stillwater. shelf. All ages; must The Lowdown (SCV) > News RSVP. 3. Rush line preferred option avoids crossing Goose Contact: tknaeble@ Lake. White Bear Press > News aol.com

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TURKEY BINGO

When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 Where: Mahtomedi High School commons, 8000 75th St. N. Details: Proceeds go towards general operating expenses for the Fire Department’s Relief Association.

Veterans Day Ceremony WHEN: 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11

WHERE: Triangle Park, Mahtomedi

Contact: 651-747-3750 or mahtomedifi re.org

NATURE KNOW-HOW SERIES: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SQUASH AND HOW TO COOK IT

When: 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Rd., White Bear Township Details: Participants will learn all about squash – its history, where it comes from, and how it grows – and will help prepare several recipes including squash fritters, soup, and even dessert. Ages 12+. Contact: 651-407-5350 or parks.co.ramsey. mn.us/tamarack

‘PREVENT THE PARENTING FOREST FIRES’

DETAILS: Join veterans and family members for a celebration honoring service men and women. The Mahtomedi High

by Melanie McMahon, Community Service Attorney. Coffee and treats provided. Sponsored by TRIAD, WBL Police Dept., and the White Bear Area School District. Free, but registration required. Contact: 651-653-3121

A MUSICAL SNOWSTORM: SING, PLAY, LEARN WITH MACPHAIL

When: 10:30-11:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Hands-on musical play activities that impact learning and reading readiness for ages 0-5 and caregivers. Registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042 or washcolib.org

SPAGHETTI DINNER

When: 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 Where: Wishing Tree Play Café, 1011 Meadowlands Dr., White Bear Lake Details: Free parenting strategies class to help prevent unwanted behavior and transform episodes into teachable moments. Contact: go.kidcheck. com

When: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: WBLAHS South Campus, 3551 McKnight Rd. Details: Featuring Donatelli’s spaghetti, salad and bread for $7. Dine-in or carry-out; all proceeds benefit the wrestling program.

AUTO THEFT PREVENTION IN RAMSEY COUNTY

When: 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: Forest Lake City Center Community Room, 1408 Lake St. S. Details: Learn about the risks and what can be done to prevent Aquatic Invasive Species in Washington County. RSVP.

When: 10-11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: White Bear Lake Area Senior Center, 2484 E. County Rd. F, White Bear Lake Details: Seniors are invited to a presentation

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UNDERSTANDING THE MINNESOTA DEATH TAX

When: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: Mahtomedi District Education Center, room 103, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Details: Learn about the current death tax, how to control it and possibly eliminate it. $15; registration required. Contact: 651-407-2037 or mahtomedicomed.com

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

When: 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: White Bear Lake Unitarian Universalist Church, 328 Maple St., Mahtomedi Details: Public is invited to attend the regular meeting of the Mahtomedi group of the White Bear Lake Area LWV for the discussion topic ‘New Caucus Rules-Presidential Primaries in 2020’. Contact: 651-493-0686

BUILD A BURGER FOR THE TROOPS

When: 5-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 Where: White Bear Lake VFW 1782, 4496 Lake Ave. S. Details: Fundraiser for Suburban Ramsey County Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. $5 burgers. Open to the public. Contact: 651-426-4944

UNDERSTANDING EARLY EPISODE PSYCHOSIS

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ADULT OPEN GYM: BASKETBALL

World Record Family Yoga Class WHEN: 12:30-2 p.m. Saturday,

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School South Campus, 3551 McKnight Rd. DETAILS: Help set a world record

Tuesday, Nov. 15 Where: St. Andrews Church, 900 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Free class to help young people who have experienced psychosis and/or their family members and loved ones understand symptoms, causes and treatments, and learn how to achieve recovery. Registration required. Contact: 651-645-2948 or namihelps.org

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 5th and Bloom Ave., White Bear Lake Details: Help make polar fleece blankets and tie quilts for Solid Ground and the Marie Sandvik Center. Materials, lunch and snacks provided. Donations of materials welcome. Contact: 651-429-3381 or fpcwbl.org

TEENS IN: BORED? GAMES!

When: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Where: Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square, White Bear Lake Details: Local author Marlin Bree with sign copies of his book ‘Dead on the Wind’. Contact: 651-426-0918

When: 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd. Mahtomedi Details: Celebrate International Games Day Weekly program for teens 12-17 years includes art projects, tech workshops, games and more. Free; no registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042

STEM SATURDAY: MARSHMALLOW ENGINEERING

When: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Monthly hands-on activities and creative projects. Ages 8-12; ages 6-7 welcome with a parent. Registration required. Contact: 651-426-2042 or washcolib.org

BLANKET MAKING

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19

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When: 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 Where: Tri Fitness, 1338 Highway 96 E., White Bear Lake Details: Thanksgiving Day 10K, 5K and fun run. Bring food donations for White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf and Hugo Good Neighbor’s Food Shelf. Contact: trifitnesswbl. com

CHRISTMAS DECORATING PARTY

When: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 26 Where: The Fillebrown House, 4735 Lake Ave, White Bear Lake

Details: Help decorate the Fillebrown House for upcoming holiday festivities. Refreshments, door prizes, and holiday music will help set the mood. Contact: 651-407-5327 or office@whitebear history.org

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

When: Saturday, Nov. 26 Where: Downtown White Bear Lake Details: National initiative to “Shop Local” retailers in downtown White Bear Lake and other communities. Contact: www.down townwhitebearlake.com

Music COUNTY ROCK SUNDAY

When: 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 Where: White Bear Lake United Methodist Church, 1851 Birch St. Details: Free community event featuring the music of country music rock band ‘Hitchville’. Contact: wblumc.org

Ongoing ADULT OPEN GYM: VOLLEYBALL

When: 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays Where: AFSA High School, 100 Vadnais

When: 8-10 a.m. Saturdays Where: AFSA High School, 100 Vadnais Blvd., Vadnais Heights Details: $3/person for pick-up games. Participants sign-in and provide ID. No open gym Nov. 26, 24 or 31. Contact: 651-2046061 or brigid.nault@ cityvadnaisheights.com

HIGH-TECH MONDAYS

When: 2-4 p.m. Mondays Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Free drop-in technology tutoring for up to 30 minutes. Contact: 651-426-2042 or washcolib.org

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Thursday, Nov. 10; 10:154:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12 Where: Stillwater Public Library Details: Fundraiser supports materials and programs at the library. Fill a bag with books for $7 from 2-4:30 Saturday. Contact: stillwater library.org

STILLWATER LADIES NIGHT OUT

When: 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 Where: Downtown Stillwater Details: “Queen for a Day” theme. Costumes and tiaras encouraged. Shop local retailers for specials, fashion and decorating tips, appetizers, drinks and more. Contact: 651-342-1386 or www.mainstreet stillwateriba.com

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STYLE SPEAKS VOLUMES III

When: 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14 and Tuesday, Nov. 15 Where: Reve Bistro and Bar, 200 Chestnut St. E., Stillwater Details: Lunch and fashion show featuring local authors as guest models benefits the Stillwater Public Library Foundation. Authors will have books available for signing, and dicounts on clothing from Sash and Matt+Nate men’s shop. Tickets $70/person. Contact: stillwater publiclibraryfoundation. org

34TH ANNUAL ST. PAUL PRAYER BREAKFAST

When: 7-8:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 Where: ALISON DOTSON InterContinental St. Paul ON OCD Riverfront Hotel, 11 East When: 7-8:30 Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 Details: Theme Where: Family Means, is ‘God’s Heart in 1875 Northwest Ave., Community’ and Stillwater features keynote speaker Details: Speaker SPOT MEETING Alison Dotson will speak Dr. Charles P. Morgan, When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. CEO, Union Gospel about her experience Thursdays Mission. Individual with Obsessive ComWhere: Christ the tickets $28. pulsive Disorder and King Lutheran Church, Contact: saintpaul provide information to 1660 Birch Lake Ave., anyone wanting to know prayer.org White Bear Lake more about this disorder. Details: SPOT (Sober Free and open to the Place of Teaching) is a LUTFISK AND faith-based, non-profit ad- public. MEATBALL DINNER Contact: 651-439-4840 diction recovery program When: Thursday, Nov. that used a combination 17, multiple serving of traditional rehabiltimes RUNNING ACES itation and a spiritual Where: WINE FEST approach to recovery. Gammelgarden When: 3-6 p.m. Contact: 651-429-4828; Saturday, Nov. 12 Museum, 20880 Olinda thespotatctk.weebly.com Where: Running Aces Trail N., Scandia Details: Traditional Casino & Racetrack, Swedish Meal served 15201 Running Aces MEMORY LOSS at Elim Lutheran Blvd., Columbus SUPPORT GROUP Church, sale at the Details: Sample a When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Gammelgarden Butik. variety of wines, and Sept. 20 (and the third Contact: 651-433-5053 Tuesday of every month) shop with featured craft or www.gammelgarden vendors. Tickets $25/ Where: St. Jude of museum.org advance or $30 at the the Lake Parish, Kohler door include souvenir Hall, 700 Mahtomedi glass, appetizers, gaming DIVE-IN MOVIE Ave., Mahtomedi voucher and chance to Details: Session preWhen: 7-9:30 p.m. win prizes. Live music sented by Alzheimer’s Friday, Nov. 18 by The Inside Out Band Association and CovenWhere: Shoreview from 7-11 p.m. try of Mahtomedi helps Community Center, 4580 Contact: runaces. caregivers and family Victoria St. N. com/winefest and friends of those Details: Guests can with dementia develop relax on giant sea a support system, talk creatures or lounge on ACTIVE LIFE FAIR through issues and pool-side chairs and When: 10 a.m.-noon learn about community enjoy the movie ‘Angry Monday, Nov. 14 resources. Birds’. No registration Where: Shoreview Contact: 651-528-8442 Community Center, 4580 necessary; admission is a daily pass or free for Victoria St. N. members. Details: Resource NEIGHBORHOODS Contact: 651-490-4750 fair for adults 65+ and their caregivers. Gather or shoreviewcommunity NEARBY center.com information about local programs and services including health, fitness SUBMIT YOUR EVENT FRIENDS OF THE and wellness opportuSTILLWATER PUBLIC Online: www.presspubs. LIBRARY ANNUAL FALL nities. Numerous local com/calendar vendors. BOOK SALE Email: calendar@ Contact: 651-490-4750 When: 10:15-7:30 p.m. presspubs.com

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Fundraiser for wrestling team The White Bear Lake Wrestling team is hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 at South Campus, 3551 McKnight Road. Donatelli's spaghetti, salad and bread will be served for $7. Dine in or carry out.

Recycle pumpkins, leaves Now that Halloween is over, Ramsey County residents can drop off pumpkins, hay bales or cornstalks for free at Ramsey County Yard Waste sites. Ramsey County’s Environmental Health Division reminds residents that state law prohibits leaves, grass clippings, brush and other plant material from being mixed with trash. Residents should contact their trash hauler about a separate yard waste pickup service (for a fee), or find the location and hours of county yard waste sites at RamseyRecycles.com, or by calling 651-266-EASY (3279).

Learn about invasive species The Washington Conservation District will hold a seminar on aquatic invasive species 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in Forest Lake. The update will include prevention, early detection and rapid response planning. The meeting will take place in the Forest Lake City Center community room, 1408 Lake St. S. RSVP to angie.hong@mnwcd.org or 651-330-8220, ext. 35.

Store To Door meet and greet Those interested in becoming a volunteer shopper for Store To Door can attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 7-8 a.m. at the

Maplewood Cub Foods store. Demonstrations of the shopping operations in action will take place, and participants can learn more about how they can help seniors in the community remain at home. Contact Carolyn to sign up at 651-642-1892 or volunteers@ storetodoor.org. Space is limited.

County acquiring Grant land for conservation Washington County will acquire land in Grant near the headwaters of Brown’s Creek for conservation purchase, as part of the Land and Water Legacy Program. The County Board approved the purchase Oct. 25. The land is 13 acres, with 2.4 acres of wetlands, and will cost $254,400. The purchase will be made in conjunction with the Brown’s Creek Watershed District (BCWD), which will reimburse the county for half the cost, and will own and manage the land. The county and the BCWD received a letter of interest from the landowners in December 2015 regarding the potential purchase of their property for conservation purposes. The undeveloped parcel holds 1,300 feet of Brown's Creek, and is within a high-priority area for the Land and Water Legacy Program and the BCWD. Its purchase will protect Brown's Creek headwaters from development and address impairments that affect the trout stream. The offer made to the landowner was based upon an appraisal, and a purchase agreement was negotiated. A conservation easement will be placed on the property, and the BCWD will develop a management plan for the property. From County Board

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Commander retires LTCDR Eric Ascheman retired after serving as a Naval aviator for 20 years May 31. He was stationed in Spain, England, Florida, Hawaii and Wash. D.C. Eric, Devin and their seven children now live in Greenville, S.C. and he flies for Milliken & Co. Eric is the son of Jim and Darlene Ascheman of White Bear Township. He follows a tradition Ascheman of service to his country as his father Jim served in the U.S. Navy; his grandfathers Bob Parker was U.S. Navy and John Ascheman U.S. Army; and his father in law Dan McQuire served in the U.S. Army.

Y offers $1 enrollment for veterans The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities will offer veterans, active military members, and their families a $1 enrollment fee and no membership dues until January 2017 when they join the Y on Veteran’s Day Nov. 11. To learn more about opportunities for veterans and military families to thrive at the Y on Veteran’s Day and throughout the year, visit ymcamn. org.

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Archbishop to celebrate Mass

Anniversary of church dedication

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese will close the Year of Mercy with a pastoral visit Nov. 20 to St. Mary of the Lake Church in White Bear Lake. Rev. Hebda will celebrate Mass at the 11 a.m. service and stay for hospitality in the St. Joseph Room.

Historian and former curator of the Hill Manuscript Collections at the James J. Hill Reference library will give a talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27 at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in White Bear Lake. Eileen McCormick will present "Mary T. Hill and Her Daughters’ Gift to St. Mary's Church." The current church was dedicated 90 years ago on Nov. 27, 1926.

Anddi Schwartz of St. Paul, a White Bear Lake Area High School graduate and founder of Let Them Eat Cake, was named one of 10 Outstanding Young Minnesotans by JCI Minnesota, formerly the Minnesota Jaycees. Schwartz makes birthday kits to help children celebrate their special day. She was featured in the White Bear Press last May.

LOOKING BACK Week of November 6 – November 12, 2016 Culled from the archives of the White Bear Press at the resource library of the White Bear Area Historical Society. 1916 How we voted – The great battle is over. Election Day dawned warm but cloudy and later a light mist set in which slowly but surely increased until it attained a steady rain but not sufficient to dampen the ardor of the voters. The results – President - Hughes – 128 – Wilson 219, Senator - Kellogg – 158, Lawler – 162, Calderwood – 51A bad accident occurred on Bald Eagle avenue last Thursday evening when Arnold, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Malzahn, was struck by an automobile just side of the village limits and was rendered unconscious. It was several days before he became perfectly clear in his mind, and it was not short of a miracle that he was not killed outright. That the driver knew he hit the boy was evidenced by the fact of his putting out his light when he passed or met anyone. 1941 It looks like White Bear is soon to have a good well producing water free from iron and other undesirable features. The McCarthy Well Co., of St. Paul, finished the test well in West Park a few days ago. Monday the Northern States Power Co. set up a 15-horsepower motor which was attached to a pump. The pump will run 24 hours a day for 30 days to see if the supply of water is sufficient. The well is only 149 feet deep, while the original one which still is in use is 245 feet.The improvement of a number of highways leading out from St. Paul and into the vicinity of the munitions plant as national defense has been under discussion for some time. Several highways in Ramsey County have been petitioned to be improved. Prominent among these is that Highway No. 61 to be widened from the cut-off at Forest Lake to the north boundary of St. Paul.. 1966 The “Lucky Wednesday” winners of $5.00 gift certificates whose names were drawn in the White Bear Lake Shopping Center last Wednesday evening are: Gary Zerwas, 1947 Park; Dick Stockstead, 2315 Lakeaires Blvd.; George Berg, 3742 Dennis Lane. Each Wednesday

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evening between the hours’ of 6:30 and 7:30 p.m., shoppers receive a number. Ten numbers are drawn at 8:00 p.m. in the shopping center arcade and winners must be present.Jule M. Hannaford, of White Bear and daughter Barbara, took part in the father-daughter weekend activities at Briarcliff Manor, New York, the weekend of Oct. 28 – 30th. 1991 Jennifer (nee Manning) Peters, a 1984 graduate of Mariner High School has graduated from the University of Minnesota, October 5, 1991, with high distinction in medical technology. Jennifer is the daughter of Patrick and Patricia Manning of White Bear Lake. 2006 Wildwood Elementary Principal Denise Waalen was recognized with an Above and Beyond Award for her contribution and commitment to the Metropolitan Principals’ Academy. Greg and Pam Weier of Mahtomedi are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter

Lindsey Weier to Dan Dehlin, son of Tom and Maria Dehlin of Marquette Michigan. Looking Forward to Our Past Upcoming Historical Society Programs & Events Cass Gilbert’s White Bear Cottages, November 28, 6 - 7 p.m. at the White Bear Lake Library, 2150 - Second St., White Bear Lake. Well-known Minnesota architect Cass Gilbert spent much of his early career designing homes and other buildings around White Bear Lake. Join the WBLAHS for this illustrated program as we showcase designs for some of his early cottages and other buildings in our area - some of which still stand today, while others have not survived or were never built. FREE event but donations are welcome. Presented by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society in partnership with the Ramsey County Library-White Bear Lake.

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Russian educators exchange ideas with local district BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Last week, three Russian special education professionals and local district leaders discovered they face some of the same obstacles to overcome in special education — paperwork and the pitfalls of mainstreaming. The Russian educators praised the White Bear Lake district for the special education classes they observed. “There wasn't one child who was unengaged,” said Tanya Antonova, a

special education teacher at a boarding school in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. “It leaves nothing short of admiration.” Antonova was so impressed, she asked what the teachers' greatest challenges could possibly be. “Our teachers' greatest challenge is the amount of paperwork,” said Kathleen Daniels, director of student support services. “It is very technical and very time-consuming.” Teachers feel the amount of paperwork can take away from the time teachers could be spending with students, she said. “We have the exact same issue,” An-

tonova said. “Instead of paying attention to the child, I have to pay attention to the paperwork.” A federal bill to bring changes to that issue will reach President Vladimir Putin at the end of the month, she noted. “We have a huge world, but the same problem,” Antonova said. Bezuglora Ekaterina, a director at a resource center for autism, noted that White Bear Lake classrooms had more support staff compared to those in Russia. But school board member Ellen Fahey, a former White Bear Lake science

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teacher, explained the special education classrooms they visited were not the norm. When special education students are mainstreamed, that is not the case, she said. Marina Melnikova, a deputy director of a rehab center for children with disabilities, said in Russia regular education teachers who have special education students mainstreamed in their classrooms don't have enough training or support. White Bear district leaders concurred. “It's definitely a challenge to support special education students when they are out in the mainstream classrooms every day,” Daniels said. “It's really interesting how we come from different parts of the world and even though you are more technically advanced and equipped, our problems come down to the same,” Ekaterina said. Ekaterina also invited any interested White Bear Lake teachers to visit Russia. The educators were a part of a group of six visitors from Krasnoyarsk, Russia participating in the Open World delegation program. It was the first trip to the U.S. for each of them. Open World is a post-Soviet exchange program funded through the U.S. Library of Congress. “I've hosted eight of these groups,” said White Bear Lake Rotary Club member Greg Bartz, who got involved through a friend in a neighboring Rotary club. Bartz got the White Bear Rotary club involved 10 years ago. Throughout the week, delegates from Russia participated in professional exchanges and also did some sightseeing. Civil engineering delegates visited an architectural office in Roseville. The trip was coordinated and hosted by Bartz. For more information on the program, visit www.openworld.gov.

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Holiday Open House November 10 • 4-8pm Enjoy refreshments while you shop a Happy 70th anniversary, Waldo and Marian Meier November 22, 1946 - 2016 Kansas farm boy meets Iowa farm girl in St. Paul, Minnesota shortly after the end of WWII. White Bear Lake became their home in 1949 where they still reside. They will celebrate this milestone with family on Thanksgiving.

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1. Oct. 31 was Comfy Reading Day at Level Up Academy. The grand finale of this special reading activities day was a Skype session with author Catherine Stier. She read her #1 book on Amazon “If I Ran for President” and answered questions from the students. Signed copies of her book were the favorite prize of Book Bingo. — Submitted 2. Deloris Bogart and Marian Gifford were among 45 guests enjoying the festivities at the November Community Luncheon

hosted by Mahtomedi Community Education Nov. 2. The event featured good food (manicotti), spirited conversation and live entertainment provided by Dan “Daddy Squeeze” Newton. The next luncheon is Dec. 14 with the Silver Harmony Singers. — Cathy Wyland 3. Author and professor Bill George speaks at the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation business awards dinner Nov. 1. — Submitted

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Above: White Bear Lake Area High School students perform a musical number from their upcoming production of “Mary Poppins” for a group of young children and parents during a special preview event Saturday, Nov. 5 in the cafeteria at north campus. Below: Vanee Yang shows a group of fellow cast members and children the hand movements that go along with “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” the iconic song from the 1964 movie.

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Air, ground attacks click as Zephyrs rout SMB for section football crown BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

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Andy Voyen reaches over a defender to pull down a touchdown pass from quarterback Anthony Praml.

Andy Voyen is one of the most talented receivers in the metro area, but there’s some games where the ball seldom comes his way. “Our ground game is so strong that we don’t always need to throw a pass,” said the Mahtomedi senior after the Zephyrs beat the SMB Wolfpack 50-27 in a duel of unbeatens for the section title last Friday. “That’s OK. A win is a win,” he grinned. “But, yeah, I do like to get the ball.” The 6-foot-3 wideout got the ball twice early in the first quarter, out-leaping his defender both times to catch lobs from Anthony Praml for touchdowns of 19 and 10 yards. Praml finished 7-for-10 for 130 yards and two touchdowns with Voyen catching six passes. The Zephyrs had their vaunted ground game operating, too, as they roared to a 43-0 halftime lead and coasted with the backups in the second half. Jalen Frye gained 181 yards on 18 carries, bolting 19, 16 and 23 yards for touchdowns. T.J. Tumbleson carried seven times for 37 yards and a four-yard score. Praml scored on a two-yard sneak. “Enjoy this now, but we’ve got more work to do. And that’s the fun part,” coach Dave Muetzel told

his squad, hearkening to the state tournament. The No. 4 ranked Zephyrs (10-0) earned their 12th state trip but first since 2010. They face No. 2 Mankato West (10-0) on Saturday, 6 p.m., in Farmington. SMB (St. Paul Academy, Minnehaha Academy, Blake), ranked No. 8, finished 9-1. Ben Putney got Mahtomedi’s first points with two early sacks of SMB’s Jalen Suggs, the second of

those in the end zone for a safety. After that, Suggs, a freshman athletic prodigy (he averaged 17 points in varsity basketball in eighth grade) was un-catchable as he threw 46 passes, completing 21, for 256 yards, and one touchdown. Three passes were intercepted — by Liam Cashin, Spencer Scott and Evan Reyes. Cashin’s return of about 20 yards and Scott’s return of about 45 yards set up touchdowns.

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The White Bear Lake girls (in black) waited for the gun at the starting line of the state cross country meet.

Bear girls 12th, boys 16th at state cross country The White Bear Lake girls finished 12th and the boys were 16th among 16 teams in the state cross country meet Saturday. The Bear girls were led by senior Keely Nistler in 73rd place at St. Olaf College. Freshman Maddie Verkerke was 93rd, seventh-grader Maggie Blanding 111th, sophomore Josephine Moor 128th and sophomore Olivia Schwintek 129th, among 175 qualifiers. The Bears ran the tightest pack of all

the teams with just 38 seconds separating the seven runners. Coach Patti Percival said she had hoped for a top-ten finish, but assessed, “If you look critically at the results, we ended up right about where we should have been.” Percival added that the coaches are “very proud of how hard the girls worked and the great season they had.” For the Bear boys, junior Mike Rohlinger placed 113th, junior Jace Bartz

121st, senior Ben Roen 151st, junior Wyatt Taylor 153rd, and sophomore Tryg Solberg 154th, among 173 qualifiers. Their No. 1 runner, junior Ben Vanderbosch, was not feeling well and had an off-day, finishing 160th. “We had a young team and are bringing back six out of our seven runners next year,” coach Dan Kovacich said, reflecting on the season. “We went to war at sections with three other teams (Highland Park, Central, and Wood-

bury) and came out on top.” Vanderbosch, Rohlinger and Schwintek were each running in their third state meet for the Bears. The boys team was making its sixth consecutive appearance and ninth in 10 years. The girls team made its third straight trip. Bruce Strand

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Veteran leadership augmented by middle-schoolers depth gave the Mahtomedi girls swim team a 5-3 overall record in the regular season, 4-2 in conference, along with a third-place finish at the Hastings Invitational. The Zephyrs are prepping for Section 4A on

In the state cross country meet Saturday, Mahtomedi eighth-grader Melanie Pankow placed 139th and junior Lilly Engebretson 161st among 175 qualifiers. Bruce Strand

The Bears passed for 271 yards with Rosemount keying on their prime threat, Jessiah Majest, holding him to 34 yards and the team to 93 on the ground. Scoring were Roshawn Mikell on a 16-yard run, Majest on a two-yard run, and Blake Charles on a pass from Tristin Dacus from 52 yards out. Charles caught six passes for 92 yards, Matt Muedeking six for 86, and Charlie Wachtler six for 37. Dacus completed 25 of 38 passes. Defensively, Ozzie Larsen and Malek McElmury were leading tacklers for the Bears. (Editor’s note: this article replaces one last week in which the writer unfortunately got inaccurate information from a football web site.) Bruce Strand

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White Bear Lake finished a winless football season, but did so in valiant fashion, falling to top-seeded Rosemount 28-21 in their section opener on Oct. 28. “We played really well, our best game of the year,” coach Ryan Bartlett assessed. “We had two chances to win the game in the second half and just didn't quite do it.” Against an 8-1 team that beat them 3114 in the season opener, the Bears had a first down at the Irish 15, trailing by a touchdown, with four minutes left. Rosemount rushed for 304 yards with quarterback Cody Hogan scoring three times and Alec Schimmel scoring on a 49-yard run. The 0-9 season included two games like this against strong teams, the other against Mounds View, a 34-27 loss.

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Thursday and Saturday in Inver Grove Heights. “I am really looking forward to seeing the girls’ hard work pay off,” said coach Daniel Kazaur. Kazaur reports that leading scorers have been seniors Marcella Manivel, Bella Ludwig, Grace Neumiller and Claire Roettger; juniors Maggie Liska, Becca Kurkowski, and Aine Keel; and sophomore Olivia Fleming. He added, “We have been really excited by the talent and improvement our younger swimmers have shown. Eight of our middle school swimmers have earned a spot on the sections team.”

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Mahtomedi sisters Grace and Maggie Riermann captured bronze medals in doubles at the state tournament for the second straight year. They won 56 of 59 matches together in that two-year span, capped by a 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 win over an Eastview duo in the third-place match Oct. 28. (That’s a correction from last week, when we listed them finishing fourth.) Counting singles, Maggie was 72-6 and Grace 69-9 the last two years. They played mostly doubles last year and mostly singles this year, with Grace at the higher spot, for the state team champion Zephyrs.

White Bear Lake senior Keely Nistler has led the Bears at the state cross country meet the past two years. Nistler placed 73rd in Class AA last Saturday and 89th last year. There are about 175 qualifiers at state each year. Nistler helped the Bears capture the Section 4AA title, running sixth overall and third on the team behind two underclassmen. Minnesota’s #1 Volume Toyota Dealer! Per Toyota Motor Sale USA 2015

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CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS ORDINANCE NO. 701 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 127 OF THE CITY CODE, PERTAINING TO LAWFUL GAMBLING IN THE CITY OF VADNAIS HEIGHTS The City Council of the City of Vadnais Heights does hereby ordain: I. Chapter 127 (Lawful Gambling) of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 127.070 (2) Each organization conducting lawful gambling within the City shall meet the following criteria for its lawful purpose expenditures: (a) Not less than 50% of lawful purpose expenditures shall be spent within the Vadnais Heights corporate limits. (b) Not more than an additional 25% of lawful purpose expenditures shall be spent outside of the Vadnais Heights Trade Area as defined in Section 127.090 (Vadnais Heights corporate limits are included in the Trade Area), 127.070 (3) At the end of each organization’s fiscal year, each organization must file with the City a report prepared by an independent certified public accountant documenting compliance with the requirements of this section. In addition, each organization must submit monthly to the City all forms which are submitted to the Gambling Control Board, as well as any forms which the City may require as directed by the City Council or designee. II. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, this 2nd day of November, 2016. Marc A. Johannsen, Mayor ATTEST: Kevin Watson, City Administrator Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 9, 2016.

CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE REGARDING ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of White Bear Lake will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 4701 Highway 61, to consider the adoption of the following proposed ordinance: AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 1202.195 OF THE CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF AN INTERIM ORDINANCE PLACING A TEMPORARY MORATOIUM ON THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR AND THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BILLBOARD SIGN PERMITS ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE. All persons who desire to be heard on this ordinance will be given the opportunity at that meeting. For further information about the ordinance, contact City staff at 651-429-8534. Kara Coustry, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 9, 2016.

CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of White Bear Lake Planning Commission will hold a public hearing in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 4701 Highway 61, White Bear Lake, Minnesota on Monday, November 21, 2016 beginning at 7:00 p.m. to hear and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following requests: A. Case Nos. 16-7-CUP and 16-18-V: A request by Culver’s for two conditional use permits and four variances in order to construct a 4,371 square foot Culver’s fast food restaurant: a CUP for off-site parking per Code Section 1302.050, Subd.11; a CUP for drive-thru per 1303.140, Subd.4.b; a variance to allow a second freestanding sign per 1202.140, Subd. 2, in order to permit the existing pylon sign to be retained; and all per 1302.050, Subd.4.h.17: a 5.5 foot variance from the 15 foot hard surface setback requirement from the rightof-way; a 5 foot variance from the 5 foot hard surface setback requirement from the east side; and a 5 foot variance from the 5 foot hard-surface setback from the building along the west side for the property located at 3202 White Bear Avenue. B. Case No. 16-19-V: A request by Bill and Joy Wilson for a 6 foot variance from the 22 foot rear yard setback for a deck per Code Section 1302.040, Subd.4.a.3, in order to construct a 200 square foot deck 16 feet from the rear/east property line for the property located at 4788 Cook Avenue. C. Case No. 16-20-V: A request by Jeanne Glass to vertically extend existing non-conforming building setbacks at both the west property line (4’6” vs. 15’ per Code Section 1303.040, Subd.5.c.2) and the Ordinary High Water Elevation (17’3” vs. 50’ per Code Section 1303.230, Subd.5.a.3) in order to construct a 423 square foot upper level addition for the property located at 2285 South Shore Boulevard. D. Case No. 16-1-LS: A request by Joe Hammer for approval of a minor subdivision to split one lot into two per Section 1407.030 for the property located at 2517 Manitou Island. E. Case No. 16-21-V: A request by Scott and Jenny Schoeneman for a 6.8 foot variance from the average lakeside setback (189.7 feet), per Code Section 1302.040, Subd.4.c, in order to construct a 12.8 foot wide addition onto the lake side of the house for the property located at 1971 Rishworth Lane. Unless continued by the Planning Commission, these cases will be heard by the City Council on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Comments may be presented at the public hearing or filed with the City Clerk until 4:30 p.m. on the Friday before the hearing. Each response will be considered before the Planning Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council. If there are questions concerning these applications, please call the City’s Planning and Zoning Office at (651) 429-8561. Kara Coustry, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 9, 2016.

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DemandStar section of the Ramsey County Purchasing Webpage to access registration information https://www.ramseycounty.us/businesses/doingbusiness-ramsey-county/contracts-vendors SOLICITATION: RFB-COMGR-2078-MS OPENING DATE: 12/01/2016 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY, THROUGH THE COUNTY MANAGER DEPARTMENT, SEEKS A RESPONSE FROM LEGAL NEWSPAPERS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ALL NOTICES FOR THE YEAR 2017 IN A LEGAL NEWSPAPER WITH ITS KNOWN OFFICE OF ISSUE SITUATED IN RAMSEY COUNTY; FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR RAMSEY COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 2016 IN A QUALIFIED NEWSPAPER TO BE DESIGNATED AS “OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER” FOR PUBLICATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT; FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF RAMSEY COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 2016 IN A QUALIFIED NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY THAN THE NEWSPAPER DESIGNATED AS THE “OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER” FOR SUCH PUBLICATION; AND THE NOTICE AND LIST OF DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAXES REMAINING ON THE FIRST DATE OF JANUARY 2017 AND THE NOTICE AND LIST FOR THE 2017 NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF REDEMPTION. SOLICITATION: RFB-LOR-2215-KBB OPENING DATE: 12/01/2016 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RAMSEY COUNTY, THROUGH THE LAKE OWASSO RESIDENCE DEPARTMENT, SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A RAMSEY COUNTY MASTER CONTRACT(S) FOR THE SUPPLY, DELIVERY, AND INSTALLATION OF NEW APPLIANCES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES AT THE LAKE OWASSO RESIDENCE (LOR) AND FOR THE VARIOUS RAMSEY COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. SOLICITATION: RFP-PRK10292-KR OPENING DATE: DECEMBER 08, 2016 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PROVIDE COMPLETE DESIGN/ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COMMISSIONING, AND MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION SERVICES REQUIRED TO CONVERT THE HVAC SYSTEM AT ALDRICH ARENA FROM STEAM TO HOT WATER. PRE-SOLICITATION RESPONSE CONFERENCE: ALDRICH ARENA, 1850 WHITE BEAR AVENUE N., MAPLEWOOD, MN 55109. NOVEMBER 28, 2016. 9:00 A.M. CST. Published one time in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 9, 2016.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASE NUMBER: 62-CV-16-4386 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the matter of the Petition of Planet Home Lending, LLC, for a New Certificate of Title After Mortgage Foreclosure Sale TO ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS REAL ESTATE, PARTICULARLY: OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY AND ELIZABETH P. PACE. on the 16th day of November, 2016 , at 2:00 P.M. in Room 170 of the Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, Minnesota, the Court will consider entering the following Order: NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that the Registrar of Titles of Ramsey County upon a recording of a certified copy of this Order, from Court File No. 62-CV-16-4386 cancel Certificate of Title No. 583160 and enter a new certificate of title for the land described therein in favor of Jacob McKean, free of all memorials now appearing on said cancelled certificate up to and including Doc. No. 2559942 and free from the memorial of this Order, except the Registrar of Titles shall carry forward the memorials of Doc. Nos. 2564264, 2566138 and 2566139. If you OBJECT to entry of that Order, you are hereby ORDERED to appear at the hearing at the above time and place and to state your objections and to show cause, if any you have, why that Order should not be entered. If you DO NOT OBJECT to entry of that Order, you are EXCUSED from appearing at the hearing and the Order will be entered without you. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be served: (a) at least 10 days prior to such hearing upon all of the above named parties residing in this State in the manner provided by law for the service of a Summons in a Civil action; (b) at least 14 days prior to such hearing upon any of the above named parties not residing in this State by sending a copy of this Order by registered or certified mail, return receipt, to each of such parties at his/her post office address; (c) upon any of the above named parties who cannot be found by two weeks published notice and at least 14 days prior to the hearing by sending a copy of this Order by First Class mail to each of such parties at his/her last known address and at his/her address as stated on the Certificate of Title if his/her address is so stated. DATED: October 12, 2016 Shawn Bartsh, JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT Entry of this Order to Show Cause is recommended. WAYNE D. ANDERSON, EXAMINER OF TITLES Attorneys for Petitioner Brian G. Sayer: Attorney Registration No.: 0389820 Paul Hayes: Attorney Registration No.: 0327888 Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen, Rastede, P.C. PC Address: 925 East 4th Street, Waterloo, IA 50701 Telephone: 319-234-2530 MN Office Address: 229 Jackson Street, Suite 133, Anoka, MN 55303 MN150032 Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 2 and 9, 2016.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT FILE NO. P.S. 62-CV-16-2715 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the Matter of the Petition of Federal National Mortgage Association In Relation to Certificate of Title No. 570883 issued for land in the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota legally described as: Lot 8, Block 2, Windward Heights TO ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS REAL ESTATE, PARTICULARLY: Parties to be served: Beverly J. Bruce, United States of America and all

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occupants of the subject property. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that unless you appear before this Court on the 28th day of December, 2016, at 2:00 PM in Room 170 Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, to make a valid objection, the Court will enter the following Order: That the Registrar of Titles of Ramsey County, upon the filing of a certified copy of this Order, Court File No. 62-CV-16-2715, cancel Certificate of Title No. 570883 and enter a new certificate for the land therein described in favor of Federal National Mortgage Association, free of both the recitals and all of the memorials now appearing on said cancelled certificate up to and including document number 2532856 and free of the memorial of this Order, except the Registrar of Titles shall carry forward document number 360536 and modify the comment to say “Reserves drainage and utility easements.‚Äù IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be served: (a) at least 10 days prior to such hearing upon all of the above named parties residing in this State in the manner provided by law for the service of a Summons in a Civil action; (b) at least 14 days prior to such hearing upon any of the above named parties not residing in this State by sending a copy of this Order by registered or certified mail, return receipt, to each of such parties at his/her post office address; (c) upon any of the above named parties who cannot be found by two weeks published notice and at least 14 days prior to the hearing by sending a copy of this Order by First Class mail to each of such parties at his/her last known address and at his/her address as stated on the Certificate of Titles if his/her address is so stated. (d) upon a dissolved, withdrawn, or revoked business entity governed by Minn. Stat., Chp. 302A, 303, 317A, 322A, 322B, or 323 in the manner provided by Minn. Stat. §5.25. (Note: return date on Order to Show Cause must be at least 30 days after date of mailing by the Secretary of State.) Dated: October 21, 2016 /s/ Margaret Marrinan, Judge of the District Court Entry of this Order is recommended. Wayne D. Anderson, Examiner of Titles By /s/ Nathan A. Bissonette Deputy Examiner of Titles SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 12550 West Frontage Road, Suite 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 15-099538 Attendance is required only by those who wish to object to the entry of the above-described order. Published two times in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 9 and 16, 2016.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT FILE NO. P.S. 62-CV-16-4081 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the Matter of the Petition of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association In Relation to Certificate of Title No. 531858 issued for land in the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota legally described as: The West 60 feet of the East 1110.91 feet of that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, between the Southerly line of Old Hudson Road and the Northerly line of State Trunk Highway No. 12 TO ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS REAL ESTATE, PARTICULARLY: Parties to be served: Thai Cheng, Mao Vue and All Occupants of the Subject Premises. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that unless you appear before this Court on November 30, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 170 Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, to make a valid objection, the Court will enter the following Order: That the Registrar of Titles of Ramsey County, upon the filing of a certified copy of this Order, Court File No. 62-CV-16-4081, cancel Certificate of Title No. 531858 and enter a new certificate for the land therein described in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, free of all the memorials now appearing on said cancelled certificate up to and including document number 2548483 and free of the memorial of this Order, except the Registrar of Titles shall carry forward the recital now appearing thereon. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be served: (a) at least 10 days prior to such hearing upon all of the above named parties residing in this State in the manner provided by law for the service of a Summons in a Civil action; (b) at least 14 days prior to such hearing upon any of the above named parties not residing in this State by sending a copy of this Order by registered or certified mail, return receipt, to each of such parties at his/her post office address; (c) upon any of the above named parties who cannot be found by two weeks published notice and at least 14 days prior to the hearing by sending a copy of this Order by First Class mail to each of such parties at his/her last known address and at his/her address as stated on the Certificate of Titles if his/her address is so stated. (d) upon a dissolved, withdrawn, or revoked business entity governed by Minn. Stat., Chp. 302A, 303, 317A, 322A, 322B, or 323 in the manner provided by Minn. Stat. §5.25. (Note: return date on Order to Show Cause must be at least 30 days after date of mailing by the Secretary of State.) Dated: October 12, 2016 /s/ Shawn Bartsh, Judge of the District Court Entry of this Order is recommended. Wayne D. Anderson, Examiner of Titles By /s/ Wayne D. Anderson, Examiner of Titles SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 12550 West Frontage Road, Suite 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 15-099209 Attendance is required only by those who wish to object to the entry of the above-described order. Published two times in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 9 and 16, 2016.

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OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDED ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Cana Studio 2. The address of the principal place of business is or will be: 35 Lexington Pkwy S, #28 St. Paul, MN 55105 3. The name and address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name. (Only one signature is required by law.) Note: if the business owner is a corporation, you must list the legal corporate name and the legal Registered Office of the corporation. Ashley Reichow 35 Lexington Pkwy S, #28 St. Paul, MN 55105 4. This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed Name number 826924100020 filed with the Secretary of State on September 28, 2016. I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: October 24, 2016 Signed: Ashley Reichow, owner Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 2 and 9, 2016.

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF HEARING REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL THREE DOG LICENSE IN THE TOWN OF WHITE BEAR, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Town Board of Supervisors of the Town of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota, will meet at Heritage Hall, 4200 Otter Lake Road, in said Town on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 7:10 p.m., to consider the request for a Special Three Dog License at the following described property, to-wit: Lot 5, Block 4, Meadowlands of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota (4627 Stoddart Lane) and to hear and pass upon objections and recommendations, if any, and to conduct any and all business incident hereto. Given under my hand this 17th day of October, 2016. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILLIAM F. SHORT, Clerk-Treasurer Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 9, 2016.

CITY OF GEM LAKE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED BUDGET There will be a Public Hearing at the November 15th City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting to discuss the proposed budget for 2017. The City Council Meeting is scheduled for 7:00 P.M. at 4200 Otter Lake Rd, Gem Lake. Dated 10/20/2016 Robert L Uzpen, Mayor Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 2 and 9, 2016.

CITY OF GEM LAKE PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 67 D AND ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEPTIC SYSTEMS The above described Ordinance which relates to Septic Systems in the City of Gem Lake was adopted on October 18th, 2016. The following summarizes the Ordinance. Section 1. Cites the statutory authority for the Ordinance. Section 2. Sets forth the purpose of the Ordinance. Section 3. Sets forth the authority of the Ordinance. Section 4. Sets forth the effective date of the Ordinance. Section 5. Provides definitions Section 6. Sets forth the scope of the Ordinance. Section 7. Identifies the jurisdiction the ordinance covers. Section 8. Sets forth the administrative authority for the Ordinance. Section 9. Sets forth any liabilities. Section 10. Sets forth measurements. Section 11. Provides interpretation of certain terms. Section 12. Provides guidance for all Septic Systems no matter when installed. Section 13. Provides guidance for repairs and upgrades. Section 14. Provides guidance for Septic Systems in flood plains. Section 15. Requirements for class V injection wells. Section 16. Provides requirements for license. Section 17. Outlines Prohibitions. Section 18. Standards adopted by Minnesota Rules. Section 19. Amendments to Minnesota Rules. Section 20. Variance Requirements. Section 21. Permit Requirements. Section 22. Construction Permit. Section 23. Operating Permit. Section 24. Abandonment Certification. Section 25. Management/Operating Plan. Section 26. Inspection Requirements. Section 27. Violations. Section 28. Prosecution of Violations. Section 29. State Notification of Violations. Section 30. Cost and Reimbursement of Violations. Section 31. Record Keeping. Section 32. Annual reporting. Section 33. Fees Section 34. Interpretation Section 35. Severability A copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the City of Gem Lake office, 4200 Otter Lake Road, Gem Lake, Minnesota. This Ordinance becomes effective upon publication of this summary . William Short, City Clerk Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 9, 2016.

WEST OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF INTENT RUNNING AERATION EQUIPMENT ON BALD EAGLE LAKE The West Oaks Homeowners Association gives notice that they will operate an aeration system in public waters around their dock located at the northwest side of Bald Eagle Lake starting on or about November 15, 2016 until ice out. Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 9 and 16, 2016.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: 08/02/2013 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $163,975.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Lia Lee, a Married Woman as her sole and separate property MORTGAGEE: Cobalt Mortgage, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: 08/29/2013 as Doc#: 4421293 in the Office of the County Recorder, Ramsey County, Minnesota

The mortgage was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Assignment dated: 10/27/2015 Assignment recorded: 11/13/2015 Assignment recording information: A04583188 All in the records of the County Recorder in and for Ramsey County, MN. TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 22.29.22.22.0077 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 1 and the South Half of Lot 2, Block 4, Sylvan Heights Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Abstract Property STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1565 Clarence St., St. Paul, MN 55106 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Ramsey LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Cobalt Mortgage, Inc. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Caliber Home Loans, Inc. THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE $194,758.06 AS OF 11/10/2016. THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Ramsey, Minnesota at public auction as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 12/22/2016 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, 25 West 4th Street, Suite 150, Saint Paul, MN 55102 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the mortgaged property by 11:59 p.m. on 06/22/2017, or the next business day if 06/22/2017 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: 11/02/2016 Caliber Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C., By Brian G. Sayer, Attorney for Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee 925 E 4th St., Waterloo, IA 50703 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published six times in the White Bear Press on November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and December 7, 2016.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: 03/13/2008 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $625,500.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Wendy M. McCabe and Eric McCabe, wife and husband MORTGAGEE: M & I Bank FSB DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: 03/21/2008 as DOC# 2034417 in the Office of the County Register of Deeds, Ramsey County, Minnesota The mortgage was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee of the PrimeStar-H Fund I Trust Assignment dated: 09/25/2014 Assignment recorded: 02/19/2016 Assignment recording information: DOC# T02551858 All in the records of the County Register of Deeds in and for Ramsey County, Minnesota. TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 18-30-22-42-0003 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: TRACT J. REGISTERED LAND SURVEY NO. 75, RAMSEY COUNTY, MN TORRENS PROPERTY AS SHOWN BY CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 520603 Torrens Certificate No.520603 STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 15 Ridge Rd., North Oaks, MN 55127 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Ramsey LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: M & I Bank FSB RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Statebridge Company, LLC THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE $746,869.35 AS OF 10/14/2016. THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Ramsey, Minnesota at public auction as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 11/22/2016 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Ramsey Sheriff’s Office, 25 West 4th Street, Suite 150, Saint Paul, MN 55102 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 Months from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the mortgaged property by 11:59 p.m. on 05/22/2017, or the next business day if 05/22/2017 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: 10/12/2016 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the PrimeStar-H Fund I Trust , Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C., By Brian G. Sayer, Attorney for Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee 925 E 4th St., Waterloo, IA 50703 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published six times in the White Bear Press on October 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9 and 16, 2016.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASE NUMBER: 62-CV-16-4056 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the matter of the Petition of

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Planet Home Lending, LLC, In Relation to Certificate of Title No. 530142 issued for land in the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota legally described as: The West 28 feet of Lot 2, Ekberg’s Subdivision The East 32 feet of Lot 3, Ekberg’s Subdivision TO ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS REAL ESTATE, PARTICULARLY: Parties to be served: Sylvia M. Damato, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and all occupants of the subject property. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that unless you appear before this Court on November 16, 2016, at 2:00 PM in Room 170 Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, to make a valid objection, the Court will enter the following Order: NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Registrar of Titles of Ramsey County, upon the filing of a certified copy of this Order, Court File No. 62-CV-16-4056 cancel Certificate of Title No. 530142 and enter a new certificate for the land described therein in favor of Jeffrey D. Launderville, free of all memorials now appearing on said cancelled certificate up to and including Doc. 2556616 and free of the memorial of this Order, except the Registrar of Titles shall carry forward the memorials of Doc. Nos. 185256, 315431 and 2556616. If you OBJECT to entry of that Order, you are hereby ORDERED to appear at the hearing at the above time and place and to state your objections and to show cause, if any you have, why that Order should not be entered. If you DO NOT OBJECT to entry of that Order, you are EXCUSED from appearing at the hearing and the Order will be entered without you. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be served: (a) at least 10 days prior to such hearing upon all of the above named parties residing in this State in the manner provided by law for the service of a Summons in a Civil action; (b) at least 14 days prior to such hearing upon any of the above named parties not residing in this State by sending a copy of this Order by registered or certified mail, return receipt, to each of such parties at his/her post office address; (c) upon any of the above named parties who cannot be found by two weeks published notice and at least 14 days prior to the hearing by sending a copy of this Order by First Class mail to each of such parties at his/her last known address and at his/her address as stated on the Certificate of Title if his/ her address is so stated. (d) upon a dissolved, withdrawn, or revoked business entity governed by Minn. Stat., Chp. 302A, 303, 317A, 322A, 322B, or 323 in the manner provided by Minn. Stat. 5.25. (Note: return date on Order to Show Cause must be at least 30 days after date of mailing by the Secretary of State.) DATED: October 12, 2016 Shawn Bartsh, Judge of the District Court The entry of this Order to Show Cause is recommended. WAYNE D. ANDERSON, Examiner of Titles Attorney for Petitioner Brian G. Sayer: Attorney Registration No.: 0389820 Paul Hayes: Attorney Registration No.: 0327888 Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen, Rastede, P.C. PC Address: 925 East 4th Street, Waterloo, IA 50701 Telephone: 319-234-2530 MN Office Address: 229 Jackson Street, Suite 133, Anoka, MN 55303 Attendance is required only by those who wish to object to the entry of the above-described order. Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 2 and 9, 2016.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASE TYPE: 14- OTHER CIVIL 62-CV-16-5854 SUMMONS Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff, vs. John T. Hernandez, Defendant(s). THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this Summons and is on file in the office of the Court Administrator of the above-named Court. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this Summons. 2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this Summons located at: Melissa L.B. Porter Shapiro & Zielke, LLP 12550 West Frontage Road, Suite 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint. 5. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MUST REPLY WITHIN 60 DAYS TO PROTECT ITS RIGHTS. That the United States of America is hereby summoned and required to serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, within 60 days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service, an Answer to the attached Complaint of the Plaintiff. 6. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case. 7. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute. 8. THIS LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING INTO QUESTION TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY located in the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows: All of Lot 25, also all that part of Lot 26, Block 15, Desnoyer Park, Ramsey County Minnesota described as follows: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of Lot 25, thence Northwesterly 20 feet along the Northeasterly line of Lot 26, to a point, thence Southwesterly and parallel to the Southeasterly line of Lot 26, to a point on the Southerly line of said Lot 26, which point is a distance of 20 feet from the Southeasterly corner of Lot 26, thence Southeasterly to the dividing line between Lots 25 and 26, thence Northeasterly to the point of beginning. The object of this action is for the purpose of voiding a mortgage foreclosure sale. 557.03 NOTICE OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §557.03 you are hereby served with notice that no personal claim is made against you and that any defendant upon whom this notice is served who unreasonably defends this action shall pay full costs to the plaintiff. Dated: October 14, 2016 SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP By: /s/ Melissa L. B. Porter Melissa L.B. Porter - 0337778 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200, Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 Published three times in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 2, 9 and 16, 2016.

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“HACKSAW RIDGE” (R) [INTENSE PROLONGED REALISTICALLY GRAPHIC SEQUENCES OF WAR VIOLENCE, INCLUDING GRISLY BLOODY IMAGES.] — An enthralling, riveting, actionpacked, well-acted, factually based, violent, 131-minute Mel Gibson film that follows heroic Virginia conscientious objector and WWII American Army medic Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield) from his days at boot camp at Fort Jackson to courageously saving 75 soldiers (Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Benedict Hardie, Richard Roxburgh, Milo Gibson, et al.) during the bloody Battle of Okinawa in 1945, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

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“THE SIGNAL” (PG-13)

“BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN” (PG-13) [DRUG USE AND REFERENCES, SUGGESTIVE CONTENT, LANGUAGE, SOME HORROR IMAGES AND THEMATIC MATERIAL.] — When a rebellious 17-year-old daughter (Diamond White) ignores the wishes of her divorced dad (Tyler Perry) and sneaks off to a Halloween frat party with a bunch of rambunctious college students (Yousef Erakat, Andre Hall, Mike Tornabene, et al.) with her best friend (Liza Koshy), her furious aunts (Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis and Patrice Lovely) show up to drag her home in this lackluster, unfunny, disappointing, 103-minute Tyler Perry comedy, and the frat boys play their own silly pranks in retaliation after the police break up the party but become the victims of more pranks after the upset fathers (Tyler Perry and Javon Johnson) decide to have some fun of their own.

WENDY SCHADEWALD The preceding films were reviewed by Wendy Schadewald, who has been a Twin Cities film critic since 1986. To see more of her film reviews, log on to www.shortredheadreelreviews.com.

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Mount Katahdin in Maine is the first place in the U.S. to get sunlight each morning.

[BRIEF LANGUAGE AND SOME THEMATIC MATERIAL.] [DVD ONLY] — When a commitment-shy, Florida artist (John Krasinski) with a wealthy, pregnant girlfriend (Anna Kendrick) returns to Ohio after his mother (Margo Martindale) lands in the hospital in this down-to-earth, low-key, well-acted, star-dotted (Josh Groban, Mary Kay Place, Charley Day and Randall Park), 88-minute film, he tries to help his traumatized father (Richard Jenkins) upon learning that he and his plumbing and heating business are on the verge of bankruptcy and his divorced brother (Sharlto Copley) is obsessed with his ex-wife (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).

[SOME THEMATIC ELEMENTS, VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.] [DVD ONLY] — After an inquisitive, crutches-dependent MIT student (Brenton Thwaites) and his two equally smart, adventurous friends (Olivia Cooke and Beau Knapp) go on a road trip to find the origins of a mysterious signal in this creepy, original, low-budget, slow-paced, 95-minute 2014 sci-fi thriller with a shocking climax, they find themselves separated and being interrogated by a hazmat-suit-clad leader (Laurence Fishburne) in what looks like an underground facility and then join forces as they desperately try to escape.

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Fitzgerald series plumbs the depths of short stories for White Bear Lake connections BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER STAFF WRITER

Part Two in a series based on the “How to Write Like F. Scott Fitzgerald” class at the White Bear Center for the Arts WHITE BEAR LAKE — In anticipation of the International F. Scott Fitzgerald Society Conference that will take place in St. Paul and partially in White Bear Lake next spring, the White Bear Center for the Arts recently held its second class in the series “How to Write Like F. Scott Fitzgerald,” taught by local writer and historian Mary Jane LaVigne. The group discusses short stories that tie into White Bear Lake's history in the 1920s, and the way it shaped his fiction in the future. This time around, the story under examination was “He Thinks He's Wonderful,” telling the story of an egotistical adolescent named Basil Duke Lee growing up in the social setting of St. Paul. The story was written in 1928, when Fitzgerald was living in Paris, but it recalls a pivotal time in his life as a 15-year-old in St. Paul. “This story I think is a better story than ‘Winter Dreams,’” LaVigne said. “It's a story that really examines something that I think is not often examined in literature, which is teenagers. It's moments in time when you're struggling to define yourself.” LaVigne pointed out the similarity of Basil Duke Lee's name to the writer's own full name: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. “So Fitzgerald is really drawing from his own life,” LaVigne said. The story begins with Basil returning to St. Paul by train after a tough term at school on the East Coast. LaVigne has several hypotheses about the characters Basil meets throughout the course of the story, who might be based on people Fitzgerald knew during his childhood in St. Paul. For example, Margaret Torrance, who Lee meets on the train back to St. Paul, has a certain resemblance to Marie Hersey Hamm, wife of the Hamm's Brewery president, William Hamm, who was famously kidnapped by the Barker-Karpis gang. Hersey Hamm was a lifelong friend of Fitzgerald — when his wife Zelda came to New York for their wedding, he sent Hersey Hamm along with her to pick out some more sophisticated clothing, but the new outfits most likely “remained folded in tissue paper forever,” LaVigne said. The next character who stands out is Imogene Bissell, a girl at a gossip-filled social party who may resemble Alida Bigelow Butler. She was once asked about Fitzgerald by students at St. Paul Academy, and described the writer as “an instigator, a ringleader, the boy who asked questions and the boy who was so handsome. He wasn't a very good dancer, but everybody wanted to be with him because he just got up such great schemes.” White Bear Lake and the surrounding communities again get a few mentions in this story: in one part of the story, Basil is desperately seeking a ride to the lake cabin of one of his friends and lamenting the fact that he, unlike most of his friends, does not have an automobile of his own. When Basil needs a ride to Connie Davies' house on White Bear Lake, the only person he can hitch a ride with is Joe Gorman, who has become a bit of an enemy to the smug and talkative Basil. LaVigne believes that Connie Davies may be a depiction of Elizabeth Clarkson, whose father was a thoroughbred breeder and founder of a fox hunting club in Withrow. Bruce Binger of Stillwater later unearthed a number of correspondences between

nity. You've got the books, you've got bathtub that overflowed at the Mackey his grandmother Elizabeth and F. all of this scholarship about him, you Thompson House, which is on HighScott Fitzgerald while the writer was have great collections of his stories, way 96, where the Fitzgeralds apparaway at Princeton. Clarkson appeared and yet we have our own F. Scott Fitzently lived briefly in 1921,” she said. as a performer in some of the plays gerald literature in a sense here, in the “We can't verify that, but there was a Fitzgerald wrote for the White Bear stories that we have been passed down. longtime plumber in White Bear Lake Yacht Club. Apocryphal or not, they're still part who I interAfter Basil of what we like to hear and tell each viewed in 1990 becomes strandother, and it's been going on for a long — a great stoed in White Bear time.” ryteller, as only Lake, he makes a The class will meet again on Nov. 28 plumbers can be. deal with a friend from 7-9 p.m. at the White Bear Center I don't think that to drop him off at for the Arts (4971 Long Avenue, White the dates could Wildwood where Bear Lake). All of the stories examhave possibly he can catch the ined in the series can be found in the worked out, but streetcar back to collection “St. Paul Stories of F. Scott he claimed he St. Paul. Fitzgerald,” which were all selected could verify the “We get just the Mary Jane LaVigne because they have a particular St. Paul story about the briefest glance Local writer and historian connection. The next meeting of the plumbing break of Wildwood class will discuss the short story “The at the Mackey Amusement Captured Shadow.” Thompson House.” Park,” LaVigne said. Located on the Regardless of just how true those southeastern edge of White Bear Lake, Jackie Bussjaeger can be reached at local stories are, LaVigne still believes the amusement park used to sit where 651-295-3967 or lowdownnews@pressthey are significant to the community. Wildwood Beach Road now runs. The pubs.com. “I just love that the stories get told,” route is still faintly traceable along she said. “This is the great thing about Lincolntown Road, where it would F. Scott Fitzgerald and this commuhave crossed over a trestle near Katherine Abbott Park before continuing to North St. Paul and then St. Paul. “People that talk about that streetcar line talk about how it really got going because there were no stops between Wildwood and St. Paul, so it could really make up time,” LaVigne said. “It Our mission is “Caring for animals in became kind of a ride in itself, kind of need. The homeless, strays, abused, pitching, and that's a little bit reflected neglected, lost. Heal them, love them, in here, too.” In Fitzgerald's words: “Ten minutes help them find a home.” later Bill dropped him beside the waiting trolley. A few last picnickers sauntered aboard and the car bobbed and clanged through the night toward St. Paul.” The scene is critical for a number of reasons, both in the development of the character of Basil and in the way that White Bear Lake may have inspired Fitzgerald's attention to class struggle. “It subtly shows something that I think is underappreciated about White Bear, and a big theme in Fitzgerald, which is kind of the mixing of classes,” LaVigne said. “White Bear was a place where people of really modest means could potentially own a home. They could have small cottage; you could be a middle-class person and have a home on White Bear Lake. And of course Santa Paws Photos Give to the Max ASPCA & Subaru “Share there were really grand homes, but & Bake Sale November 17th the Love” Adoption Event there were many very modest summer cottages. You could even rent a place November 12th & 13th All day! November 19th on White Bear Lake. Or perhaps you 9am-4pm Minnesota’s Online 11am-1pm could even just take the streetcar out Forest Lake Senior Center Day of Giving Luther White Bear Subaru for the day and be a picnicker.” The setting of White Bear Lake was Let’s Stand Together 767 4th St SW - Forest Lake 3525 Hwy 61 N - White Bear Lake a stark contrast to the social circles Reduced-Fee Adoption Day! & Make A Difference of New York. Many of Fitzgerald's characters are Midwesterners who are experiencing the tension between those two types of society. “On the East Coast, things are more stratified in that way, but here in St. Paul there was a lot more communication between the classes, and in White Bear Lake, even more so,” LaVigne said. “It's a theme we see over and over in Fitzgerald.” One of the elements LaVigne said occurs quite often are scenes revolving around plumbing. Even in “The Great Gatsby,” the characters go into New York on the hottest day of the year with the idea of renting bathtubs. LaVigne also noted that Fitzgerald was always on the cutting edge with technological advances — automobiles were featured often, but one advance that isn't always mentioned outright is modern plumbing. Fitzgerald's good friend L.P. Ordway owned a St. Paul plumbing company, and many of the scenes in Fitzgerald's fiction have to do with pools, bathtubs and other modern conveniences. In fact, one of the many stories told about Fitzgerald's stay in the White Bear community included an overflowing bathtub. “There's a tradition that there was a

“One of the many stories told about Fitzgerald’s stay in the White Bear community included an overflowing bathtub.”

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Vietnamese novelist has ties to White Bear Lake BY JULIE KINK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Straddling two contrasting worlds seems to come naturally to Hoang Lai Giang. For five months, the famous Vietnamese novelist has enjoyed the tranquility of small town life in White Bear Lake with his family, including granddaughters Valerie and Sophie Moen. The 78-year-old recently returned to the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he writes full time, giving voice to a calling and a talent that has made him one of his country’s most popular authors. His pen name is Hoang Lai Giang but he was born Nguyen Van Be in Binh Dinh, a province along Vietnam’s south central coast. After attending a small village school there, he moved north, graduating from the Literature Department at the University of Hanoi in 1965 at the age of 27. Giang published his first novel in 1969. For more than 20 years, he worked as the director of a publishing house in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). All the while, he was relentless in pursuit of his passion for putting words on paper, often staying up until 3 a.m. to write. In a country where bloggers can be arrested and writers avoid political issues for fear of raising eyebrows, Giang advocates for honest and objective debate, especially under the lens of history. His books depict love and guilt, the pitfalls of hate, ambition and lies, whether fictional or historical in nature. Websites in his native language say he is unafraid to address thorny issues such as management, bureaucracy and authoritarianism among officials in power. Giang has published an impressive 19 novels, including the well-known “Tinh Yeu va Toi Loi" (Love and Sins), set in a hospital during the war; “Noi Bat Hanh Tinh Yeu" (Unfortunate Love), another novel set during the war; and “Le Van Duyet" about a famous 19th century public official in Vietnam. He also has written a number of story collections, memoirs and biographies of Vietnamese historical figures who have traditionally been misunderstood or denigrated. Although none of Giang’s books have been translated into English yet, they are well-known in the Vietnamese community. Giang’s Minnesota connection was started when his daughter, Ai My, met and married Douglas Moen, a Minnesotan who was teaching at an international school in Saigon. The couple have two daughters,

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Valerie and Sophie Moen spent time with their famous grandfather this summer in White Bear Lake, Vietnamese novelist Hoang Lai Giang.

Valerie and Sophie, who attend Birch Lake Elementary and are learning Vietnamese. Giang, who speaks no English, has visited his daughter’s family four times; this past summer, their visit included the Black Hills, Badlands and northern Minnesota. He considers White Bear Lake to be his second home. “He was very excited to find several of his books at the Minneapolis Central Library,” said Giang’s son-in-law. “He had no idea that his books could even be found in Minnesota.” Moen said Giang is known in Vietnam “for telling uncomfortable truths through stories - things that are not always favored by the government. He uses love stories as a backdrop to talk about serious social and political issues which people avoid talking about directly. He discusses the reality of the country which is often at odds with what the government says.” Giang said he was impressed by the beauty of this

area, “by how smoothly things run here, and how things are so well organized.” He conveyed that Vietnam is a warm, friendly country that has been at peace for over 40 years and is rapidly developing. Americans are very welcome there. He and his wife have two other daughters who live in Vietnam with their families. Still considered to be a full-time writer, Giang spends nearly the whole day writing drafts and researching, his son-in-law said. In addition to penning novels, he writes short essays for literary journals and online weblogs. And he has no plans to quit writing. “I often write under inspiration, according to what my heart flutter, response, empathy and anger . . . I write about what I know, I went and can not be silenced. I write for good, for justice,” he said during a 2005 writers’ conference. “I wrote against injustice, ignorance of the mighty.”

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What all seniors should know about Medicare BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER STAFF WRITER

ST. PAUL — Medicare is a complicated topic, but as open enrollment gears up for 2017, there are several organizations in the Twin Cities that want seniors to know help is available to help navigate Medicare and additional medical services for seniors. A free informational event was held at Keystone Community Center in St. Paul last week. It was sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging (MAAA) in partnership with Congresswoman Betty McCollum, who spoke during the event. “Congress has a responsibility, with the passing of Social Security 80 years ago, to make sure that Social Security stays solvent, and that it's there not only for this generation of seniors but for future generations of seniors,” McCollum said. McCollum shared a bit of legislative history of Medicare, including the addition of prescription drug coverage under the Bush Administration. “It wasn't a perfect program, just as the Affordable Care Act's not a perfect program, so you have to go in and fi x and make adjustments, and I think one of the adjustments we need to make on Medicare Part D is to allow for seniors to negotiate (the) best price (for) drugs, the way we do with the VA Administration.” McCollum also stated the need for better oversight over pharmaceutical companies, some of which have reduced access to medications, which happened with the recent price hike on the EpiPen. “There's a lot to navigate in these systems, like making sure you take out your insurance policy that you had last year and the one that came in the mail this year, making sure the right drugs are being covered, understanding how the donut hole's working if you're in there ... I'm not an expert on any of that,” McCollum said. “But we have some people who can help guide us to somebody to do it, and somebody like Bob, who can kind of help navigate the troubled waters that you might think you might be in only to fi nd out the waters are really smooth sailing.” McCollum was referring to presenter Bob Grams, who has been a volunteer for MAAA for six years following years of experience as an Allina executive. Grams is one of approximately 80 volunteers with Senior LinkAge Line, sponsored by MAAA to help seniors make good decisions about their health and insurance. “Its purpose, in effect, is to help make our communities in the seven-county (metro) area easier for seniors to live in and navigate, so they can stay in their community, their neighborhood, their houses,” Grams said. “We are the organization that's sponsored by Medicare and the state of Minnesota, overseen by the Minnesota Board on Aging, to do free and impartial Medicare-related services and advice.” There are also a large number of telephone operators who take calls from seniors with more general questions. “So, in my neighborhood I have a neighbor who's in his upper 80s,” Grams said. “He has a bad heart, he needs someone to mow his lawn, he needs to get to the doctor's office, he needs lunch. And he calls the Senior LinkAge Line for all of those. And they don't drop the phone and do that, but they can tell you what services are available in the neighborhood and whom to contact.” Grams began his presentation with a bit of history. Medicare was passed as an amendment to the Social Security Act in 1965, offering hospital and doctor insurance. It wasn't until 2006 that Medicare Part D was added to offer coverage for prescription drugs. Grams said that anyone looking into getting Medicare should be ready to consult two organizations to gain the best understanding of the process: the Social Security Administration (which determines who is eligible for Medicare) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As for eligibility for Medicare, Grams said there are two ways to get in the door: “One is to be old enough, and the other is to be sick enough,” he said. “Initially, it was just for seniors, people age 65 and above.” People sometimes express confusion because they may become eligible for full Social Security at an age other than 65, but Grams said that Social Security and Medicare are completely separate programs, and should not be confused. In 1972, the legislation was amended to add people who were deemed disabled by the Social Security Administration. Medicare has four basic parts, but when se-

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Rep. Betty McCollum talks with local seniors about the challenges in navigating the Medicare system.

niors fi rst enroll, they receive only Parts A and B, which is hospital and related (A), and doctor and related (B). Later on, they will have the option to enroll in Part C (which offers health plan options to replace original Medicare as the insurer paying claims) and Part D (which provides prescription drug insurance through a stand-alone prescription drug plan). Most people do not pay anything for Part A because the cost of it has already been taken out in payroll deductions while the recipient was employed, Grams said. There may be a few exceptions, such as individuals who do not have enough work experience and may have to buy into Part A. Part A includes hospital coverage where Medicare beneficiaries pay up to $1,288 for up to 60 days. It also covers skilled nursing facility services for no cost for up to 20 days, as well as home health care and hospice coverage for no cost. Medicare Part B covers services such as lab tests, surgeries and doctor visits, as well as supplies such as wheelchairs and walkers that are a necessary part of medical treatment. “Part B looks more like a common employer plan,” Grams said. In 2016, the premium was $104.90 (which varies depending on income and whether the beneficiary previously had premiums deducted from Social Security), but Grams said that may be liable to shift somewhat for the 2017 period. “When you get the letter from Medicare with your card, they will tell you how much you're paying. If you're paying more than the standard amount, they will tell you what that income is based on,” Grams said. Those already on Social Security before they retire will automatically receive a letter about three months prior to becoming eligible for Medicare. “So one key here is (to) read your mail,” Grams said. “They'll give you that card, so when you get something from Social Security Administration, don't throw it away. Your Medicare card might be in there, and the explanation of how much you need to pay.” Part D covers the expenses for prescription drugs, but has a particular drawback in the form of what many people call “the donut hole.” Once an individual has spent a certain amount of money on covered drugs, everything afterward must be paid out-of-pocket until reaching the yearly limit. “Technically, in the law it's called the coverage gap,” Grams said. “You, as a participant, get to pay the entire cost of the drugs until the cost to you is so high that you hit a catastrophic coverage level.” Grams said it's terribly complicated, and that anyone with an expensive drug should be aware that the costs to them might vary greatly. However, the Affordable Care Act made it a goal to eliminate the donut hole by year 2020. Medicare is currently in the middle of that transition — those who arrive at the coverage gap pay only 40

percent of that cost, rather than 100 percent. “Now notice, for both Part A and Part B, there is no maximum out-of-pocket that you might have to pay in a calendar year,” Grams said. “It's real easy to go to a hospital and have a half-a-milliondollar bill. If you go and you have half a million in doctor bills, and you have to pay 20 percent, that's $100,000. So most people will want some additional medical assurance, if for no other reason just to put on a limit on what they might need to pay on coverage services in a year. And we recommend that.” There are many additional insurance options to cover the gaps, and each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. Volunteers with Senior LinkAge Line are happy to explore the options with anyone who wants a bit of extra help, Grams said. Medicare is different for everyone, but that's exactly what Senior LinkAge Line wants to help eligible seniors fi gure out, Grams said. At the end of his presentation, Grams demonstrated how the Medicare website can be used to enter all of the relevant drug and location information to calculate your best options on an individual basis. Visit www.mnaging.org or www.medicare. gov to learn more, or contact Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433. Jackie Bussjaeger can be reached at 651-407-1229 or lowdownnews@presspubs.com.

CORRECTION An article on the Rush Line in the Nov. 2 edition of the White Bear/Vadnais Heights Press incorrectly stated that the committee had approved a preferred option that avoids crossing over Goose Lake. The committee has not finalized a preferred option in the downtown White Bear Lake area.

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Century College prosthetic faculty member Steve Stolberg displays a wall of prosthetic samples students have fabricated.

Century orthotic and prosthetic program stands tall in the state — and nation BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Century College is home to the only orthotic and prosthetic program in the state. In fact, it was the first technical-level program in the nation when it was started in 1974 through a community effort put forth by the Twin Cities Orthotics and Prosthetics chapter, said Stan O'Connor, director of prosthetic education. Last month, through donations totaling $1.7 million over the last four years and $300,000 in state funds, the program received a state-of-the-art robotic carving machine, O'Connor said. The machine can drill holes, plasma cut and weld, said orthotic faculty member Chad Smith, which is perfect for the profession that fabricates artificial limbs and orthopedic braces. “We are just beginning to design curriculum around all of its capabilities,” said Katie Voss, director of orthotic education. “The potential is great.” The seven-axis robotic arm machine will be shared with other departments, such as for welding and auto body classes. The orthotic and prosthetic program offers education from a diploma to a master’s degree. “Our programs are designed in the career ladder approach,” Voss said. Century College is the fi rst school in the nation to open a practitioner assistant level between its tech-

nician program and master's degree program. The program started last year and is so new its accreditation standards are still being fi nalized, Voss said. “We are the fi rst school in the country to be ready with our actual assistant level education model,” she said. The program will start off as a post-associate diploma option, but Century would like to grow it into a bachelor's degree. Its technician program offers a diploma or associate degree in applied science. The master's degree is in partnership with Concordia University in St. Paul. “We are the only school to offer all three levels of training,” O'Connor said. Graduates can be technicians who make prosthetics, fitters who work with practitioners, or, with a master's degree, practitioners themselves. “There are only seven total technical-level training programs in the U.S.,” Voss said. Naturally, students come from across the country and the world for the program. “We have had students here from every state in the country and international students from 17 different countries,” O'Connor said. This year it has 72 students in its technician program, 24 in its assistant program and 30 in its master's program. About 60 percent come from out-of-state. Orthotic and prosthetic users and veterans are often attracted to the career, Voss said. Graduates have good job outlooks. “We guarantee 100 percent placement of graduates

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Last month, Century College received a seven-axis robotic arm machine that can drill holes, plasma cut and weld. The machine will be used by the orthotic and prosthetic department and other departments in the college.

as long as they are willing to relocate,” O'Connor said, noting employers nationwide pursue their graduates. “It has been a fun, rewarding program if you like working with your hands and helping people,” he said. “We are considered kind of a hidden profession,” Smith said.

The making of prosthetic and orthotic makers Local patients volunteer to assist the students as they learn how to make prosthetics and orthotics. “We use actual users of the devices as models,” Voss said, noting students who use the devices also volunteer for classmates. “We have a lot of students who are amputees or users of orthotic devices.” Students evaluate the prosthetic limbs and then fabricate a device based on what they observe in the model. They also do a test fit on the user. “Students learn how to cast and evaluate the patient,” said prosthetic faculty member Steve Stolberg, who was the fi rst student in the program 40 years ago. “We have a very hands-on approach to learning,” Voss said. “It is a very active classroom.” In the technician program, students aren't graded on their fabrications. Instead, they repeat a project until they get it right. “The goal is to master the skills,” Voss said. “They have the opportunity to practice and practice.” Students are using 3-D printing in the college's fab lab to investigate new ways to make prosthetics. “They love the opportunity because they are free to do whatever they dream up,” Voss said. But for the most part, the science of prosthetics and orthotics hasn't changed too much — completely 3-D printed orthotics and prosthetics are still in the future. “The traditional materials of metal and leather and such don't ever really go away,” Voss said. “We are adding new materials, but it doesn't usually eliminate the old. We add on things like a 3-D printing piece.” O'Connor has seen materials shift over 40 years — from wooden legs to urethane foam to the beginnings of 3-D printing. The program has a well-known library collection that receives requests for materials from across the country, even from the Library of Congress. “I believe it to be the largest orthotic and prosthetic library collection in the world,” Voss said. Librarian Cheryl Langevin has been acknowledged by the Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics for her efforts in preserving a collection donated by A. Bennett Wilson Jr. Also on the world stage is Century alumna Melissa Stockwell, who won a bronze medal in the paratriathlon at the Paralympic Games in Rio Sept. 11. Stockwell is an Iraq veteran who served as a fi rst lieutenant. Her left leg was lost in Baghdad when a bomb exploded. She was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Stockwell was the fi rst Iraq veteran in the Paralympic Games in 2008 and competed in swimming.

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Mahtomedi’s 5-year CIP emphasizes roads and sewers BY LORETTA HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MAHTOMEDI — Although the final decisions aren't set in stone, asphalt or concrete yet, the City Council held a public hearing at its Nov. 1 meeting to outline details of the proposed 2017-2021 capital improvement plan. The plan was originally drawn up at the joint City Council and finance commission work session on Oct. 18 and is expected to be approved Dec. 6 when the city formally sets the final budget for the upcoming year. As part of the process, the city advertised and held a public hearing that four people attended. To come up with the plan, city staff prioritized improvements that were consistent with the goals and vision outlined in the comprehensive plan, City Engineer Jay Kennedy said. Small projects were consolidated into an area-wide improvement. A manageable time frame and a financial plan were also established to carry out the to-do list, Kennedy said. Staff then evaluated possible impacts on the city's long-term maintenance operations. As part of the budget process, city staff compiled and prioritized individual projects with input from staff, council members and residents. Projects were considered individually to determine scope, feasibility and schedule, Kennedy said. Individual projects were tentatively assigned a year to be completed. Projects proposed for 2017 include street improvements on Hickory Street and Dahlia Avenue; storm drain improvements along Edgecumbe Drive and Phase II of trail improvements in Katherine Abbott Park. Total cost of the improvements for 2017 is expected to be in the $1.5 million range.

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For 2018, projects include Phase III of the Historic District redevelopment; mill and overlay in the Echo Lake area; sanitary sewer maintenance (conducted every other year); road, sanitary sewer and water main work on Bevins Lane; sewer and water on Ideal Avenue, road and/or utility improvements on Briarwood Avenue and sidewalk, roadway and intersection improvements along CSAH 12. Total improvement costs are expected to be around $10 million. Projects proposed for 2019 include county-led improvements to CSAH 12 from Wildwood Road to Ideal Avenue and the stormwater pond maintenance program. Total cost is expected to be $380,000. For 2020, the city will continue with Phase IV of the Historic District redevelopment; Phase II of CSAH 12 improvements from Wildwood Road to Ideal Avenue, Phase II of White Bear Lake outlet improvements; sanitary sewer maintenance conducted every other year; and street improvements to Birchwood Road, Lost Lake Road, N. Warner Avenue and Harmony Drive. Total cost for 2020 is expected to be $6.1 million. The year 2021 will see Streetcar Trail improvements from Hickory Street to Stillwater Road, costing some $380,000. In the meantime, projects under consideration may change, as areas of the city still on well and septic systems petition the city to install sewer and water if residents are required to replace costly septic systems. As another example, before finalizing the 2017 capital improvement plan on Dec. 6, the city is already considering cutting back one of the projects on Briarwood Avenue. The improvements over the next five years are to be funded through a combination of various city funds, grants, assessments, bonding and county financing.

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MAHTOMEDI CITY COUNCIL NOTES In action at its Nov. 1 City Council meeting, the Mahtomedi council: • Approved a recommendation from the environmental commission to send a letter to Washington County Board members requesting that the county look at a site for residents to drop off hazardous materials in the northern part of the county. A drop-off site will provide a convenient location for residents to bring leftover household chemicals, paint, electronic waste, burned out florescent bulbs and other materials that should not go into the trash. Currently, residents of Mahtomedi must bring materials to the facility in southern Woodbury. During the RITE of Spring Earth Day collection events, the city gathered more than 6 tons of e-waste in 2015 and again in 2016. The city amassed more than 8 tons of e-waste in 2014, all of which were hauled away by a private firm hired by the city. In 2016 the city paid the firm $1,300 to remove the waste. Residents are not allowed to dispose of batteries, old dehumidifiers, paints and solvents at the RITE of Spring event and need a convenient, permanent site, city officials said. • Approved a lease agreement for firefighter housing at 196 Hallam Ave. The agreement will allow paid on-call firefighter Capt. Josh Buck to move into the lower level of the residence on Nov. 1. With the lease agreement, Mahtomedi will have four department staff members living in the duplex. • Accepted the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for the 25th consecutive year. The award, which Mayor Judson Marshall presented to Finance Director Scott Schaefer, recognizes the city's comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ending in Dec. 31, 2015. To receive the award, the city's 2015 CAFR was judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program, including demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR. Schaefer thanked city staff. “Without their help, this award is harder to obtain. They continue do a good job.” • Passed a resolution approving the master subscriber agreement for court data services for governmental agencies in the State of Minnesota. Although council approved the agreement at the Sept. 6 council meeting, the state requires a resolution to be adopted approving the agreement. • Heard from Councilman Joel Schilling that a new Little Free Library will be formally installed Nov. 6 at 29 Bertha Court. There are now approximately nine Little Free Libraries in Mahtomedi, including one at City Hall. The council next meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 at City Hall, 600 Stillwater Road. Loretta Harding

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