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The Jones family stays strong in faith for Kayla’s full recovery.

Benefit planned for Kayla-Strong A Dec. 4 fundraiser is planned for Kayla Jones, the young White Bear Lake woman struck by a truck July 30 in Duluth.

Kayla suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, a fractured neck, strained neck arteries and damage to multiple internal organs. To save her life, surgeons had to remove part of her skull to relieve pressure on her brain before she was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center.

The 20-year-old is still recovering after spending weeks in the hospital and undergoing reconstructive skull surgery. According to her parents, Dan and Sallie Jones, Kayla still suffers from severe short-term memory loss that prevents her from returning to her life before the accident for at least six months.

A $10 ticket at the benefit will include dinner provided by Donatelli's and cupcakes from Grandma's Bakery, a raffle with a 1-in-500-chance to win a $600 Delta Airlines voucher donated by Venburg Tire; a $500 gift card from Peoples Midwest Bank and a $400 Kowalski's Markets gift card. There will also be a silent auction. If you can't attend, a GoFundMe account has been set up for family donations at www.gofundme.com/kayla-strong.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards costs related to Kayla's health care and income loss. The timing of Kayla's injury set the family back after her mom's recovery from stage 3 cervical cancer less than three years ago.

Her parents add that Kayla's story isn't about her injuries.

Rather, it's a story of a miracle that displayed the power of prayer, faith, hope, family, friends, health care professionals and community coming together to support her recovery.

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A little holiday TLC

Volunteers Lynn Tomme and Therese DeMay add a pine garland to the polar bear sculpture outside the historic Fillebrown House in White Bear Lake during the annual Christmas Decorating Party Saturday morning, Nov. 26. Dozens of volunteers also helped decorate the interior of the cottage in preparation for upcoming holiday festivities.

Protective lake level: Lawns could bear brunt

BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

An important number is expected mid-December from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

That inkling from DNR Water Resources Section Manager Julie Ekman concerns a protective elevation figure for White Bear Lake.

Why is the number important? Because maintaining the protective level involves water appropriation permits.

If lake elevation falls below the number, measures would be taken to remedy the problem. That could lead to long-term bans on

nonessential water uses like lawn irrigation.

“If we set a protective elevation and it’s shown that a groundwater withdrawal is negatively impacting the lake, then this number would apply to those permits,” explained the DNR manager. “We would have to make some adjustments to permits, perhaps through a condition.”

Ekman has been meeting with communities within 2 miles of the lake to discuss what the protective level means and a municipality’s ability to enforce a ban if it comes to that.

“We still have to flesh out nonessential water uses,” she said. “The low-hanging fruit,

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Family First Chiropractic & Wellness Center will host Pictures with Santa from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 3. There will also be face painting, children’s crafts, a hot cocoa bar and more. The clinic, at 1247 Gun Club Road in White Bear Lake, is again working with the Sponsor A Family organization and will help grant Christmas wishes for a family of seven. Freewill donations for the sponsored family will be accepted at the door. To set a time for a picture with Santa, call 651-484-9009.

Lake Area Bank is holding a mitten drive to collect winter-wear items and monetary donations for local children and young adults in need this winter.

Now through Dec. 23, each bank location will collect donations to be distributed to children and young adults in the Twin Cities area via the Hats & Mittens organization. Suggested winter gear items include mittens, hats and scarves. This community service supports Lake Area Bank’s core passion of making a difference in people’s lives.

Donated items can be dropped off at any Lake Area Bank location including White Bear Lake, Stillwater, Hugo, Forest Lake and Lindstrom and at Lake Area Mortgage in Shoreview.

For details of the campaign, visit www. lakeareabank.com.

Chamber welcomes therapy clinic Advance Therapy in White Bear lake held its ribbon-cutting last week for a second location at 2555 County Road E. Advance Therapy offers occupational, physical and speech language therapy for children. Its mission is to provide personal guidance and outstanding, evidence-based therapeutic services for children and their families. The clinic is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

It can be reached at 651-683-2953.

er Tom, said it was time to give the location a fresh look. Third in a long line of openings, the White Bear store has been on the corner of Highway 61 and Fifth Street since the early ’80s.

“It’s a very busy store, so we let it go to concentrate on locations that weren’t doing as well,” Frattalone said. That is until recently, when the family decided to do a full renovation to “charm the building up and make it look like the rest of downtown,” he added. The store has new signage, new paint and raised walls fronting the highway to make the building look larger. The improvements cost $200,000-plus. Frattalone said White Bear is “an idyllic community that we love being in. We grew up in the northern suburbs, so we consider the area our home turf.”

Tackling distracted driving Hardware store gets makeover Frattalone’s Ace Hardware store in downtown White Bear Lake received an exterior makeover this month. Mike Frattalone, who co-owns 21 hardware stores with his father Larry and broth-

To keep teens safe on the road and educate them about the dangers of distracted driving, Allstate Insurance and BestPrep have teamed up to teach young drivers the importance of practicing safe driving skills. Agency owner Kris Kiefer Vik gave a presentation about texting and driving to students

at White Bear Lake ALC Nov. 15. Vik noted that driving-related deaths are up more than 20 percent from 2014 to 2015.

The presentation is part of BestPrep’s Financial Matters program, a curriculum that equips students with tools to become financially literate and develop sound money management skills.

“Take your eyes off the road for just 5 seconds on the freeway, and you’ve traveled the equivalent of a football field — blindfolded,” Vik told the students. “That’s what happens when people text and drive, a decision that can change a life forever.”

Unattended packages Chris Quast, owner of Quast Insurance Agency in White Bear Lake, wants to remind residents this holiday season that leaving packages on the front porch invites thieves. “Make sure you grab your holiday packages right away, or have someone grab them for you,” he said. “People are driving around taking packages from people’s front porch areas. We want to make sure that everybody’s holiday season is as joyful as possible.”

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Bear Boating reels in gift A donation in the amount of $700 was presented Nov. 21 to Bear Boating from the Minnesota Kayak Fishing Association in memory of Chris Nelson. Pictured from left, Brady Ramsey, Deb Nelson (mother of Chris Nelson and owner of HI Tempo Ski shop), Scott O’Connor, Tracey Montgomery, Peg Black and Sue Paul. All but Nelson are Bear Boating board members. Nelson’s son Chris was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. A Mahtomedi High School grad, he died of cancer in 2014 at the age of 30.

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Loon Chronicles XXV Birchwood photographer Ellen Maas said she was really moved by this Special Greeting montage.

“I thought that might be my last sighting of our beloved loon chick and it felt like a very personal farewell. The eye contact was intense and heartwarming and made me feel better about the inevitable departure.”

A friend offered some comforting words to Maas after seeing her last montage: “Indigenous people say that birds are spirits . . . what an impressive and magical bond she has with you both! It will sustain her in her future trials til once again your eyes do meet.”

There will be one final installment of the Loon Chronicles in the Press as the birds depart White Bear Lake for points south.

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Mary T. Hill and her daughters’ gift to St. Mary of the Lake

BY EILEEN R. MCCORMACK SPECIAL TO THE PRESS

St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the church building and the 135th anniversary of the parish. On Nov. 27, historian Eileen McCormack gave a presentation to parishioners on Mary T. Hill, the wife of railroad baron James J. Hill, and her generosity to the White Bear Lake church. McCormack is former curator of the Hill Manuscript Collections at the James J. Hill Reference Library in St. Paul and has a strong knowledge of the man, his family and his work.

Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill had connections with two Saint Marys; the Church of Saint Mary in Saint Paul and Saint Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake.

The fi rst Saint Mary church was built in 1867 in Saint Paul’s Lowertown. Mary and her new husband, James J. Hill, lived in Lowertown from the time they married in 1867 until the family moved to 240 Summit Ave. in 1891. All of the Hill’s 10 children were baptized at the Church of Saint Mary; their fi fth child, 1-year-old Katy, was buried from there.

The Hill family baptisms, fi rst communions and confi rmations continued on a regular basis at the Lowertown Saint Mary. After leaving Lowertown, Mary and her family continued to attend services at their old church.

The fi rst Saint Mary of the Lake Church was built in 1881, although Mass had been celebrated in the village since 1873. The school house was the site of the fi rst Mass and later, Markoe Cottage became the “church” where Sunday Mass was celebrated until the new church was completed.

In 1884, Mary Hill began spending her summers at North Oaks farm, purchased by her husband in 1883. The farm became the Hill family’s summer home. For the family, their house on Pleasant Lake was only a Sunday morning buggy ride to mass at Saint Mary of the Lake.

From early June until late September, almost every year from 1884 until 1919, Mary wrote in her diary of her “treks” to White Bear Lake for weekly Mass, and at other times to visit friends who had summer cottages on the lake.

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Mary Hill with her daughters, clockwise from Mary: Rachel, Clara, Gertrude, Charlotte, Ruth and Mamie.

From Mary’s diaries: •…Buggies were not the only means of transportation from North Oaks to White Bear Lake: October 7, 1885 Dark threatening day rained a little early in morning lightened in afternoon. Father Caillet Mamie and I walk from White Bear in hour and fi fty minutes.

August 27, 1987 Mamie went to White Bear on Saddle in afternoon.

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Drive over to the Island on W. Bear with the children to Mrs. Gotzians.

October 30, 1919 July 27, 1887 An electric storm this morning brought three hours much needed rain lightning burned into buildings in White Bear.

• …and lastly Sunday morning Mass at Saint Mary’s: June 28, 1885 A clear cool morning. Went to church to White Bear a delightful drive.

August 21, 1887 We went over to White Bear to Mass. Father O’Gorman officiated and delivered of fi ne sermon.

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St. Mary, Lowertown.

A bright beautiful morning but, such cold wind.

Went to Mass at White Bear, neither Rachel nor Charlotte was there at 9:30. Perhaps they stayed at home on account of influenza infection.

We got word today no Mass at church tomorrow on account of influenza church closed the fi rst time in my life, such a procedure.

Mary Hill died in 1921. She did not go to her North Oaks home after 1919 due to her fragile health. It was in those 1919 diaries that we read of her $10,000 gift to the “very happy” Father Fahey.

Father Fahey called in the afternoon he was very happy to get his school debt paid.

In the booklet on the history of the parish, St. Mary of the Lake Centennial 1881 – 1981, it reads, “Contrary to public opinion, St. Mary’s did not have an “angel” providing for the school …”. Perhaps in 1919 that “angel” was Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill and seven years later three of her daughters, Charlotte Hill Slade, Rachel Hill Boeckmann, and Gertrude Hill Gavin, took on the wings and halos once again to give Saint Mary’s a new church. It was their wish that the church be built in the same architectural style as the Lowertown Saint Mary’s of their childhood. The new Saint Mary of the Lake was dedicated on November 28, 1926: In memory of a beloved mother Mary Theresa Hill Who departed this life on November 22, 1921 This church and the adjoining chapel Dedicated to the virgin mary, mother of God Three of her daughters Have humbly offered with the request that Worshippers graciously remember in their holy prayers Their mother and themselves.

September 7, 1919 Father Fahey called. Very happy today to prospect of seeing School debt paid.

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Our society seems to have increasingly become confused about what is news and what is entertainment… or perhaps many just don’t care. With the invention and availability of 24 hour television shows from MSNBC to FOX – as well as print publications Publisher’s numerous and online sites that promote far-left or far-right view points, View we can easily choose to only get Carter Johnson the news that we already agree with. We no longer have to hear both sides of a story if we don’t want to. Worse, fake news sites that pop up on our feeds like Facebook and Twitter encourage readers and listeners to form their opinions based on information that is false, and then quickly disseminate it to their friends and family with a tap of the share button. Just last week I was duped on a fake story.

Every day I hear people lamenting about the ‘liberal media.’ Throughout my career I have met hundreds of media people – from reporters and editors to publishers and owners, and they fall along all areas of the ideological and political spectrum. Most small media outlets adhere to journalistic standards. Here at Press Publications we take fair, true and unbiased reporting of the news very seriously. If we want to be biased, we do it here, on the opinion page.

If you are a regular reader, you also know that our staff and guest columnists and letter writers also represent a range of ideological and political personalities, and so in this way we can show balance even on our editorial pages.

The true challenge is a clear understanding of the rules of journalism. Newspapers and other legitimate media outlets have followed a system for hundreds of years whereby journalists vet information for readers. From the CEO of Facebook to the small-town newspaper publisher, we all need to adhere to reporting the truth. All the legitimate news organizations that adhere to ethics and journalistic principles should be taking a real stand against the fake news outlets that jeopardize our reputation.

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Black Friday A few years ago I got up at 4 a.m. and waited in line at Menards for a Black Friday deal on something I had been eyeing. The line reached to the highway and I ended up turning around, and learned that I could have ordered the same item later in the day at the same price.

Many of our team members have a tradition of seeking out Black Friday deals. It can be good family togetherness time to go out in search of a bargain, as you can get twice as much shopping done if you go with your spouse or sister.

I heard one family brings a folding chair and parks mom in line while the daughter runs and grabs items. If you are looking for a fun early morning, get out and give Black Friday a try.

If you don’t have it in you to fight the crowds, shop after Christmas. Better yet, get out to your locally-owned shops this month where you will fi nd great deals on more unique gift items, and even be wined and dined for your business.

Shop local.

Carter Johnson is publisher of Press Publications.

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Pathways to successful careers

he ten cities that comprise the White Bear Lake Area School District are known for beautiful lakes, a rich history, and strong sense of community.

Less well known are businesses and small companies that are designing and making innovative and precision products for the world market.

This fall I accompanied a tour group to a local manufacturing facility. The company manager describing an Movers & was innovative laser machine.

Shakers “We were the Michael Lovett first company in the nation to have this machine in production,” he modestly explained.

After an impressive demonstration, he asked, “Any questions?”

“How hot does the metal get? How do you assure and maintain quality control?”

The manager’s explanations became technical. His guests responded with nods of understanding and asked more questions.

Were these university engineering graduates?

No, the four young men and women on the tour were high school juniors and seniors from the White Bear Lake Area High School’s manufacturing and precision engineering classes. We were touring Dufresne Manufacturing in Vadnais Heights. Our partnership with Dufresne began eight years

ago when its management contacted the White Bear Lake Area Schools. This month Dufresne and the School District were honored with partnership awards from the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation.

This partnership is a component of the high school’s Manufacturing Pathway, innovative classes that allow students to gain manufacturing certification while still in high school. While the students on the tour plan to pursue four year engineering degrees, other students may proceed directly from high school to promising careers in manufacturing.

Back in the school district, middle and high school students troubleshoot computers, learning technical diagnosis, basic repairs and more.

All are part of the “Tech Depot,” students who receive specialized training and support to keep the district’s 6000 Chromebooks in good repair.

Some are pioneers in the high school IT pathway, a sequence of classes which leads to technical certification. Internships, coupled with engaging classes, accelerate student progress to college and careers in this promising field.

This past summer, while many area high school students were delighted to find jobs at minimum wage, two of our high school seniors were among high school interns who completed nine weeks of internship with the Minnesota Trades Academy. Each student received hands-on training and job experiences at 15 different union training centers.

In addition to more than 30 college credit classes already offered at the high school, these three pathway programs have been added: manufacturing, IT, and construction trades. Such innovation helps assure that every student graduates from high school not only well prepared to enter college, but with the option of going directly into a career.

Choosing to work directly out of high school in a job that has opportunities for skilled training, competitive wages, and career growth does not preclude college. In fact, earning while learning makes college more affordable and advanced training more focused.

During a decade where headlines predict worker shortages due to baby boom generation retirements, and other news articles lament the staggering rise in student college debt, these pathway programs are good news.

These new pathways to success grow out of a remarkable level of collaboration among our school teachers and leaders, local businesses and leaders, Century College, and nonprofits, including United Way. As a result, today’s high school students will be prepared to join local companies designing and making innovative and precision products for the world market. This is good news for our students, parents and our community!

Dr. Michael Lovett is superintendent of White Bear Lake Area Schools.

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The District 832 School Board took the following action at its Nov. 17 meeting:

The District 621 School Board took the following action at its Nov. 14 meeting:

• Recognized former School Board member Mary Jo Deters, who resigned from the board in May. “I really feel honored to have been able to work with each of you,” Deters said.

• Sixth-grade teacher Ryan Collins reported on what he did with the Jim Hansen Inspired Teacher Grant he received through the Mahtomedi Area Educational Foundation. This summer, he traveled to historic places in northern Minnesota. He will use the firsthand information and photos in his teaching.

Spanish teacher Brooke Carlson also reported on what she did with the Hansen Inspired Teacher Grant she also received. She received “boot camp” training on the organic world teaching (OWL) method of language learning, focusing on proficiency.

• Family and consumer science department teachers Becky Anderson and Marianne Rana at the high school and middle school reported on its curriculum reviews. The departments have added career readiness to their curriculum. Students have written resumes and cover letters and taken personality tests. Students will also be learning about budgeting, debit cards and credit cards. Culinary, nutrition and housekeeping is also taught. One parent remarked, “Before your seventh-grade class, my son was looking afraid to do the dishes by hand, now he embraces it! Finds it even relaxing, seriously!”

• Held a first reading on revised policies. The equal educational opportunity policy now includes gender identity and expression and socio-economic status. Gender identity and expression was also added to its policy against harassment and violence. In the student discipline policy, it was added that reports must be made to the Minnesota Department of Education regarding assaults to teachers by students within 30 days. In its student surveys policy, it added information on notification to students and parents and noted there should be no penalties for not participating.

In its enrollment of nonresident students policy, changed employees' dependent children from second preference to first preference, along with siblings of current students, in regard to an impartial lottery if there are more applications than spots in a specific grade. It also changed the age from 16 to 17 regarding termination of enrollment due to habitual truancy.

• Approved its 2015-2016 audit report. There were two internal control and two Minnesota legal compliance findings. Internal control refers to issues with employee management of accounting. “The district had our firm prepare adjusting journal entries to make the general ledger fairly stated,” reads a statement from auditor Jim Eichten with MMKR Certified Public Accountants. The district is supposed to do that, but it experienced turnover with its accounting supervisor several times during the year and at the time of year-end accounting. Eichten also noted in a statement that the district “has limited segregation of duties in several areas, including the processing of general disbursements and payroll transactions … primarily caused by the limited size of the district's business office staff.” Not dividing up duties creates a higher risk for errors.

One of the legal compliance findings regarded one payment not submitted on time out of 40 tested. The district also did not pay interest on the late payment, as required.

Moreover, the district did not obtain a required certificate from the Commissioner of Revenue before settling with one of its contractors. Eichten said the district will need to “file corrective action plans with Minnesota Department of Education” regarding the legal issues.

The auditor found no issues with the financial state of the district. It is in “stable, if not improving, condition,” Eichten said. “Your fund balance mimics what is happening in the state,” he said, noting districts have been spending more of their balances due to the more stable economy.

• Canvassed votes for the school board election. Unopposed incumbents Lucy Payne, Judith Schwartz and Stacey Stout were officially received by the board for another term.

• Heard a “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” update on the high school “Mary Poppins” play. Students performed part of the show for the board.

• Held a fi rst reading on revised policies. In policy 206, public participation in board meetings, the requirement that those addressing the school board need to identify the agenda items to which their comments pertain was removed. Policy 525, violence prevention, was updated to include requirement of visitor badges at all schools. Policy 701, establish and adoption of budget, and policy 701.1., modification of school district budget policy, both had minor changes in language expression for clarification. In policy 702, accounting, a word was added to clarify a program. Policy 805, waste reduction and recycling, was updated according to Minnesota statutes and regulations.

• Approved its 2015-2016 audit report. There was one fi nding regarding lack of documentation regarding compliance with requirements for federal awards. This was a recent requirement made by the federal government and many districts did not have the requirements in place this year. “Your district is not alone,” said auditor Jim Eichten with MMKR Certified Public Accountants.

The auditor found no issues with the fi nancial state of the district.

There was “a positive result in that regard,” Eichten said. “The district fi nished the year within $300,000 of what was projected in the district's budget.” With a budget of about $102 million, that is within 0.014 percent, Eichten said. “Certainly the district can be commended for that,” he added.

• Approved health insurance rates for 2017. Rates will be increased by an aggregate amount of 9.3 percent. The increase was driven by high claims this year, reported a staff member.

• Approved secondary courses proposals for the 2017 to 2018 school year. New courses may include a sixth-grade AVID course; a social justice, change and responsibility course at North Campus; advanced placement environmental sciences and advanced placement computer science principles at South Campus; and programming fundamentals at North and South campus. Courses proposed for elimination are intro to earth and space at South Campus and theater at North Campus, due to insufficient enrollment.

• Accepted five Ryan Art Grant proposals for the 2016 to 2017 school year, totaling about $4,000 from the White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation.

• Approved updates to school board policies. In policy 101, legal status of the school district, a cross-reference section was updated. In policy 406, public and private personnel data, and policy 508, extended school year for certain students, references were updated. Policy 522, student sex nondiscrimination, added stronger language regarding teacher responsibility. Policy 807, health and safety, added plans for combustible and hazardous materials storage and fi re and life safety.

New policy 721, uniform grant guidance policy regarding federal revenue sources, outlines compliance with the requirements of the federal uniform grant guidance regulations by establishing uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal grant awards received by the school district.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

E j Enjoyed d campaign ig experience I want to thank everyone in District 2 for the help and support with my campaign for (Washington County District 2) commissioner. I enjoyed meeting new people, getting to know my neighbors, and even better, making new friends.

I appreciate all your help with door knocking, letter writing, yard sign hosting, feedback, coaching and walking the many blocks and miles to hand out door hangers.

It was truly a pleasure and an honor to meet with people and be welcomed while campaigning in Mahtomedi, Woodbury, Landfall, Pine Springs, Willernie, Oakdale and Birchwood Village. I had so much fun campaigning these past five months, I wouldn't trade

this experience away for anything else.

Your checking in and kind words to me post-election are a prime example of your kindness and generosity. Washington County is a great county to live in. I am proud to live here.

Cheryl Anderson Birchwood Village

Thumbs down for liquor store Elevated Liquor in White Bear Lake towed the car of an 84-year-old widow last week. Eating at Pezzo’s next door before shopping at Elevated Liquor on Fourth and Hwy. 61 is not allowed.

You must park twice, leaving their designated parking spots when not in their store. They are not satisfied with having a warning or parking ticket

issued, which would cost at most $60; they go right for the jugular, having the car towed by Luther Towing 20 miles away and costing $237.11 to get the car released. How fortunate a friend was nearby to rescue the offender.

This is not the behavior expected of people doing business in the friendly, All-American-Award-winning city of White Bear Lake. They have lost any future business from the group of 12 who had dined with the offender and all the friends they have warned. Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce or the city can convince Elevated Liquor owners to change this unacceptable behavior towards visitors to White Bear Lake.

Carol Bergeson North Oaks

A you ffrom Are Green Bear Lake?

It was a great relief to see the bridge done over Interstate 35. The bridge is beautiful and user friendly, especially with the new addition of a walkway across the bridge. I just have one question: Why are the metal bears green that are displayed on the bridge? Please tell me it is an oversight and they are just waiting to paint them white this spring. The White Bear is a symbol that is proudly displayed by myself and others and is a source of pride for our city.

So I hope this error will be corrected in the near future.

Jennifer Spring Proud citizen of the city of White Bear Lake

NAMES IN THE NEWS

CORRECTION Artist and art instructor Heidi Nelson of White Bear Lake won Best of Show for her painting "But You're Wet," in Artists Del Norte's fall exhibition and third honors for "Walking the Mall" in the Minnesota Watercolor Society's annual member exhibition. Both are juried art exhibitions.

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Photographer Ellen Maas of Birchwood won an honorable mention for her photo of a great white pelican. The bird from Africa was spotted for the first time in history on U.S. soil this spring at the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. Maas happened to be there when the bird took up residence for three days, along with photographers from all over the world who descended on the Ding when word got out. She entered the photo in a Ding Darling photography competition and was just notified she was one of 12 honorable mentions. Her photo will hang in the visitor center next year. Maas is the photographer behind the lens for the Loon Chronicles.

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In the article, “Vadnais council considers chickens,” published Nov. 23 it was incorrectly reported that the number of parcels that would be able to have chickens under the newly proposed chicken ordinance would be about 300. There would actually be about 250 parcels one acre or larger that would qualify to have chickens. That number also includes some undeveloped or non-residential properties, according to City Planner Nolan Wall.

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Robbery charges dropped due to fabrication

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Robbery and assault charges were dropped last month for a local 19-year-old, Issa Mohammed Aboud.

The criminal complaint had alleged Aboud pointed a gun at two men in South St. Paul on Memorial Day, 2015 and demanded money, pushed and hit one of them and took their wallets.

“He has now been found not guilty by a jury on all counts,” stated Shirlene Perrin, Aboud's lawyer, in an email. Aboud was acquitted Oct. 26, according to the Dakota County Attorney's Office.

“Mr. Aboud was found not guilty due to the conflicting stories and untruths told by the two com-

plainants,” Perrin stated. “He had in his possession his own belongings and not theirs. Nothing with him in his vehicle belonged to them despite what initial reports might have claimed.”

According to the complaint, a shotgun and $1,610 was found in Aboud's vehicle.

Perrin said the jury found Aboud not guilty due to the inconsistencies in the two supposed victims' stories. Perrin said she couldn't speculate on why the victims' would have “made this story up” but “there were some racial slurs from one of the kids.”

“Throughout my career, I have witnessed some odd 'setups' like this, and you can always tell because when people are lying they do not tell the same story twice and their stories, especially if

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they are complicated, won't make sense,” Perrin stated. “These two had conflicting details to their stories.”

There were inconsistencies in the stories about Aboud holding them at gunpoint and then putting down the gun to engage in a physical fi ght, Perrin said.

“The two boys that made the complaint were also mysteriously gone for around an hour after the police told them to head to the station,” she added.

Sara Marie Moore can be reached at 651-407-1235 or vadnaisheightsnews@presspubs.com.

WHITE BEAR LAKE POLICE REPORTS

Man charged for cold child

The White Bear Lake Police Department reported the following incidents:

A Willernie man was charged this month with neglect and endangering a child. He was allegedly caring for a 4-year-old girl when she was found with him outside in a bathing suit in 50-degree weather in Mahtomedi Nov. 2, according to a complaint from the Washington County Attorney's Office. The girl was crying, shivering and had red skin, according to the complaint. Deputies wrapped her in an emergency blanket. The man appeared to be under the influence and could not answer questions from deputies, the complaint stated. He has previous convictions for receiving stolen property and fourth-degree assault.

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:

BIRCHWOOD • A New Hope man, 42, a St. Louis Park man, 57, and a Minneapolis man, 25, were each arrested at 2:50 a.m. Nov. 19 in the 600 block of Wildwood Avenue on outstanding warrants and transported to jail without incident.

GRANT • A business owner in the 10000 block of 75th Street N. on Nov. 16 reported a former employee for using his business address for fraudulent reasons.

• An Inver Grove Heights man reported a laptop computer stolen Nov. 16 from a vehicle parked at the Indian Hills Golf Club in the 6000 block of Keats Avenue N.

MAHTOMEDI • A Stillwater man, 61, was cited Nov. 15 on Century Avenue N. and Long Lake Road for expired tabs.

• The staff at Memory Care in the 100 block of East Avenue N. reported a disturbance Nov. 15 in which one of the residents was violently yelled at and threatened by other patients.

• A Birchwood man, 47, was cited Nov. 16 on Stillwater Road N. and East Avenue N. for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

• A White Bear Lake man, 68, was cited Nov. 17 on Century Avenue N. and Wildwood Road N. for failure to display current registration.

• A Willernie man, 53, was cited Nov. 17 on Stillwater Road N. and Warner Avenue S. for stop sign violation and driving after suspension.

• Management at Century College in the 3300 block of Century Avenue N. on Nov. 17 reported $888 in fraudulent purchases made to Home Depot in Maplewood on the college credit card.

• The driver of a blue minivan driving while intoxicated around the Liquor Barrel parking lot in the 3100 block of Century Avenue N. Nov. 17 was pursued and cited by the White Bear Lake Police Department.

• A Stillwater youth, 16, was cited at 12:21 a.m. Nov. 19 on Stillwater Road and Warner Avenue N. for possessing drug paraphernalia in a motor vehicle and issued a verbal warning for other violations.

• A Mahtomedi man, 19, was cited at 2:04 a.m. Nov. 20 in the 1000 block of Lincolntown Avenue for being in Katherine Abbott Park after hours.

PINE SPRINGS • A St. Paul man, 33, was arrested twice at 1:26 a.m. Nov. 17 on Highway 36 east of I-694 on two outstanding warrants, both for driving after revocation and failure to provide proof of insurance.

• A Minneapolis man, 24, was cited Nov. 18 on Highway 36 and I-694 for speeding 71 mph in a 55 mph zone.

WILLERNIE • A resident in the 300 block of Warwick Lane reported someone entering an unattached garage and stealing deer meat from his freezer Nov. 15.

• An anonymous complaint about a business operating without a license in the 2000 block of County Road E was made at 2:46 p.m. Nov. 17. Formal charges for ordinance violations are pending against an employee and business owner.

• A warrant arrest for a DWI was made in the 1800 block of Cedar Avenue at 7:41 p.m. Nov. 17.

• A warrant arrest for charges of no proof of insurance and falsely reporting a crime was made in the 3100 block of McKnight Road at 8:31 p.m. Nov. 17.

• A 20-year-old male from Wisconsin was arrested for terroristic threats in the 3500 block of Century Avenue at 11:31 p.m. Nov. 19. He allegedly had a gun and was threatening to shoot residents in the area.

• A warrant arrest was made in the 1900 block of Clarence Street at 10:17 p.m.

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• A fraudulent check was reported in the 3600 block of East County Line Road at 2:49 p.m. Nov. 22. The check was written for $1,700 and the suspect was attempting to cash it, and then fled in a vehicle.

RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff’s office reported the following incidents:

VADNAIS HEIGHTS • The girlfriend was tired of listening to her boyfriend’s son arguing with his girlfriend the night of Nov. 16 so she called 911. The 27-year-old intoxicated son was transported to Ramsey County detox.

• Deputies were looking for a 46-yearold Brooklyn Park man Nov. 17 after the suspect’s reported run-in with his 19-year-old son. The suspect was located the next day following a traffic stop and booked into the Ramsey County Jail on charges of domestic assault, fi fth-degree assault and disorderly conduct.

• A 61-year-old man from Dixmoor, Illinois, was arrested the morning of Nov. 18 for shoplifting at Wal-Mart and trespassed from the store for one year.

• Pulled over for “driving too fast for conditions” after the 31-year-old woman nearly collided with another vehicle Nov. 18 at Rice Street and I-694, the suspect was booked at the jail for third-degree DWI based on her blood-alcohol level and a 2009 previous DWI conviction.

• It was only a matter of time before this fraud came to light: Five checks were cashed between Nov. 2 and Nov. 15 for a total of $2,100. The checking account numbers were good but didn’t match the name and address printed on the checks. Another instance using the same fraudulent method occurred on Nov. 19, resulting in a loss of $700. Both instances were traced back to a check made out to Visa and stolen from a curbside box on Edgerton Street. Residents are reminded to not use their curbside boxes for outgoing mail.

• All four wheels and tires valued at $4,700 were stolen off of a used Cadillac over the weekend of Nov. 19 at a dealership in the 3400 block of Hwy. 61.

• The driver’s 2003 Cadillac Escalade coasted to a stop the afternoon of Nov. 19 on 35E at County Road E. The driver, a 43-year-old local man, was close

to home, so he called a friend with a revoked license for a push for the final few blocks into the man’s parking lot. That’s where the Caddy burst into fl ames. Arriving Vadnais Heights fi refi ghters put out the blaze and a deputy on the scene cited the friend for driving after license revocation.

• An 18-year-old female was nabbed for shoplifting goods valued at $41.56 at Wal-Mart the evening of Nov. 21. The teen was cited and released.

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP • Brothers-in-law, one renting space from the other, got into a dustup over a rules-of-the-house violation Nov. 16.

The 36-year-old brother-in-law, the renter, kicked his 53-year-old brotherin-law in the face. Deputies arrived and the younger man was off to jail on charges of domestic assault, fi rst-degree assault and disorderly conduct.

• A disruptive juvenile male, age not released, exhibited “aggressive and disorderly” behavior, threatening a 59-year-old female staff member the afternoon of Nov. 17 at the Bellaire Education Center. Charges of fi fth-degree assault and disorderly conduct were referred to city attorney’s office for review.

• Thieves sorted through two weeks’ worth of mail Nov. 18 belonging to Fisher Street residents who had been out of town, looking for something besides ads and bills. Nothing appeared to be missing; however, residents are reminded to have their mail held if they are going to be gone for an extended period.

• A passenger window was smashed and textbooks, a jump drive and an MP3 player, total value of $350, went missing the evening of Nov. 21 from a vehicle parked in the 1300 block of Hammond Road.

• A shoplifter was greeted by an asset protection employee who detained the 46-year-old White Bear Lake woman as she left Cub Foods on Meadowlands Drive the morning of Nov. 21. The suspect had produce, frozen cheeseburgers and cookies in her possession that she had not paid for. The woman was cited and released.

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Giving thanks for police officers

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

On Thanksgiving, new signs appeared in White Bear Lake thanking police officers for their service.

The signs read, “Thank you for serving our community” on one side and “We appreciate you” on the other, with a White Bear Lake Police Department logo.

Signs appeared at the White Bear Lake police station, among other locations.

“We don't have any idea (who put them up),” reported Capt. Dale Hager. “We are certainly appreciative of it.”

The signs were printed by Print for Change, a company owned by White Bear Lake native Jeff Gacek, who also started Healing Haiti, a nonprofit missions organization.

Print for Change administrator Jim Rickard said the four signs were an order from a friend of his who lives in White Bear Lake, Charlie Kuhl.

“The reason I did it is just because I don’t think they very often get acknowledged and appreciated,” Kuhl said, who has lived in White Bear Lake for 20 years. Kuhl noted he put several signs up near the station on Thanksgiving so

officers can be reminded of the appreciation whenever they drive by.

“Sometimes they have a very thankless job,” he added. “And they put their lives at risk on a daily basis.”

Rickard has made the signs available for other community members to purchase through Print for Change. Half the profits from the company go towards Healing Haiti.

Each sign provides 130 meals for children in Haiti, through Healing Haiti's partnership with Feed My Starving Children.

“When you tell the police you appreciate them, you are feeding kids,” Rickard said.

The signs can be purchased at www. printforchange.com/wbl-thank-yousign/ or call 612-210-9150.

Signs with a similar sentiment have been poking up around town since August, when a community member organized the signs for Night to Unite.

Those signs read, “Community Heroes, We Support You!” A Press staff member noted that her neighbor helped organize distribution of those signs in the summer and they were available for free to community members through nextdoor.com.

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of course, is lawn irrigation.”

Dellwood is last on her list of meetings, even though the city has no municipal water supply.

“If there is a ban on nonessential water uses, it would most likely apply to everyone, even those that don’t have groundwater permits,” she noted.

Setting a protective elevation has been a long, complicated process.

The mandate was originally part of the settlement agreement that stayed litigation between the DNR and the plaintiff, the White Bear Lake Restoration Association. A deadline of Nov. 1, 2016 to set a number was stated in the agreement, but since the stay was lifted due to lack of legislative action regarding a move to surface water, the agency did not feel compelled to rush the process.

“We didn’t take it to mean the entire settlement agreement was voided (when the stay was lifted),” Ekman said. “We were already well down the road on this; it’s our responsibility and we have the expertise.”

An attorney for the restoration association, Dick Allyn, said the plaintiffs are waiting to see what the DNR says about the protective elevation.

“It is a precursor,” said Allyn, with the Minneapolis firm of Robins Kaplan LLP. “There will likely be a range, maybe 6 inches on either side of a number, before they say the lake is no longer at the protected elevation and we need to take action. Factors in the statute are supposed to guide them as to how they arrive at the number. The lake will benefit once it has a protective elevation because it will make folks focus better on all the competing interests.”

Ekman said the agency applied the law when it

looked at three factors in the level-setting process: vegetation, habitat and shape of the lake and impact of those factors on recreational uses.

“What we found is the lake benefits from a variable water elevation,” she noted. “It helps the noninvasive plants regenerate to have lake bed exposed. So low water levels are not harming the lake. It is a beneficial cycle that the lake naturally goes through. Recreational uses are impacted in different ways depending on what that use is. Sailboats need deeper water, for instance; yet boat launches remained open.”

The DNR commissioner will be the individual to officially announce the protective elevation.

Ekman said the agency “has a range and a reasoning,” but her boss will be the one to identify the number. “By mid-December, we should have it ready to go.”

Guitar virtuoso once again gives ‘Simple Gifts’

BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

Well-known musician Billy McLaughlin returns this holiday season with his annual Christmas tour — Simple Gifts — and a new album of distinctly non-commercial music.

In its 15th year, Simple Gifts has grown in a “word-of-mouth, grassroots kind of way,” McLaughlin said. The following has blossomed without sponsorship, commercialization or marketing.

It’s just “people of all ages responding to our music, the music we choose to make,” he added.

The band will kick off the album, called “This Christmastide,” during a two-night release concert at the Parkway Theater Dec. 9-10 as part of its annual holiday tour.

McLaughlin leads the six-piece ensemble, a group he co-founded with Billy Oehrlein as a quartet in 2001. He and Oehrlein are the only two original members.

Known for a harp-like guitar-playing technique he calls “finger tapping,” McLaughlin is an international performing and recording artist. Many know his nearly career-ending story of dealing with a neuromuscular disorder in 2000 called focal dystonia that made it impossible to play. So he flipped his guitar around and taught himself to strum left-handed. His story is documented in two award-winning films: “Changing Keys: Billy McLaughlin and the Mysteries of Dystonia” and Emmy Award-winning “Starry Night: Billy McLaughlin with Orchestra Nova,” which aired on PBS stations.

Of late, the White Bear Lake musician has been in the recording studio working on the new CD and preparing for the holiday tour. Hot off the press

just last week, the album features nine songs, including originals like “Cradle in Bethlehem” and re-imagined classics such as “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “The Wexford Carol,” a traditional Irish carol that is centuries old.

There is no “Frosty the Snowman” or “The 12 Days of Christmas” on their albums. “We are selective about our choices and the music we want to share,” McLaughlin noted. “We are after the more sublime and beautiful story behind the Christmas narrative.

It sets us apart. Everyone in the band has gravitated toward the beauty that is available within the Christmas repertoire when you pay attention to it.”

This year’s group has one new member due to a bit of turnover. Vocalist Tory Redpath, also of White Bear, dropped out to have a baby. She’s due any day, he said. Fortunately, McLaughlin has a number of select vocalists and instrumentalists who fit into the group. He won’t let just anyone join.

The band’s unique blend of folk instrumentation with female harmony is provided by the remaining members: co-founder and percussionist Billy Oehrlein; Heather Moen, vocals and violin; Laura MacKenzie, wooden flutes, bagpipes, whistles; Karen Paurus, vocals; and Amy Courts, vocals and melodica.

Describing their music as “modern with an old-world Celtic feel,” McLaughlin said Simple Gifts stays true to its roots with a final concert at the historic Marine on St. Croix Town Hall Theater. As a heads up, the three shows Dec. 21, 22 and 23 usually sell out.

As for McLaughlin, his goal is to “get back to his roots and play 100 cities in 2017.”

Last year he toured internationally, playing twice in Australia and twice in China. “I’ve been going great guns,” he

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said in a phone interview right before Thanksgiving.

And how was the father of two adult sons spending the holiday? “Playing guitar and having a small family dinner,” he said.

McLaughlin has lived in White Bear Lake since 1987, when he got a job at Evans Music. “It’s because of John Evans

and his wonderful family and the music store that I moved here,” he recalled.

“It’s a very White Bear story.”

For ticket information on Simple Gifts’ holiday concert tour, see www. simplegiftsmusic.net.

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McLaughlin’s 40-foot tour bus is nicknamed Angel, a 1969 GMC coach with 4.5 million miles. His neighbors, “God bless them,” don’t mind the bus parked in his driveway, he said, because it serves as a noise barrier for a busy nearby intersection. The bus is important to the band. “I would have a hard time conceiving of a Christmas tour without Angel,” McLaughlin said. He always serves healthy, hot food for the band and strings Christmas lights on the bus during the holidays. “It’s the fastest tour bus on the road,” he added. “And I’m not kidding.”

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Lengthy agenda includes water-related rate hikes

BY JOAN ELWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — The Town Board mulled a marathon of items Nov. 21, including granting a special three-dog license request and amending a sign ordinance.

Among the agenda items: • A report from Town Finance Officer Tom Kelly, who said water, sanitary sewer and stormwater rates all need to be increased in 2017.

The board approved the increase, effective for the December through February period. Bills will go out at the end of February and are due in March.

The effect of these increases: residents will see around a $12.13 to $28.96 per-quarter increase ($4.04 to $9.65 per month) in their utility bills for 2017. Actual increases will depend on water usage.

• Renewal of a fire service contract for 2017 in the amount of $236,900 with the city of White Bear Lake, an increase of $9,329 from 2016.

A detailed report from the city included information about Fire Department services and responsibilities, including service statistics and budget. In addition to routine replacement of hoses, nozzles and supply lines, the department has invested in improved technology, including replacing a thermal imaging camera that allows firefighters to find people in a burning structure, assess building safety before sending firefighters into

a burning building, and check walls for fires when the smell of smoke is present.

• Approval of payments for completed infrastructure projects.

Town Engineer Jim Studenski reported sanitary sewer lining projects have been completed, $333 below the contract price. Warranties are in effect. The board approved final payment of $61,489 to TKDA for the entire project. Funding is from the town’s sewer fund.

Studenski also reported the completion of the Well #5 seepage pond excavation project. The pond functions to discharge water and it had been many years since it was cleaned and excavated.

Final payment was also approved to Pember Companies of Menomonie, Wisconsin in the amount of $26,900 for completion of work done to rehabilitate mechanical, electrical controls, landscaping, cleaning and restoration of Lift Station No. 5.

• At a public hearing for a special three-dog license at 4627 Stoddart Lane, new residents John and Kim Roberson said they were “glad to be in the neighborhood.”

The couple owns a basset hound named Lady, and two pugs named Babe and Babs. The three dogs have the run of a fenced backyard.

• Approval of Public Works Director Dale Reed’s request for use of the water fund to complete the purchase and installation of remaining units needed for the town’s radio meter-reading system. Purchase of radio read units will be $138,000; an additional $28,350

will fund installation.

• Town Clerk-Treasurer Bill Short presented a proposal, based on utility commission and staff review, recommending participation with the Rice Creek Watershed District on the West Avenue rain garden project to improve water conditions on Bald Eagle Lake.

Currently, untreated runoff from West Avenue and Bald Eagle Avenue pours down a historic boat launch directly into the lake. The proposal is to install a rain garden feature to help filter runoff before it enters the lake.

This project was pursued by watershed district master stewards Gary Krejarak, longtime resident and president of the Bald Eagle Lake Association, and Mike Hermann, University of St. Thomas environmental studies graduate. The board approved participation in the project.

• Finally, the board approved a change to the town’s sign ordinance relating to home occupations as follows: For special home occupations which are permitted by ordinance No. 35, any business-related sign shall not be illuminated, shall be set back at least 10 feet from any property line, shall be a monument type sign, and shall be complemented by landscaping.

The sign display surface shall not exceed 6 square feet in area. This change will allow Viking Auto owner Michael Lawrence to replace his current 2-square-foot sign on Otter Lake Road with a 6-square-foot monument-type sign.

Local doctor weighs in on opioid and heroin epidemic

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

SHOREVIEW — Dr. Mark Eggen said the drug dealers on the street have taken opioids — meant for medicinal purposes — and turned them into a deadly drug.

Eggen, an anesthesiologist, serves on the 14-member opioid management task force of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA), the state’s largest physician advocacy organization. The task force reconvened this fall with the goal of asking what physicians can do to address the opioid epidemic.

“We all know there is an epidemic of opioid abuse going on in this country and in Minnesota and everywhere,” Eggen said. “The epidemic started to a large extent in the health care industry.”

The foundation of the recent epidemic was laid about a decade ago when the federal government came up with the idea to ask patients to score their pain on a scale of 1 to 10, Eggen explained. This caused more opioid prescriptions to be given.

“That probably sensitized a lot of people to opioids,” he said. “A lot of opioids were in good intent put out into the streets and in the hands of patients.” But those prone to chemical dependency and addiction became addicted.

“Every time you get pain, you get a prescription,” Eggen added. “Pretty soon your tolerance goes up.”

A few years after opioid prescriptions had increased, they were clamped down on, Eggen said.

But by that time, drug dealers had already taken them to the streets.

Egged said some patients who became addicted to opioids like oxycodone likely used some for their own addiction and sold some. Addicted individuals would also try to get multiple prescriptions from different doctors. When a prescription monitoring board recognized the “doctor shopping” issue and doctors began to take away prescriptions, patients were already addicted.

“What do they do? They go to the streets and buy heroin,” Eggen said. He

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Opioid-related drug abuse deaths in Hennepin and Ramsey counties are higher than cocaineand methamphetamine-related deaths. There were nine heroin-related and 16 oxycodone-related deaths in Ramsey County in 2015 out of 47 total opiate-related deaths.

described prescription oxycodone like “apple pie” in terms of drugs, but when it leads to heroin use, which is often laced with other drugs, overdose deaths occur.

Today, doctors are no longer giving too many opioids, Eggen related.

“At this point in time, I am not seeing the prescribers as the provider of these medications,” he said. Doctors seem to have opioids under control.

“That cat is back in the bag,” Eggen said. “The bigger cat is out on the roam.”

Now, drugs made out of heroin and fentanyl, made in Mexico and China and leaked into the country, are sold on the streets as “oxycodone,” Eggen explained.

Fentanyl, used in anesthesiology, is deadly in the wrong dose, Eggen added.

“It is a pain medication people find euphoric,” he said. But in large quantities it can cause respiratory depression.

“It is more potent than heroin,” he added. “Addicts in the street love it because they are looking for their next big high.”

LOCAL RESPONDERS HELP WITH NARCAN N tid t for f opioid i id overdose, d i used d by b White Whit Bear B L k Fire Fi DepartD t Narcan, a nasall spray antidote is Lake ment first responders. From Nov. 1 to Nov. 23 Narcan was administered during 19 of its 2,810 emergency calls. At least nine of the 19 calls involved prescription drug overdoses, intentional or unintentional. Four overdoses involved “street drugs,” and six were unknown sources.

“Opiate abusers or their family and friends need not be afraid to seek EMS services We are not out to judge. … Minnesota state law protects patients and reporting bystanders from being prosecuted for the possession, sharing or use of a controlled substance.”

Matthew Bouthilet, White Bear Lake Fire Department

Derivatives developed by federal government Eggen said drug dealers also make derivatives of fentanyl that were created by the federal government during synthetic drug research decades ago.

The government was attempting to eliminate heroin use in medicine by developing synthetic opioids. Since federal money was used, the research was public and published. The derivatives never received FDA approval.

“They are all out there in the literature and they are not regulated by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration),” Eggen said. “You can go out and make any one of these analogs. It is not illegal because it is not regulated … because it is not the exact same thing.”

When the DEA finds one being produced on the streets and outlaws it, drug dealers move on to another derivative.

“The DEA works retroactively, not proactively,” Eggen explained. The derivatives are easily made in mass quantities, he added.

“We've opened up Pandora's box of opioids and I don't know where it is going to end,” Eggen lamented. “Clearly this is a public health epidemic.”

Another problem – opioid paranoia On the flip side, the opioid epidemic has made it hard for patients who need opioids for medical reasons to get prescriptions.

“Now doctors are incredibly paranoid about prescribing long-term opioids,”

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OxyContin, a brand name of oxycodone, is a well-known prescription opioid that can lead to heroin use.

Eggen said. Even patients who need them to treat tumors or serious back issues have a difficult time getting prescriptions.

“Patients who legitimately use these medications are finding it difficult to access them,” Eggen explained. Primary care doctors will rarely prescribe opioids long term. Patients often need to get a referral to a specialist in chronic pain management. But those specialists are few, and busy. Some medical groups don't even prescribe them due to liability, Eggen added.

The MMA task force addresses both issues — opioid abuse and the difficulty of getting needed prescriptions. MMA provides training for physicians to find a balance in prescribing opioids for chronic pain.

“We need to encourage physicians to develop skills to manage the chronic pain,” Eggen said.

Eggen is a semi-retired “freelancer” anesthesiologist. In addition to the MMA Prescription Opioid Management Advisory Task Force, Eggen is on the Minnesota Department of Human Services State Opioid Oversight Project (SOOP), Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Advisory Task Force, and the Health Professionals Services Program (HPSTP) Advisory Committee.

He has lived in Shoreview for 20 years.

Sara Marie Moore can be reached at 651-407-1235 or shoreviewnews@presspubs.com.

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With restaurant lease signed, book closes on Boatworks Commons

BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — The city quietly culminated more than a decade of work as a last piece in the Boatworks Commons development was approved.

A 10-year lease for the empty building fronting the apartments at 4475 Lake Ave. S. has been signed by restaurateurs who plan a Japanese sushi lounge on the first floor. A lease for a second-floor yoga studio was also signed.

City Council members agreed to a revised conditional use permit allowing something other than a restaurant on the second floor, with Planner Anne Kane noting eventually the hope is for a restaurant to eventually expand there, as well.

Re-tenanting for other professional or medical services would also be allowed.

With the exception of public art still outstanding, as far as the council is concerned, the development is done. “It is with a sigh of relief,” said Mayor Jo Emerson.

City Manager Ellen Richter added that the approval, which generated no discussion this time around, puts an “end to an incredible process by the planning department. It’s significant we’re at this point.”

Councilman Kevin Edberg suggested, tongue in cheek, that the council adjourn for sushi.

In other action at the Nov. 22 meeting, the council: • Approved a second reading of proposed six-month moratorium on billboards.

City Attorney Roger Jensen advised the city to pass a moratorium to give staff time to study the sign ordinance.

The move is in response to a Supreme Court decision regarding content and freedom of speech. A company called Rocket Outdoor Advertising is threatening to sue the city if it can’t install a dynamic display billboard at 1830 Buerkle Road. Jensen noted the same company sued the city of Hopkins two years ago and is in litigation with the city of Grand Forks. “It’s an honest threat,” he said. “It behooves us to make sure the ordinance can be defended.”

• Approved a request from property owner Erik Wiski for a variance to construct a 28x35 foot detached garage at 3780 Auger Ave. Wiski agreed to remove concrete beneath a gazebo that will be dismantled. He also asked that stucco siding be removed as a requirement, which the council did.

• Approved a supplemental agreement

with MnDOT for the I-35E/96 bridge.

City Engineer Mark Burch said custom, decorative railing with bear silhouettes added $25,700 to the cost of the bridge, for which the city is responsible. The customization promotes the city’s identity, Burch added.

• Also noted in planning commission meeting minutes that Culver’s has requested two conditional use permits and four variances for its new 4,400-square-foot restaurant at 3202 White Bear Ave. The request will come before the council at a future meeting.

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Local handbell musicians join world record-breaking ring

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Amy Turnbull, Joy Erickson and Margaret Vitalis have been playing handbells together at First Lutheran Church since they were about 10.

The trio and eight other members of the church's handbell choir helped break a world record at the Mall of America Nov. 19.

“The Big Ring” was a joint effort of the Salvation Army, the Mall of America and Handbell Musicians of America.

The event was a kick-off to the Salvation Army's holiday bell-ringing season at local stores to raise funds for those in need. The donation kettles were put up at the Mall of America and Cub Foods the same day.

Mall of America paid the Guinness World Record fee and Handbell Musicians of America recruited bell ringers, said Julie Borgen, Salvation Army media relations director for the Twin Cities.

Exactly 664 volunteer handbell musicians convened from 24 states and Canada to break the previous record of 560 made in Japan three years ago.

A friend from Illinois flew in to join the group from First Lutheran (soon to be Community of Grace Lutheran Church). The handbell choir, which often plays for services, heard about the

event through social media.

“One of the members of our group saw it on Facebook,” said Turnbull, the handbell choir's director. The group decided they would join and memorize the six-minute piece.

“They had a composer write a special piece for this event,” Turnbull said. “It wasn't super easy. We tried to memorize it.” The piece was a medley of “Silver Bells” and “Carol of the Bells,” Erickson noted.

In the end, The Big Ring opted to put the piece up on a screen so bell ringers could make sure they didn't miss any notes. The composer, Hart Morris, of Oklahoma, also conducted the group of 664 musicians, Borgen said.

“There was a fun excitement with everyone being there,” Turnbull said. “It was really fun to play with that many people.” She noted there were a lot of people watching in the rotunda at the mall and streamers came down from the ceiling to celebrate after they broke the world record.

“It was just really fun to play handbells with that many other people and be part of a world record and help the Salvation Army with their kickoff,” Erickson said.

“We were happy to support the Salvation Army,” Turnbull added. “We feel like they do important work being the hands and feet of Jesus.”

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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

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Christian Education Hour 9:30 – for all ages – Dial-A-Devotion 651-429-0078 www.sstwbl.org

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UPCOMING EVENTS TEDTALKS DISCUSSION GROUP

STAR OF WONDER CELEBRATION

When: 11:30-1 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: Bring a bag lunch and watch a video of ‘ideas worth spreading’ and discuss the topic, ‘Hints on How to be Happy’.

Free; registration recommended.

Contact: 651-724-6007

When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 and 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi Details: Singer/ songwriter, speaker and author Staci Frenes shares how to fi nd joy and purpose. Tickets for Friday Dessert $15; $20 for Saturday brunch.

Register online.

Contact: saintandrews.org

TEENS IN: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY HELP When: 3:30-5 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1 Where: Wildwood Library, 763 Stillwater Rd. Mahtomedi Details: Help design a colorful, educational display in celebration of Human Rights Day. Weekly program for teens 12-17 years includes art projects, tech workshops, games and more. Free; no registration required.

Contact: 651-426-2042

JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS WINTER & HOLIDAY SALE When: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3; and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 Where: White Bear Lake Armory, 2228 4th St. Details: Shop for gently used kids’ items, including clothing, toys and electronics.

Contact: jbfsale.com

ANNUAL PJs WITH SANTA When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 Where: Vadnais Heights Commons, 655 East County Road F. Details: Santa, face painting, games, Wizard of Oz Puppet Show, cookies. For kids with parents. Pajamas optional. For all ages. $10/resident family; $20/non-resident family.

Registration required.

Contact: 651-204-6000 or www.cityvadnais heights.com

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA When: 8:30 and 10 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 4940 Highway 61, White Bear Lake Details: Two seating times; call for reservations.

Contact: 651-653-6718

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HOLIDAY TOURS AT THE HISTORIC FILLEBROWN HOUSE When: 1, 2 and 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: 4735 Lake Ave, White Bear Lake Details: Experience the magic of the Fillebrown House decked out in all its holiday splendor.

Tickets $5; WBLAHS members free.

Reservations required.

Contact: 651-407-5327 or whitebearhistroy.org

SENSITIVE SANTA When: 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: Maplewood Mall Details: Sensoryfriendly Santa experience for children with special needs and their families.

Contact: 651-770-3863 or maplewoodmall.com

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA When: 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: White Bear Lake American Legion Post #168, 2210 3rd St. Details: Meet Santa and enjoy a pancake and sausage breakfast.

Proceeds benefit the White Bear Lake Area Emergency Food Shelf.

Bring a food donation. $5/adults; $3/children 10 and under.

Contact: 651-429-5770

When: Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10 & 17 Where: Abbott Paint and Carpet, 2223 4th St., White Bear Lake Details: Horsedrawn carriage rides 11 a.m.- 2:45 p.m.; Photos with Santa 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Events free with donation to the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf.

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CRAFT BOUTIQUE DROP-IN DISCOVERY STATIONS: REPS & PHIBS When: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Rd., White Bear Township Details: Free, familyfriendly drop-in style programs feature a range of nature topics, including up-close visits with live animals. No registration required.

Contact: 651-407-5350 or parks.co.ramsey. mn.us/tamarack

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When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: 4th St. Dance Center, 5350 Highway 61 N., White Bear Lake Details: Sip wine and nibble cheese while you shop.

Home décor, candles, LuLaRoe, Hair bows, Rodan & Fields, The Bath Bird, custom dog collars, Young Living Oils and crochet items.

PICTURES WITH SANTA When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Details: Free family event. No registration necessary.

Contact: community ed.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us

ST. PAUL HIKING CLUB When: 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: Costco, 1431 Beam Ave., Maplewood Details: Hike the Bruce Vento Trail.

Approx. 5 miles and lasts 1 ½ -2 hours. Treats to follow at Gulden’s.

Contact: 651-426-8593 or stpaulhike.org

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE When and Where: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Century College, 3401 Century

Jingle Bear 5K and Kids Fun Run WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 WHERE: VFW, 4496 Lake Ave. S., White Bear Lake

DETAILS: Race along White Bear Lake. Registration begins at 7 a.m.;

Ave.; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the White Bear Lake Fire Dept., 905 E. County Rd. E; noon-6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 at Xperience Fitness, 905 E. County Rd. E., Vadnais Heights Details: All blood types and platelets needed. Call or go online to register.

Contact: 800 RED CROSS or redcrossblood. org

WHITE BEAR MYSTERY BOOK CLUB When: 6-7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 7 Where: White Bear Lake Library, 2150 2nd St. Details: The theme this month is “English Writers.” Each person comes to the meeting after having read a book on the theme and introduces it to the group.

Contact: 651-724-6007 or rclreads.org

CHILDREN’S STORY TIME AT THE FILLEBROWN HOUSE When: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8 Where: 4735 Lake Ave, White Bear Lake Details: Children and their families are invited to experience old fashioned Christmas traditions at the Fillebrown House and enjoy cider and cookies.

Pajamas welcome. FREE event but donations are appreciated.

Reservations Required Contact: 651407-5327 or office@ whitebearhistory.org

LAKESHORE PLAYERS HOLIDAY PARTY When: 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8 Where: Boatworks Commons, 4495 Lake Ave. S., White Bear Lake Details: Socializing, drinks and small bites, presentation of First

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CONTACT: jinglebearrun.com

Annual patron Award, and update on the campaign and year in review. Sparkly attire encouraged. RSVP by Dec. 5.

Contact: 651429-2316 or bill@ lakeshoreplayers.org

AUTHOR VISIT When: 10-11:30 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Sq., White Bear Lake Details: Local author Todd Mueller will sign copies of his new book, “Town Ball Parks of Minnesota”.

Contact: 651-426-0918

PET PHOTOS When: 6-8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Maplewood Mall Details: Opportunity to have pets photos taken with Santa.

Contact: 651-770-3863 or maplewoodmall.com

BUILD A BURGER FOR TROOPS When: 5-8 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 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

COMMUNITY LUNCH When: Noon-1 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Details: Celebrate the holidays with the Silver Harmony Singers. Local and area residents of all ages welcome. RSVP prior to noon on Monday, Dec. 12. $6.

Contact: 651-407-2018

RUSH LINE CORRIDOR OPEN HOUSE When: 5-7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Where: White Bear Lake Area Schools District Center, 4855 Bloom Ave, White Bear Lake Details: Residents, businesses and general public are invited to hear details about the proposed Rush Line Corridor, followed by a Q&A session.

Contact: 651-266-2772

Music SILVER HARMONY SINGERS When: 1-2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 Where: Forest Lake Community Senior Center, 767 4th St. SW Details: Christmas music and old time favorites for all ages. Cookies and refreshments after program. Freewill donation.

CROIX CHORDSMEN CONCERT When: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 N. 4th St., Stillwater Details: Local a cappella chorus performs their annual Christmas concert along with the Woodbury High School choir. Tickets $10 available from chorus members; children 12 and under free.

Contact: 651-308-5775

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: CHRISTMAS AT THE COURTHOUSE When: 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9; 4 and 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: Washington County Historic Courthouse, 101 Pine St.

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Tree of Light & Remembrance Ceremony WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 WHERE: Triangle Park, Mahtomedi

loved one, and can be purchased for $10 through the St. Jude’s website.

Proceeds benefit the Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf; free to attend.

DETAILS: Honor those who have passed away and help others who are ill get through the holidays. Each light on the tree will represent a

W., Stillwater Details: Varied styles and types of holiday music performed by Valley Chamber Chorale.

Tickets $40/adults; $35/ students/seniors.

Contact: 651-430-0124 or valleychamber chorale.org

CONTACT: 651-395-5352 or mstiepan@stjudeofthelake.org

Arts WBCA MEMBERS EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION

When: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 1 Where: White Bear Center for the Arts, 4971 Long Ave. SHOREVIEW Details: Non-juried exNORTHERN LIGHTS hibition of WBCA memVARIETY BAND bers original artwork.

When: 7 p.m.

Exhibit runs through Saturday, Dec. 10 Dec. 15.

Where: Bethel Contact: 651-407-0597 University, Benson Great or whitebeararts.org Hall Details: SNLVB’s annual holiday concert features a mix of seasonal symphonic band music and choral selections from Henry Sibley High ‘THE HAPPY ELF’ School’s Carillon Treble When: Dec 1-18. Shows Choir and the Chamber at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays Choir. Tickets $10 if Dec. 1, 8 and 15; 7:30 p.m. purchased from a band Fridays, Dec. 2, 9 and 16; member or $13 online or 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. at Shoreview City Hall, 3, 10 and 17; and 2 p.m.

Bethel Box Office or at Sunday, Dec. 4, 11 and 18 the door.

Where: Lakeshore Contact: 651-470-5625, Players, 4820 Stewart snlvb.com or tickets.

Ave., White Bear Lake bethel.edu Details: Grammy Award-winning composer and lyricist Harry AUGUSTANA COLLEGE Connick Jr. brings us CHRISTMAS VESPERS the tale of Eubie the Elf When: 7 p.m. Friday, in this holiday musical.

Dec. 16 Tickets $20-$25.

Where: St. Andrews Contact: 651-429-5674 Lutheran Church, or www.lakeshore 900 Stillwater Rd., players.com Mahtomedi Details: Holiday performance features ‘THE TWELVE DATES choirs and orchestra.

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Where: Lakeshore Players, 4820 Stewart Ave., White Bear Lake Details: One-woman play about hapless holidays and luckless romances. Suggested for mature audiences.

Tickets $15-18.

Contact: 651-429-5674 or www.lakeshore players.com

‘A VERY HILL-MURRAY CHRISTMAS CABARET’ When: 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8, Saturday, Dec. 10 and Friday, Dec. 16; 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Where: Hill-Murray Theatre, 2625 Larpenteur Ave., Maplewood Details: Performance features the talents of Hill-Murray Students through song, dance, comedy, and more. Free senior citizen admission for Dec. 8 show. Tickets $10/adults; $5/students.

Contact: 651-748-2417 or hill-murray.org/ theatre

‘ALMOST, MAINE’ When: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, Thursday, Dec. 15 & Saturday, Dec. 17; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 & 18 Where: Hill-Murray Theatre, 2625 Larpenteur Ave., Maplewood Details: John Cariani’s quirky romantic comedy, explores love and loss in a remote, mythical town. Tickets $10/adults; $5/students.

Contact: 651-748-2417 or hill-murray.org/ theatre

When: 4-9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays, noon-6 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 1-11 Where: Union Depot, 200 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul Details: Outdoor holiday market features local handmade goods, seasonal music, and European-inspired food and drink.

Contact: uniondepot. org or stpaulchristmas market.com

SHOREVIEW LIBRARY MOVING SALE When: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Shoreview Library, 4570 N. Victoria St. Details: Used book and library furniture sale in preparation for the library’s move to a new facility. Proceeds support the capital campaign.

Contact: rclreads.org

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Details: 3-course coffee party includes history and Swedish Jul program. $15; reservations required.

Contact: 651-433-5053 or www.gammelgarden museum.org

CHRISTKINDLES MARKET & SANTA BUFFET AT THE GASTHAUS When: Noon-4 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter, 8390 Lofton Ave., Stillwater Details: Celebrate German Christmas traditions with homemade crafts, imports, food and Gluwein and a bonfi re.

Contact: 651-439-7128 or www.gasthaus bavarianhunter.com

MISTLETOE MINGLE DINNER AND DANCING When: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: The Heights, 5880 Omaha Ave. N., Oak Park Heights Details: Join the La Danza Dance club for cocktails dinner and dancing to the music of Rod Cerar. Formal attire. Guests invited; $34/ couple plus dinner.

Contact: ladanzastillwater@hotmail.com

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When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 5 Where: Throughout Afton Details: Lighting ceremony on Friday; Holiday specials and discounts at local shops and restaurants, artists market, crafts, open skating, horse and wagon rides, strolling carolers.

Breakfast with Santa on Saturday. $10.75/adults and $7.75/kids. Call for reservations.

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When: 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 Where: Union Depot, 200 E. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul Details: General admission at 5 p.m.; train arrives approx. 7:15 p.m. and departs at 8:10 p.m.

Holiday-themed performances by Colin James and Kelly Prescott. Free and open to the public; heart-healthy food donations encouraged to support Merrick Community Services Food Shelf.

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When: 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Lowell Park Gazebo, Stillwater Details: Includes tree lighting ceremony, music by the Teddy Bear Band, and fireworks. Children get twinkle necklaces, cookies and hot chocolate.

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When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Union Depot, 200 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul Details: Event showcases top bakeries from around the Twin Cities and holiday gift vendors.

Proceeds benefit Merrick Community Services Food Shelf. Tickets $5/ adults or $10/VIP; Seniors and children under 12 free.

Contact: uniondepot. org/bakesale

ANNIE’S SWEDISH COFFEE PARTIES When: 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 and 10 Where: Gammelgarden Museum, 20880 Olinda Trail N., Scandia

HOLIDAY CRAFT, GIFT AND SHOPPING SHOW When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Saturday, Dec. 10 Where: Oak Glen Golf & Event Center, 1599 McKusick Rd. N., Stillwater Details: More than 40 crafters and vendors, free coffee and a cash bar. Free admission.

Contact: 715-557-1785 or info@rsgdevelopment. com

LUCIA DAGEN AT GAMMELGARDEN When: Breakfast at 6 & 8:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: 20880 Olinda Trail, Scandia Details: Morning worship and traditional Swedish breakfast and program; marks the beginning of Swedish Christmas season.

Contact: 651-433-5053 or www.gammelgarden museum.org

JX HOLIDAY VILLAGE When: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11 Where: JX Event Venue, 123 2nd St., Stillwater Details: Family friendly event features one-of-a-kind vendors, photos with Santa, treats for children and adults and live music. Tickets $12/adults; $10/children, 5 and under free.

Contact: jxvenue.com

Ongoing HOMETOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS When: Every weekend in December Where: Throughout downtown Stillwater Details: Month-long celebration with events and shopping specials at various businesses throughout Stillwater.

Strolling carolers; Saturday festivities include Victorian carolers, Victorian Wagonette rides, and Biercycle caroling tours; strolling Santa both Sat. and Sun. See website for opportunities to have breakfast or lunch with Santa a various local restaurants.

Contact: www.main streetstillwateriba.com

CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS Please include date, time, location, cost, brief details, and contact information for each event submission. Call 651-4071226 with questions.

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Bus line – not light rail – proposed to downtown

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR

WHITE BEAR LAKE — The Rush Line Policy Advisory Committee approved a bus rapid transit (BRT) line to downtown at a meeting Nov. 17.

The approval is a preliminary recommendation that will be presented to local communities for input. It is not a final plan.

“This is only a preliminary recommendation,” said Andy Gitzlaff, of the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority.

“They want to hear from the public.”

The proposed dedicated BRT route would follow the Bruce Vento Regional Trail from St. Paul through Maplewood, pass by the Maplewood Mall and continue into Vadnais Heights on the Bruce Vento Trail, an old rail line. At Buerkle Road, the bus line would either join Highway 61 or continue on a nearby rail corridor to Marina Triangle in White Bear Lake. The bus would likely join mixed traffic from Marina Triangle through downtown. A feeder bus would continue through Hugo and on to Forest Lake.

A dedicated BRT route looks different than regular bus routes, and there is little comparable to it in the Twin Cities right now.

“It is a higher quality of travel than a regular old bus,” Gitzlaff said. A BRT guideway does not merge with regular vehicle traffic. And in some spots where the guideway would run along the Bruce Vento Trail, it would not be next to other traffic.

It would be a “roadway just for buses and possibly emergency services vehicles,” Gitzlaff said.

Dedicated BRT lines are located in other areas of the country that the railroad authority has studied. For example, the orange line dedicated BRT in the Los Angeles area is also situated on an old rail line.

In the Twin Cities right now, the closest example to a BRT line is a roadway on an old rail corridor connecting the two campuses of the University of Minnesota.

The Gateway Corridor gold line currently being considered in the Woodbury area would also be a BRT line.

When the Rush Line dedicated BRT would not be located within the Bruce Vento corridor, such as when it cuts over to Maplewood Mall, or possibly runs along Highway 61 between Buerkle Road and Marina Triangle, it would have its own dedicated lane.

The bus line would operate every 10 minutes during peak periods and less often during evenings, nights and weekends, Gitzlaff said. There are between five and seven stops proposed in Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake, depending on whether the Highway 61 or rail corridor route is chosen. It would take about 37 minutes to travel between downtown St. Paul and White Bear Lake.

The feeder bus service between White Bear Lake and Forest Lake would be every 30 minutes in both directions, with stops in downtown Hugo and at the Forest Lake Transit Center, and circulating within downtown Forest Lake.

The BRT was proposed instead of light rail due to the increased cost and the number of expected riders.

Most light rail lines in the Twin Cities have about 30,000 riders per day, but studies indicated the Rush Line would have

only had about 10,000, Gitzlaff noted.

“For the amount of riders we are moving, a bus makes more sense because there is not a need for right away to run a three-car train,” he added.

The BRT would still be “a pretty substantial capital investment,” he said.

The cost would be about $650 million, the lowest cost of all the BRT fixed guideway options considered and the lowest operations and maintenance costs of all the alternatives considered, according to committee documents.

In the next few months, presentations on the proposed route and mode will be made to city councils, district councils, business associations and the public.

The Rush Line committee is interested in whether the community has a preference for the BRT to travel Highway 61 between Buerkle Road and Marina Triangle, or use a nearby rail corridor. It was previously reported inaccurately by the Press that the committee had already decided not to use Highway 61. That decision has not yet been made.

The other routes and modes are also still open for discussion, including light rail and a route along White Bear Avenue.

A presentation will be held at the Vadnais Heights City Council 7 p.m. Dec. 7 and at the Gem Lake City Council 7 p.m.

Dec. 20.

After community meetings, a locally preferred alternative, including route and mode, will be identified and cities and councils would need to pass resolutions supporting the preferred alternative in order for it to proceed.

The northeast metro is being considered for new transit as part of the Rush

Line Corridor, which stretches 80 miles between the cities of St. Paul and Hinckley.

For more information, visit rushline. org.

Sara Marie Moore can be reached at 651-407-1235 or vadnaisheightsnews@presspubs.com.

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The proposed route of the Rush Line bus rapid transit (BRT) line between St. Paul and White Bear Lake.

LOOKING BACK Week of November 27- December 3, 2016 Culled from the archives of the White Bear Press at the resource library of the White Bear Area Historical Society.

1916 A Thanksgiving game is being planned to be played by the High School and Village Hockey teams on the lake at the foot of Clark Avenue at 10 o’clock Thursday morning….The White Bear Women’s Club met Tuesday afternoon at the Library. A most interesting Child Welfare Program was furnished by the Mother’s Section.

Mrs. J. H. McClanahan spoke on “The Child at Play”. The request of the Good Cheer Committee was most generously responded to. Fifty glasses of jelly, jam and jars of fruit were donated to the crippled children Thanksgiving…

1941 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Long were honored on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary Monday evening, November 24th, which was also Mrs. Long’s 74th birthday. Lake Rebakah Lodge gave the party for them in the I.O.O.F. hall and the occasion proved most delightful…Due to the fact that the recent storm badly damaged the tower on Webster school building the school board had Eli Auger remove it.

Four corners of the tower remain and the bell holds its old time position…

1966 Members of the St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church of Mahtomedi laid the cornerstone of their new sanctuary and educational building at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, November 24. The ceremony included the insertion of the small Bible, a list of the 1,200 members, and a brochure on the 45 year history of the church…..

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Webster School ca. 1900

The proposed merger of the White Bear Lake library and the Ramsey County library was voted on by the White Bear Lake City Council. The resolution was unopposed, and the Council authorized City Attorney Newcome to start work on a bill which, if approved, will allow the merger…

1991 The City of White Bear Lake lost its fight to buy Manitou Ridge Golf Course last week when the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners swept it off the discussion table. The commissioners failed to pass a motion to “reconsider” the fate of the golf course, even

though the proposal had never been on the board’s agenda…The debate over the fate of the concession stand at Weyerhauser Park appeared to be resolved as city council members prepared Tuesday to consider a proposed agreement with the Weyerhauser Company…

2006 For sale – sharply decorated full basement townhouse features generous 2 bedrooms, true master suite, fireplace. $259,900….

brown House Dec. 8, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

4735 Lake Ave, White Bear Lake Children and their families are invited to experience old fashioned Christmas traditions at the Fillebrown House.

Pajamas are welcome. Wind down with cider and a cookie before heading out into the December night.

FREE event but donations appreciated Reservations required: office@ whitebearhistory.org or 651-407-5327.

Looking Forward to Our Past - Upcoming Historical Society Programs & Events Children’s Story Time at the Fille-

Compiled by Gloria Tessier, Meg Todd and Sara Markoe Hanson at the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, 651-407-5327.

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1. Lucas Kolmer joins fellow Mahtomedi Adventure Club attendees in making snowman ornaments for 500 cheer boxes to be distributed by the Willernie and Mahtomedi Good Neighbor Club to area seniors for the holidays. The group cut out scarves, while others worked on the nose and hat at the Nov. 23 community service project before gluing the ornament together and adding buttons, eyes and a mouth. — Cathy Wyland 2. Members of White Bear Football bagged groceries at Kowalski’s the day before Thanksgiving. From left, Matt Guenther, Alain Yang, James Williams, Russell Schoeller, Mohammed Ayyash, Nick Servatka,Charlie Rupprecht, Connor Deboer, Alvin Zavadil and Kyle Preslask. — Mari Pew 3. Century College orthotic and prosthetic students, Schuler Shoes staff and local orthotists provided foot care and new socks and shoes, donated by Red Wing Shoes, to people in need at an event Nov. 22. — Chris Boosalis

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– Submitted 5. Taking bucks the first few hours of the Wisconsin gun season opener, from left: Preston Dhols-Graf of Columbia Heights, Steve Bussjaeger of White Bear Lake and Jackie Bussjaeger of White Bear Lake. — Submitted 6. Retired White Bear Lake City Manager Mark Sather greets volunteers as they enter Cretin-Derham Hall High School Nov. 24 for the Thanksgiving Day Meals on Wheels. Founded by Bill Foussard 47 years ago, 2,500 volunteers help deliver more than 16,000 meals to Twin Cities families. Sather’s wife Maureen was inside the school serving coffee and doughnuts to volunteers. — Submitted

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Butters reflects on hockey, ministry

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Bill Butters during his playing days with the St. Paul Fighting Saints.

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Bill and Debby Butters at the Herb Brooks youth hockey banquet where Bill received an award.

nobody swearing or fighting,” Butters was intrigued. Former pro goalie Chico Resch testified how Christ had changed his life, and he softened even more. At a small group huddle, when the kids prayed that he would find peace in his life and his post-hockey career, he melted. That night in his room, he was down on his knees for the first time.

“The Holy Spirit,” he wrote, “used those prayers, and those 11- and 12-year-old boys were showing me the love of Jesus Christ. I was there teaching them how to play hockey; and they were there teaching me how to love.”

As a fringe player in the pro ranks — a career minor-leaguer except for two half-seasons with the North Stars — Butters said his on-ice highlights were playing in front of friends and family while suiting up for the Stars, and playing with the legendary Gordy Howe for a season in Hartford. He proudly displays a photo of himself, Jack Carlson and Howe in his office. His main hockey thrill, though, centers on close friend Carlson, a notorious enforcer, becoming a Christian, too, after Butters.

“That was a real highlight for me,” said Butters. “Jack was a tough guy, a fighter, like me. But a lot better at it.”

Butters was named to the Herb Brooks Foundation Youth Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015 and honored at a banquet attended by many former college and pro hockey acquaintances.

Brooks, he said, once told him, in his playing days: “Right now, Bill, you are a character; I hope someday you will have character.” When Butters got started in sports ministry, Brooks hosted a fund-raiser for him that generated $10,000. Evidently Brooks was convinced by then that Butters had acquired some character.

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versity 4-2 under coach Glen Sonmor.

When Sonmor left for a pro job, the team had a lousy year under interim coach Ken Yackel. Brooks took over the next year and got them back to .500 in Butters’ last year, then won two straight national titles.

Butters was a minor-league pro by then, having signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He had two stints with Oklahoma City in the Central Hockey League, which was NHL-affiliated, and played for Edmonton, New England, Houston and Minnesota Fighting Saints in the World Hockey League.

Finally, he got a chance to skate in the NHL with the North Stars in 72 games from 1977-79, logging one goal and four assists, and, according to the web site dropyourgloves.com, nine fights.

Having not earned a degree, Butters was looking for his post-hockey vocation when former Reid, the former North Star, got him to that youth hockey camp. In a short autobiography Butters wrote, called “Out of the Penalty Box,” he described his transformation from hockey tough guy to gentle dispenser of Christ’s teachings.

He told Reid beforehand, “I will just do the on-ice coaching. Keep me away from the Christian stuff.” However, while witnessing “young boys and pro players having fun, singing songs, and studying the Word of God, with

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Church, was officiating pastor for Ryan Carter’s wedding, at Carter’s request.

Carter played for him at White Bear Lake and went on to a 10-year NHL career, the last two seasons with the Wild.

Carter is currently recovering from surgery for an injury and living here with his family.

In high school, Butters was in hockey, football and baseball. He played in the state hockey tournament and was a fullback and linebacker on a 9-0 football team (no post-season playoffs then).

Baseball didn’t go quite as well; after being struck in the face by a pitched ball he was “always bailing out” on curve balls after that.

Herb Brooks, then a Gophers assistant coach, was refereeing in the St. Paul Conference. The future “Miracle On Ice” coach was impressed by Butters’ skills and tenacity, while also assessing a lot of penalties to him, and that’s what led the young defenseman to the maroon and gold.

With the Gophers, Butters was known for fierce checking, intimidation and fisticuffs. He was especially despised in Wisconsin, where they once hung up a sign declaring “BUTTERS IS RANCID” and on another occasion Badger players and fans chased him to the locker room with a stream of unpleasantries exchanged — and that group included the Badger coach’s wife.

In a UW web site story on Butters when he joined their coaching staff, former Badger star Dean Talafous said, “Bill never did anything real cheap to me, but he had a football background, and when he hit you, he made sure you remembered it … but I think he took more punches than he gave. You’ve got to have players like Bill to win championships.”

In a Minnesota Hockey story by Scott Tiffany regarding Butters’ conversion, former Olympiian Rob McClanahan said: “Billy will be the first to admit he is lucky to still be alive.” Former North Stars teammate Steve Payne told Tiffany that he saw Butters yank a fish out of an aquarium in an Atlanta restaurant and promptly eat it alive, then repeated the feat, just to add to the shock value, and when the bartender warned him the cops were coming, Butters made it a hat trick, downing his third fish.

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The 1969 White Bear Lake graduate was a brawling defenseman for the Minnesota Gophers hockey team. He invited Debby to attend a game that night, and just to show off a little, he barged into the Colorado College bench to start a fight.

That would be exciting for a lot of female hockey fans, but not this young lady, a native of LeSueur who was a cheerleader at the U of M. “She was not impressed,” he laughs.

“She grew up in a small town that didn’t have hockey and she didn’t like the fights.”

Butters, who had a 10-year pro career, including parts of two seasons with the Minnesota North Stars, played hard, fought hard, and partied hard in his skating days. He admits he wasn’t the best husband, and going to church never occurred to him.

His life turned 180 degrees when he became a Christian during a Hockey Ministries youth camp in 1980 after former North Star Tom Reid cajoled him several times into volunteering. He has been a spiritual advisor to youth, college and pro players with Hockey Ministries International since 1981.

Christian hockey camps are the Quebec-based group’s specialty.

Among the many benefits of Butters’ conversion was saving his marriage.

“I went home from that camp and told Debby I was a Christian now. I asked for her forgiveness,” said Butters.

Debby was already a Christian, which, he says, helped her to grant forgiveness “for me living outside the rules of marriage.“ But she wanted solid proof first.

“It took six or seven years to rebuild the trust and respect,” said Butters, “but we have been married for 42 years.”

After his playing career ended in 1980, Butters was a head coach at Breck and White Bear Lake high schools and Bethel College, and an assistant with the Gophers for 10 years and with Wisconsin for three, all the while working with Hockey Ministries. He left the Badgers six games into the 2012-13 season to devote himself to HMI full time.

“I’m still going full-bore,” said Butters, 66.

HMI conducts 35 camps per year in the USA, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, so the job frequently takes him overseas.

The staff, including current Christian college and pro players, serve as on-ice coaches while leading Bible studies, devotions and an evening chapel service each day.

Butters also communes with college and professional players through HMI. “When NHL players come here to play the Wild, they need a chance to get away from the rink and pray and do Bible studies. They are not womanizers or drunks, and don’t use bad language.

I am a fan of those guys. I like to watch them play, and I pray for them and send them little texts.”

He adds, “I wish there had been something like this when I played, to see what kind of player I would have been (as a Christian).”

The lifelong White Bear Lake resident (except for brief stays elsewhere when he played) has three kids who were WBLHS athletes. Benjamin played hockey for the Bears and then Dartmouth before coming home to play for Bethel when Bill was coaching the Royals. A Division-III All-American, Benjamin lives in White Bear Lake and coaches a Mites team that includes his two sons. The Butters girls, Anne and Becky, played soccer for the Bears.

There are seven grandchildren in all.

Bill says that Debby never did much care for hockey until her son and grandsons started playing.

Butters, a member of Eagle Brook

Sydney Shearen, sophomore forward, leads the White Bear Lake hockey team with five goals and six assists, helping the Bears start the season 3-2. Shearen had 12 goals and 11 assists as a freshman, and four goals in eighth grade.

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WHITE BEAR SPORTS CAPSULES Bear girls hockey sibs featured in Pioneer Press The White Bear Lake girls hockey team was featured in the Pioneer Press last week for the five sets of sisters on the roster.

The Bear varsity includes senior Bella Koller, juniors Katie Ertle, Kailee Snyder and Claudia Verkerke, and sophomore Madelyn Sanda.

The junior varsity includes freshman Luci Koller, sophomore Hannah Ertle, freshman Avery Snyder, freshman Sophia Verkerke, and senior Rebecca Sanda.

The article by Joel Badzinski focused on the team’s family atmosphere that extends beyond the sets of sisters to the whole team. It can be seen online by entering “Bears’ family extends beyond five sets of siblings.”

Bears start season 3-2 The Bears, 18-7-2 last season, have a 3-2 record, with wins over Eastview 2-0 , Grand Rapids-Greenway 4-0, and Hibbing-Chisholm 3-0, while losing to Anoka 4-3 and Elk River 5-3. Sydney Shearen has five goals, Ashley Healy three and Abby DeLaRosa and Dani Menk two each. The goalie with three shutouts is Calia Frank.

Zephyr skaters lose opener to SPA in overtime Mahtomedi boys hockey lost its opener to St. Paul Academy 5-4 in overtime on Saturday night. The No. 5 ranked Zephyrs, after graduating 16 players and returning only two seniors with significant varsity experience, gave No.

3 ranked SPA a good battle with mostly new varsity players. Charlie Bartholomew, Luke Posner, Dylan L'Allier (power play) and Matt Vannelli had the goals. SPA’s Dev McCabe scored twice, including the OT game-winner.

Well traveled golf bag James Cuff of Dellwood has been keeping track of the different golf courses he's played since he began golfing as a boy in Madison, Wisconsin.

In October, he reached a milestone — 500 courses — playing with a cousin at the Fox Lake Golf Club in Fox Lake, Wisconsin.

More than 300 of the courses are in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The rest are scattered around the country, primarily in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama, Florida, Arizona and California.

When Cuff retired from Medtronic in 1996, he began adding 15 to 20 new courses per year. He especially enjoyed the summer morning drives into western Wisconsin to play the courses in St. Croix, Dunn, Polk and Pierce counties.

James Cuff His granddaughter thinks he should try for 500 more, but Cuff has a new goal: to shoot his age (79) and keep playing and enjoying the game as long as he possibly can.

His favorite to date? The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, near Lake Vermilion, Minnesota.

WBL’s Kylie Noonan heads for Big Ten as gymnast with Illinois

BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS COORDINATOR

Kylie Noonan, a club gymnast wth Midwest Gymnastics Center, will be a Big Ten athlete next year after signing a national letter of intent with Illinois.

The White Bear Lake senior is a three-time national qualifier in Junior Olympics and was Level 10 beam national champion this year while placing seventh on floor and 12th all-around.

“She places of great deal of importance on making sure everything she does, both academically and athletically, she does 100 percent,” assessed Kim Landrus, Illini coach. “I look forward to seeing how she makes her stamp on the Illini program during her collegiate career.”

In the USA Gymnastics state meet this year, Noonan was fourth in allaround, floor and beam and fifth on floor. At nationals in 2015, she was 12th on beam and ninth on floor.

In winning beam at nationals, she scored 9.750, snapping through a back handspring-layout-stepout series, a switch leap connected to a gainer-layout-stepout, a side aerial, a split jump to a sissone, and round-off double twist dismount, in Fort Worth, Texas, in May. About her other signature moves: “I perform a Yurchenko full twist

on vault. On floor, my first tumbling pass includes a front handspring-front layout-front double twist.

On bars, my release move is a Tkachev, and I do a full-in dismount.”

Noonan said she liked the academic and athletic balance offered

by Illinois, which had a 9-7 dual Kylie Noonan meet record last season.

“I immediately loved the campus and the overall atmosphere of Illinois,” she said on the IU athletic web site. “I am so honored and excited to become a part of the Illini family."

Noonan carries a 4.0 grade-point-average and plans to study information technology at the UI College of Business.

Her coaches at Midwest Gymnastics in Little Canada are Jess Graba, Ali Lim, Puner Koy, and Kelly Pederson.

She started learning gymnastics at age two and competing at age eight.

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DECEMBER Sat, Dec 3, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Thurs, Dec 8, 7:30p @ Hastings Civic Arena Sat, Dec 10, 7:30p @ Aldrich Arena Wed, Dec 14, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Sat, Dec 17, 7:30p @ Tartan Ice Arena Thurs, Dec 29, 2:30p @ National Sports Center Fri, Dec 30, TBD @ National Sports Center Sat, Dec 31, TBD @ National Sports Center JANUARY Tues, Jan 3, 7:30p 2 St. Croix Recreation Center Thurs, Jan 5, 7:30p @ West Saint Paul Arena Sat, Jan 7, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Tues, Jan 10, 7:30p @ Blake Ice Arena Sat, Jan 14, 3:00p @ St. Croix Rec Center Thurs, Jan 19, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Sat, Jan 21, 10:00AM @ Stillwater Tues, Jan 24, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Thurs, Jan 26, 7:00p @ Richfield Ice Arena Sat, Jan 28, 3:00p @ St. Croix Rec Center Tues, Jan 31, 7:15p @ Breck School Anderson Ice Arena FEBRUARY Sat, Feb 4, 7:30p @ St. Croix Recreation Center Tues, Feb 7, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Thurs, Feb 9, 7:00p @ St. Thomas - Ice Arena Sat, Feb 11, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Sat, Feb 18, 3:00p @ St. Croix Rec Center

Coach Response: • Last year — 11-16 • Returning players — Annika Sougstad (jr F), Marisa Gustafson (sr G), Samantha Hogan (sr F), Julia Salmen (fr G), Emma Grothaus (jr F), Maggie Freking (sr G), Eve Farrell (jr F), Emily Cooper (sr G), Sydney Freking (so G), Cali McGauley (jr G) • Fast facts — Zephyrs ranked No. 5 in Class 3A …

Most of roster and top 6 scorers return • Top scorers back — Grothaus 16.7 ppg, Gustafson 14.8, Hogan 9.0, Sougstad 8.1, Salmen 5.0

Coach Response: • Record last year —18-6-3 • Captains —Luke Posner* (sr F), Matt Vannelli (sr F) • In the mix — No other names listed at this time • Coach says — “Strengths are team speed and good depth … Concern is inexperience, we have a lot of new faces that show great potential … Goals are, we want to have a lot of fun, compete every night, and be a very difficult team to beat come February.”

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DECEMBER Sat, Dec 3, TBD @ Hopkins Lindbergh Center Thurs, Dec 8, 7:00p @ Hill-Murray School Fri, Dec 9, 7:15p vs. Park Tues, Dec 13, 7:15p vs. Stillwater Fri, Dec 16, 7:15p @ Woodbury High School Main Gym Thurs, Dec 22, 7:15p vs. Centennial Wed, Dec 28, 5:00p @ St. Michael-Albertville High School Thurs, Dec 29, TBD @ St. Michael-Albertville High School JANUARY Fri, Jan 6, 7:15p vs. Forest Lake Tues, Jan 10, 7:15p @ East Ridge - Raptors Perch - Main Gym Fri, Jan 13, 7:15p @ Cretin-Derham Hall High School Mon, Jan 16, 1:45p @ St. Catherine’s University Tues, Jan 17, 7:15p vs. Mounds View Fri, Jan 20, 7:15p vs. Roseville Tues, Jan 24, 7:15p @ Park High School Main Gym Fri, Jan 27, 7:15p @ Stillwater Area High School Tues, Jan 31, 7:15p vs. Woodbury FEBRUARY Tues, Feb 7, 7:15p vs. Minnetonka Fri, Feb 10, 7:15p @ Forest Lake Area High School Tues, Feb 14, 7:15p vs. East Ridge Fri, Feb 17, 7:15p vs. Cretin-Derham Hall Tues, Feb 21, 7:15p @ Mounds View High School Fri, Feb 24, 7:15p @ Roseville Area High School

JANUARY Tues, Jan 17, 4:30p vs. Wayzata/Minnetonka Thurs, Jan 19, 4:30p @ North High School Thurs, Jan 26, 4:30p @ Maple Grove JHS Tues, Jan 31, 4:30p @ St. Cloud - North Junior H.S. FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 4:30p vs. Robbin/Hop/M West Tues, Feb 7, 4:30p @ Highview Middle School Thurs, Feb 9, 4:30p @ Centennial HS Tues, Feb 14, 4:30p vs. North Thurs, Feb 16, 4:30p @ Minnetonka High School Tues, Feb 21, 4:30p vs. Anoka-Hennepin Tues, Feb 28, 4:30p vs. Maple Grove Adapted Thurs, Mar 2, 4:30p vs. St. Cloud Area

DECEMBER Tues, Dec 6, 3:45p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve Fri, Dec 16, 3:45p @ Elm Creek Park Reserve Tues, Dec 20, 3:45p @ Elm Creek Park Reserve JANUARY Wed, Jan 4, 3:45p @ Battle Creek Regional Park Tues, Jan 10, 3:45p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve Thurs, Jan 12, 3:45p @ Battle Creek Regional Park Mon, Jan 16, 10:00a @ Battle Creek Regional Park Thurs, Jan 19, 3:45p @ Como Park Golf Course Tues, Jan 24, 3:45p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve Tues, Jan 31, 10:00a @ Battle Creek Regional Park

Coach Response: • Last year — 18-7-3 • Returning players — Ashley Healy jr F, Sydney Shearen so F, Claudia Verkerke jr F, Kailey Snyder jr F, Abigail Delarosa so D, Emma Kaska so D, Danielle Menk sr F, Morgan Newpower sr D, Jordan Gast so F, Emma Kaske so D, Danielle Menk sr F, Sally Moris jr D, Lily Anderson sr F, Ashley Rensted jr F, Katelyn Ertle jr D, Kossandra Bartness sr F, McKeely Larson fr F; Calia Frank, so G • Stats — Top scorers back (goals-assists) are Healy 12-16, Shearen 12-11, and Verkerke 3-16; Frank had 2.1 goals-against-average • Opener — Bears lost opener to Anoka 4-3 with Larson, DeLaRosa, and Healy scoring

NOTE: *ALL-CONFERENCE LAST YEAR

Coach Response: • Record last year —23-9, state semifinals • Captains — Sophie Janick (sr F), Adri Perron (sr F), Michaela Craigan (sr G), Alexa Molin* (sr G) • Other returning players — Jordan Ferrand (jr F), Claire Odmark (so F), Courtney Crouch (so G) • Top scorers back — Molin 7.2 ppg, Ferrand 6.3, Odmark 4.4 • Fast fact — Team ranked 15th … Won Pacesetter Invitational in August Coach says — “We have a lot of new faces after losing eight seniors. Many opportunities for kids to step up … We should be faster this year and will play a little more wide open than past few years. … We have less size than we have had …

We hope to compete for a conference championship and make a run at the end of the year.”

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We filling the gaps in our lineup. We only want to progress throughout the season and be at our best in February.”

Coach Response: • Last year — Girls 5th. boys 6th in section • Captains — Justin Blank, Doug Shield (sr) …

Madison Loppnow (jr), Keely Nistler* (sr) • Other returning varsity — Olivia Schwintek* (so) • In the mix — Scott Shield (jr), Tryg Solberg • Coach says — “Lots of young talent and dedicated skiers. Concern is, we have a small and young team. We hope to compete for 4th for the boys and 3rd for the girls in section. We hope to send a total of four skiers to state.”

WHITE BEAR LAKE - BEARS BOYS SWIM & DIVE JACOB MUELLER SCHEDULE DECEMBER Thurs, Dec 8, 5:00p Diving @ Cottage Grove Middle School Thurs, Dec 8, 5:30p @ Stillwater Junior High School Sat, Dec 10, 9:00a @ Hidden Oaks Middle School Tues, Dec 13, 6:00p @ White Bear Lake - YMCA Thurs, Dec 15, 6:00p @ St. Catherine’s Tues, Dec 20, 6:00p @ White Bear Lake - YMCA JANUARY Thurs, Jan 5, 4:30p @ Lake Middle School Thurs, Jan 5, 6:00p @ Woodbury High School Pool Tues, Jan 10, 6:00p @ Grove Middle School Thurs, Jan 19, 6:00p @ White Bear Lake - YMCA Thurs, Jan 26, 4:30p @ Lake Middle School Thurs, Jan 26, 6:00p @ Woodbury Middle School Sat, Jan 28, 1:00p @ Tartan HS - Skyview Pool FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 6:00p @ White Bear Lake - YMCA Thurs, Feb 9, 6:00p @ White Bear Lake - YMCA Sat, Feb 18, 9:00a @ Cottage Grove Middle Schooll Sat, Feb 18, 10:00a @ Stillwater Junior High School

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DECEMBER Fri, Dec 2, 7:15p @ Duluth Heritage Center Arena Tues, Dec 6, 7:30p vs. Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Dec 10, 7:30p @ Roseville Ice Arena Thurs, Dec 15, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Dec 17, 3:00p @ Highland Ice Arena Thurs, Dec 22, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Tues, Dec 27, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Thurs, Dec 29, 7:30p @ Fogerty Arena South Rink JANUARY Thurs, Jan 5, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Jan 7, 3:00p @ Bielenberg Ice Arena Thurs, Jan 12, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Jan 14, 3:00p @ Vadnais Sports Center Fri, Jan 20, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Jan 21, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Tues, Jan 24, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Thurs, Jan 26, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Feb 4, 3:00p @ Vadnais Sports Center Tues, Feb 7, 4:00p @ Centennial Sports Arena Thurs, Feb 9, 7:30p @ Vadnais Sports Center Sat, Feb 11, 7:30p @ Cottage Grove Ice Arena Tues, Feb 14, 7:30p @ Cottage Grove Ice Arena Thurs, Feb 16, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center in Stillwater

DECEMBER Fri, Dec 2, 7:00p @ Hudson Sports & Civic Center Sat, Dec 3, 3:30p @ Omni Center Tues, Dec 6, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Fri, Dec 9, 7:00p @ Hastings Civic Arena Sat, Dec 10, 5:00p @ Hayward Sports Center Tues, Dec 13, 7:30p @ Tartan Arena Tues, Dec 20, 7:00p @ SSP - Doug Woog Arena Wed, Dec 21, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Mon, Dec 26, 12:00p @ National Sports Center Tues, Dec 27, TBD @ National Sports Center Wed, Dec 28, TBD @ National Sports Center JANUARY Tues, Jan 3, 7:30p @ Northfield Ice Arena Fri, Jan 6, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Wed, Jan 11, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Fri, Jan 13, 7:30p @ Simley - Vet’s Arena (IGH) Sat, Jan 14, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Wed, Jan 18, 7:30p @ St. Croix Rec Center Fri, Jan 20, 7:30p @ West Saint Paul Arena

DECEMBER Fri, Dec 2, 7:00p @ Como Park High School Fri, Dec 9, 7:15p @ Monticello High School Sat, Dec 17, 3:45p @ St. Thomas Academy Tues, Dec 20, 7:00p @ Stillwater High School Thurs, Dec 22, 7:00p vs. White Bear Lake Area Thurs, Dec 29, 2:00p @ Rochester Mayo Civic Center Fri, Dec 30, 12:00p @ Rochester Mayo Civic Center JANUARY Tues, Jan 3, 7:00p vs. Simley Thurs, Jan 5, 7:00p @ Columbia Heights High School Fri, Jan 6, 7:00p @ So. St. Paul High School Tues, Jan 10, 7:00p vs. Henry Sibley Fri, Jan 13, 7:00p vs. Tartan Tues, Jan 17, 7:00p @ St. Thomas Academy Fri, Jan 20, 7:00p vs. Hill-Murray Tues, Jan 24, 7:00p vs. Hastings High School Tues, Jan 31, 7:00p @ Henry Sibley High School FEBRUARY Fri, Feb 3, 7:00p vs. North Tues, Feb 7, 7:00p @ Simley High School Fri, Feb 10, 7:30p @ Tartan High School Tues, Feb 14, 7:00p vs. St. Thomas Academy Fri, Feb 17, 7:00p @ Hill Murray Tues, Feb 21, 7:00p vs. St. Anthony Village Fri, Feb 24, 7:00p @ Hastings High School Tues, Feb 28, 7:00p vs. So. St. Paul MARCH Fri, Mar 3, 7:00p @ North High School - N. St. Paul

Coach Response: • Last year — 4-23 • Returning varsity — Blake Charles (jr F), Sam Schwartz (so G), Austin Schochet (jr G), Sam Broberg (sr G) • In the mix — Jack Danenberg (sr G), Gabriel Dezee (sr G), Tyson Keeling (sr G), Ozzie Larsen (sr G), Nate Thomas (sr F), Austin Schochet (jr G) • Top scorers back — Schwartz 7.5, Schochet 7.1, Charles 6.2 • Coach says — “This group works hard and has fun competing.”

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Coach Response: • Last year — 11-15-1 • Captains — Zac Cadalbert (sr D), Brock Larson (sr F), Bailey Thelen (sr F), Cade Varney (sr D) • Other returning players — Kyle Stanius (sr D), Dan Lyons (jr D), Max Jennrich (jr F), Austin Carroll (jr F), Connor Bjornberg (sr F), Chase Hamsted (jr F), Alec Akins (jr D), Ryan Benert (jr F), Bob Parenteau (sr G) • Top scorers back (goals-assists) — Larson 4-7, Carroll 5-3, Bjornberg 2-8, Hamsted 3-8 • Goalie stats — Parenteau 5-5 record, 2.50 goalsagainst • Coach says — “Strengths are team speed and quality team defense with a experienced goaltender … Our goal is consistent hockey through out the year as we play a very challenging schedule … Our goal every year is to win our conference and go to state.”

MAHTOMEDI - ZEPHYRS WRESTLING JOE LEIF SCHEDULE DECEMBER Tues, Dec 20, 7:00p @ Hastings High School JANUARY Thurs, Jan 5, 5:30p vs. Tartan Thurs, Jan 12, 7:00p @ SSP - High School Thurs, Jan 19, 7:00p vs. Simley Thurs, Jan 26, 7:00p @ North High School - N. St. Paul FEBRUARY Wed, Feb 1, 7:00p vs. Henry Sibley Thurs, Feb 9, 7:00p vs. St. Thomas Academy Sat, Feb 11, 10:00AM vs. Conference Schools Coach Response: • Last year — 14-12 • Captains — Evan Lawrence* (sr 160), Ben Nelson (sr 182), Mitch Bradley (sr 160) • Other returning varsity — Bryce FitzPatrick (fr 120), Reid Lawrence (fr 126), Nate Kujawa (fr 132), Sheridan Draz (jr 138), Bryce Huber (jr 138), Zach Kelsey (jr 138), Collin Grandstrand (so 145), Coyan Scott (sr 145), Hunter Hall (so 160), T J Tumbleson (sr 195), Tommy Firminger (sr 285) • In the mix — Hunter Wilsey (fr 106), Jake FitzPatrick (so 130) • Fast facts — Returning lettermen at 12 of 14 weights … Evan and Reid Lawrence were state qualifiers • Coach says — “We will be a good dual meet team … We are still a young team … Looking to improve every match and reduce mental mistakes.”

Coach Response: • Last year — 14-13 • Returning players — Kennedy Bergen sr F, Jordyn McAlpine so F, Bridget Barnett sr D, Sara Krebsbach sr D, Julianna Sellwood sr F, Kallie Krueger sr F, Johanna Ficcadenti jr G, Lauren Heinsch fr F, Kylie Krawczyk so F, Sara Krebsbach sr D, Emma Dornseif fr • Stats — top scorers back (goals-assists) are Bergen 10-10, McAlpine 10-7, Barnett 1-9, Kresbach 2-7 … Ficcadenti had 2.0 goals against and .928 save percentage • Coach says — “How quickly the team adjusts to a new coaching staff will be a key early in the season … Our strength should be in goal with Johanna Ficcadenti.”

MAHTOMEDI - ZEPHYRS GYMNASTICS DEBBIE DRISCOLL SCHEDULE DECEMBER Thurs, Dec 8, 6:30p @ Hastings - National Guard Armory Wed, Dec 14, 6:30p vs. North Sat, Dec 17, 1:00p @ St. Cloud Tech HS JANUARY Wed, Jan 4, 6:30p vs. Tartan Sat, Jan 7, 8:00, 11:00AM @ Park Center High School Thurs, Jan 12, 6:30p vs. So. St. Paul Sat, Jan 14, 10:30AM vs. Park Center, Simley & St. Anthony Village Mon, Jan 16, 11:00AM @ Eagan High School Thurs, Jan 26, 6:30p @ Henry Sibley Sat, Jan 28, 11:00AM @ Eagan High School FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 6:30p vs. Simley Tues, Feb 7, 6:00p @ Hastings - National Guard Armory Thurs, Feb 9, 6:00p @ Simley Coach Response: • Record last year — 6-0 duals, conference and section champs, 7th at state Class A • Captains —Nicole Hemstad* (sr), Page Hauble (sr), Annikki Neubeck (sr) • Returning varsity — Nicole Hemstad (sr), Olivia Hurt* (jr), Haley Oswald* (jr), Caylee Greeder* (fr). Kelsey Rose (jr), Amaya Barry (jr) • In the mix — Kasey Lenarz (sr) • Fast fact — This is Driscoll’s 40th season …

Lenore was level 10 club gymnast • Coach says — “We are working hard toward repeating as conference and section team champions and would like to improve on their 7th place finish state.”

Coach Response: • Last year — 19-8 • Captains— Will Tuttle (sr F), Parker Fox* (sr G), Lincoln Rock (sr G) • Other returning varsity — Shayne Frost* (sr G), Kaleb Siekmeier (sr C), Will Tuttle (sr F), Andy Voyen (sr F) • In the mix — Anthony Praml (sr G), Trey Newman (sr G), Evan Reyes (sr G) • Fast fact — Zephyrs ranked No. 7 in Class 4A • Top scorers back — Fox 21.9 ppg (school record), Frost 14.7 … team returns 50 ppg • Coach says — “Veteran group of players who play well on both offense and defense … Goal is to compete for conference and section championships.”

MAHTOMEDI - ZEPHYRS NORDIC SKIING DAVE BRIDGES SCHEDULE DECEMBER Tues, Dec 13, 3:30p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve Tues, Dec 20, 3:30p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve JANUARY Tues, Jan 3, 3:30p @ Battle Creek Regional Park Thurs, Jan 5, 3:30p @ St. Thomas Academy Tues, Jan 10, 3:30p @ Lebanon Hills Regional Park Fri, Jan 27, 10:00AM @ Battle Creek Regional Park FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 1:00p @ Lake Elmo Park Reserve

MAHTOMEDI - ZEPHYRS ALPINE SKIING KELSEY BOCKLUND SCHEDULE JANUARY Thurs, Jan 5, 4:30p @ Welch Village Tues, Jan 10, 4:30p @ Afton Alps Fri, Jan 13, 4:30p @ Buck Hill Thurs, Jan 19, 4:30p @ Welch Village Tues, Jan 24, 4:30p @ Afton Alps FEBRUARY Thurs, Feb 2, 4:30p @ Wild Mountain

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Sheriff’s report, from technology to horse patrols

BY JOAN ELWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office was established in 1849 — around the time folks were settling what would become White Bear Township. Fast-forward 167 years, and the Sheriff’s Office is still serving the township as part of a contract cities group agreement with six other northeast metro cities.

Although today’s Sheriff’s Office uses modern technology, it still believes in the old-fashioned ways of providing public safety, from “Coffee With a Cop” programs to mounted horse patrols.

Officials and citizens attending the Nov. 21 White Bear Town Board meeting heard about Sheriff’s Office activities over the past year from Chief Deputy Jack Serier: • New technology improvements include an upgraded records management system and an exciting new crime mapping system.

The office has partnered with LexisNexis to provide real-time reporting on service calls. Anyone can view the data and sign up to receive reports of recent neighborhood activity at www.CommunityCrimeMap.com. The system was implemented about six months ago, but already there is a wealth of data that can be viewed on the public side. With more than 500 communities across the United States linked to the database, it’s possible to view and compare data about types of calls—from traffic incidents to homicide. Data can be viewed as charts and graphs, and timelines show the frequency of calls by time of day, and day of the week.

• Another upgrade is in the works for the jail management system. With between 375 to 425 people in the system at any one time, there is a lot of data to be managed to ensure detainees are tracked correctly, including health data. The Sheriff’s Office plans to have a new system in place by spring 2017.

• Town supervisors wanted to know about body cameras. Serier said there is still a bit of "glitchiness" with the technology, and Sheriff’s Office representatives have met with the St. Paul Police Department to get information about what systems they’ve looked at.

“Ramsey County will be piggybacking with them for cost savings,” he said. “St. Paul just sent out the first wave of body cameras to test their systems and once the Sheriff’s Office sees their system is working the way they want it to, they will jump in.”

The Sheriff’s Office wants to ensure they are in compliance with many different rules about how body camera data can be used, he said. Other considerations are how the data is named, stored and retained. “Every hour of data released to the public equals four hours of staff time to process. Who is going to do that? How are we going to pay for it?”

Serier asked.

In response to Town Clerk/Treasurer Bill Short’s question about squad cameras, Serier said that the department has dash-mounted cameras in cars, but has had technical trouble. The department is now working on its own to build a back-end for storage, and plans to purchase new cameras.

Supervisor Steven Rusek wanted to know about portable security cameras.

“You will see in 2017 our mobile cameras out in the parks,” said Serier. “The wireless cameras are

mounted on boom poles on sharp-looking trailers placed where we think there is a need, or to get ahead of a problem.”

• Supervisor Robert Kermes inquired whether they still had subscriber programs for residents. Serier reported that there are several different ways for people to subscribe, including Ramsey County’s 9-11 center community alerts. People can sign up to be informed about local emergency situations by landline phone at www.ramseycounty.us/alerts. Notifications can also be received by text message, email or cell phone at multiple locations, such as home or work. People can also be informed by following the Sheriff’s Office on Facebook and Twitter.

“St. Paul just sent out the first wave of body cameras to test their systems and once the Sheriff’s Office sees their system is working the way they want it to, they will jump in.”

Jack Serier Chief Deputy • While technology is vital in today’s world, the Public Safety Services Division of the Sheriff’s Office promotes public safety through awareness, enforcement and education. Serier spoke about its “Coffee With a Cop” program where every six to eight weeks, deputies hang out in different fast food or coffee shop locations on weekday mornings.

“Kids get stickers, and people can speak with the deputies,” he said. Announcements about upcoming “Coffee” events are made on Facebook and Twitter.

• Serier reported that the Sheriff’s Foundation is proud of its new “Hot Dog With A Deputy” program serving hot dogs, chips, and water from a food trailer in Polar Park and other locations. They spread the word on social media and had tremendous response. “We served about 400 hot dogs per event.

Places were packed, with parking at some stretching for a block and a half,” said Serier.

• Another Sheriff’s Foundation program that was a success was the Fright Farm held in the big barn at the county fairgrounds. “We want to thank everyone who came out to volunteer,” said Serier. This was the 20th year for the popular program, which is held every weekend during the month of October. The “Farm” is staffed by volunteers including Sheriff’s Office employees, water patrol reserves, community affairs officers and actors who sign up to participate year after year. To volunteer for next year, call 651-266-9333 or sign up on their website.

“We raised about $100,000 through Fright Farm ticket sales for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Foundation,” said Serier. The foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports youth programming, including school patrols and kids fishing tournaments, the canine program, and other unique needs of the Sheriff’s Office.

• Kermes wanted to know about school programs.

“Otter Lake Elementary is one of our schools where we have provided the D.A.R.E. program

for many years,” said Serier. “It’s one of the few schools that still like to do that program.” According to Serier, research done a number of years ago found that although D.A.R.E. makes kids aware of how people get into drugs and is a way to engage with law enforcement, many schools have opted out, as the program took time away from classes and other new mandates schools are now required to do.

• Supervisor Ed Prudhon asked for an update about the Equestrian Program. “It’s a huge draw for kids and a great way to be visible in the community.”

Serier said the program is still in the planning stages, with training happening over the winter and spring. They hope to have mounted patrol units ready to go out in 2017.

“Retired St. Paul Mounted Officer Commander John St. Germain is helping with training for the program and has all the details,” said Serier. The Sheriff’s Office is looking for volunteers in the community who have a horse and are willing to volunteer their time and their horse for training.

Participants are involved as a part of the mounted patrol unit in parades and town festivals.

• Serier spoke about a new P.R.I.M.E. Unit — positive responsible inmates managed effectively. Participating detainees are allowed more leisure time in facilities with access to microwaves, TVs, recreation, games and puzzles. To be part of a P.R.I.M.E. Unit, inmates must follow the rules and engage in positive programming such as anger management classes, chemical dependency meetings, personal leadership classes and literacy classes.

“It’s all about working with the individuals and is having a great effect. We have a waiting list for people eligible to get into PRIME,” said Serier.

One unexpected outcome came when the inmates wanted to save their puzzles, so now they are glued together and framed. “We have an art gallery of puzzles decorating the walls,” said Serier. “The program is moving ahead on the male unit and we are now working on getting it in the female unit in the next two months.”

• The Sheriff’s Office has two locations where people can dispose of prescription drugs responsibly. “It’s no longer OK to wash them down the drain,” said Serier. “We’re seeing an increase in family members, including kids, who are experimenting with prescription drugs like opioids, getting addicted, then going on to heroin. We want to help get opioid medication out of people’s homes.”

People can drop off prescription drugs Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30, at the patrol station located at Highway 96 and Hamline, or at the law enforcement center, 25 Grove St. in St. Paul.

Kermes commented that at this year’s Township Days celebration, as in past years, one issue always comes up: “‘Where’s the Sheriff? I never see him.’

Neighborhoods appreciate seeing the cars driving around the neighborhoods,” he said.

“We stress with our folks to hit as many streets as possible, every day,” replied Serier, “And we now have about 20 trained deputies to patrol as certified deputy bike operators for increased visibility.” He said he would pass on the comments.

For more information, contact Chief Deputy Jack Serier, 651-258-2424.

Birchwood neighborhood dock dispute drags on

BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

A longtime dock dispute in Birchwood isn’t getting settled anytime soon.

For years, two families have been bickering about a land dispute that affected the placement of their docks.

An order was issued to place docks owned by both parties, the Mahoneys and the Harrods, in the middle of their property until the land issue was resolved. That doesn’t seem to be working.

The land use was resolved by the courts this summer, according to the White Bear Lake Conservation District (WBLCD). The Mahoneys moved their dock, a conflict ensued and complaints came before the board once again.

A public hearing was held in August to air the dispute but no vote was taken by the WBLCD because one of the involved parties, Susie Mahoney, sits on the board. Since she had to abstain from voting, there was no quorum.

The WBLCD has the authority over where docks can be placed in the lake.

The Mahoney’s attorney, Jared Goerlitz, called the conflict a “personal vendetta” and unrelated to hardship or safety. He told the board it is “two parties that can’t get along with the proposed resolution favoring one side.”

According to minutes from the hearing, having a dock centered on their property did not resolve the Mahoney’s issues, according to their attorney, who said it is unreasonable to request they put their dock in the middle because it restricts the swim and use area. The Mahoneys have 63 feet of shoreline at 479 Lake Ave. and the Harrods have 40 feet at 483 Lake Ave. Jim Harrod told the board it is not personal, but the Mahoneys have refused to be reasonable.

“The dock has been in six different places over the past six years,” he said. One time police were called because the Harrod’s son bumped into the Mahoney’s dock and they complained of trespass.

He added that the land issue is in the appeal process.

Once again, an attempt was made to vote on the dispute at the Nov. 15 WBLCD meeting, and once again, it was tabled.

This time, the district counsel recommended a delay because the Mahoney’s attorney revised fi ndings in the case, which the board received only two hours before the meeting.

The second party attended the meeting and told the board Larry and Susie Mahoney are purposefully dragging out the issue.

“They’ve had six months (to make these changes).

It’s obviously a tactic to delay,” said Jim Harrod.

“Why did they send this two hours before the meeting? They want to delay the decision.”

Goerlitz responded to say only the fi ndings have been revised since there were “blatant errors” in former documents. Specifically, a complaint to police occurred in 2012, not 2011.

WBLCD attorney Alan Kantrud recommended tabling the vote since the board had not had a chance to read the changes. He called the situation “uncomfortable,” but felt “it was worth looking at the revised resolution from the Mahoney’s attorney.”

WBLCD Vice Chairman Bryan DeSmet apologized to the Harrods for the delay but felt the board needed time to review the changes.

The draft proposal awaiting action is to move all docks to the center of each property or have the Mahoney dock move 20 feet from the property line with only an L dock and no T toward the Harrods’ property. Either is possible.

Mahtomedi board member Mark Ganz, who heads the lake utilization committee, said the docks should simply not converge on each other.

The matter will be decided in January. The district does not hold a monthly meeting, always the third Tuesday of the month, in December.

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— After a middleweight champion Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) from Providence, Rhode Island, suffers a broken neck in a tragic car accident in 1988 in this gut-wrenching, factually based, inspirational, violent, well-paced, 116-minute film, the stubborn, self-confident boxer is supported by his parents (Ciarán Hinds and Katey Sagal), his Catskills trainer (Aaron Eckhart) and his girlfriend (Christine Evangelista) to try and make a surprising comeback to the ring.

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“THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN” (R) [SEXUAL CONTENT, LANGUAGE, AND SOME DRINKING— ALL INVOLVING TEENS.]

— An engaging, down-to-earth, well-acted, coming-of-age, 102-minute film in which an unhappy junior high school student (Hailee Steinfeld), who lives with her widowed mother (Kyra Sedgwick) and older, hunky brother (Blake Jenner), turns to her schoolteacher (Woody Harrelson) and an artistic, smitten friend (Hayden Szeto) to cope with the death of her beloved father (Eric Keenleyside) and becomes jealous and angry toward her longtime best friend (Haley Lu Richardson) who begins a serious relationship with her brother.

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— When an overweight British engineer (Nick Frost) finds himself competing with his obnoxious co-worker (Chris O’Dowd) for the affections of his new salsa-loving, American boss (Rashida Jones) in this touching, down-to-earth, funny, entertaining, 98-minute comedy, he renews his passion for dancing by seeking out his former dance instructor (Ian McShane) from his childhood for refresher lessons.

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We survived our first real taste of winter last week. We had our NOV. 30 TO DEC. 6, 2016 first inch of snow on Tuesday, Nov. 22 when 2.7” fell. The snow High 30° was wet and heavy with .74” of liquid content. An overnight Low 16° low of 18° on the 20th reminded us that colder temperatures %Sun 37% are on the way. Daytime temperatures were above freezing on Thanksgiving, easing travel worries. My family even survived PCP 0.22” over an hour power outage just as we sat down to eat on Thanksgiving, in Shoreview. We ate via cell phone spotlight.

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Deer harvest up this season Minnesota firearms hunters registered 155,947 deer during this year’s season compared to 147,006 in 2015, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Based upon the number of antlerless permits available and the number of permit areas that allow multiple deer to be taken, the DNR had projected the 2016 deer harvest to be between 165,000 and 185,000 deer.

On a local level, deer harvest was down in permit areas covering Washington and Ramsey counties.

In permit area 601, which includes western Washington County, harvest numbers to date are 2,575 deer, a 10 percent decline from 2015, said Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife populations program manager. In permit area 236, which includes the rest of Washington County and all of Ramsey County, the harvest was 1,404 compared to 1,592 last year, a 13 percent decline.

In a news release issued Nov. 22, the DNR also confirmed two CWD-positive deer near Lanesboro in southeastern Minnesota. The two bucks were harvested about a mile apart in Fillmore County and were the only deer of almost 3,000 sampled to test positive.

CWD, or chronic wasting disease, is a fatal brain disease to deer, elk and moose. It was found once before in the wild population in 2010.

According to the DNR release, the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the World Health Organization, have found no scientific evidence that the disease presents a health risk to humans who come in contact with infected animals or eat infected meat. Still, the CDC advises against eating meat from animals known to have CWD. Calling the positive test “not good news,” Merchant said the agency is “not terribly surprised because Wis-

consin has high prevalence rates, as does northeast Iowa. We’ve been expecting to find it sooner or later.”

The DNR has implemented a response plan that includes increased testing to determine prevalence and distribution of CWD. That information will help set boundaries for a disease management zone and actions needed to limit its spread.

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No power, no food for downtown diners The season’s fi rst storm caused some major headaches for White Bear Lake. “It was wild,� said Public Works Director Mark Burch of the Nov. 18 weather. “We had to respond all over town.�

High wind toppled trees along Birch Lake Avenue, taking down power lines. A huge pine in the 2500 block of South Shore Boulevard fell on a house. Most of downtown lost power just before 5 p.m. affecting businesses and lift stations.

An overnight work crew at the license bureau in City Hall had to install office partitions by flashlight, Burch said. And White Bear Police officers were out in force checking on seniors in the Birch Lake area to

make sure they were OK. Restaurant-goers dined by flashlight. Circle Pines City Administrator Patrick Antonen happened to be eating dinner at Rudy’s Redeye Grill when the power went out. “We had to use ‘candlelight’ by flashlight app on our phones to fi nish dinner,� he said.

Rudy’s owner Bill Foussard said their kitchen was forced to close at 5:30 p.m. Without power, the exhaust fans don’t work and once those aren’t working, they can’t operate. Guests were checking into his adjoining Best Western Country Inn without power; some requested to be moved to other hotels. “It doesn’t happen often, but we just have to handle it,� Foussard said. “It was a bummer. Fridays are big

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White Bear weatherman Frank Watson was at Washington Square Bar & Grill when the lights went out. The bar was open, but payment was by cash or check only, he said. Patrons were served chips and salsa to curb appetites.

November gales are not uncommon for Minnesota, Watson said.

The month is well known for intense storms. “The season is changing with moist air from the south mixing with cold air from the north,� noted the meteorologist. “That night it created a low, intense pressure system that tracked right over southeastern Minnesota.�

Power was restored around 7:15 p.m.

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Cub Foods getting some competition WHITE BEAR LAKE — Although preliminary, it appears Centerville Road is getting another supermarket.

City Development Director Anne Kane said Hy-Vee plans to build a 60,000-square-foot store on the former Jarmila Lande property across from Cub Foods. The development will be the retail phase of a two-phase project that includes the adjacent White Bear Heights Senior Living complex.

City Council approved a sale last year of 1.2 acres below the water tower on Centerville Road so the developers could access both phases of the project.

Stephen and John Moriarty, owners of White Oak Plaza behind the McDonald's south of the project, are selling their property for Hy-Vee's parking lot, Kane said.

The parcel will become part of the Tower Crossing Planned Unit Development. An Anytime Fitness currently occupies the plaza, which will be razed.

The developer behind the 112unit senior living project is Excelsior-based Oppidan. They also built White Bear Marketplace on Buerkle Road and partnered with Kowalski's Market to build the new 25,000-square-foot store in Shoreview.

WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA SENIOR PROGRAM

Senior Center is located at 2484 East County Road F, White Bear Lake 651653-3121 Senior Center & Programs (including Meals On Wheels & Lionmobile) will be CLOSED Friday ,December 23rd-Monday, January 2nd. Senior Center will re-open on Tuesday, January 3rd. Happy Holidays!

The Senior Program is a great place to gather resource information to share with family over the holidays. Please call or stop by to talk with an Elder Resource Specialist . 651-653-3125 or visit us online: www.whitebearseniorprogram.org Consider Donating to the White Bear Area Senior Program for your end of the year annual giving. Make a difference in YOUR community!

Annual Toy Drive

White Bear Lions Club is collecting toys for Annual Toy Drive on Dec. 10th at White Bear Armory. We are collecting new toys at the Senior Center until December 7th. Please drop off M-F 8-4:30.

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We have many volunteer drivers that go South this winter.

Delivering meals at the noon hour is so rewarding. Call Karin at 651-653-3128 to inquire.

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First Thursday of the month., 11:30-1:00 PM at White Bear Lake Ramsey County Library, 2150 -2nd St., White Bear Lake. Bring a bag lunch. Registration recommended: 651-724-6007. Dec. 1st topic: “ Hints on How To Be Happy� . Jan. 5th topic: “Renewable Energy :A 40 Year Plan �. FREE

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Presented by Lyngblomsten Director of Lifelong Learning & the Arts. Come learn about the latest trends, research, and local opportunities to be creative! Tuesday, December 13th, Noon-1PM, YMCA, 2100 Orchard Lane. Call 651-653-3121 to register. Light lunch provided!

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According to its website, Hy-Vee, founded in Iowa in 1930, operates 240 stores in eight midwestern states. It is employee owned, with sales of $9.3 billion annually, and ranks among the top 25 supermarket chains in the United States.

There are five stores in the Twin Cities with the closest currently in Oakdale.

Traffic impacts will be the largest hurdle for the developer, Kane told City Council Nov. 22 when announcing the news. Signalization on the north end will be part of that study.

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CALL the White Bear Area Senior Center at 651-653-3121 or visit www.WhiteBear.CE.Feepay.com to register for the following course offerings: • AARP Smart Driver Courses: Located at Senior Center, unless indicated otherwise • 4 hour Refresher Course : Dec. 7, 12:30-4:30 pm, Dec. 13, 8:3012:30am, Dec. 15, 8:30-12:30 • Full Course: Tuesday & Thursday, Dec. 6 & 8, 8:30-12:30 pm

Eldon Morton, age 93, passed away peacefully at home November 19, 2016, surrounded by family and our pastor who led a family prayer service. Eldon was born April 20, 1923, and was a wonderful, loving husband, father, and grandfather, as well as a beloved teacher, and, in summer he enjoyed his tree farms. Preceded in death by brothers Bill, John, and sister Blanche. Survived by his loving wife of sixty-five years, Ellyn, also daughter Jeanne Binsfeld (Neal), son John (Beth), son Bob (Sharon) and eleven grandchildren, Sarah, Mikaela, Marissa, Becca, Jenna, Sam, Ben, Jess, Hannah, Mia, and Jack. Eldon’s Celebration of Life Memorial Service is planned for April 20, his 94th birthday, at White Bear Lake United Methodist Church.

Next Community Lunch will be March 2017.

Tree of Light & Remembrance Ceremony Friday, Dec. 2, 6:30 PM, Triangle Park, Mahtomedi - Free to attend, $10 per light. Proceeds benefit the Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf. The Tree of Light and Remembrance is a way to cherish those who have gone before us, brighten the days of the terminally ill struggling to get through the holidays, or honor those who have inspired our lives. A tree in Triangle Park will be decorated with lights; each light will represent a loved one. Lights can be purchased through the St. Jude’s website, by contacting Michelle Stiepan at 651-395-5352 or mstiepan@stjudeofthelake.org.

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Sunday, Dec. 4, 11 AM-2 PM, Free at the Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. Bring your grandkids to this holiday event and have your picture taken with Santa Claus.

Avoid the long lines at the mall and enjoy a sweet treat. Event hosted by Kramer Berg American Legion Post 507 and Mahtomedi Community Education.

Flower Paper Pieced Tablerunner - Create a quilted tablerunner using machine paper piecing technique. Explore this fun, easy and versatile method. Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM at the Mahtomedi District Education Center.

Class open to confident beginners and up. Call 651-407-2018 for the supply list and to register. $40

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Open Quilting - Help with questions/problems will be provided by facilitator Kathy Johnson. Need more time to work on a quilt or to start a new one? Enjoy working on quilting projects away from distractions. Bring supplies, materials and equipment (including sewing machine).

Tuesday, Dec. 13, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM at the Mahtomedi District Education Center. Registration required 651-407-2018. $6

“Caring For the Caregiver�

MAAA Sr. Linkage Line Class: Learn why identifying as a caregiver is important & how caregiving can impact your health. Learn local caregiver resources! December 6th, 10:30-11:30 am. Sr. Center, $5 Join us for engaging conversation & a hot catered meal on Tuesday, Dec. 20th, 10:30-Noon at the Senior Center. “Calm During the Seasons� led by local family therapist, Christopher Vendel. Discuss ways to find calm and reflect during the holidays. Pre- Registration required. $5 Donation

The Mahtomedi Senior Center is located at 1520 Mahtomedi Ave. 651-4072018

Hold Your Cards – We’ve Got Bingo - Chase away the winter blues and enjoy a free, fun-paced afternoon of Bingo with members of the Good Neighbor Club of Willernie and Mahtomedi.

Whether straight line games, postage stamp or more, individual game winners will receive a coupon for an upcoming Community Lunch. End the afternoon with a cover-all or blackout to win a cash prize. Mark your calendar now:  1-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 11 and Feb. 8 at the Mahtomedi District Education Center.

Community Lunch – Join us on a Wednesday for good food, spirited conversation and live entertainment. Local and area residents of all ages welcome. Reservations required no later than Monday at noon prior to the luncheon. Please call 651-407-2018 to reserve your space. Noon-1 PM. Mahtomedi District Education Center. $6.

Dec. 14 - Celebrate the holidays with the Silver Harmony

Singers. Menu: chicken picatta, garlic mashed potatoes, garden salad, Christmas cookies.

One-to-One instruction provided by White Bear Lake Ramsey

Wildwood Book Club – Join fellow readers in a brand new book club meeting at the Mahtomedi District Education Center the second Monday of the month at 9:30 AM. Upcoming Selected Novels: Jan. - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Feb. - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, March - The Cuckoo’s Calling

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Weekly Activities include card making at 9 AM Mondays; cribbage at 1 PM Tuesdays; bridge at 1 PM on Wednesday and Friday; and dominoes and easy card games 12:30 PM Fridays.

Monthly activities include Book Club, Stitchers, Evening Star Quilters and Mahtomedi Garden Club.

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BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

When she could find no relief for her red, blotchy skin, Marie Smith decided to create her own remedy.

Nine years later, the Medtronic engineer is spending almost as many hours in her kitchen-turned-lab as she spends in her full-time job. Only she’s not cooking dinner. Smith is cooking up skin care products to meet a swelling demand.

With an advanced degree in physiology, the White Bear Lake mother of two is accustomed to reading cardiology journals in her quality investigations work.

That research turned to dermatology in her spare time when a pregnant Smith developed a rare condition that caused a poison-ivy-like reaction all over her body. Doctors told her she was allergic to her placenta.

“I started making products for myself because of this condition,” Smith recalled. “I’ve had so many skin issues in my life; it’s insane. Everything gives me a rash. Every change of season I’d get hives, scales on my face. When I was pregnant with my second child, I was told my body was rejecting the placenta. There’s a 1 in 5 million chance to have this.”

The itchy rash was treated with a petroleum jelly-based steroid that Smith smeared all over her body.

“My clothes all stuck to the jelly. I thought, ‘I can figure out how to make a pacemaker, I should be able to figure out how to make something for a rash that isn’t in petroleum jelly.’”

So she started to read. What Smith found was that vitamin B3, caffeine and green tea are effective at calming rashes. She ordered the B3 and caffeine on the internet, brewed some tea and mixed them together. “It helped me with my rash,” she said.

There is a lot of research on topical caffeine, added Smith. “Caffeine helps reconstruct damaged DNA cells in skin overexposed to UV rays. Almost all my products have caffeine.”

Three years after her son was born, Smith put the same ingredients in a face lotion to help with more skin issues. Called Concentrated Daily Vitamin Spread, the facial moisturizer ended up being the first product she sold and remains her best seller.

“People at work would say, ‘Oh my gosh, the dermatologist finally gave you something that took care of the red blotches.’ And I said, ‘No, I mixed something up in my kitchen.’”

Her products are touted as “extraordinarily natural, nontoxic, dye-free and paraben-free.” Paraben is a preservative that “got a bad rap from an environmental working group,” Smith said. “Research is inconclusive whether or not it’s a carcinogen.”

A co-worker volunteered to do a website for Smith and suggested she invent a company name. She decided to call her fledgling business Bullenbees. “It comes from the word ‘bull,’ a mythological creature of beauty from

the earth, and bees. When bees disappear, it means nature is out of balance,” Smith said. “People tell me it’s a horrible name. But it grew and grew. People kept asking for different products and I kept making them. Now it’s taken on a life of its own. I’m having the best time; I love figuring this out.”

Sales have increased fourfold this year, she said, which is causing another dilemma. Smith has outgrown her kitchen and will be looking for a rental space to move her equipment. Part of the appeal with her brand, she said, is that it’s made in White Bear Lake, so she plans to keep the manufacturing process within city limits.

Distribution is expanding mostly by word of mouth.

One surprising demographic are people who knit. Her Chapped Hand and Foot Therapy cream is now sold in local yarn shops.

“Wool sucks moisture out of the skin and no one could find a good hand cream,” according to Smith. “They were using products with petroleum oils and silicones that don’t absorb into the skin. I use avocado oil or coconut oil, which goes deeper into the skin. They are flying through the hand cream. It’s hard to keep up.”

To view her list of skin care products, go to www.bullenbees.com. Products are also sold locally at Indulge Salon, Kowalski’s and The Mane Tease in White Bear Lake.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE

Signed: Nathan A. Erickson Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 30 and December 7, 2016.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial 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: Schwab & Associates Guide Service 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 3923 Elmwood St. Vadnais Heights, MN 55127 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business.

David James Schwab 3923 Elmwood St. Vadnais Heights, MN 55127 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: November 18, 2016 Signed: Cheyenne Moseley Published two times in the Vadnais Heights Press on November 30 and December 7, 2016.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial 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: House to Home Carpentry 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 5528 Fisher Ct. White Bear Township, MN 55110 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business.

Nathan A. Erickson 5528 Fisher Ct. White Bear Township, MN 55110 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 11, 2016

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Marie Smith, of White Bear Lake, started a skin care line out of her kitchen.

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes; the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial 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: LeenWithMe 2. The street address of the principal place of business is or will be: 1277 Ross Ave. St. Paul, MN 55106 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, including any corporation that may be conducting this business.

Leen Xiong 1277 Ross Ave. St. Paul, MN 55106 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: November 11, 2016 Signed: Cheyenne Moseley Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 23 and 30, 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,

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Bullenbees products are nontoxic, dye-free and paraben-free.

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.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 624 WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA SCHOOLS DISTRICT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BUDGET FOR FY 2016 AND FY 2017

Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 30, 2016.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 832 MAHTOMEDI SCHOOLS DISTRICT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BUDGET FOR FY 2016 AND FY 2017

Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 30, 2016.

BIRCH LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

CITY OF MAHTOMEDI

AERATOR NOTICE AN AERATION SYSTEM CREATING OPEN WATER AND THIN ICE IS INSTALLED AND WILL BE OPERATED ON BIRCH LAKE IN WHITE BEAR LAKE STARTING DECEMBER 5TH, 2016.

The system is located in the south-central area of Birch Lake and approximately 300 feet from shoreline.

Published two times in the White Bear Press on November 23 and 30, 2016.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 600 Stillwater Road, the Mahtomedi Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to solicit public response to amendments to Chapter 11, Sections 11.21 and 11.28 to allow for the installation of solar equipment on areas less than 1,250 square feet as a permitted accessory use in the IB – Industrial/Business Park and PB - Public Buildings Zoning Districts. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation regarding the proposed amendment to the City Council for their meeting to be held on December 20, 2016, 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Those persons having an interest in said meetings are encouraged to attend.

Scott Neilson, City Administrator Published one time in the White Bear Press on November 30, 2016.

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Office Clerk

30 Hours Per Week M-F 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Westies 2 males Vet checked,ready to go 11/19. $750/each 612-396-3223

340 Thrifties TV/DVD wood cabinet $200 651-653-8258

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