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of those round out the publication; Dana (again) who drives the countryside distributing the magazine to people coordinatedIf I enough was to one give a proper our dropsites, keeps track of it all and puts up with all of us girls (although I think he kinda likes it); high-five, (I try, but when faced with the pros- and last but certainly not least by a long shot, our dedicated and brilliant sales manager Tasha, who pect making palm to palm contact with a fellow is fast becoming a virtual appendage to me, along with our eager and dedicated sales team Ruth, celebrator, one of us ends up hurt), I would Tami, Deb, Erin and Chris. Virtual high fives...maybe 10s to you all! (I’m not even gonna attempt high-five all of you on this our one-year anni- that in real life). versary of River Valley Woman. A shout out to all This past month had me seeing stars. A bonafide of our enthusiastic readers--your compliments movie star right here in our office. Tippi Hedren, of Alfred and excitement over RVW are overwhelming to Hitchcock’s “The Birds” fame stopped in our office, say the least. Thank you to those who graced accompanied by our own writer, Ruth Klossner. Tippi was our covers and were featured in the magazine. in New Ulm to give a talk at the library about her wildlife You are what makes the magazine so very excit- activism, and as she is from Layfayette originally, making her ing, fun and informative. And we are especially a local, we thought she deserved star treatment in River Valley grateful to our loyal and supportive advertisers Woman. Read about this remarkable woman inside. without whom we would not be able to bring I had to admit I was a bit nervous, never having met a you River Valley Woman free each month. I movie star before much less have one in our office. However, encourage readers to visit the businesses and I had no reason to be as she was so very gracious and nice. As we were chatting, she noticed one shop at our advertisers stores to thank them for of our novelty items on a shelf, that of a 1970s smiley face alarm clock. So enamored she was with supporting your favorite (it IS your it that I decided it needed a new home with her. She was thrilled with the gift and recently emailed favorite, right?) magazine! me a photo of her with it gracing her desk in California (see photo). So now I have a permanent I cannot forget (how could I when we are all brush with fame via my old alarm clock. High fives! Whoops...sorry, did I knock something over? in almost constant contact via phone, text, email Summer is finally here, right? And so we say hurray to summer fun with a spotlight on some of or Skype) our talented and dedicated team that the area’s happenings, artisans, and venues including the Sleepy Eye Community Theater makes up River Valley Woman. First, the master- presentations, ArtSplash and the Bend of the River Cookout in Mankato. Both Mankato mind and my friend and mentor, chief Jim who events are fundraisers for great causes. Just make sure you wipe the barbecue sauce off your got the ball rolling in the first place, even if he hands before heading to ArtSplash. is a guy; our patient and wise, general manager I don’t wear much jewelry, but the creations by Patty Conlin from Stones Throw Gallery in St. Lisa who has an amazing head of hair despite Peter are enough to change my mind. One of a kind designs with unusual gems are her signature how many time a day she pulls it out; our fabu- so perhaps a nifty ankle bracelet is in my future. See what catches your eye on her feature pages. lous designer/layout artist Amy whose speed Gimme some space! Our Welcome Home pages have a new name--SPACES. We wanted a fresh and skill at putting together a pile of informa- approach to this feature to include renovated offices, barns, schools, homes, garden sheds...you tion, photos and ad content, generally all past name it! So please feel free to contact me with leads on who has the coolest spaces in the valley. deadline, without using any four letter words Our main attraction this month is the talented Mary Jane Alm. Most of us have memories of is impressive; our writers Dana, Ruth and Deb seeing the Mary Jane Alm band perform over the last few decades.. Whether making us dance who’s connections, story-telling abilities and while rockin’ out or cry with her love songs she is still ever the Minnesota music icon. people skills make us want to pick up the maga- Our future issues of River Valley Woman promise to be as exciting as this first 12, and them some! zine each month; our contributing experts from There are so many dynamic, interesting, talented and unique women in the river valley whose a variety of businesses and professions who help stories we want to share. So here’s a high five to you all in advance!...Ouch, dang.

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Cover photo and ary Jane Alm beams, turns to best friend and Mary Jane’s fellow vocalist Pamela McNeill on stage at photo this MChanhassen Dinner Theatre, and smiles. “We page by love singing sad love songs!” Jessie Hegland. It’s an ironic exuberance. For this Minnesota musical legend is right where she wants to be, doing exactly what she’s always loved. Singing. Telling stories in lyrics and tunes, surrounded by people she loves. Continuing to grow and still learning on this journey. “On a higher level, we’re all right where we’re supposed to be,” she says. Mankato still claims Mary Jane Alm as its own, despite the Hall of Fame singer-songwriter’s move to the Twin Cities area decades ago. Alm, who performed with City Mouse in March at Mankato’s Verizon Wireless Center, recently joined McNeill and long-time band members for a musical tribute to the songs of Linda Ronstadt. “I grew up on the music of Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris,” said Alm. “They were the queens of heartbreak love songs. I was always in love with someone who didn’t love me back. So the songs spoke to my heart. I felt like they were written just for me. I think everyone has a lost love and sad love songs speak to that.” Alm puts other female singer-songwriters of the ‘70s like Joni Mitchell and Karla Bonoff in that category, as well, while also loving the song-writing of J.D. Souther, Warren Zevon and Jackson Browne. Alm and McNeill launched into the Ronstadt tribute May 10 at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre with the upbeat tune, “It’s So Easy.” The packed house was treated to two dozen Ronstadt songs, with the smooth sounds of Alm trading lead vocals with the powerful pipes of McNeill. Still, it was those sad love songs like “Love Has No Pride” and Souther’s “Prisoner in Disguise” during which Alm was at her best. In fact, it was “Love Has No Pride” that helped launch Alm’s first-ever gig in hometown Mankato, a solo performance at the former Mankato Holiday Inn on Hwy. 169 back in the early ‘70s. “Mankato was such a good place to grow up and play music,” Alm recalls. “There were so many great musicians in the area.” Some of those great Mankato-area musicians played in the group City Mouse, with which Alm sang during the late 1970s and early ‘80s. City Mouse founder Billy Steiner beat Alm into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame 6 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 in 2004; Alm was inducted in 2013. City Mouse General Mills. It continues to broaden her was inducted into the Mid America Music Hall base and expand her vocal selections. Synergy of Fame in 2007, along with Alm. also performed as house band at Rupert’s in “These guys introduced me to Little Feat Minneapolis for three years. and Bonnie Raitt. The art of interpreting a “I just want to sing great songs. They might great song is such a part of Mankato music.” be mine; they might be someone else’s,” she ome of Alm’s current band members said. have stayed with her through her She’ll also collaborate with other groups for SMankato days and special shows, like joining beyond: Scotter Nelson the country band, The Tex on percussion and vocals, “I’m still doing Pistols, along with fellow Boyd Lee on acoustic Twin Cities vocalist Aimee guitar and vocals, Gordy what I want to do. Lee. They’ll perform next Johnson on bass guitar, in Winsted at the Blue and Brian Peters on guitar That’s the definition Note Ballroom on June 6. and pedal steel. Alm’s of success.” Alm also performed son, Sam Frederick, plays in Mankato at the 2013 guitar and joined the – Mary Jane Alm Ribfest celebration and musicians on stage for the is hoping for a return March “Now & Then” show visit, but that complete in Mankato. schedule is not yet finalized. She loves “That was probably the last time we’ll do the new Ribfest setup at the Vetter Stone it,” Alm admits, possibly ending what she Amphitheater in Riverfront Park. The 2014 considers the most important formative years Ribfest event runs July 31 through August 3. of her musical career with City Mouse. “It was Alm has only released two albums, one one of my favorite shows I’ve ever done.” in 1985 with City Mouse and the other as She also credits early musical instruction recently as 2011, titled “Me and the Wild from teacher Ruth Giles and guitar lessons Blue.” One of her featured songs on that from James McGuire for developing her album, “Love Waits,” continued her sad love talents. songs theme. “I’m a horrible guitar player,” Alm admits, Still, despite her hectic pace and on-going and says song-writing remains a love-hate musical career on several fronts, her role relationship for her. Still, she’s hoping to sit as mother takes precedent. Her twin sons, down in June and dedicate more time to the Josh and Sam, recently graduated from writing side. high school, and daughter, Hannah Jane, is “I’m still re-inventing myself.” Alm says she attempting a dancing career in New York City. often asks herself. “Now, what am I going to Alm is not certain the empty nest is going to do next?” suit her well. She also has a step-son, Jake, Ten years ago, Alm moved on to one of with husband Scott Weldon, a Twin Cities- those new adventures, starting a teaching based contractor. career at The Institute of Production and “The single most important thing in my life Recording in downtown Minneapolis. is being a mom,” she stresses. There she teaches music theory and vocal Alm feels she is stronger than ever, and performance. more confident than ever that she’s where “I love my students. They have this energy she is supposed to be. that says, ‘I’m going to make it.’ And I love “It never gets old singing songs you love,” being around that. I’m so lucky to be teaching she said. “I still feel young, like I always did. I with such a great group of faculty,” Alm said. still have the passion, still have the fire when This move into academics surprised her. I hear a song I love...and I plan to stay young “I never thought that would float my boat,” for a long time.” she admits. “It just kind of fell onto my lap Alm’s not close to slowing down, still when I really needed it.” performing often and well. She can’t envision Another musical collaboration with Twin a time when the music dies, saying, “I feel I’m Cities-based friends and some of her band singing at my best, my peak, but I hope I have members evolved into a group called Synergy, the grace to end it before I get to the point which allows Alm to perform for corporate when I don’t have the love.” But right now, and private events throughout the world for those sad love songs are still tugging at her the likes of McDonald’s, Dairy Queen and heart. RVW

Photo ID, Top Right: Mary Jane Alm at an early Mankato “People’s Fair” in Sibley Park. RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 7 Mary Jane Alm with twin sons Josh and Sam Frederick, Mary Jane Alm’s “glam rock phase”, album cover “Broken Things” Q&Awith Mary Jane Alm – Mary Jane Alm You can have my heart Though it isn’t new Q: So, your top three musicians of all time are…? It’s been used and broken A: Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell. It only comes in blue.

Q: What current musicians do you most often listen? It’s been down a long road A: I am currently listening to Nickle Creek, Sarah Bareilles, Patty Griffin And it got dirty on the way and Shawn Colvin. If I give it to you could you make it clean And wash the shame away. Q: What have been your favorite musical venues over the years? You can have my heart A: I used to love Doc Holliday’s back in the early days…I now love playing If you don’t mind broken things small theaters the most! There are so many wonderful ones in the Midwest. You can have my life If you don’t mind these tears. Q: What establishments in the Great Mankato area are you most fond? A: I love doing concerts at Minnesota State University-Mankato. I have also been Well I heard that you make all things new able to sing with the Mankato Symphony at Mankato West, where I went to So I give these pieces all to you high school. I love that! If you want it, you can have my heart.

So beyond repair Q: What are your fondest memories from your Minnesota River Valley roots? Nothing I could do A: I used to LOVE playing the People’s Fair at Sibley Park, Mankato, down by the river. I tried to fix it myself I always looked forward to that. But it was only worse when I got through.

Q: What’s been your most enjoyable private event performance? Then you walked right into my darkness Your favorite international location? You speak words so sweet A: My most enjoyable private functions are the fundraisers I get to do. This Saturday And you hold me like a child (May 17), I’m singing for the Minnesota Make-A-Wish Foundation for the second or ‘Til my frozen tears fall at your feet. third year in a row. I love doing anything that involves kids and helping their cause! You can have my heart My favorite location I would have to say would be any of the many times I’ve sung If you don’t mind broken things in Hawaii. It’s like God picked one place on the planet that would be the perfect You can have my life temperature with the perfect amount of breeze and humidity and planted If you don’t mind these tears. some islands there. It’s truly paradise! Well I heard that you make all things new Q: Name a dream performance that might still be on your schedule. So I give these pieces all to you A: My biggest dream would be to sing back-up for James Taylor. I got to meet him If you want it, you can have and hang out with him, but I want to sing with him! I don’t know if that will ever If you want it, you can have happen. But truthfully, my dream performances keep popping up when I least If you want it, you can have My heart. expect them to, so it’s probably something I haven’t even thought of yet! RVW

8 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014236542 9 Art Gallery and Goldsmith Welcomes St. Peter Visitors Expect to be awed at Stones Throw Gallery

Story and photos By Ruth Klossner

There’s more to the big blue house on North Minnesota Avenue (Highway 169) in St. Peter than meets the eye. The historic Gault House, built in 1873, is a reminder of the past—but also has a contemporary side. Step inside the front door and you’ll enter an awe inspiring world of art— jewelry, pottery, blown glass, stained glass, turned wood art, music, photography, paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, artisan soap, candles, fiber works, baskets, copper, and more. Turn the corner and you’ll meet Patty Conlin, proprietor and goldsmith, working at her bench. Known officially as Stones Throw Gallery and Studio, the stately house displays Patty’s jewelry, as well as the work of nearly 100 artists and is the family home. Patty has been a professional jeweler, in various parts of the country, for 40 years. Eight years ago she relocated to 420 North Minnesota Avenue. The move to St. Peter has been positive. “I love this house, it’s beautiful, and it’s a perfect canvas for contemporary art,” Patty said. “When I came here, I thought if I could collaborate with other artists, the gallery could become a valuable community asset.” Today, Stones Throw Gallery displays the original work of about 100 regional artists. Some of the artists have continuously displayed works of art in the gallery, while others have come and gone. All of the art is original. “There’s nothing here for sale that’s made outside of this country. I personally know each of the artists whose work is for sale at the gallery,” Patty said. “I’m always on the look out for new artists. Some I mentor— others become my mentors.” There’s a lot to like about the art in the gallery…and about Patty’s own goldsmith work. Patty makes everything from rings to earrings, and from bracelets to necklaces and chains. She prides herself in the originality and creativity of her work. “One of my strong suits is that I do custom work. Even in the Twin Cities, you won’t find another jeweler who does what I do,” Patty explained. “I’m flexible. I work with my customers until they have a piece of jewelry that is as unique and special as they are. I educate my customers so they can make informed decisions. That’s a lot of my market—I want to sell to people who want things beautiful, durable, original, and creative. And I want them to be part of the process. My work is competitive with a commercial jewelry store and it’s custom made,” she said. Patty loves to work with gold and creates in 14K and 18K, in both yellow and white, as well as rose gold. She fabricates, rather than casting. “Rose gold is big now. It looks coppery, it’s very warm looking,” she said. While yellow gold is alloyed with silver and copper, white gold is alloyed with nickel. Rose gold, on the other hand, is alloyed with just copper—hence the coppery look. “Gold is easy to work with. You can do anything you want. Patty said. “I know what works and what doesn’t work.” Patty incorporates a wide array of stones into her work—stones that 10 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 Meet goldsmith Patty Conlin Patty grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio but earned a degree in fine arts from Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado. “I was thinking graphic design but I had to teach jewelry as a student teacher. It was new to me and I was only one step ahead of the students each day that I taught it,” Patty recalled. “I found out I loved working in three D. and I loved the tools. My hands were always dirty from all of the other types of art that I was learning anyway.” Patty planned to teach—and got teaching certificates in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Colorado—but never went back to the classroom after doing her student teaching. many people don’t even know exist. She keeps As a “new jeweler,” Patty worked in a big selection on hand. She can work also with Cleveland, Ohio, with a man who didn’t gemstones that people bring in. She can also— think women should be jewelers. She happily!—go on a gem hunt for special requests persisted nonetheless. and desires. For about 15 years, until 1998, Patty “Why have the same thing everyone else does,” she asked. “I enjoy working with young couples. was a designer with Karen Brown I tell them, ‘You can have anything you want…the Jewelers in Rochester, New York. things that are important to you. There are no rules.’” During that time she and husband Chris Patty likes the idea of symbolic jewelry. Sometimes it’s moved around the country as he was a with birthstones, but more important is what’s important student and professor. They ended up in to the wearer. “The nice thing is that you can look at it and remember your family or where you were when you got it,” Mankato. For the next 10 years, Patty was she said. the artist in residence at Harpies Bazaar Conlin will be at two art shows this summer—Arts on in Mankato’s Old Town. She’d still be the Lake June 14-15 in Excelsior and Art at St. Kate’s at St. there, had the store not closed nearly 10 Catherine’s University in St. Paul July 12. years ago. “Gold doesn’t sell at all the shows. They have to be juried and it’s good to have direct competition,” she said. “It was a wonderful place,” she Although she has teaching certificates from three reminisced. states, Patty has never taught classes. Her only teaching When they came to Minnesota, Chris is of apprentices because she feels it’s important to share was teaching upper level biology at what she’s learned. She currently has two apprentices—Kristin Mankato State University. He’s now head Musser and Tom Kolter. The gallery’s work area has two jeweler’s benches, one for Patty pastor at First Presbyterian Church in and the other for whichever apprentice is in that day. The tools they use Mankato. include torches, hammers, oxygen and propane torches, and a rolling mill. They do some of “Life has changed…it’s more their work on a forging stump. complicated…but it’s good,” Patty said. For more than a decade, Patty and Sacha Van de Zande and Tom Bliese have directed the The Conlins have three children— three-day GSR Fine Arts Festival, now held at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato the first Rebecca McNamara, a family practitioner/ week of December. The event includes a juried fine arts show, music, and food. It’s grown considerably from its beginning at the old Harpie’s Bazaar in Mankato. sports medicine doctor in Woodbury; Patty truly loves what she does and enjoys each day. Abigail Stephenson, a lawyer in San “I love when people come in and say, ‘This is a great place to hang out!’” RVW Diego; and Daniel Conlin, a “math guy”

At Left: Patty Conlin greets customers from her counter and work area at Stones Throw Gallery. The big with GE Financial in Minneapolis. blue house on Highway 169 North in St. Peter is home to Stones Throw Gallery, housing both an art gallery And, there’s the “gallery cat,” Callie, and Patty Conlin’s goldsmith business. Conlin and her husband Chris also live in the house. (submitted a very affectionate calico that greets photo) Callie, the “gallery cat,” is on hand to greet visitors to Stones Throw Gallery. Above: Patty Conlin’s work is unique, as she combines a wide variety of stones with silver, gold, visitors at Stones Throw Gallery. and rose gold. With nearly 100 artists displaying their work, there’s something for every taste at Stones Throw Gallery. RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 11 The Minnesota River Valley is home to an

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Class of 2014 Summer Specials! 236173 Online & RIVER on Facebook.VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 17 The women behind the success of Sleepy Eye Community Theatre: Bringing the Fine Arts to a Fine Community

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he inspiration was a community education trip to the theater at Okoboji to see Brigadoon. The thought process among a Tfew Sleepy Eye ladies was, “Hey, we should do something like that.” The result was the Sleepy Eye Community Theatre (SECT). Formed in 1992, SECT put on their first production, Annie Get Your Gun, on a couple of very hot days in a high school gym in August of 1993. The community loved it and a tradition was born. Twenty-two years later they are preparing for this summer’s production, to be held in an air-conditioned auditorium, of Church Basement Ladies. A few of those original theater-loving women are still serving on the board of directors of the Sleepy Eye Community Theatre. Sleepy Eye Community Education director, Pat Stevermer, and her colleague, Sandy Brinkman, had the office resources and support of the school district to help get the organization started. In addition, Brinkman – a theater major – was able to take on directing and acting roles over the years. Both are still serving on the Board of SECT. The theater group now operates as an independent organization with the support of many local individuals and businesses, and the continued cooperation of the school district. The third member of the original Board of SECT is Sharon Carr SECT board, from left are: Mary Van Roekel, Sandy Brinkman, who served as music director and pianist for 10 theater productions Sharon Carr, Pat Stevermer, Tracy Meyer, Nicole Paulson, and several variety shows that the group organized over the years. and LuAnn Julien. Carr says her involvement is a way of “giving back to the community.” A giving back she so clearly enjoys that she continues to ater until she came back in her college years to direct productions serve on the board today. Carr says that one of the highlights of her of Nunsense and Nunsense II in 2004 and 2006. involvement was seeing her granddaughter, Geri, get involved as a The other board members’ service ranges from 20 years for hesitant child actor and blossom through her involvement in the- Nicole Paulson, whose love of theater began in high school when

Church Basement Ladies to be performed in July

Offering their 21st production this summer, the Sleepy Eye and a steaming hot July wedding. Community Theatre will present Church Basement Ladies. The musical The cast began rehearsing the music in is a celebration of the church basement kitch- early May to prepare en and the women who work there, featuring for the production four distinct characters and their relationships July 10-13. Pictured are the four “church ladies” as they organize the food and problems of - Dana Miller, playing Mrs. Gilmer Gilmerson a rural Minnesota church. From the elderly (Mavis); Gwen Ruff, playing the martriarch Mrs. matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride- Snustad (Vivian); Kristina Iwan, playing Signe to-be learning the proper order of things, the Engelson (Beverly); and Janet Holm, playing book and music give a touching, funny look at Signe’s mother Mrs. Elroy Engelson (Karin); and the church basement ladies as they handle a the Music Directors and “Pit Orchestra” - Carol record breaking Christmas dinner, the funeral and Gerry Larson. of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter Fundraiser, For ticket information call 507-794-7873.

18 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 she served as student director – which led to her role as Director of several SECT productions, to newbie Mary Van Roekel who joined the board this year, after years as set designer for many of the productions. Tracy Meyer joined the board in 1998 after overcoming her fear of public speaking by playing an onstage role in You Can’t Take It With You. And LuAnn Julien remembers volunteering to take tickets at the first production and, according to the rest of the board, doing such a good job over the years that she was promoted to house manager. She continued volunteering for so long that it only made sense that she would join the board in 2001. Rounding out the current board of directors for SECT are Tony Alvarez – their sound and light guru, and Julie Neubauer, the director of musical theater at St. Mary’s School in Sleepy Eye. This group spends a lot of time together – meeting monthly about eight months of the year, to practically living together in the month leading up to the production. They all find great joy in their involvement and in sharing their experiences. “No two shows are ever the same,” said Stevermer. They admit to a couple near disasters with props, curtains, and cast members, but realize they weren’t really disasters, just tests of their ability to come through and never let on to the audience that it wasn’t supposed to go that way. “We’d rather think about how far we’ve come through improved Transferable Liberal Arts technology for sound and light,” said Van Roekel. “And through the & Sciences impressive professionalism of all involved.” In addition to the time involved producing yearly performances, the board members have also had a tradition of being visible in the community to promote SECT. They’ve participated in several parades over the years, and for about 10 years in the late 1990s and early Over 50 Technical Majors 2000s were the volunteer coordinators of the Brown County Fair Talent Show. Are these board members surprised that the Sleepy Eye Community Theatre has continued for 22 years? More like, according Online Learning to the team, amazed and grateful for the support of the community. The support of spouses and family members, who didn’t even realize they’d volunteered, has also been a mainstay of the organization’s success. Center for Business “If they keep coming back we must be doing something right,” said Meyer, demonstrating that SECT’s motto is fitting: “Bringing the and Industry Fine Arts to a Fine Community.” Customized Education for your Business This July’s production of Church Basement Ladies will be followed by the children’s play 101 Dalmations the first weekend in August.

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RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 19 ArtSplash Outdoor Art Fair celebrates 10 years

It started out as a dream for a group of graphic designers who wanted a venue to show their own artwork and help the community at the same time. The idea was to keep it affordable so any and all artists would be able to afford to participate. Lucy Lowry, director at the North Mankato Taylor Library, and one of the founders, had the idea to hold the event on the grounds at the library free of charge and the rest is history. Nicole Fischer, along with fellow founders Cathy Dahl and Lucy Lowry celebrate 10 years of ArtSplash this year with the festivities taking place again at the library, located at 1001 Belgrade Avenue in North Mankato, on Saturday, June 21, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. ArtSplash, with proceeds going to a variety of charities including area Humane Societies, has grown in popularity and participants. Starting out with only nine booths in the 2004 show it has grown to 50 last year. ArtSplash displays a variety of art, from origami mobiles, paintings and photography, to handmade greeting cards to leather work, pottery, and iron sculptures. Other activities such as face- painting and homemade chocolate chip cookie sales are offered with all proceeds going to their chosen charities. Area musicians volunteer their talents to the event as well. A grant from the Traverse des Sioux Library System, which is funded in part with money from Minnesota’s Art and Cultural Heritage Fund, has for several years allowed the show to offer free children’s art classes during the day. This year an aluminum foil sculpture contest will commence before ArtSplash with the sculptures being on display for a week at the library. Visitors to the library may vote on their favorite sculpture, and winners will be announced the afternoon of the ArtSplash event. “We are grateful to all of the local volunteers and businesses that have helped us continue our art fair for 10 years,” said Cathy Dahl. “We’re hoping for another great 10 years or more of art in North Mankato!

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RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 27 Tippi Hedren treasures her local roots Actress and animal activist speaks in New Ulm

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Actress and animal activist Tippi Hedren has seen the world, but finds special joy in returning to her roots in small town America. Hedren, a renowned speaker for the protection of big cats, was especially excited to be invited to New Ulm recently—both because it gave her the opportunity to share her message locally, and because it gave her a chance to spend some time in Lafayette. Hedren spoke to a full-house audience at the Traverse des Sioux Library System’s Storytellers series May 1. The trip was especially meaningful in that Tippi was able to share it with her sister Patty and niece Heidi. “They said to bring someone with me. Who better than my sister and my godchild? For Patty, this was even more meaningful. She had ten years [in Lafayette], I only had six,” Hedren explained. She went on, “This is where my roots are, where my life began. I don’t remember it very well, but I always want to be a part of it. My parents had strong roots in the Lutheran religion. That gave me great strength and strong morals.” This was Hedren’s second visit to Lafayette since the turn of the century. She spent three days here in 2000 when she was grand marshal of the town’s centennial parade. She described that trip as “an exciting weekend, great fun.” “I find that the people in small towns are so different than those in the city. They are so much more caring. There’s openness, a friendliness that’s missing in city-life kind of situations. There’s such an open loving friendliness. I don’t find that anywhere but here,” she said. “It was very meaningful to come back to Lafayette…all the history and all the changes. It was infinitely fascinating.” Hedren’s family lived in Lafayette until 1936. But, as she told the audience at the Storytellers presentation, “There was no hospital in store had everything the modern day Target has.” Lafayette so I had to come to New Ulm to be born at Loretto Hospital.” The store failed during the Depression when Hedren extended too Although baptized much credit to his customers. Nathalie Kay Hedren, the “I think of how different things were for everyone. How hard it was little girl soon acquired for Daddy and his business and how incredibly kind he was to his the name of “Tippi,” from friends. That led to his demise. But, the Lutheran roots were strong and her father, a nickname for we made it.” the Swedish word Tupsa, The family moved to Minneapolis where the next chapter of meaning “little girl” or Tippi’s life began. When returning home by streetcar from classes at “sweetheart.” Minneapolis West High School, she was approached by Ella Jane Knott, Tippi and Patty’s father, who asked her to come to Donaldson’s to model. Bernard, operated a “That was the beginning of my modeling career. I went every general store that Tippi Saturday. It was great fun, and I was paid,” Tippi recalled. described as “like the Her days of modeling in Minneapolis came to an end when Ben beginning of Target. That decided to move to California for health reasons. It was a crushing

This Page: Actress and animal rights activitist Tippi Hedren told her life’s story and signed autographs when she spoke at the Storytellers series for the Traverse des Sioux Library system May 1. Next Page, Top Right : As a young woman Tippi (on the right) modeled for many national magazines. Middle Right: Tippi as a child. Bottom Right: Tippi’s last visit to Lafayette was in 2000, when she was grand marshal for the city’s centennial parade, signed autographs, and took part in other events during the three-day celebration.

28 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 “I find that the people in small towns are so different than those in the city. They are so much more caring. There’s openness, a friendliness that’s missing in city-life kind of situations. There’s such an open loving friendliness. I don’t find that anywhere but here,” blow to the teenager, about to enter her junior year awesome,” she told the New Ulm audience. in high school. She had formed strong friendships in Hitchcock and his wife Alma were Tippi’s drama school—bonds that are still strong today—and didn’t coaches as she transformed from model and TV want to leave them. commercial star to actress. “I cried all the way from Minneapolis to Oklahoma With training and screen tests completed, City,” Hedren recalled. Hitchcock told Hedren that he wanted her to play Though she doesn’t remember finishing high Melanie Daniels in The Birds, a role every actress in school in California, things began to look up as Hollywood wanted. Hedren was able to continue modeling—something “From there, it was a journey of the good, the she found exciting and fun. bad, and the ugly,” Tippi told an interviewer for New When Columbia wanted 12 models to portray a Ulm Cable TV. “It was a tough business. I had all of calendar for the movie Petty Girl, Hedren was chosen it. The Lutheran upbringing I had from my parents, as “Miss Icebox” for “January”. That was the beginning the education, and the morals Mother and Daddy of her motion picture career that has included 80 gave me made it possible to handle the horrible movies and TV shows. situations I went through.” When New York “waved its hands” as the place to As filming went on over a six-month period, be for modeling, Hedren saved up enough money Hedren found that she was not being told the to get there by train, to stay at the Barbizon Hotel truth about many things, especially the birds for Women, and to get back, if things didn’t work used in filming. Although she had been told that out. Tippi didn’t need to worry about train fare back mechanical birds would be used, she was finally as she “made it the first week” in what became an told, “They won’t work,” and that real birds would incredible time in her life. be used. Hedren was signed by the Eileen Ford Agency and “They had four huge boxes filled with ravens. The appeared on the covers of hundreds of magazines, handlers hurled the birds at me. By the end of the among them Seventeen, Glamour, Life, McCalls and week, I was on the floor with birds tied to me,” she The Saturday Evening Post. said. In addition to making the big fashion books in The lying wasn’t the only thing that Hedren the 1950s and early 1960s, Hedren capitalized on had to endure. Hitchcock was known to become the advent of the TV set—and its accompanying TV obsessed with many of his actresses and Tippi, too, commercials. was put in the uncomfortable situation of trying to “I was fortunate to be very much involved with dodge his advances. the beginning of that, doing a tremendous number “Had this been my first rodeo, I would have been of Class A Commercials which paid very well.” she in trouble. Those were the studio system days explained. where they owned you. You didn’t really have any She did so well that she took four months off to choice,” she explained. travel around the world, a trip she called “my college Under contract, she did a second movie, Marnie, education.” with Hitchcock. She married Peter Griffith in 1951. Daughter “I wanted to do Marnie. It was one of the most Melanie Griffith—“the highlight of my life”—was incredible roles you could ask for because of its born in 1957. When the marriage ended, Hedren was complications with the character,” she said. “During “getting nervous about her career” and wanted to filming Hitchcock came on so strongly that I finally have a safer place for her young daughter. Loading said, ‘When we wrap Marnie, I’m out.’ He responded, up “the dog, the kitty, the bunny, and the nanny,” ‘I’ll ruin your career.’” Tippi moved her family back to California. Tippi went on, “I was ‘hot’ as an actress by the Tippi, however, was concerned. “What do I do now, time The Birds and Marnie were released, but to I don’t type,” she remembered wondering. get to me, producers had to go through Hitchcock. Then, on October 13, 1961, she received a call He wouldn’t release me. He ruined my career, but from Universal Studios, asking if she was the actress he didn’t ruin my life. He was about as cruel and in the Sego diet drink commercial, and stating that nasty as a person could be—but he gave me the a producer was interested in working with her. After opportunity to do something with my life. I can secretive negotiations and signing a contract, Hedren separate the nastiness and his talent in the film learned that the producer was Alfred Hitchcock. After industry. He was a great director, but as a man, “picking my jaw off the floor,” all Hedren could think ruthless.” about was telling Melanie, “I have a job.” Although she wasn’t working, she was under “I was so relieved to have the financial burden contract and Hitchcock continued to pay her $600 a s off my back…that to be under contract was pretty week. It was a number of years before Hedren Tippi Hedren, center, her sister Patty, and niece Heidi paused for a photo at the welcome sign when they visited Lafayette the day after Hedren spoke. Hedren, center, credits her Lutheran upbringing with giving her strength to get through the many challenges she’s faced in life. Tippi, niece Heidi, and sister Patty paused for a photo in front of First Lutheran Church in Lafayette where the family worshipped when they lived in Lafayette.

did another movie. It was the Charlie Chaplin film, “The Countess of escape the horrors of communism,” Hedren said. Hong Kong,” starring with Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren. Hitchcock After doing several more films, Hedren and then husband/ was apparently furious!!!! producer Noel Marshall chose to do a film about the desperate During the later 1960s and 1970s, Tippi developed what eventually situation of losing huge numbers of wild animals on the planet, due became the mission of her life—helping others. She volunteered for to encroaching civilization, poaching, and big game hunting. It was Food for the Hungry and flew over Central America in a DC-3, making becoming a huge awareness issue in the early 1970s. food deliveries. Tippi and Noel chose the great cats as their focus, because of the When the pilot became ill and had to return to the States, the gigantic loss of numbers of these animals. Needing a number of big co-pilot said, “ I can’t fly this plane by myself, I’m going to teach you cats for the film, they found that animal trainers wouldn’t let their cats the importance of a co-pilot. Sit down.” work with cats they didn’t know, because of their instinctual dictates He gave Tippi four days of flight instruction, eight hours a day, to fight. Trainers didn’t want their cats hurt—and they didn’t want to continuously landing and taking off from towns all over Central be hurt. Hedren and Marshall acquired their own cats—all rescues, all America, through the violent weather in that area. born in the U.S. to be sold as pets or financial exploitation. “Then he tapped me on my left shoulder and said, ‘Take over, I’m “I had five little lions in my house. They grow like you’re blowing up going back for coffee.’ I was thrilled beyond all feelings! He trusted me, balloons. It’s like they’re a one-man demolition crew. Then the county and I didn’t have a moment of feeling insecure. That is a highlight in told us we had 24 hours to get them off the property,” Hedren told the my memories.” New Ulm audience. In 1975, while an International Relief Coordinator with Food for the They boarded the animals with a trainer—but the board bill for Hungry, Hedren worked with Vietnamese refugees at Hope Village 20 cats became more than the mortgage, so they bought the place. outside Sacramento, California. When she found that many of the As people heard that they took in big cats that were abused or had women loved her manicured nails, Tippi asked her manicurist to injured people, agencies—including the SPCA, California Fish and teach them the skills of the trade. After the course was completed, Game, USDA, and humane societies—turned to them to rescue the women were bussed to a local beauty school to acquire their animals. That began what would become Shambala Preserve. cosmetology licenses. Vietnamese-Americans now dominate the multi- They used the cats in the filming of the movie Roar—in spite of billion dollar nail salon business in North America. many harrowing experiences that included Tippi being bitten in the “What I so admired about these people is that they did not want to back of the head, her husband being a regular at the ER, and a total be a burden on the country that was giving them an opportunity to of eight injuries. The big cats are Apex Predators, one of four of the

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Please give us a little background on the building and its history and What was your inspiration for the interior design patterns, materials transformation process over the last several years? The first two stories and colors? The theme was to marry the old and the new in this historic of the building were built by my ancestor, Phillipp Gross in 1875. The top building. Christine Carmichael, of Carmichael Design Concepts, donated story was added in 1899. Much of the basement dates from the original hundreds of hours of design time to the project and did an amazing job buildings that burned down, as my ancestor built over parts of the founda- with the interior and conceptual design. Engan and Associates, Architects tion after each fire (1860 and 1875.) From 1875 until the 1970s the build- did the architectural work and created the exterior deck concepts, allowing ing served primarily as a hotel, restaurant and originally included a saloon outside artspace in what was a landlocked building. We also had myself and (where the Grand Kabaret is located currently.) The second floor became a small group of artist designers on our board who worked together on the the home of KNUJ radio in the 1980s. project helping make decisions. The first floor has had many different configurations and establishments, What interior designers or other professionals did you use to accom- including a fudge and frame shop, a barbershop, laundromat, apartments, plish the final look? Lots of professionals involved: Christine Carmichael, etc. Richard and Andy Engan, our nonprofit board, an executive director, Lisa When my family bought the building in 2000, we had dreams of renovat- Rieke, Citizens Bank Minnesota who is our partner to obtain State and Fed- ing the building for a public purpose, but it took a number of years to figure eral Tax Credits, and many donors. out what that purpose should be. In the early years of New Ulm, and with Do you have a favorite room or spot? My favorite spaces are the gal- its German heritage, the arts and music were of prime importance. At one lery and the very cool ancient basement. point theatricals were held on the second floor of the first buildings on this What has the response been so far? Everyone loves the spaces and is site. The first floor probably had music on a regular basis as well. With this amazed at the transformation. We are just beginning to rent the spaces and history, and the needs for a community arts center in New Ulm, the choice develop class offerings. We have been using the gallery for a number of to develop the building along these lines seemed right. So we began the months. process of turning this building into an arts and cultural center in about Do you still own the building? The building was donated to an organi- 2008-2009 with the formation of a nonprofit that would eventually own the zation called the Grand New Ulm, LLC, which is essentially a donation to the building. nonprofit that is running the Grand Center for Arts and Culture. The organi- Why did you decide that part of the building should be devoted to zation will not have construction debt due to the many generous donations, local artists? The layout of the hotel begged for creation of music and but it will need to cash flow and be able to fund the operations. studio spaces in the old hotel rooms and the old radio station studios were Why was it donated? My family did this because we wanted to have this partially soundproofed and we think they make perfect space for musicians building used for a public purpose that would enhance the arts and cultural and a recording studio. The cool old basement will be perfect for a ceramic life in New Ulm. We hope that this building will flourish and be a central studio and perhaps a print studio with the stone walls and cement floor. home for the arts. New Ulm began as a community with a strong arts and The Kabaret space on the first floor was the original saloon and seems to be cultural foundation and our dream is that this building will become a hub perfect for live music and small theater. for this activity going forward, attracting people to New Ulm and making How many arts spaces are there? Nine smaller studios for artists, sev- the community more diverse and vibrant. eral music lesson or music recording spaces, a large gallery, arts education How will you make this building work? We have carefully considered spaces, and a healing arts/yoga/multi-purpose space overlooking Minnesota how to make this building more efficient and the building will be certified street taking up the entire front of the third floor. by the Green Building Council as a LEED certified building. This means it Who can rent a space and what are the types of artists that would will cost less to run the building and be more sustainable. We will need par- be a good fit? We define artists very broadly as anyone who creates or ticipation at all levels: artist tenants, volunteers, teachers or art and culture, practices any kind of art form. Music, dance, all of the visual arts, folk arts, performers, people who enjoy the arts and donors. RVW theater, etc. Below: Anne Makepeace, founding director of the Grand Center for Arts and Culture, and Jean Geistfeld, Grand Center for Arts and Culture board chairperson.

RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 37 SPACES “Reflections on Design” SPACES by Christine Carmichael, Carmichael Concepts Located downtown in culturally rich New Ulm, is The Grand Center for Arts and Culture. The GCAC offers an extraordinary combination of living history and bold artistic adventure. It has been funded by a combination of a Minnesota Legacy Grant, a family trust (that has its roots in Phillip Gross who once owned the building in the 19th Century) and many local contributions. The architectural design was guided by Engan Associates of Willmar, the artistic board of the GCAC, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office, and the Secretary of the Interior- National Park Service. The historic 3-story Italianate structure of The Grand Hotel was built originally in 1876 as the Union Hotel. Many of its impressive architectural elements remain. The beautiful brick front facade, complete with dentils and “quoins,” and main 3-story staircase are still intact. The current nearly completed renovation of the Grand provides vibrant spaces to develop culture and the arts. Included are art galleries, arts education classrooms, recording areas, a kitchenette, 7 art studio spaces for rent, (1 sleeping studio) and an office and a small visitor’s apartment. This is in addition to an existing intimate venue for entertainment and dining. This community project combines artistic whimsy with all of the A.D.A. requirements for full access to the building, work areas and galleries. The majority of the new construction Christine was in the rear of the building where a basement to 3rd floor Carmichael elevator was built to service the building. It should be noted that this project is classified as a “renovation” as opposed to a “restoration” project, where modern materials and construction methods can be utilized to increase the long term economic viability and use of this fine structure. The building is LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design meaning it is very energy efficient and will be more sustainable. Planning a renovation is not unlike planning a good marriage; you need to evaluate each side’s best assets, look for unifying factors, but search out new inspiration that can define a combined identity for decades to come. Building the new identity was primarily accomplished by detailed planning and establishing a vibrant and cohesive Interior and exterior design plan. As a local interior designer, I was committed to seeing the building morph into a lively and respectable home for the arts. Our 6-person decorating committee was made up of three other respected designers, Lynn Heuchert, Megan Rolloff and Ian Laird, and myself. Holding us in balance were the other decorating committee members, Anne Makepeace, project founder and GCAC Director, Lisa Rieke-Knaak. I was glad to be able to bring the black and white architectural drawings to life through the use of a 3-D C.A.D. Program (Computer Aided Design ). This allowed us all to visualize how beautiful and wonderful the renovation could be. My design inspiration is from a famous work of art by Piet Mondrian, (1872-1917), an artist who painted continually in search of equilibrium of color, form and surface. The rectangularity of all the doors and halls subtly set that stage; in fact I decided to use his modular art theme as a guide for the second floor carpet square pattern. The framework of all the colors were based squarely on the foundations of white, gray and black. I painted all the strong architectural elements, ceilings, walls, stairs door frames, etc. a shade of gray or black. Into those voluminous tones I inserted six historic pigment colors that would have existed at the time of the historic Grand Hotel; “Capucine Red Light”, “Alizarin Crimson,” “Paynes’s Grey”, “Quinacridone Magenta,” “Terre Verte” and “Naples Yellow.” Each of the Historic 3rd Floor Hall Doors are painted one shade of these; they are also repeated in the carpet squares on 2nd Floor. I’m often asked “why so many colors?” My answer - to do the job right - we needed them all. We went from a three-color scheme to over 45 colors (including finishes interior and exterior) and I felt like the conductor of a color orchestra! I am particularly grateful for being able to contribute to such a lasting part of our community’s pursuit of universal access for the arts and function for all. You see, I spend most of my time in my scooter - debilitating arthritis has limited my ability to walk and breathe normally. In this way I feel I still can contribute. RVW

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ankato’s 6th Annual Bend of the River Cookout will be Is there a big need for this? held at Land of Memories Park June 28. A community Given the average population event full of fun, music and friendly barbecue competi- today, 19% of all individuals in tions showcasing professionals and amateurs, the cook- our society have special needs, offM has one goal behind the festivities --to be a source of funding to Mankato is no different. This the greater Mankato parks, by providing adaptable inclusive equip- includes the number (5.8%) ment, upgrades and systems that will allow individuals with disabili- of parents in Minnesota that ties and of all abilities to not only visit the parks but to actively partici- are with special needs that pate in our parks. have children living with them Kansas City Barbecue Society chair and local spokesperson for the that are under the age of 18. competition, Nathan Herme, whose role it to promote the professional Mankato’s school district alone competition, has been working to educate the community about the in 2012 serviced over 1500 needs of the area, shares the vision behind the event. kids with special needs, that What is the Mankato Cookout and why is it held? The Bend of number is higher than the the River CookOut is an annual community event. It is also fundraiser number of high school kids currently enrolled that focuses on raising funds for the purchase of adaptable and inclu- at either Mankato East or Mankato West high schools. This does not sive playground equipment and playground systems for the Greater include those individuals that receive assistance or education from Mankato area. We host a Pro/Am barbeque cook-off where teams other agencies or groups that work with special needs individuals in come from not only the Mankato community but also from many sur- the Mankato area. The need is not only for children, the people we do rounding cities and states to participate. We also host a bag toss tour- not often think of are the parents, grandparents, coworkers or even nament, disc golf tournament and many other supporting events as our wounded warriors returning from serving our country that are well as live music and the best tasting barbeque you will ever taste. now disabled. How many nursing homes and assisted living facili- Who are the people behind the event? The group of people that ties are there in the Mankato area? Having an inclusive park, a place originated the event are from a group called SNAPS (Special Needs where families can take grandparents, where adults who have needs and Public Service), a group of individuals that work in Public Service can once again play with their children or grandchildren. The need who decided to do something to give back to the community that we has always been here, it has just not yet been a priority. work in. The focus being on doing things to make a difference and a What is the benefit to special needs individuals? Having a place change for individuals with special needs to be more included in our that meets their needs first of all will instill a sense of belonging to community. them. Giving them a place where they get to decide what they want Today, as this event has grown our board consists of Matt Little, to do instead of being limited to what there is to do. Removing the Nathan Herme, Jeremy Prange, Al Dorn, Lorraine Little, Matt Durose, physical barriers first of all that keeps them off the playground, this Louise Howard, Tim Spelacy, and Jeff Lang. Matt is the event chair, then leads us to breaking down social barriers. We can all now play Nathan the KCBS (Kansas City Barbeque Society) chair and Jeremy is alongside friends and family, learning about them, laughing with the chair for the amateur event. There are numerous other individu- them and sharing with them. Through healthy active play we lose als who are on our committees as well as many volunteers that also that part of us that inhibits us to not reach out to someone whether donate many hours to the success of this event. Of course we would they have special needs or not. Healthy active play also stimulates all not be able to do this without the support of our many sponsors. We of the five senses, also gives place to muscle coordination, physical still have sponsorship spots available for this year and the future. and mental conditioning, balance, dexterity the list goes on and on. Why do you think Mankato area parks should have more spe- Providing a place that meets everyone’s needs at every level in the cial needs equipment? Mankato has yet to build an inclusive play same place will instill a sense of pride in each and every one of us. system that is truly “all inclusive park” where children and adults of What is the benefit to Mankato area for offering this? Mankato all abilities can be in the same place at the same time. This project has many entities that would be able to utilize an inclusive park sys- is, however, on the city’s list of things to do, yet funding is always an tem. The obvious is those children that go to school within the issue. Why do we need to provide the city such a place? By providing a park that will meet these needs we will also provide a place where a community will build itself, children and adults learning from each other, creating diversity and establishing a place where friendships and relationships will begin, where change can really happen. Teaching our children how to have diversity, relate with and share with individuals of all need levels while playing; this done in a place that is fun, friendly and non-intimidating. Giving our community a place where no one has to be left out on the sidewalk or on the edge of the play area because we haven’t provided for them yet. How long will we wait before we include those individuals, these are the same individuals that are our brothers or sisters, parents, classmates, people we work with, they may be our teachers, they may even be a veteran that returned home wounded in battle.

40 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 but also to provide for the future members and lead- ers of our community. How can people get involved? There are opportunities to get involved at many different levels. The easiest is to come to the event June 28th at Land of Memories. Tickets are only $10.00 and you get to enjoy five samples of amazing barbeque as you spend the day with us. You can register for one of the contests; bag-toss, disc golf or purchase a raffle ticket. If you can cook and you would like the opportunity to put your Mankato school district. However we have many programs, group cooking skills up against other backyard barbeque cooks, we would homes and businesses that function for the reason of servicing those love to have you participate. We provide the meat to our amateur with special needs. Students attending our colleges, looking to grad- teams that enter our contest, and we have cash prizes for the top uate with degrees in special education would have another place to three places in three different categories. If you have a pro team, we use when performing their internships that is centrally located in the offer one of the best contests in the state of Minnesota; we would city. The community as a whole in the future would benefit as this love the opportunity to take care of you here in Mankato. will force us to change the way that we think when creating parks, There are many opportunities to help with the event also; we have ensuring that there are inclusive pieces in there to involve everyone. many needs on the days leading up to the event as well as during This also becomes an asset to our community. When families who the event. There is a list of opportunities posted on our website that are looking to move into the area who have a family member or anyone can go to and sign up to help out. It takes many hands to run members that have a special need, don’t they look at what the com- this event; it will take just as many hands to decide to make a differ- munity has to offer their child or family members? It would be proac- ence. Visit us at www.mankatocookout.com. RVW tive of us to create this, not only for our community members today,

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been blocked off by a lifeguard. It is also essential to realize that swimming in open water takes more energy than swimming in pools so swimmers should stay near the shore. n Assign a Water Watcher Going to the pool to swim is a common activity for children. Whether it be an in-ground or above ground pool at home, the public pool or a hotel pool, it is important to have fencing completely surrounding the area. Another tip for pool safety is to keep toys away from the pool when they are not in use, it is hard to see children who may have gone under water if the pool is cluttered with toys. “No matter their age, it is imperative to watch children while they are playing in or near water,” Dr. Gronau said. “Consider assigning a water watcher to be responsible for watching children playing in the water without any other distractions.” Both Safe Kids USA and Abbey’s Hope have created water watcher cards and badges which can be printed or obtained for distribution in your community. Whoever is holding the card or wearing the badge is responsible for watching the children playing in the water. This means no eating, drinking, talking on the phone, reading a book, chatting with friends, etc. “Life jackets and floating devices are helpful for young swimmers but they do not replace the need for adult supervision,” Dr. Gronau said. “Drowning can happen quickly and quietly--even in the presence of a lifeguard.” Adults should always be within reach of young children when in or around water. Children should also be enrolled in swimming lessons at a young age so they are comfortable with the water and strong enough swimmers to get to shore or the side of the pool. n Be aware of water temperature Swimmers or anyone on the water should be aware of the water temperature. Swimming in water that is too cold is extremely A Minnesota summer usually involves plenty of time spent dangerous and can make swimming difficult—even for the most around lakes, pools and rivers. It is important to be aware of how skilled swimmers. Cold water often causes shock and panic and important water safety is and how prevalent drowning can be. can lead to numbing the swimmers arms and legs to the point of According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), drowning is uselessness. the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death n Avoid alcohol among children ages one to14. For every child who dies from According to the CDC, alcohol use is involved in up to 70% of drowning, another five receive emergency care for submersion deaths associated with water recreation. Adults should never mix injuries. alcohol with swimming, boating or water skiing. Even if an adult “While we need to pay extra attention to children playing near says they know their limit in regards to alcohol consumption, the water, we also need to be responsible as adults in and near water effects of alcohol can be heightened by sun exposure and heat. as well,” explains Dr. Cynthia Gronau, Redwood Area Hospital Drinking alcohol is dangerous in adult water recreation situations, emergency room physician. “Lack of swimming ability, failure to but also for children being supervised by someone who is drink- wear a life jacket, alcohol use and cold water temperatures can ing because alcohol use slows response rates and decision making make water activities deadly for adults.” skills. In fact, the CDC reports that 80 percent of drowning deaths are “Unintentional drowning is a horrible thing, but thankfully we people over age 15. Swimming in open water is dangerous for can all make intentional choices when in or near the water— wear swimmers of all ages and skill levels. The number of drowning inci- a life jacket, be aware of swimming risks and know the swimming dences in natural water actually increases with age. abilities of those around you,” said Dr. Gronau. RVW n Wear a life jacket In open water such as lakes and rivers it is important to always Courtesy of Redwood Area Hospital wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket. Most boating deaths Pictured is Dr. Cynthia Gronau that occurred during 2010 were caused by drowning, with 88% of

victims not wearing life jackets. Reference: Centers for Disease Control Water-Related Injuries Life jackets should fit properly and serve the correct weight for Fact Sheet www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water- the person using the jacket. In open water swimmers should only Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.html swim in safe areas and not cross swimming lines that may have

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Swim. Bike. Run. live! few years ago, I came to the realization that I wasn’t get- the moment but are driven to continue to improve. You learn to push ting any younger and that the freshman 15 had turned yourself and that you are capable of more than you thought possible. into the grad school 30. I decided to take a look at some It is a hobby that keeps you active and can be done with the whole of my life goals that had been put on the back burner to family. So, if you are motivated to “tri” and “tri” again like I have, here Afocus on my education and subsequent career as a physical therapist. are my top five tips for completing a triathlon. Little did I know that crossing an item off my bucket list would help You don’t have to have expensive equipment to participate in me discover a new passion and renewed way of life. That item was a triathlon. All you are required to have is swimming attire, a bike, a to complete a triathlon. So, in true type A personality, I started to helmet, and tennis shoes. I would also recommend bringing goggles, do some research. The goal was to finish, not to win, but it is a good a towel, sun glasses, clothes for biking/running, and WATER. If you are idea to come prepared. The first thing that I learned was that there competing for time, you may want to invest in some additional equip- is a whole world of triathlons for all ages and abilities right here in ment, but most of us just want to finish. Mankato from top athletes to 80 year old men to kids and families. The competition is with you, not the other triathletes. With all I carefully selected a race in the area and began my training. I of the sporting events and races I have participated in over the years, thought to myself, “I just have to get through this without an injury I have never seen a greater display of sportsmanship than with triath- and cross it of my list. One and done.” So after weeks of training, the lons. I had more encouraging words and tips from the other athletes day of the event came. I looked at the forecast…40 degrees, rain, both before the event and during than you could imagine. It is a very and WIND. Oh boy! After setting up my bike and running shoes in the positive environment where competing is winning. transition area, I joined the other participants for the pre-race meet- Training is essential. There are many training programs available ing. There was a mixture between nervous energy and excitement in based on your abilities. The key components to remember are to the air. I began to talk to some of the women around me and realized allow proper time for training and recovery. It is best to start training that this sport really is something for many ages and abilities. The in advance to allow time for your body to build strength and endur- motivation was different for all of us. Some, like me, just wanted to ance. You also need to allow time for your body to recover. Rest days cross it off their bucket lists. Some had been racing for years and were are as important as training days. competing as high level athletes. And one woman had had a stroke Don’t forget the “Brick Workout.” This is where you perform the year prior and was determined to prove that she could “beat this.” one component of the event right after another, usually bike then Eventually, the event began. I finished the swim like a pro, but run or swim then bike. This allows your body to learn how to quickly forgot that when you swim laps in a pool and jump out quickly, you transition from using the different muscle groups required for each get very dizzy! I almost fell over, but was able to make it to my bike on component. two feet. Let’s just say that rain and strong winds do not make for an Listen to your body. Always warm up before a workout to help easy bike ride, but I made it and was on to the run. My legs felt like avoid an injury. A brisk walk or slow jog followed by active stretching bricks. I kept thinking, “Why would anyone be crazy enough to do this is a great way to warm up your muscles. If you are having aches and more than once?” And then I crossed the finish line. In that moment, I pains above the usual “I can tell I worked out hard” pain, address the felt such a rush of positive energy, a sense of accomplishment, a feel- issue immediately. If your pain does not subside ing that nothing could hold me back. That was the moment I fell in with a few days of rest, consult your physical thera- love and became a triathlete. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not an pist for further evaluation and recommendations. elite athlete and was one of the last racers to cross the finish line, but RVW I finished. Since then I have completed a total of five sprint triathlons and by April Erickson, PT, DPT, ATRIC one team triathlon (most with much better weather). It has opened Wenger Physical Therapy, North Mankato my eyes to a way of life where you are content with who you are in

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Friday, June 6 welcome. Profits to Sibley County’s Re- fill up quickly. Info and reservations: Mill, Le Sueur, 9:30 am registration. Pro- • Geocaching 101, Flandrau State Park, lay for Life. Pre-registration preferred. 507-388-4200 or luann.friedrichs@ ceeds benefit Le Sueur County’s Relay New Ulm, 4 pm. High tech treasure Info & registration: 507-248-3691 or oldmainvillage.com. for Life. Wine pull at Mac’s follows. Info: hunt, GPS units provided. Limit of 20 hendersonmn.com. 612-636-7623 or ingles033009@yahoo. people. Prior reservation required; sign Thursdays, June 12, 19 & 26 com. up at park office. Info: 507-384-8890 or Monday, June 9 • Songs on the Lawn, outside Civic [email protected]. • MLC Golf Classic, New Ulm Country Center Plaza, Mankato, 11 am. Bring the • Watonwan River Paddle, County Road Club, noon shotgun start, 5:30 pm family, lunch options, fun activities, live 32 Access Point on Watonwan River. 5.5 Fridays, June 6, 13, 20 & 27, social hour & dinner. 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Free music Friday, June 6 (every other Friday event, featuring five bands. Info: http:// thru August 29) Tuesday, June 10 Thursday, June 12 (2nd Thursday of www.stpeterchamber.com/. • Classic Car Friday, Dave’s Place, • Alice Lind Play Reading Society, Lind month except July & December) downtown Lafayette. Hundreds of cars, House, 622 Center St., New Ulm, 7 pm. • Henderson “Sew & Share” Quilters, Sunday, June 15 food & drink available. Info: facebook. ‘A Man for All Seasons.’ Info & cost: Henderson Library, Lower level. 6:30 • Tools and House Building - Mid com/davesplacelafayette or 507-228- 507-359-9990 or newulmact.com/ pm. Beginning projects or bring your 1800’s at Mayo House, 118 N. Main St., 8910. play-readings/. own stitching, knitting, etc.—sew, Le Sueur, 12-4 pm. Tours with special share, and learn. No cost. Info: 507-248- interpreted display of carpentry tools. Saturday, June 7 Tuesdays, June 10, 17 & 24 3880. Info: nchsmn.org/programs_events. • 3rd Annual Lake Crystal Duathlon, and July 8 & 15 html or 507-934-2160. Lake Crystal Recreation Center, Lake • Free Concert in Sibley Park, Leas Friday, June 13 Crystal, 8:15 am. 3.1 mile run, 13 mile Schwickert Memorial Bandshell, • Geocaching 101, Fort Ridgely State • Father’s Day at Harkin Store, 9 mi. bike ride & 2 mile run; also 5K run/walk Mankato, 7:30 pm. Mankato Area Park, rural Fairfax, 4:30 pm. High tech NW of New Ulm on Nic. Co. Rd. 21, 1-4 & kids 1K fun run. Info & registration: Community Band plays marches, jazz, treasure hunt, GPS units provided. pm. Leather worker Dan Cochran will 507-726-6730. Disney, movie, patriotic, etc. Bring a Limit of 20 people. Prior reservation display his wares and discuss his work. blanket or lawn chair. Info: mankatoa- required; sign up at park office. Info: Info: 507-934-2160 or nchsmn.org/ • University of Minnesota Raptor reacommunityband.us/. 507-384-8890 or scott.kudelka@state. programs_events.html. Center Presentation, Minneopa State mn.us. Park, rural Mankato, 11 am. See wild Tuesday, June 10 (each Tuesday Monday, June 16 birds including a bald eagle; hands-on through September 16) • Nicollet County Relay for Life 2014, • Monday Night Concert in the Park, activities. Sponsored by Friends • Classic Car Roll-In, 508 Main St., Gorman Park/St. Peter Community German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm. Music by of Minneopa State Park, who will Henderson. Classic cars on display, Center, South Washington Ave., St. Cletus Goblirsch. Info: 507-359-8347. serve ice cream social between two 50’s & 60’s music, door prizes, vendors, Peter. Info: relayforlife.org/. presentations. Info: 507-384-8890 or food & drink. Local businesses open. Thursday, June 19 [email protected]. Info: 507-248-3234 Friday-Saturday, June 13-14 • Redwood County Senior Expo, St. • Lake Crystal City Celebration, Catherine’s in Redwood Falls, 3:30-8 Sunday, June 8 Wednesday, June 11 downtown Lake Crystal. Battle of pm. Tailored to baby boomers, caregiv- • Flag Day at Harkin Store, 9 mi. NW of • Friends of the Park Jamboree, Red- the Bands Parade, 6 pm Friday. Info: ers and seniors. Vendors and resources, New Ulm on Nic. Co. Rd. 21, 1-4 pm. wood Falls. 5-10 pm. Evening of fun, 507-726-6088. speakers and entertainment. Info: Celebrate Flag Day and learn history food & entertainment to help maintain www.facebook.com/RedwoodCounty- of flags; display of different American and improve Alexander Ramsey Park. Friday-Sunday, June 13-15 SeniorExpo. flags. Info: nchsmn.org/programs_ Info: 507-637-2828. • Solstice Outdoor Music Festival, events.html or 507-934-2160. Vetter Amphitheater, Riverfront Park, Thurs., June 19 Wednesdays, June 11, 18 & 25 and Mankato. 11 am-11 pm Sat. & Sun. 9 (every Thurs. thru Oct. 15) • Harmony in the Park, Vetter Stone July 16 pm Fri. pre-party at Buster’s Bar. Local • New Ulm Farmers’ Market, parking Amphitheater, Riverfront Park, • New Ulm Municipal Band Concerts, and regional musicians, artists, crafts & lot of new Runnings, 2107 N. Garden Mankato. 7-8:30 pm. Choral music by German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm. Free. food vendors. Appropriate for all ages St., New Ulm. 2:30-5:30 pm. Fresh fruit, several ensembles. Info: verizonwire- Info: [email protected]. & interests. Proceeds will help support veggies, baked goods, more. Info: knuj. lesscentermn.com/RiverfrontPark/. District 77 music programs. Info & net/events/knuj-farmers-market-in- Wednesday, June 11 (every other tickets: http://www.mankatosolstice. new-ulm/. • Learn to Canoe, Nicollet Bay Wednesday thru September 3 com. Landing on Swan Lake, 1.5 miles • Bike Night Wednesdays, Dave’s Place, Friday-Sunday, June 20-22 west of Nicollet, 1-3 pm. Free lesson downtown Lafayette. Hundreds of • 37th Annual Lower Sioux Wacipi, • Nicollet Friendship Days, Nicollet. offered by Minnesota DNR and the bikes, food & drink available. Info: Pow-Wow, at Lower Sioux Community, Nicollet’s Hope 5K Run-Walk, craft fair, Legacy Amendment. Equipment facebook.com/davesplacelafayette or 39527 Res Hwy 1, Morton. A celebra- tractor pull, kids’ tractor pull, demo (canoes, paddles and life jackets) and 507-228-8910. tion of Native American heritage derby, music, Miss Nicollet coronation, experienced guide provided. Space showcasing music, dancing and parade (1 pm Sun.). Info: nicollet.org/ limited, preregistration required. Info: Thursday, June 12 spirituality of the Dakota nation. Info: nicollet-friendship-days or 507-381- 507-934-2160 or museum@nchsmn. “Don’t fall victim to Identity Theft” www.lowersioux.com, 507-697-6185, or 9232. org. workshop, Old Main Village Senior 507-637-2828. Living Community, 301 South 5th • Redwood Falls Sesquicentennial, • Henderson Ride for Cancer, St., Mankato, 6:30 pm. Learn how Saturday, June 14 Redwood Falls. Parade Fri. 7 pm; con- Henderson Roadhaus, 510 Main St., identity theft is a growing problem • Crushing Cancer 2 Tires at a Time certs & fireworks Fri. & Sat.; 5K Fun Run Henderson, 11 am. Motorcycles & cars and to protect yourself. Free but will Motorcycle Fun Run, Mac’s Green Sat.; Rotary Fly-In pancake breakfast

52 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 & golf tourney Sun.; much more. Info: Monday, June 23 Monday, June 30 Wednesday-Sunday, July 9-13 celebrateredwoodfalls.com. • Monday Night Concert in the • Monday Night Concert in the Park, • North Mankato Fun Days, Wheeler Park, German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm. German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm. Music Park, Center Street, North Mankato. Saturday, June 21 Music by Molly and Sonny Boy. Info: by the Ken and Ken Show. Info: 507- Fun for all ages; parade (Sat.), kiddie • New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club 507-359-8347. 359-8347. parade (Fri.), carnival, softball Pancake Breakfast and Southern tournaments, live music, more. Info: Minnesota Youth Dairy Show, Brown Tuesday-Sunday, June 24-29 Tuesday, July 1 northmankato.com/fun-days. County Fairgrounds, New Ulm. Bkfst. • St. James Railroad Days. Music, many • Free Concert in Lincoln Park, 6:30-9 am, dairy show 9:30 am. Info: events. 30th Annual St. James Rail Mankato, 7:30 pm. Patriotic concert Thursday-Sunday, July 10-13 507-240-0048. Run (Thurs.). Run info: 507-375-3333 with band, choir, and dramatic scenes. • Madelia Park Days, Madelia. Parade or director@stjameschamberofcom- Refreshment sales benefit the Boy in (Fri. evening), moonlight swim, kids’ • 10th Annual Artsplash Art Fair, merce.com. Blue statue restoration in the park. peddle pull, crazy days, kids’ carnival, North Mankato Taylor Library, 1001 Info: mankatoareacommunityband.us/. music, fireworks, 2nd Annual Blazin’ Belgrade Ave., North Mankato 10 am-4 Thursday-Sunday, June 26-29 Barbeque Blast Contest, sports events. pm. See and purchase local art of all • Riverside Days, Springfield. Miss Wednesday, July 2 Info: visitmadelia.com/MadeliaCham- kinds. Weiner dog races, foil sculpture Riverside Day’s Pageant, amateur base- • Women’s Night at the Range, Laser ber/Regular/parkdays.html. contest, blackboard art, music, food & ball, kiddie parade, kids’ fishing derby, Ave, Redwood Falls, 5-8 pm. Basics art projects for kids. Info: ArtSplash Art food, street dances, contests, carnival, of shooting, focusing on handguns; Thursday, Friday & Sunday, July 10, Fair in North Mankato on Facebook. classic cars, grand parade (Sun.). Info: shooting practice. Info: 507-637-3500. 11 & 13 springfieldmn.org. • Sleepy Eye Community Theatre’s • Livestock Music & Giving Festival, Thursday-Sunday, July 3-6 production of ‘Church Basement Minnesota Square Park, St. Peter, 10 Friday, June 27 • St. Peter High School All-School Ladies,’ St. Mary’s Auditorium, Sleepy am-10 pm. Live music, food, kid zone, • St. James 11th annual Community Reunion, St. Peter. Breakfasts at the Eye. 7:30 pm Thurs. & Fri., 2 pm Sun. A world market, ColorDASH 5k race Golf Tourney. Info: stjameschamberof- high school, school tours, hall of fame, celebration of the church basement starts at Catholic church (8 am). Info: commerce.com. hog roast, class reunions, Freedom kitchen and the women who work LivestockMN.com. Fun Run, sidewalk sales, golf scramble, there. Info & tickets: 507-794-7873. Friday-Sunday, June 27-29 Mr. Harvey’s readings, more. Info: • Swedefest, Bernadotte Lutheran • Henderson Sauerkraut Days, Bender stpeterchamber.com/allschoolreunion. Friday-Sunday, July 11-13 Church Park, rural Lafayette, 4-8 pm. Park, Henderson, 10 am. Music, free • Farm City Fun Fest, Winthrop. Entertainment, Swedish smorgasbord, kraut all weekend, car cruise (Fri.); 5K Fri., July 4 Saturday Night Street Dance with silent auction, quilt raffle, wagon rides, walk/run & kids one-mile, tractor ride, • Old-Fashioned July 4th, St. Peter. “Playback,” Sunday afternoon parade, kids activities. Info: 507-240-0048. owl parade (Sat.); music in park, grand Parade (10 am), picnic in Minnesota crafts, car show, sports, more. Info: day parade, kraut eating contest (Sun.). Square Park, music, food vendors, kids’ winthropminnesota.com. • 3rd Annual Flying Dutchmen Info: hendersonmn.com. activities, fireworks at Nicollet County Motorcycle Club Summer Party, FDMC Fairgrounds (10 pm). Info: http://www. Saturday, July 12 club grounds southeast of New Ulm, • Bend of the River CookOut, Land of stpeterchamber.com/4th-of-july. • Nicollet County Breakfast on the 12 pm-12 am. Ages 21+. Live music, Memories Park, Mankato. Check-in Farm, Marvin Krohn farm, 43527 Co. classic car/motorcycle cruise-in, food Friday, cooking Saturday. Bean bag • Freedom Fun Run, Minnesota Square Rd. 4, Nicollet. Info: 507-246-5025. & refreshments, arts & crafts vendors, tourney, disc golf, kayaking, music. Park, St. Peter. 8K, 5K, 1-Mile Kids Run games, free camping. Info: jamiem@ Proceeds help fund Snaps for Mankato for 8-12, and Toddler Trot for 1-8. Info: • Minnesota River Paddle, Minneopa newulmtel.net or flyingdutchmenmo- Area Parks. Info & registration: stpeterchamber.com/freedomfunrun. State Park, rural Mankato, 10 am. 14- torcycleclub.com. mankatocookout.com. mile paddle from Courtland access to • Patriotic Day, Turner Hall Park, 102 Judson access. Equipment (canoes, life • Johnson Park 75th Anniversary Saturday, June 28 South State Street, New Ulm. Old-time jackets and paddles) provided, along Banquet, Turner Hall, New Ulm, 5 • North Mankato Triathlon, Hiniker and brass bands all afternoon on two with transportation back to put-in pm. Celebrating New Ulm’s premiere Pond, 300 Butterworth Street, stages; grassy lawn under mature point. Preregistration required; sign baseball venue, Johnson Park, and the Mankato, 8 am. Adult & kids divisions. shade trees. No admission charge; up at park office. Info: 507-384-8890 or teams and players that played there. Info & registration: finalstretch.com/ food & drink available. Info: 507-354- [email protected]. Info & cost: [email protected]. triathlons/north-mankato-triathlon. 4916 or newulmturnerhall.org. Monday, July 14 Saturday & Sunday, June 21-22 • Riverside Days Fun Run & Walk, • Red Hot & Boom celebration, • Minnesota Valley Lutheran High • 4th annual Arts by the River Festival, registration at Springfield Community Riverfront Park, Mankato, 5:30 pm. Live School Golf Classic and Beer and Wine Vetter Stone Amphitheatre, Riverfront Center, 7 am. music, live radio broadcast, fireworks. Sampling, New Ulm Country Club, New Park, Mankato. Celebrating arts & Powerhouse at 7 pm; fireworks 10 pm. Ulm. Noon tee off. 18 holes, best ball. music in southern Minnesota. Variety Sunday, June 29 Info: vetterstoneamphitheater.com/ Wine tasting & dinner follow. Proceeds of fine arts, artist demonstrations, food • Zonta Club of Mankato’s Blooming events/2014/july/4/red-hot-and-boom. provide tuition assistance for MVL and drink vendors, children’s activities. Pretty Garden Tour, Mankato, 11 am-4 students. Info & cost: [email protected]. Info: artsbytheriver.com. pm. Proceeds support local Zonta Sat., July 5 (every Sat. thru Oct. 11) scholarships and programs benefit- • New Ulm Farmers’ Market, parking • Monday Night Concert in the Park, • Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Summer ting women. Info, tickets & maps lot of new Runnings, 2107 N. Garden German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm, Music Festival, 6th Street North & State St., at Mankato greenhouses & garden St., New Ulm. 9 am-12 pm. Fresh fruit, by the Wendinger Band. Info: 507-359- New Ulm. 7 pm Sat. movie & family centers or call Barb at 507-382-2876. veggies, baked goods, more. Info: knuj. 8347 or [email protected]. fun night. Sun. 9 am-5 pm all-day net/events/knuj-farmers-market-in- outdoor event with food, games, • Hilltop Happenings, Hilltop Hall, new-ulm/. Fridays & Saturdays, July 11-12, entertainment, curiosity shop. Info: 206 First St. N., Montgomery, 4 pm. 18-19, and 25-26 [email protected] or Monthly musical variety show. No Monday, July 7 • Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant and cathedralht.org. admission—donation accepted to • Monday Night Concert in the Park, Little House Cast Reunion, Walnut defray costs; pizza sold at intermission. German Park, New Ulm, 7 pm. Music Grove, 9-11 each evening. Outdoor Sunday, June 22 Info: bighonza.com/hilltop-hall/. by The Afterwhile. Info: 507-359-8347. drama along banks of Plum Creek • Fund-raiser for Corrine (Sloot) based on the life of Laura Ingalls Fierkens, St. Francis Catholic Church, • Auto Fest, 2403 South Broadway Tuesday, July 8 Wilder. Cast reunion July 25-27. Winthrop, 12-5 pm. Roast hog and (Hwy. 15 South), New Ulm. 10 am-4 • Alice Lind Play Reading Society, Lind Info: 888-859-3102/800-528-7280, bison served, free-will offering; silent pm. Free. Car, motorcycle & truck show House, 622 Center St., New Ulm, 7 walnutgrove.org/pageant.htm or auction items, entertainment. Info: with over 350 vehicles displayed; food pm. ‘The Petrified Forest.’ Info & cost: www.walnutgrove.org. youcaring.com/medicalfundraiser/ & drink sales, DJ. Info: 800-976-2329 or 507-359-9990 or newulmact.com/ fundraiser-by-team-c-tohelp-corrine- www.autofest.org. play-readings/. overcomhercancer/179829.

RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 53 Recommended by “Plant People”

I’ve worked on-and-off in the horticulture industry since my first Castor Bean job 12 years ago. Obviously, I love plants, but I often find myself At Tangletown, where I work, we plant a lot of tropical annu- with just as much love for the people who love plants. The als, and my coworker Kurt listed the castor bean (Ricinus coworkers I’ve had throughout the years are creative, den communis) as one of his favorites from last year. In passionate people who can’t help but constantly Gar Ga Minnesota, castor bean seedlings can reach ten • l geek out about plants. They grow plants for • • G feet in a single summer. With their giant pur- l a a living and then go home to spend more a r plish star-shaped leaves and bright red spiky G d precious hours gardening. I’ve learned so n e seed pods, castor bean plants add instant much working and talking with them! e n drama to gardens. A word of caution: this d G For this column, I asked my fellow r plant and its seeds are highly toxic to a a

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e friend Maggie reminded me that this Minnesota n times maroon) and soft green clover-like foliage. native plant has delicate branching and three- After flowering, false indigo produces seed pods season interest, with airy white flowers in spring, showy that resemble dried garden peas and make a distinct rat- edible purplish berries in summer, and bright, spectacular foliage tling sound in the wind. The dark brown seed pods contrast starkly colors in autumn. Serviceberries are tough, and they can tolerate with a snowy winter landscape. a wide range of soil and light conditions. Wintercreeper (pictured) ‘Autumn Brilliance’ is a popular cultivar My friend Catherine chose wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei) that has gorgeous deep red fall color as one of her favorites. This shrubby groundcover is a broadleaf and delicious berries that attract evergreen that sometimes acts like a climbing vine. Many cultivars wildlife (but you can eat them, of wintercreeper have densely sprawling, low-growing branches too!). that root when they come into contact with the soil. Some of the Ironwood showier cultivars, such as ‘Gold Splash’ and ‘Blondy,’ have bright My cousin Sarah is an yellow leaves that are slightly variegated with green – though urban forester, and she rec- these cultivars are less cold-tolerant than the more commonplace ommended the ironwood ‘Moonshadow’ cultivar, which has more green in its variegation. (Ostrya virginiana), another Weeping White Spruce native deciduous tree. It My former coworker Cara, who now landscapes in Mankato, grows slowly, eventually claimed the weeping white spruce (Picea glauca ‘Pendula’) as one of reaching forty feet at matu- her favorites. This tree is incredibly cold hardy, surviving as far north rity. Since it’s normally a forest as USDA Hardiness Zone 2. In our comparably balmy Zone 4 weath- understory tree in the wild, the er, we shouldn’t see any winter dieback on this tree. The weeping ironwood can be both shade-tolerant white spruce grows quickly, with up to an entire foot of new growth and shade-providing. Its light in a single season, and it maxes out around forty feet tall. The weep- grey bark is furrowed, and it ing white spruce is a striking and versatile landscape option because produces tan seed pods it stays so narrow in form, usually no wider than eight feet across at that resemble hops. maturity. It forms a beautiful and stately evergreen pillar. (Hence this tree’s other Golden Moneywort common name, Of course, I have to end with a few words “Hophornbeam.”) about one of my own favorite herbaceous The ironwood perennials, golden moneywort (Lysimachia doesn’t have any nummularia ‘Aurea’). This little darling has serious disease or circular bright yellow leaves that form a insect problems, cheery groundcover or spill gracefully out of and its dense containers. RVW limbs resist break- Laura Schwarz, a New Ulm native, is a horticul- age. turist with Tangletown Gardens in Minneapolis.

54 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 The Sandwich Generation: Caring For Your Parents Part II

Much depends on whether a parent • Try to work with other family members and get them to help out, perhaps by is living with you or out of town. If your providing temporary care for your parent if you must take a much-needed break. parent lives a distance away, you have • Be sympathetic and supportive of your children--they’re trying to adjust, too. the responsibility of monitoring his or Tell them honestly about the pros and cons of having a grandparent in the house. her welfare from afar. Daily phone calls Ask them to take responsibility for certain chores, but don’t require them to be the can be time consuming, and having to caregivers. rely on your parent’s support network may be frustrating. Travel to your Considering the needs of your children parent’s home may be expensive, and Your children may be feeling the effects of your situation more than you think, you may worry about being away from especially if they are teenagers. At a time when they are most in need of your family. To reduce your stress, try to patience and attention, you may be preoccupied with your parents and how to involve your siblings (if you have any) look after them. in looking after Mom or Dad, too. If your parent’s needs are great enough, Here are some things to keep in mind as you try to balance you may also want to consider hiring a your family’s needs: professional geriatric care manager who • Explain fully what changes may come about as you begin caring for your can help oversee your parent’s care and parent. Usually, children only need their questions and concerns to be addressed direct you to the community resources before making the adjustment. your parent needs. • Discuss college plans with your children. They may have to settle for less than Eventually, though, you may decide they wanted, or at least take a job to help meet costs. that your parent needs to move in with • Avoid dipping into your retirement savings to pay for college. Your children you. If this happens, keep the following can repay loans with their future salaries; your pension will be the only income you points in mind: have. • Share all your expectations in • If you have boomerang children at home, make sure all your expectations advance; a parent will want to feel part have been shared with them, too. Don’t be afraid to discuss a target date for their of your household and may be happy to departure. take on some responsibilities. • Don’t neglect your own family when taking care of a parent. Even though • Bear in mind that your parent needs your parent may have more pressing needs, your first duty is to your children who a separate room and phone for space depend on you for everything. and privacy. Most importantly, take care of yourself. Get enough rest and relaxation every • Contact local, civic, and religious or- evening, and stay involved with your friends and interests. Finally, keep lines of ganizations to find out about programs communication open with your spouse, parents, children, and siblings. that will involve your parent in This may be especially important for the smooth running of your multi-genera- the community. tion family, resulting in a workable and healthy home environment. RVW

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RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 55 Love on the Prairie by Nicole Helget Dead Weight Baby My teenage son Mitchell tells me and he thinks fanciful thoughts with the attention span of a he’s beefing up his arm workout this cat with a clothesline pin on its ear. summer because, to his complete When I need a break from Gordie or require restoration ❤surprise and humiliation, I recently from carrying eight people’s laundry up and down the stairs, destroyed him at arm wrestling. Easy! I I try to go for a run, which sounds crazy, I know. Running can also fairly readily tie Isabella into a sucks. It hurts. It creates injuries. It’s boring. The hardest pretzel when she gets into one of her crazy cat moods where part of running for me is getting to that first stretch of easy Mshe pounces on me in silliness and tries to pin me (unless she breathing, which sometimes means 1 or 2 miles of heavy tickles me, which is her dirty trick. Then I’m mush.) Though legs and burning lungs and sometimes means 4 or 5 miles of these arms of mine don’t look like much—twiggy, unde- fined—beneath the skin are muscle and tendon and bone honed from carting around 10, 20, 30, 40 pound kids pretty I might miss consistently for almost fifteen years. The most recent luggage being Gordon, who at more than fourteen months and 30 pounds can only waddle a couple of steps, an act that resem- all this baby business bles a raccoon in snowshoes trying to chase down a fly ball in the midst of a mosquito cloud. { in a year or two. } I’m pretty compliant to his desire to be toted everywhere. He’s the last one after all. I might miss all this baby business in a year or two. So, I hold him while I stir spaghetti sauce. heavy legs and burning lungs. One of the things that gets me I hold him while I put on makeup. I hold him while I type through those beginning arduous miles, keeps me going, is and while I fold clothes. I hold him while I insert and remove imagining the fat being melted off my belly. After six preg- contact lenses out of my eyeballs. I can do tons of things nancies, ranging in weight gains of 18 pounds (with Mitchell) one-handed. Make coffee. Do the dishes. Pick up toys. Pair to 40 pounds (with Gordie), an appetite for anything noodle- socks. Paint the bathroom. Put Archie in time-out. Scratch out y, cake-y, dumpling-like, bread-ish, or made-with-potatoes, a “unicorn-in-a-thunderstorm” sketch for Violette to color. and a steadily sssllllloooowwwwinnngggg metabolism, my Order Phillip to put a belt on before his pants land around stomach looks like the crumpled sheet at the bottom of a his ankles. Ground Mitchell for sending text messages dur- bed. A couple weeks after having Gordie, I tried to do a sit- ing school. Talk Isabella through her current obsessions, up, and I could not physically do it. Seriously. Not one. Today, Jim Morrison, Psycho, ancestry.com. Sometimes Gordie gets I can do quite a few, but while I can feel the ab muscles bored with what I’m doing (particularly if it has anything to beneath the skin and fat, I can’t see them, which is a real do with giving attention to any of the other kids) and grabs damn bummer. onto my shirt and leans in the direction he wants to go. He And though I try really, really hard to be a good role model kicks excitedly if I correctly cart him where he imagines him- for Isabella and Violette and not call myself fat and not self being (to the computer where he likes for me to play engage in ridiculous dieting habits and not talk incessantly music, particularly “Happy” by A Fine Frenzy? to the fridge about weight or body image, I HATE my stomach and think where he likes for me to pull out the milk and fill up his bot- about it all the time. I absentmindedly pinch at it, measuring tle? to the door so he can go outside? to the sink where he how much I can pull away from those buried rectus abdomi- likes to have a bath?) If I’m wrong, he clenches my shirt and nus compared to last year. I stand in front of mirror and suck shakes it, grimaces, and makes a noise like “eeeeee,” which in, pretend how it would be if I naturally looked so…right. means I guessed wrong. I don’t know if I mentioned that he Thinking about the potential for inches shrunk off my belly can’t talk, but he can’t. Well. He can say “hi,” but that’s about has more than once gotten me off the couch and into my it and not in any kind of predictable way. Like, you wouldn’t running shoes. be able to coax it out of him if a grandparent arrived ready to In the high minutes of my runs, I turn my attention to be impressed with him. Gordie and I have a very primal rela- more serious matters. Recently, I’d been plotting my novel- tionship. I read his erratic mind and dart to his every whim, in-progress, Stillwater (or Stillwater, Motherless or Stillwater, 56 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | june • 2014 ❤ Orphaned or The Mothers and Orphans of Stillwater—I haven’t decided upon a title yet). The book had been elu- sive to me. When I sat down to write, I could easily create paragraphs upon paragraphs and then pages upon pages of vignettes or anecdotes using a character or two. I could Love on the Prairie invent whole childhoods and motivations and silly scenes. I could fill pages. But I had been paralyzed to put all these pages together in a meaningful way. I had not been able to “see” the narrative curve. ..mostly because the book didn’t have one. It meandered this way and then that way, circled around, bolted forward, and then shot backward again. Then, I gave it to my writer’s group to read and edit, and one of the members said something along the lines of “there’s some really nice writing in here, but I’m left wondering ‘so what?’” which made me ask myself, “Yeah. So what?” And, I couldn’t answer it about the 200+ pages I had. I knew he was right. I sat for days thinking about the “so what?” When I finally figured out who and what was critical and crucial to the book, I realized I had to get rid of the stuff that prevented those characters and plot lines from completing their liter- ary journeys. So, I put my novel on a diet. I cut 30 pages, events and details that didn’t contribute to forward motion for the characters or plot. It’s difficult to cut 30 pages. Do you know how } long it takes to write 30 pages? The answer Sis: a long time. But as soon as I got rid of the blubber, I saw the form, like bones, appear. Then, I began to rebuild muscle, and I quickly made up the pages I had cut. And I’m happy to say this book is cruising along now, and I’m almost finished. A book, which I thought might take me another year or two to write, will be finished by the end of

June. © 2014 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved. So, this month is all about getting rid of dead weight. Gordie’s gonna get his feet under him one of these days, I’m sure. I won’t worry until he hits 16 months, which is When Erica was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s how old Isabella was before she got off her duff. I am back Lymphoma, Mayo Clinic Cancer experts provided on the pavement doing my runs and will tighten, if not exactly the care she needed—comprehensive, completely eliminate, this pouchy tummy. And this novel, Stillwater or whatever it will be named, will be off to the whole-person care and a seamless experience. agent by the end of the month. Dead weight babies, lifted. So Erica kept fighting and her cancer gave up. We Also, I’ll wreck Mitchell in arm wrestling for as long as pos- bring Mayo Clinic to Erica—and you—so everyone sible, which probably isn’t all that much longer.… RVW has a chance to conquer cancer close to home. Nicole Helget, author of several books including The Turtle Catcher, View Erica’s story and schedule an appointment was called “the most promising Min- nesota writer in a generation” by the at mayoclinichealthsystem.org/cancer. Minneapolis Star Tribune. She lives in North Mankato with her family. For more information, go to nicolehelget.blogspot.com.

Love on the Prairie is taken from blog posts over the past years. Some references to situations are not current.

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