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Celebrating Celebrating Celebrating Park year 35 years 35 years 35 s of s of servi ervice of service ce St. Anthony Park Falcon Heights Lauderdale Como Park www.parkbugle.org December 2010 Critical Fractures Bugle An interview with U elebradesignting dean Tom Fisher Celebrating C looks at how our post- Celebrating World War II-era faith in yea 35technology years doesn’t Perfect year Stran g35ersrs anticipate failure. 35 s of servic of service Page 3 e Alec Soth’s of service photos reveal the everyday that’s often Business News overlooked By Ruth Weleczki

here are three things you should Tknow about world-renowned photographer Alec Soth:

1. He has no photos of his family. Photo by Alec Soth

2. The self-described introvert has a ASHLEY AND KELLY gift for connecting with strangers. For his 2007 project Paris Minnesota for “Fashion Magazine,” Alec Soth contrasts everyday people—like Cass Lake High School cheerleaders Ashley and Kelly—against the ever-camera-ready fashion models 3. His success leaves him little time of Paris. “The way these people [fashion models] present themselves to the world is very different from my people,” Soth told The Telegraph in 2007. “I needed to inject that into the project somehow: real people and, to take pictures. Eating Seasonally also, my people.” Capturing that Kodak Moment year-old children before they blitz off Soth (rhymes with oath) concedes. school, the shy teenager delved into Two area foodies let the should be a snap for anyone with a to more interesting activities. But when shooting photos is a day painting. After graduation, he growing season dictate point-and-shoot camera. But Soth Despite his parental pleading— job, even a famous photographer attended Sarah Lawrence College in admits (rather sheepishly) he is no what’s cooking. and much to the chagrin of his might want to leave his work at the New York, “a super-über liberal different than any other parent family—the walls in the home of this office. college that did not believe in attempting (not always successfully) Pages 8 and 9 award-winning photographer are not * * * grades,” he says, laughing. (They did to catch The Moment: “Please, smile. crowded with 8x10s of his loved The younger of two brothers, Soth, have professors, however.) And Please,” he’ll implore his 4- and 8- ones. “They are not happy with me,” 40, grew up in Chanhassen. In high Strangers to 10 Black Bear Crossings provides more than just a meal for those spending Thanksgiving alone By Kristal Leebrick The shopping list for Pam Glass’ would like to help. who don’t have the money to go restaurant each year. Thanksgiving Day meal includes Both Pam and David are home for the holiday. This year’s meal will be served four 25-pound turkeys, 75 pounds of volunteers at heart, she said. They One of their regulars customers, from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. potatoes, 10 pounds of cranberries spent a number of holidays volun- a woman in her 80s who has a car, 25. No reservations are needed. Just and enough pumpkin to fill at least teering when they were dating. shuttles a number of older women show up. 20 pies. When Pam’s mother-in-law died in who have no family in town to the She’s never quite sure how many 2006, “that just left a really big void. people she’s feeding until they show It was so sad to think about going up at her door. through a holiday without her,” Pam This is the fourth year that Pam said. So she suggested hosting a free and her husband, David Glass, have meal in honor of David’s mom. offered a free Thanksgiving dinner to That first year, the couple found Stop the Lot anyone who comes to their that most of the people who came Bugle gets matching grant restaurant, Black Bear Crossings on were spending Thanksgiving alone. The Park Bugle received a A proposed parking lot the Lake at Como Lakeside Pavilion “At first I thought it would be in Como Regional Park. So far, they people who were having a hardship $3,000 matching grant from at the corner of Hamline haven’t run out of food. financially and aren’t able to have a founding editor Gail McClure. and Arlington avenues They served 40 to 50 people nice dinner, but what I found is that Donate online by Dec. 15 and in Como Regional Park their first year, Glass said. Last year, those people don’t have the double your gift! Go to is off the table. 120 people came to the restaurant for transportation to get to us,” Pam www.parkbugle.org and click on a traditional meal. She has between said. Those who do come are often DONATE NOW. Pages 12 10 and 15 volunteers each year and older with no family nearby, though often has to turn down people who she says she does get younger people 2 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2010

CITY FILES

Como Park Kids Holiday Ceramics, ages 5 and budget will be held during the LIZ PIERCE & LIZ RICHARDS ATTORNEYS AT LAW The St. Paul Parks and Recreation to 12, will be held Dec. 18, Dec. 14 Lauderdale City Council Department is accepting registrations 10–11:30 a.m., at Falcon Heights meeting. The meeting starts at 7:30 Divorce, Wills/Probate, City Hall, 2077 W. Larpenteur Ave. p.m. in the council chambers at City Mediation for Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts for snowboard, cross-country and downhill ski lessons at Como Park Cost is $15 for Falcon Heights Hall, 1891 Walnut St. [email protected] www.lizpierce.com Ski Center, 1431 N. Lexington residents and $20 for nonresidents. Watercolor Painting, ages 5 to IN MILTON SQUARE / SAINT PAUL / 651-645-1055 Pkwy. St. Anthony Park The center opens Saturday, Dec. 14, will be held Jan. 15, 10:30 20, weather permitting, and features a.m.–12:30 p.m., at Community Backyard Talks: Sustainable 1.7 kilometers of lighted cross- Park, 2050 Roselawn Ave. Cost is Winter Sidewalk Management will One stop shopping for all country ski trails for beginner-level $40 for Falcon Heights residents and be held Thursday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. the tea lovers in your life! skiing, 5 kilometers of intermediate- $45 for nonresidents. at 2314 University Ave. (in the and advanced-level groomed classic basement of Fortin Consulting). 20% OFF and skate-style cross-country trails, The Curtiss Field warming house, Learn how to deal with salt and all shoppe merchandise in December and a downhill area. The ski center 1551 W. Iowa St., will open Dec. 23 sand this winter to prevent damage has snow machines and four lighted and remain open through Feb. 20. not only to the surrounding Lady Elegant’s Tea Room Skating instructors will be available landscaping but to the overall & Gift Shoppe tow ropes for night skiing. The chalet offers food service, for children just learning to skate at watershed quality, and learn about 2230 Carter Ave. in Milton Square Curtiss Field, Monday, Jan. 17 (there alternatives to salt. This Backyard Saint Paul • 651-645-6676 downhill and cross-country ski and www.LadyElegantsTea.com snowboard rentals, and affordable is no school that day), and there will Talk will be presented by Connie lessons taught by professional be free hot chocolate until supplies Fortin and is sponsored by the instructors. The chalet is open last. Mississippi Watershed Management Saturdays, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sundays, Organization. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; and Tuesdays and The city of Falcon Heights is seeking The talk is open to business Branch and Bough Wednesdays, 3–9 p.m. It is closed residents to serve on the following owners and residents from all Tree Service and Landscape Care Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. volunteer commissions: neighborhoods. RSVP to Lauren at The chalet will have extended hours • Neighborhood Commission the St. Anthony Park Community from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2. Go to members work with residents on Council, [email protected] or 651- Winter pruning of oaks and elms block parties, emergency prepared- 649-5992. Tree removal www.stpaul.gov/parks for more ISA Certified Arborist #MN-0343A information or call the chalet at 651- ness and other city activities. The Owner Operated-climbing specialist 488-9673 after Dec. 20. commission meets the fourth Mon- The St. Paul Planning Commission Fully Licensed and Insured day of each month. will hold a public hearing on the Free estimates Registration for winter classes at • Human Rights Commission draft St. Anthony Park Como 2030 651.335.8655 Northwest Como Recreation Cen- members work to prevent human- Small Area Plan and Zoning Study Email: [email protected] ter begins soon. The center will be rights violations within the city and Friday, Dec. 17, from 8:30-10:30 offering a number of youth classes respond to them when they occur. a.m. The plan was recommended by starting in January, including skating Recent committee projects include a a neighborhood task force and the lessons, American Red Cross baby- youth poster contest and discussions District 12 St. Anthony Park www.hampdenparkcoop.com on diversity. The commission meets Community Council. The draft plan New Member Orientations Twice A Month! sitting training, dance and more. Call the center to find out how to see a list the first Monday of each month. and zoning recommendations are Hampden Park Co-op of the classes, 651-298-5813. • Planning Commission members available from principal city planner advise the City Council on land-use Allan Torstenson, 651-266-6579 or Life s Finest Treasures Can be issues, development proposals and [email protected]. Found in Small Packages! Falcon Heights variance requests. The commission Welcome to a neighborhood Falcon Heights Parks and Recreation meets the fourth Tuesday of each The St. Paul Planning Commission co-op with a full line of fresh is offering several children’s art classes month. will hold a second public hearing on natural foods, unique gifts, on Saturdays in December and You can find the commission proposed Zoning Code text books and housewares January. application at www.falconheights.org amendments and property re- M-F 9-9 Sat. 9-7 Sun. 10-7 or call City Hall at 651-792-7600. zoning to implement the Central 928 Raymond St. Paul 651-646-6686 Messy Art for the Seasons, ages 4 to 8, will be held Dec. 4, Interested citizens should complete Corridor Development Strategy and 10:30–11:30 a.m., at Community an application and send it to City station area plans adopted by the Park, 2050 Roselawn Ave. Cost is Hall. City Council on Friday, Dec. 3, $12 for Falcon Heights residents and 8:30–10:30 a.m. The hearing will address proposed rezoning that ST. ANTHONY PARK $17 for nonresidents. The cost for Lauderdale both the winter and spring series is would change the zoning classi- EALTHCARE ROFESSIONALS $20 for Falcon Heights residents A public hearing and presentation fication for individual properties H P and$25 for nonresidents. regarding Lauderdale’s 2011 levy within the study area. The proposed St. Anthony Park Dental Arts, P.A. text amendments and proposed zon- ing map changes are available online Dr. Bill Harrison www.sapdentalarts.com at www.stpaul.gov/centralcorridor; 2282 Como Avenue, 651-646-1123 click on Central Corridor Zoning Now offering single appointment crowns & veneers Study. See our display ad on page 12. City of St. Paul St. Paul Public Works has changed St. Anthony Park Dental Care, 2278 Como Avenue its 24-hour street maintenance Todd Grossmann, DDS 651-644-3685 telephone number to 651-266-9700. Paul Kirkegaard, DDS 651-644-9216 To ease the transition for residents, Lallier said that the old number, 651- 292-6600, will be active until next Eyedeals EyeCare, P.A. spring. Once that number has been David Daly, OD disconnected, it will direct callers to Complete Eye Care For Adults And Children the new number, where they can 2309 Como Avenue, 651-644-5102 speak with a receptionist. www.eyedeals.com v v v v v Wills Real Estate Probate Divorce Litigation Starting, Selling or Buying a Business Shovel those sidewalks. It’s illegal in St. Paul to leave snow accumulation Franklin J. Steen, DDS FERDINAND F. P ETERS, ESQUIRE, LAW FIRM on a sidewalk. The city requires snow A healthy smile is more than an image...it’s YOU! and ice to be removed from sidewalks 2301 Como, 651-644-2757 within 24 hours of accumulation. To report a sidewalk that’s a safety hazard FERDINAND F. P ETERS v BENJAMIN LOETSCHER and needs shoveling, call the HOLLY HOUSE Center for Integrated HealthCare Department of Safety and Ins- 2324 University Avenue, 651-645-6951 651-647-6250 pections, 651-266-8989. DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 3

Designing our way to disaster An interview with University of Minnesota design dean Tom Fisher

By Steve Berg www.MinnPost.com he collapse of the I-35W Bridge accomplish with taxes. I constantly Tgot Tom Fisher to thinking hear talk about redesigning about other critical fractures in the government. But I don’t hear any world. And the more he explored the specifics other than squeezing the more alarmed he became. current system. There was the single levy breach You can’t just cut without in New Orleans that flooded the putting everything on the table and whole city after only a moderate asking fundamental questions, like: hurricane. There was the BP oil Why does our military spend twice platform explosion and spill that as much as all of the world’s other couldn’t be fixed. There was the militaries combined? Who are we FREE H1N1 pandemic that failed to kill fighting and why? We don’t yet Open for Breakfast Regular 6” Sub millions worldwide only because the realize the world we’re in. This is no with purchase of a 6” sub of equal or flu strain was relatively mild. There longer about managing situations. It’s greater value & a 21 oz. soft drink One coupon per customer per visit. Not valid with any other were the systematic failures of the about finding leaders who will tell offer or on Premium or Double Stacked Subs. housing and financial markets that new stories about the reality we’re Expires 1/15/11 in. rapidly engulfed the entire economy. Good only at: 2121 University Ave. W, St. Paul (University & Transfer) 651-646-3096 And there are the ongoing Berg: And what would those trends that portend larger disasters: a Tom Fisher disparity in wealth that the world has stories be? never seen, and a singular reliance on Dean of the University of fossil fuels that pose huge risks to Minnesota’s College of Design Fisher: We still view government as a almost every aspect of life. Fisher, machine that you can control by The Gift That Lasts A Lifetime who is the dean of the University of switching a few levers. The world is Minnesota’s College of Design and a training ground to a kind of now more like the internet, where Jewelry resident of St. Anthony Park, sees a integrated launch pad that applies nobody has levers to turn. On the common thread running through all design to nearly every human web you just move around obstacles, You know us by our of these failures or pending failures: pursuit. To my eye, his designer’s lens sort of like the way people are reputation of unique fine It’s hubris. offers a keen view of the world’s moving around government. We’re a quality jewelry – More specifically, it’s a post- problems, a view that hovers between human ecology. The question isn’t whether it be diamonds, World War II-era, technology-driven art and science. whether we’re part of the animal colored gem stones, pearls, faith that has led us to design A good designer sees the kingdom or not. We are. But we amber or our selection of systems—from bridges to levies, challenge in stark terms (building a operate as if we’re still in an age of handmade jewelry from the

from health care to credit default house on a slope, for example), then survival of the fittest, of competition, studios of Tom Kruskal. swaps—that seem efficient and applies creativity to the solution of setting up political enemies and
innovative when actually they’re the (planting as much ground cover as polarization, about Democrats and Give a gift that reflects your love opposite because they lack the possible to keep the soil in place). Republicans, when the real world
anticipation of failure. And so, when Designers are optimistic by nature, now depends on mutual support and something goes wrong it goes terribly and that makes Fisher’s analysis less cooperation. wrong. scary than it first seems. EMIL GUSTAFSON JEWELERS He showed diagrams to “We live in an incredibly Fisher: How do you interpret the DISTINCTIVE JEWELRY AND DESIGN SINCE 1911 illustrate his points about exponential exciting time,” he tells me. “We’re at incredible anger you see in increases in worrisome trends (from the cusp of a renaissance, but we politics? world population to natural disasters don’t know it yet.” Old hierarchies 2278 COMO / 651-645-6774 to temperatures to income inequi- and compartments are breaking Fisher: There’s some connection hrs: Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m • Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ties), describing all of these as systems down, he says, and we’re discovering between inequality and anger; studies Call for extended holiday hours heading for smashups. that everything is related to show that correlation. But there’s also “We believe that our technology everything else. The world, he says, is a sense that the old solutions aren’t has made us invincible, but we’re less like a conventional machine than working. The Tea Party is popular wrong,” Fisher said one morning in like an ecosystem—or like the because people think it’s new. I’m late October while discussing his new internet, made up of infinite skeptical because it’s funded by those book (his sixth) due for publication connections. Innovation is some- who want to perpetuate the inequa- next year, Fracture Critical: How We thing that’s bound to happen, he lities that make people angry and to Design Our Way to Disasters. says, as long as we come to terms perpetuate the old ways. “I’m not saying we could with the flaws in our past thinking. achieve a perfect world,” he added. Berg: Aren’t people also frustrated “But we must rediscover the Here are edited excerpts of the because the future we thought we’d resilience that we used to build into conversation: have may not arrive in quite the our thinking and our designing.” same way? For example, coming “That’s a lot to have for Berg: I find politics nearly out of the Great Recession, how breakfast,” one listener told Fisher as unwatchable these days, less different will our commu-nities he finished his talk at the Cun- because of the pettiness than and our lifestyles be? ningham Group architectural firm in because so much of the rhetoric is Minneapolis. I had to agree. Fisher’s irrelevant to the real problems at Fisher: Space will shrink. We will live message was a plateful, so I asked him hand. more compactly because we can’t to sit down for a second cup of coffee afford McMansions anymore. There and a few more questions. Tom Fisher: Exactly. The problems may be no market for large segments we face in the 21st century are so of the suburban landscape. Cities will profoundly different than those we be more diverse and have smaller A designer’s eye-view faced just a few years ago. We don’t footprints, and we’ll realize that we I’ve known Fisher for more than a realize that the meltdown of must do everything we can to decade. He’s not a gloomy man by 2007–2008 has brought us into an accelerate innovation. And that nature, but cheerful, boundlessly entirely different era while the means a lot of face-to-face contact curious and artfully articulate, the political arguments remain the same. and interaction because that’s how kind of public intellectual that Take the issue of taxes. We’re still ideas flow. universities cherish. In just 15 years, arguing about whether we’re for he’s transformed the U’s architecture them or against them when the real school from an excellent technical question is about what we’re trying to Fisher to 6 4 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2010

Park EDITORIAL

Buglewww.parkbugle.org Support, connection and the free flow of information Mailing Address P.O. Box 8126 Tom Fisher, dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Design and a We have more examples of that mutual support we find in our St. Paul, MN 55108 Park Bugle neighbor, says we are living in an exciting time where our old community within the pages of this month’s Bugle: Two local restaurateurs, hierarchies are breaking down and we’re discovering that everything is David and Pam Glass, offer a free meal every Thanksgiving to anyone who www.parkbugle.org related to everything else. The world, he says, is moving out of an age of shows up at their Como Park restaurant. That gesture, the Glasses have 651-646-5369 competition and survival of the fittest and moving into one that depends found, is less about feeding the hungry and more about companionship on mutual support and cooperation. and connection. (See page 1.) Interim Editor Recognizing our connections will lead to innovation, Fisher Once the mercury dips to below freezing, local hockey parents spend Kristal Leebrick maintains. In an interview reprinted from MinnPost (page 3), Fisher says nearly every winter night flooding and grooming Langford Park’s ice rinks 651-646-5369 we need human interaction to make ideas flow. Intellectual isolationism for the whole community (not just the hockey teams) to enjoy. (See page [email protected] won’t work. 13.) That’s a pretty hopeful message coming amid our economic down- And generous and engaged Park Bugle readers have heeded the annual Obituaries Editor turn and on the heels of a negative election cycle. fund appeal and made donations (see the list below) to this nonprofit Mary Mergenthal Mutual support. Cooperation. Human interaction. newspaper because they understand that community news is an integral 651-644-1650 Whether it’s working together to find solutions to neighborhood part of the human interaction we need. [email protected] parking issues (see page 12) or supporting local farmers (see page 9), we It’s what keeps the ideas flowing. Production depend on each other. Stephen D. Parker 651-489-0993 LETTERS Copy Editor Ruth Weleczki Thank you from Matt Bostrom gracious to me and my family, and enforcement team as we begin to serve you as your sheriff and to earn Proofreader we deeply appreciate the kindness work collaboratively with law your trust and respect as our Christine Elsing Thank you for the privilege you have you have shown us and all our enforcement agencies and elected department seeks to serve you. given me to be the new Ramsey volunteers. officials throughout Ramsey County. Subscriptions and Delivery County sheriff. It has been a pleasure I am ready to serve the citizens We have already begun the process of Matt Bostrom Newly elected 651-646-5369 to meet many of you as I have gone of Ramsey County and have begun creating partnerships with all of these Ramsey County sheriff door-to-door and attended meetings to prepare for an orderly transition. I groups. Billing all over the county. The citizens of am excited for the days and weeks So, thank you again for your Nauen Mobile Accounting Ramsey County have been so ahead to work with my dedicated law support. I promise to do my best to 651-696-8913 Calendar Submissions [email protected] Display Advertising Christine Ames 651-208-5540 Fund Drive Contributors Genevieve Plagens Thanks to our readers who have contributed to the Park Bugle’s 2010 fund drive. 651-325-7189 Classified Advertising Ann Fendorf 651-646-5369 Ferial M. 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Police arrest four in This week Como Park Senior High School area burglary cases Prospective Student and Parent By Kristal Leebrick Advanced Placement Information Night Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7 - 8 pm The St. Paul Police Department had discovered that her house had Como Park Senior High School Library, arrested four juveniles Nov. 17 who been burglarized. The perpetrators may have been involved in recent had come through the back door. 740 West Rose Avenue, 651-293-8800 burglaries in the Como Park and St. A reported burglary just a few Please join us as we present information about Anthony Park neighborhoods this days before had some similarities. • Advanced Placement • College in the Schools fall. Both areas have reported an Neighbors reported seeing two increase in home and business young men talking on cell phones in • Post Secondary Enrollment • Extracurricular Opportunities burglaries since early October. the alley behind the house that had At press time, senior been burglarized during the time commander Todd Axtell said patrol period that the homeowner was officers stopped the juveniles in an gone. These two incidents led some area where a burglary had just area residents to speculate that the Take a break from the hustle and bustle occurred. The suspects had items on burglars were working in teams and that can be the norm in December by them that were tied to that evening’s using cell phones to alert perpetrators joining us for two events with novelists burglary as well as another crime in inside the homes as to when a who have local connections. the area. resident may be returning to the In the two weeks before the Park house. Monday December 6th at 7 p.m. Bugle went to print, the St. Anthony Axtell said the police “have no Ben Percy will read from The Wilding Park neighborhood experienced four reason to believe” that the people published by Graywolf Press. burglaries, three of which were seen talking on cell phones had any Wednesday December 15th at 7 p.m. residential. Axtell said in two of those connection to the crimes. local author Keith Hollihan will read from three burglaries the perpetrators Last week’s arrest may be his debut The Four Stages of Cruelty. entered the homes through unlocked connected to ten area burglaries, doors. Axtell said. One resident was in her front The increase in burglaries yard when her home was burglarized. prompted the St. Paul police She reported seeing a man on a Department to send undercover the eternally optimistic book people scooter parked on the street by the patrols into the neighborhoods, 651-646-5506 / www.micawbers.com / www.micawbers.blogspot.com house and talking on a cell phone. Axtell said. 2238 Carter Ave., St. Paul – In Milton Square on Carter at Como When she went inside her house, she Hours: M-F 10 am - 8 pm / Sat 10 am - 6 pm / Sun 11 am - 5 pm 6 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2010

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In fact, our companies and cities that are the Berg: Aren’t you worried about grandparents and great grandparents most diversified in their thinking will protectionism and the break down might understand them better than have an advantage. Those systems of global trade under this intensely we do because, in some ways, the that are both efficient and full of local scenario? world is returning to something like redundancies will prosper. The their time. We’ve been living in an human brain has both. The World Fisher: Well, I think we’ll travel less aberration. We’ve seen the rise and Wide Web has both. That’s the new and there will be less trade and more fall of fracture-critical phenomena in model. This is a shift of the kind that emphasis on local economies. We’ll our lifetime, and it’s hard to comes every 300 or 400 years. This be physically more local but understand why it failed and why we is equivalent to Gutenberg’s inven- increasingly connected digitally. can’t go back to what we think of as tion of the printing press. It’s a whole We’re not going back into a feudal, the glory days. new reality. medieval world. There’s no reason to become intellectually isolated. It will Berg: And so the world is full of Berg: Some people thought that be more important than ever to learn angry deniers. Obama was going to be this from other people far away. change. Berg: Your argument seems Fisher: Yes, but I don’t think it’s right to portray this as a loss. It’s a different Fisher: Yes, but Washington turns skeptical of both big industry and kind of gain. I firmly believe that this out to be this incredible trap of old big government. new world that we’re already in will thinking. All institutions are like that, be better than the one we left. But it even universities. Fisher: Yes. This is about experi- Zeller Plumbing Service mentation. You try something. If it will be profoundly different. And we Repair or Replacement of: fails you try something else. We’ve don’t know yet what to call it. Toilets / Faucets / Disposals / Water, Berg: So, returning to the question of cities and their need to diversify: developed big systems that amass Drain and Gas Pipes This article originally appeared Oct. Is zoning obsolete? power in a few people. Those systems Labor with ad. are averse to innovation. They will 25 on www.MinnPost.com. It is 10% OFF reprinted with permission. Free estimates, call and compare Fisher: Zoning, if it means eventually go down the way Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns went Raymond M. Zeller / 651-690-0421 separating the uses of land, is Park resident for over 20 years / Lic # 003473m / Bonded, Insured absolutely obsolete. There ought to be many functions going on on the same block, as there once were. So- It’s winter: Do you know the called “form-based” codes get us part way there. But they’re too concerned snow emergency rules? superficially with how buildings look. e y e d e a l s The important thing is experi- The Nov. 13 snowstorm was a good reminder that it’s never too early to brush mentation. Let different commu- up on your city’s snow emergency policies. Here are the rules for each of the Complete Eye Care nities try different things on a limited communities in the Bugle distribution area: basis. One neighborhood might In Your Neighborhood want to do farming. Falcon Heights Concerned about vision problems, glaucoma, A snow emergency is declared after two inches of new snow falls and that’s cataracts or macular degeneration? We offer Berg: Is the office building over? also when the ticketing of cars parked on the streets begins. A snow complete eye care for adults and children. What about the high-rise? emergency remains in effect until the streets are plowed curb to curb.

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St. Paul Plowing begins at 9 p.m. on Night Plow Routes the day the snow emergency is declared. Parking is banned on these routes until snow is plowed all the way to the curb. Night Plow Routes are the main or arterial streets in the city plus the side of north-south residential streets. There are signs that say “Night Plow Route” on these streets, and in the case of the residential streets, the signs say “Night Plow Route This Side of Street.” Tagging and towing begins immediately at 9 p.m. the day the snow We’re Moving in! emergency is declared and continues for 96 hours after it was declared. This January, find us at our Day Plow Routes begin the following morning. Plowing starts after the new location at 2290 Como in night routes are plowed, typically around 8 a.m. Parking is banned on these Saint Anthony Park. routes until snow is plowed all the way to the curb. Day Plow Routes are the east-west residential streets plus one side of north-south residential streets. For the best in wood toys, natural Residents can be notified of snow emergencies through email or text baby goods, kids’ music and clothes, messages by signing up at www.stpaul.gov/snowalert. You can also follow the visit us through the Holidays at our current location on Snelling Ave and St. Clair in St. Paul emergency decla-rations on Twitter by signing up at: www.twitter.com/stpaulpublicw. Those without internet service can call the www.peapods.com 651-695-5559 snow emergency hotline 24 hours a day at 651-266-PLOW (7569) or 651-266-9700. DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 7

The Birdman Thank you for your continuing support! of Lauderdale by Clay Christensen We are grateful to our volunteers for their gifts of service and to our donors for their financial contributions throughout the year. You make this program work! St. Anthony Park Block Nurse Program Winter brings new birds to our feeders, 2200 Hillside Avenue / 651-642-9052 a long journey to our summer friends 2011 marks 30 years of service to the neighborhood!

Those of us who feed birds in the These little guys winter in the Many will stay as long as there’s open winter know there are a number of southern United States and in water. When the freeze hits here, they summer species that stay on through Mexico. winter along ice-free ponds, streams the cold and snow. Among these are The red-winged blackbirds that or coastal areas, mostly in the black-capped chickadees, blue jays, are so vocal around our ponds and southern United States or the cardinals, white-breasted nuthatches, marshes from spring through Caribbean coast. house finches, house sparrows, summer migrate to the southern You’ll also recognize the great goldfinches and at least four varieties United States, where they winter egret in flight, a large white bird that of woodpeckers: downy, hairy, red- with the resident red-winged looks almost buoyant despite its size. bellied and pileated. blackbirds that stay there year ‘round. They’re waders, too, like the great And actually, some of the birds Some of us have been watching blue heron. Both egrets and great we see in the winter are not the same chimney swifts for a number of years. blue herons have been found in individuals we saw in the summer, They’re described as flying cigars: Minnesota on Christmas Bird but rather those that have migrated a black with no visible tail in flight, Counts. Egrets from Minnesota short distance from farther north to sweptback wings that flutter almost migrate down the Mississippi River spend the winter here. constantly. Scientists discovered to the southern United States and How about those we don’t see in where these birds wintered about 20 along the Gulf Coast to Central the winter? Where do our favorite years ago when a wintering America. yard birds go when the snow flies? population was found along the Migration is one of the deadliest Where do they winter? Let’s cover Amazon River in Peru. They migrate times in the life of a bird. An some of the more recognizable yard across the Gulf of Mexico, through estimated 50 percent of songbirds die birds and a few others. Central America and down to Peru, on migration, falling victim to bad Nearly everyone knows the northern Chile and northwest Brazil, weather, power lines, windows and American robin. It’s a member of the a journey of thousands of miles. prowling cats. So, although it appears thrush family with a red breast and Our state bird, the common as though they’re heading for a balmy brown back, head and wings. Robins loon, isn’t a yard bird, but we’re all winter vacation, in fact it’s dangerous frequently nest in our trees and excited to hear and see one. Loons and exhausting for these beautiful shrubs, even atop porch lights. migrate from our freshwater lakes to creatures, and a matter of life and Not all robins fly south for the saltwater coastal areas. Many spend death. winter, however, so the old “with a winter along the southern United All the more reason to welcome worm in their mouth” camp song is States in the Gulf of Mexico (which them back in the spring. inaccurate. We have populations that gives us concern over effects of the overwinter here in the Twin Cities. British Petroleum oil spill on the Clay Christensen is the Birdman of DAN BANE CPA, LLC For years, there’s been a small wintering birds). Some winter along Lauderdale. You can ask him bird- population that hangs around the the Atlantic coast. related questions at his blog at Certified Public University of Minnesota St. Paul Another bird we see in the www.parkbugle.org. campus where the buildings provide summer is the great blue heron. This Accountant a “microclimate” to shelter them bird stands in shallow water waiting from the wind and where they can for food to swim by, a fish or a frog. forage for crabapples and other Providing Individual & berries. Business Tax Service. One St. Paul Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count discovered at least 650 robins in the median of Conveniently located in the Baker Ct Bldg Summit Avenue, feeding on Audubon program highlights hackberry trees. (1 Blk East of 280 at corner of Territorial & Raymond) Those robins that migrate head Mongolia’s Golden Eagle Festival at 821 Raymond Ave – Ste 310, St Paul 55114. for the southern United States or Mexico. They often migrate in large Call for an appointment 651-999-0123 flocks, looking for places with soft You can hear photographers Ron Winch and Toni or visit my website at: www.danbanecpa.com soil or good berry and fruit crops. Meglitsch talk about their experiences at the Golden They’re one of the earliest returning Eagle Festival in northwestern Mongolia Thursday, Dec. migrants each spring. 9, at 7 p.m. at Fairview Community Center, 1910 W. Most of us see a Baltimore oriole County Rd. B, Roseville. at least once during the summer. 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Business News Granola maker uses seasonal, local ingredients

By Natalie Zett

Granola, long-touted as a healthy Australia. “My dad worked for That’s how we met,” she said. snack, consists mostly of oats, seeds, UNESCO, so we moved around a They lived in Australia during raisins and nuts epoxied together lot,” she said. the first 10 years of their marriage with honey. Healthful doesn’t always When she was 14, her family where their three children were born. translate into tasty, so commercial moved to Australia where she mostly Powers eventually sold the restaurant versions can be overly sweetened, remained until adulthood. She to raise her family. They moved to sending blood sugars through the worked as a chef in some of St. Paul in 1996 so their children roof. But in Lesley Powers’ kitchen, Australia’s finest hotels and would know their Minnesota granola is undergoing a makeover as restaurants and eventually opened relatives. They hadn’t heard of the St. this former restaurateur and chef her own restaurant in Sydney. Long Anthony Park but fell in love with transforms the breakfast staple into a before the local food movement was the neighborhood and the house in healthy gourmand’s delight. popular, Powers was using fresh which they still live. “We looked at Powers sits in her dining room regional foods in her restaurant. the house and then we walked down amidst various bins of granola bags, “Being connected to what is locally to Milton Square and the whole vibe ready for delivery to local shops, such grown in your biosphere has been of it felt really neighborly,” she said. as the Bibelot stores in the Twin part of me for a very long time,” she They returned to Australia Cities. “I use mostly local ingre- said. “My basic philosophy during briefly. “We were living in Mel- dients,” she said. “But what’s dif- my restaurant years was simple food bourne, which has a vibrant food ferent about my approach is that the done really well with glorious fresh culture with its fresh food and great granola is totally seasonally focused.” ingredients in season.” markets,” she said. “Since Melbourne Powers was born in Canada and Powers came to the United had a well-known pastry school, I came to St. Anthony Park via States after marrying a St. Paul native. took classes to refresh my pastry Toronto, the Caribbean and “Michael walked into my restaurant. skills.” Upon returning to St. Paul in 2006, Powers was filled with inspiration and ideas for a new business. “I came back with the notion that I wanted to develop a gourmet cookie tin that would fit Photo by Kristal Leebrick nicely in the gourmet gift-giving niche, and it was then I launched my Lesley Powers began making granola because she was tired of the company, Bliss. My kids were excess sweeteners in commercial granola, she says. teenagers, and I didn’t want to work full-time, so it was really a great fit and a step into coming back into the “Macadamias are grown in the region sells her granola at the Mill City food world.” I’m from in Australia.” She’s also Farmers Market in Minneapolis. Powers sold her cookie developed a new “I love it when I’m at Mill tins to both corporations and line called City Farmers Market and kids of via small local gourmet “sweet and return customers come up to me shops, and they quickly salty” that’s and say, ‘Guess what flavor we’re became popular. “After I sent more of a getting this week?’ ” snack or Powers’ success helps the Mon 10-5; Tues-Thurs 10-7; Fri & Sat 10-5; Closed Sun two of my kids off to college, I was ready to do businesses of other local food something more and I producers, too. “I know my thought of granola. maple syrup guy, I know my Granola, even from the honey supplier, and I know the beginning, was all farmer that produces my oats about nourishing my and seeds. I love knowing the family. I was tired of the people that grow the food that excess honey and I use to make my granola. sweeteners in granola— That’s a pretty rare connec- if you use less sweetener, tion.” you rely on granola’s Rich and eloquent are natural goodness and it’s normally not terms used to pretty much a healthy describe granola, but Bliss treat.” She asked the Granola is all that and more. owners of the shops that “My returning customers had bought her cookie tins if they’d sometimes use the granola to be interested in granola and they augment their oatmeal, just give acquiesced. “I started developing this treat and it a little sprinkling of granola line of four seasons granola and it has two flavors: and that gives it a little crunch,” immediately became successful,” chocolate hazelnut and she said. “The possibilities are Powers said. “When you eat butterscotch pecan. endless. What I love about the seasonally, it helps you harmonize “What’s unique about my granola is that it’s healthy. I’m very with nature. We know instinctively granola is that it’s made weekly— proud of that.” that we want to eat lighter in spring very small batch production For more information, contact and summer, and in autumn and —nothing is mechanized. Every- Lesley Powers at 651- 642-1545 or winter we seek food that provides thing is handmade, hand-turned and [email protected]. warmth and energy.” hand-packaged. That ensures the Bliss’s four seasonal granola freshest, most delicious product Natalie Zett is an award-winning flavors are pumpkin spice (fall), possible. If I could make 100 percent writer and frequent contributor to the pecan cinnamon (winter), cherry Minnesota granola, I would, but to Park Bugle. almond (spring) and macadamia that end as much of the ingredients crunch (summer). “This is my nod as possible are local.” Each weekend to the tropics,” Powers said. from May through October, Powers DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 9

BUSINESS Restaurant’s menu often relies BRIEFS Bill Wilcke, an engineer with the University of Minnesota Extension and on whatever a farmer digs up a resident of St. Anthony Park, has received the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Campus-based Faculty. Wilcke was presented with the award by Extension Dean Bev Durgan in October. By Kristal Leebrick In addition to leading the Extension program on post-harvest It’s a Friday morning in early handling of crops, Wilcke has served on the board of the Minnesota November and “Farmer” Bob Institute of Sustainable Agriculture and in 2002 became the regional Schuett has just shown up at the coordinator of North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and backdoor of Muffuletta, 2260 Como Education. Ave. W., with a produce delivery that “Throughout the years, in time of weather emergencies like floods, includes Swiss chard, Honeycrisp early frosts and tornadoes, Bill is consistently first to respond with apples, butternut squash, Brussels information on recovery options for grains,” Durgan said. sprouts and (believe it or not) tomatoes. Nick Thomey has been named president of FMH Corp., a Fridley-based These are the makings of what electronic control systems manufacturer. Thomey lives in St. Anthony chef Jason Schellin calls his brown- Park. bag special. Throughout the week, Thomey moved to FMH after a 16-year career at Minneapolis-based Schellin takes what farmers bring to ObjectFX Corp., where he served as the company’s president and CEO his restaurant and brainstorms each since 2005. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he served in the U.S. Navy night’s menu. This night, the special for eight years, logging more than 2,500 flight hours, including two will be pan-roasted Hawaiian blue deployments to the Persian Gulf. During his last tour as a Pensacola, Fla.- marlin with roasted Brussels sprouts based flight instructor, he earned a master of business administration and butternut squash. Schellin plans degree from the University of West Florida. to combine the apples with the watermelon radishes (green flesh Nicole Schwarz, M.A., LMFT, has opened a family-therapy practice at with a bright red interior) he bought River City Clinic, 1360 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul. As a licensed marriage from another farmer the day before and family therapist, her practice focuses on teaching positive parenting to create a salad to accompany the techniques and stategies to decrease conflict and improve communication dish. within the family. “It’s always something different Photo by Kristal Leebrick every day,” Schellin said. About 40 percent of the restaurant’s menu stays Chef Jason Schellin calls his weekly farm deliveries “a traveling the same, and the rest changes with farmers market.” The locally grown produce these farmers bring to him the season. each week is what drives his nightly menu. Farmer Bob is one of seven regulars who deliver produce and the best of two seasons to work stuff up here,” he said. The network meat to Muffuletta throughout the with,” Schellin said. allows the farms to pool their Looking for the perfect gift for a week during the growing season. Now that the days are short and resources in order to sell their Schuett and about three other temperatures are dipping, Schellin is products in the Twin Cities. farmers continue their deliveries working more with slow-cooked The backdoor deliveries are a parent or grandparent? throughout the winter. meals. “We do the restaurant’s traveling farmer’s market, Schellin “[Schuett] is known to have version of the crockpot: braising said, a system he prefers to him Let us help your loved one create a memoir. really, really nice tomatoes [in the meat, short ribs, pork shoulder. I love visiting the cities’ markets on the We'll do the interviews, help choose photos and other winter] that still taste like tomatoes,” to work with legumes—beans and weekends. “A lot of chefs will do the graphics, and create a book that tells a life story. Schellin said. The farmer grows them lentils—in winter.” The meats he Saturday and Sunday farmers hydroponically so his customers can uses also come straight from farmers. markets because it’s good to have Dave and Nancy Healy, memoirists get tomatoes all year long. He’s also Muffuletta lists its seven main them seen doing this. To me it’s—for known to go to great lengths to local farmers on a sign in the lack of a better term—a waste of time Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax , 651-644-3951 provide just the right ingredient to restaurant: Farmer Bob of Scandia, and a waste of money when I can get [email protected], shoesandships.net his chefs. Last winter, Schuett dug Fischer Family Farms of Waseca, the same stuff and have them deliver out a crop of collared greens from a Midwest Salad Company of Waseca, it.” snow bank. They were frozen, Wild Acres Poultry of Pequot Lakes, Schellin has been with Schellin said, but once they were Hidden Streams Farm of Elgin, Muffuletta for three years, but the rinsed off they were fine. Collared 1,000 Acres Cattle Company of practice of buying from local farmers greens are hardy and can withstand Cannon Falls and Footjoy Farms of began before him. He said Farmer freezing temperatures. Sparta, Wis. Schellin also orders lamb Bob Schuett has stories that go back Schellin’s favorite season to cook from Hill and Vale Farms of Wykoff to two or three chefs before Schellin. is late summer and early fall when and eggs, meat and cheese through He’s carrying on the tradition of tomatoes and corn are in abundance the Southeast Minnesota Food farm-to-table seasonal food, he said, along with summer beans, peas and Network, a cooperative of small and “letting the deliveries dictate carrots. “There’s so much to work family farms. what ends up on the menu. That’s with, plus at the end of summer you “A lot of small farms don’t have the fun thing about our job.” get early butternut squash. You have transportation or the means to get

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Photo by Alec Soth CHARLES, VASA, MINN. Charles is the architect and builder of an unusual four-story house that Soth spotted while driving through Vasa, Minn., one day in 2002. This photo, taken from the roof, shows some of the model airplanes 22500500 CComoomo Ave.,AAvve., St.St. PaulPaul Charles and his daughter built in his fourth-story “cockpit,” a room framed entirely by windows. DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 11

Photo by Ruth Weleczki Photo by Alec Soth A DOG’S LIFE ANE, PARIS MINNESOTA Misha, left, her famous master, and her never-changing to-do list: Look This photo, taken in 2007, was for the collection Paris Minnesota for “Fashion Magazine.” “For me, Paris cute. Sniff stuff. Nap a lot. is this glamorous older woman and Minnesota is this beautifully awkward teenager,” Soth told The Telegraph in 2007. “We found Jane, who was perfect, the ultimate sophisticated Paris woman. It turned out she's originally from Wisconsin, right next to Minnesota. I loved that.” taking photos and more about a hard time sustaining myself with administrative maneuvering, a skill work in Minnesota, or even just in he is still mastering, he says. the [United States].” “There is this fantasy that I’m Soth spent two years planning just driving around taking my the installation of his current show at pictures,” Soth says. “I barely take the Walker Art Center in pictures anymore. It’s more about just Minneapolis, From Here to There: dealing with problems. Alec Soth’s America, which runs “There is no romance, but there through Jan. 2. The exhibit features a are moments of romance,” he says. decade’s worth of photos from “But it tends not to be here.” myriad projects and includes his Ironically, the business minutia latest, Broken Manual. It’s not as easy that consumes Soth’s time—tracking as it looks—all the planning and photos, coordinating shows and designing, organizing and orches- schedules, negotiating commissions trating that go into a show, Soth says, and contracts—is a product of his “but you want it to look that way.” impressive body of work that stretches around the world. “So Ruth Weleczki is a freelance writer who much of my work is from outside the lives in St. Anthony Park. country,” Soth says, because “I’d have ooffff 55¢¢ rr ggaalllloonn ee er Gas pp Available only at Winner 2233 Energy Park Dr. Expiration date 11/30/10

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Pave paradise and put up a parking lot? Not!

By Kristal Leebrick A proposed parking lot at the corner Regional Transportation Imple- of Lexington and Hamline avenues mentation Plan and held a “Stop the will be taken out of the Como Park Lot” rally on Oct. 30 at Hamline and Regional Transportation Imple- Lexington to protest the proposed mentation Plan and residents in the lot. western part of Como Park will have Permit parking was approved permit parking implemented on last year, but Parks and Recreation their streets in May 2011. asked the council to delay its At a public hearing Nov. 17, city implementation until the trans- Parks and Recreation director Mike portation plan had been completed. Hahm told the St. Paul City Council At the hearing, Kathryn that the creation of a 480-car parking Holum, co-owner of Como Town, structure at Lexington and Hamline the amusement facility in the park, was going to be removed from the urged the council to delay imple- plan. And council member Russ menting permit parking until other Stark assured the dozens of Como parking solutions had been found. Park residents attending the hearing She said thousands of her patrons that the approved permit parking will would be “surprised and angered” if begin in the spring. they weren’t able to park close to The hearing was part of a the park. process that began last summer when Furrer said there would not Kimley-Horn and Associates, a be one solution to the parking consultant that specializes in and traffic issues at the park. roadways and traffic, began working Some of the recom- Photos by Kristal Leebrick with the city and Como Park mendations include pur- residents to come up with a plan to chasing or constructing a Dozens of Como Park neighborhood help alleviate the traffic problems that permanent shuttle lot with 500 residents gathered at a Stop the Lot rally Oct. are plaguing the park and the parking spaces within 2 miles of the 30 to protest the proposed construction of a residents who live around it. In the park and increasing visitors’ aware- parking lot at the corner of Lexington and last five years, the amount of visitors ness of the shuttle and how to use it. Hamline avenues in Como Regional Park. to the park each year has grown by 1 Residents who spoke at the like to see “no more cars in Como Above, state senator Ellen Anderson speaks to million people. Eighty-four percent public hearing urged the council to Park.” She said the traffic issues in the the crowd (right) as state representative Alice of the park’s visitors come from consider creating a permanent park and the surrounding neigh- Hausman looks on. outside of the city of St. Paul, committee of residents and other borhood were a “regional trans- according to Michelle Furrer, campus stakeholders to address the issues portation problem.” All efforts manager at the park. associated with the park and its use. should be toward establishing an off- In October, District 10 residents At the Stop the Lot rally in site shuttle parking area and good voted against some of the 47 October, state representative Alice public mass transit planning, recommendations in the Como Park Hausman told that crowd that she’d Hausman said.

Emily Program’s latest acquisition will house an adolescent program

By Roger Bergerson

The Toogood Building at 2230 Jillian Croll, director of commu- now being conducted at the client’s Como Ave. has changed hands, but nications, outreach and research with location,” said Amy Brendmoen, both its name and legacy of service the Emily Program. CHSFS communications director. will live on. “It’s estimated that in Minnesota “They offered us a fair price and we The acquisition by the Emily alone there are likely 200,000 people felt the Emily Program’s mission was Program, an organization providing struggling with eating disorders, and a good fit for the building.” The treatment for eating disorders and once the Toogood program is up and activities formerly housed there will related problems, brings the number running, we’ll have a grand total of move to CHSFS headquarters at of its locations in Minnesota to seven, 26 beds available for treatment,” she 1605 Eustis St. including its headquarters at 2265 noted, adding that there are only With the exception of Como Ave. and the Anna Westin about 40 residential treatment additional landscaping and new House at 1449 Cleveland Ave. programs in the entire country. signage, Croll said the appearance of The Anna Westin House has Since its construction in 1959, the Toogood Building won’t change. been the site of a residential program the Toogood Building has been Croll said the Emily Program is for both adolescent and adult clients, owned and operated by the open to other expansion possibilities, but when the Toogood facility opens Children’s Home Society and Family in St. Anthony Park or elsewhere, if next June, it will house the adolescent Services. It is named for Roger the right sort of facility becomes program, with the Cleveland Avenue Toogood, the agency’s longtime available. It is also looking for location focusing primarily on adults. executive director. Croll said her opportunities nationwide and will The Anna Westin House is a organization developed an appre- open an office in Seattle, Wash., next 16-bed facility, while the Toogood ciation for the building while renting spring. site—a name for the program there space there. has yet to be determined—will have “On several occasions, the Roger Bergerson, a former newspaper 10 beds. Emily Program expressed interest in reporter, is a freelance writer and Although the additional capa- buying the building and we began to longtime Como Park resident. city will be welcome, it pales when realize that a lot of therapy and one considers the scope of need, said counseling we used to do there was DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 13

Hockey interest grows at Langford Call or come in to discuss travel By Anne Holzman opportunites with David, Colette, and Marsha As dwindling public resources chip more competitive programs. Weaker Despite the hard work, “it’s a neat Call on our experience. away at parks programs everywhere, players can make those teams, then get-together,” he said. Langford Park Hockey grows be disappointed by the amount of All that volunteering, adds up to ® stronger by the season, this year time they spend on the bench, he big savings. Ice time at the indoor expanding to add a Bantam-level said. arenas used by most teams for TRAVELTRAVEL team for 13- and 14-year-olds. Fees to play in the Langford practice—and used by Langford 2301 Como Avenue • St. Paul • 651-646-8855 About 70 players registered two program range from $155 for the teams for most games—costs about years ago, said parent and Langford youngest players, up to $525 for $160 per hour, which accounts for

hockey coach Scott Hamilton. Last Bantams. In the middle, Langford the lower fees to play at Langford, D 9OUR,OCALLY2OOTED(OME2EMODELER E year there were about 90 and this Squirts (ages 9–10) pay $425. The Lundquist said. year they’ll have at least 105, he said. hockey season begins in October and Langford Park Hockey gets “I’m pretty sure that we’ve can run through February. support from the Langford Booster grown by at least five players a year Not all teams post their fees Club, including access to insurance. for the last eight years or so,” online, but a program in South St. While most Langford games are Hamilton said. Paul lists $777 for Squirts, which played at indoor rinks outside the No longer a St. Paul Parks and includes neighborhood, Langford Park State License Recreation team, Langford Park a“volunteer Hockey does host a Winter Classic, #1856 Hockey is now independent but fee,” at which neighbors can plays under the authority of watch the action and   sWWWTRANSFORMEDTREECOM  s WWWWWWWWTRANSFFOORMEDDTTREECOM Minnesota Hockey, District 1, along sample the chili, hot with Edgcumbe, the other remaining chocolate and other recreation-center–based team in St. treats at the fundraising Paul. lunch inside. This season’s NILLES Coaches and managers also L event will be Jan. 6–9. schedule with District 8, which P Hamilton said he and Builders, Inc. includes the Johnson Como other coaches have been talking • Additions • Remodeling program that draws players from with soccer coaches at Langford • Roofing • Garages both the St. Anthony Park and about a new approach. • Concrete • Siding Como Park neighborhoods. “The hockey Langford distinguishes program has been such a itself by using outdoor ice success,” he said, “the 651-222-8701 for practice, which enables Booster Club is going Lic #4890 www.nillesbuilders.com 525 Ohio Street the team to get by with to sponsor a significantly lower partici- competitive soccer team pation fees and by empha- next fall that mirrors the sizing play over competition, re- refundable after 10 hours of duty; approach taken with the hockey CATHERINE E. HOLTZCLAW quiring fewer practices than many Bantams are listed at $1,086 and also program.” MBT, CPA, CFP® teams and allowing absences. includes that fee. At press time, Hamilton HOLTZCLAW PLANNING LLC “We understand that families As in any other hockey received word that the club’s • Objective, personal investment advice and are busy with school and other program, Langford parents must also application had been approved by financial planning on an hourly basis. activities,” Hamilton said. “We try to pony up for equipment (much of the Minnesota Youth Soccer limit practices to two weeknights.” which can be found used), shuttle Association. • Tax preparation for individuals, trusts and estates. Langford recognizes that kids to games, and find time for • Discover the possibilities and opportunities for families may need to miss practice volunteer organizing and fund- Anne Holzman is a freelance writer reaching your life goals. now and then, he said. “I’ve heard raising. who lives in St. Anthony Park. 651-646-9806 • [email protected] • www.holtzclawplanning.com 2251 DOSWELL AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MN 55108 that some programs penalize kids for Langford hockey parents have not making a game or practice by another responsibility: grooming the having them sit out at game time. We Langford Park ice rink. The city puts try not to do that.” up the boards around the rink and While Langford is seeing a boost floods it about once a month, ASH TREATMENTS in its program, not all hockey Lundquist said. But neighborhood Come Home to Falcon Heights programs around the city are volunteers do the rest, mostly parents Your full service Tree Company since 1974 experiencing enrollment growth. of hockey players who sign up for a Roger’s Tree Service Increased demands on time weekly rotation. Certified Arborist combined with higher fees may Lundquist said the organizers Roger Gatz account for the declining interest in try to sign up six or seven volunteers other teams in recent years, according each weeknight for 9–11 p.m. shifts 651-699-7022 to parent and Langford assistant to remove snow and flood the rink. 612-414-9241 coach Mark Lundquist. www.rogertree.com Hockey participation at public high schools has dropped off, too, Lundquist said, prompting rumors that St. Paul Public Schools will soon be down to one city-wide team. One reason Lundquist likes Classy spacious condo! 2 Bedrooms plus loft Langford is that there are no team Dr. Todd Grossmann, DDS in a private setting very close to the Univer- try-outs, which means there’s no pressure for a child to take up the 644-3685 sity of Minnesota St Paul campus. Great game until he or she is ready. South facing floor plan with vaulted ceiling, Lundquist’s oldest son didn’t join Dr. Paul Kirkegaard, DDS living room fireplace, formal dining, tiled until third grade, he said. floor, patio, and 2 car attached garage. “He was already two or three 644-9216 years behind the skill level of others $214K. 1784 Maple Court. on his team,” Lundquist said. “But Your neighbors in St. Anthony Park Sam ended up loving the game, and Nancy Meeden he gained his passion for the game by playing at [Langford] with his best Coldwell Banker Burnet friends.” Office: 651-282-9650 Lundquist said all the players Mobile: 612-790-5053 learn and improve together and get [email protected] equal time regardless of skill level, 2278 Como Avenue / St. Paul which he said is often not the case in 14 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2010

Chelsea Heights Elementary and the effects they have on our 1557 Huron St., 651-293-8790 ecosystems. www.chelsea.spps.org Como Park Senior High The fifth-graders at Chelsea Heights have the opportunity three times 740 Rose Ave., 651-293-8800 each year to have a hands-on learning www.comosr.spps.org experience through the Kids-n- Chemistry program. Retired chem- More than 60 students from Como ists lead the students in investigations Park Senior High worked together designed to follow the inquiry on Oct. 29 at Feed My Starving process, expand chemistry under- Children’s location in Eagan, standing and just have fun with packing more than 20,000 meals that science. On Nov. 2, teams of will be shipped to impoverished Como Park Senior High’s cross country team with coach Chris Lundstrom. chemists brought all the supplies, countries such as Uganda and including safety materials such as Nigeria to help combat world goggles, for each student. Working hunger. The students were from the with a group of ninth-grade students. A representative from St. Paul Public student in the school enjoyed a crisp, with plant chemicals (cabbage juice) AVID program, a college-prep About 40 English Language Learner Schools’ Placement Center will be at sweet snack. to determine ph levels, students program that supports students in students are part of the program, and Murray Dec. 6 for a parent forum on tested various household products to pre-Advanced Placement (AP) and the club gives them the chance to “Choosing a High School.” The The first round of conferences took determine their acid and base levels AP classes and the Paws for Peace, an connect with non-English speakers. forum will be held in the school place in November. Volunteers pro- extra-curricular group that works on library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The vided dinner at the school for staff issues of world peace. Como Park Senior High has registration process will be explained and conducted the annual Donate- established a new chapter of Future and former Murray students will talk a-Book sale for the school library. The boys cross country team won Educators of America this year. It is about why they picked the high the conference meet for the first a dynamic, diverse group of students school they are now attending. Nearly a dozen Destination Imagi- time in the history of the school. The who are interested in entering the Nation teams have been organized runners from Como who were in the field of education. Como’s Future Since the end of October, magnet for students in grades 3–6. The top 10 in the conference are Nate Educators, along with National science students in grades 7 and 8 students have begun working on skits Rue, Evan Hanson, Abdisalan Honor Society members, began their have been working on their science for competition in March. Hassan, Marshall Landrum and first project of the school year fair projects in preparation for the Chris Hutton. They are coached by tutoring ninth-grade students who biggest science fair in Minnesota. Winter weather is upon us. Families Chris Lundstrom, an award-winning are struggling in their English classes. The fair is scheduled for Jan. 18. If with students are advised to tune into runner himself. Other activities include guest you are interested in being a judge at WCCO-TV or radio or visit the speakers and service projects, inclu- this event, contact Gen Nakanishi at school district website at The Como Mentoring Club is a ding a winter coat drive. [email protected]. www.spps.org for up-to-the-minute group of 80 upper classmen who information on school closing and meet twice a week to help freshmen An informational session on Como weather-related delays. with their homework or just hang Park’s Advanced Placement pro- St. Anthony Park Elementary out with them to ease the transition gram will be held Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2180 Knapp St., 651-293-8735 Tours for families interested in SAP from middle school to high school. at 7 p.m. in the school library. It is www.st.anthony.spps.org Elementary for the 2011-12 school The club took a field trip in October open to any students and their year will begin in January. to the University of Minnesota St. parents who would like to find out As part of the St. Paul Public Schools Paul Student Center bowling alley more about this comprehensive plan to maintain elementary instru- Important dates in December: rigorous college-preparatory pro- mental music programs, the • The winter holiday music concert gram. Both faculty and students will Extended Day for Learning is on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. UPCOMINGPCOMING EVENTSEVENTS ATAT present information and be available Program (EDL) offers band and for questions. strings instruction for students in • Winter break begins Dec. 20 and LUTHERUTHER SEMINARYEMINARRYY grades 5 and 6 after school. EDL school resumes on Jan. 3. Murray Junior High offers after-school classes for elementary students in reading, • On Dec. 4, Micawber’s Books will MID-WINTER CONVVOOCAATTION 2200 Buford Ave., 651-293-8740 math, academic enrichment and donate a portion of the day’s book Feb. 2-4, 2011 www.murray.spps.org instrumental music instruction. sales to the school. Engaging Scripture as Communities More than 100 children stay of Moral Deliberation Murray’s book fair at Barnes and after school at SAP for help in math • Dec. 6 is third-grade family science Noble in the HarMar Mall is and reading, and for enrichment night with science teacher Mr. How does Scripture address our lives and, in Thursday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 11 classes, such as French, science, Schrankler at 6:30 p.m. particular, our moral decision-making? p.m. It’s a great way to get a jump on technology, drama and instrumental Join us to ennggaagggee Scriippture. holiday book-buying and help music. Thanks to help from the • Parents and neighbors are invited www.luthersem.edu//cconvo Murray. A percentage of the net sales community, our school will continue to join Principal Ann Johnson for will be donated to the school. Just use to be a site for instrumental music coffee and conversation at 9:30 a.m. a voucher or mention Murray’s education. Dec. 9. BOOK OF FFAAITH JUBILEE fundraising code, 10116598, at the April 29-Maayy 1, 2011 time of purchase. Students from Margot Monson, a neighborhood • The Site Council meets at 5 p.m. Inspiring Everydaayy People to Engage the Bible Murray’s band, orchestra, rock band resident and grandmother of stu- Dec. 13. and poetry group will perform from Help inspire people in your congregation dents Ben and Luke Williams, has 6:30 to 8 p.m. continued her effort to get locally • The kindergarten music program and community to rediscover the Bible and New this year is the opportunity and “Make a Memory Day” is Dec. its power to change lives and speak to us grown apples on the school’s snack for friends and relatives to shop at menu. This year, the parent-teacher 17. today. Join us to rreediscover the Bible. any Barnes and Noble store in the organization, SAPSA, helped Mon- www.luthersem.edu//jjubilee United States or online on Dec. 2 to son pay for enough apples from • Winter break begins Dec. 20. support the school. 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• Interior & Exterior Painting • Wallpapering & Paper Stripping Neighbors • Wood Stripping & Refinishing • Plaster/Sheetrock Repair • Ceiling Texturing/Repair • Wood Floor Sanding & Refinishing Craft sale helps students at 651-699-6140 or WWW.PAINTINGBYJERRYWIND.COM Maxfield Learning Center The opening reception for a craft sale that benefits students with special education needs at Maxfield SOURCE COMICS & GAMES Learning Center, St. Paul, will be 1601 West Larpenteur Avenue held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. (NW Corner of Snelling & Larpenteur) 4, at the Egg and I East, 2550 Falcon Heights University Ave., St. Paul. The sale will continue through December. The 651-645-0386 learning center is a Federal Setting 2 www.sourcecandg.com program for students in kindergarten Open 10:00am to 9:00pm Mon-Sat & through second grade at Maxfield Noon - 6:00 pm Sunday! Magnet School, 380 N. Victoria St. Tribute Trees are unique gifts and benefit local parks Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County is sponsor- ing a program in which residents can Beautiful Homes purchase a Tribute Tree in honor of a friend, relative, or anyone else. Trees 1396 Asbury Street cost $100 each or can be purchased Como Park in groups of three for $250. $154,900 A hand-stamped holiday card 2 Bedrooms - 1 Bath announcing the gift will be sent by Hardwood Floors the Friends to the person being Updated Bath honored. After the trees are planted New High Efficiency next summer, the Friends will send Furnace the recipient of the gift tree a map Eagle Scout Matt Parker and some of the pajamas and books he showing its location. collected for children as part of his work with the Pajama Program. Trees may be planted in Ramsey 1421 Asbury Street County parks and in parks in the Como Park cities of St. Paul, Roseville, Falcon $179,900 Como Park senior Heights, Apple Valley, Arden Hills, 4 Bedrooms - 1 Bath Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Little Completely Canada, Maplewood, Mendota Remodeled Home named Eagle Scout Heights, New Brighton, North St. Paul, St. Louis Park, Shoreview, New Kitchen & Bath Como Park High School senior Matt Parker has been named Eagle Scout by Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Hardwood Floors the Boy Scouts of America. The Troop 285 member collected 221 pairs of White Bear Township and Wood- new pajamas and 189 children’s books as part of his Eagle Scout project, bury. Trees species preferred by each 744 Hoyt Ave West which was part of a national program called the Pajama Program. With the community are listed at help of some local churches and neighbors, Parker delivered the pajamas and Como Park www.friendsoftheparks.org. $229,900 books to distribution agencies that provide care and support to children in the For more information call 651- Twin Cities who have been abused or abandoned. 698-4543, or visit the website. 3 Bedrooms - 2 Baths True Master Gibbs Farm takes visitors on a tour of Christmas in the 1800s Art at Ramsey Bedroom Suite Gibbs Farm, 2097 W. Larpenteur Ave., Falcon Heights, is hosting a Gibbs Art at Ramsey, a juried holiday art Brand New Kitchen Pioneer Christmas‚ Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5. The two-hour fair, will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, Finished Basement program will take visitors on a tour of Christmas traditions through four from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ramsey decades of the 1800s. Junior High School, 1700 Summit 1786 Maple Court Costumed guides will tell stories of Christmas 1849 in the sod home Ave., St. Paul. where Jane and Heman Gibbs spent their first year in Minnesota. The original Falcon Heights one-room Gibbs home will be decorated for the holiday, as it would have Neighbors to 16 $219,900 been in 1859, a year after Minnesota became a state. The Gibbs home parlor 2 Bedrooms - 2 Baths will display a Victorian-era Christmas celebration circa 1869, and actors will Main Floor Bedroom work in the summer kitchen making holiday treats from 1879. The Park Bugle

welcomes your news and ideas Library Loft Visitors can also sing carols in the one-room schoolhouse and roast Lovely Rural Like marshmallows and drink hot chocolate by the bonfire. Here’s how to reach us: Setting Tours begin at 10 a.m. both days and run every 20 minutes. The last tour To contact the editor, begins at 2 p.m. Reservations are required. For more information, call 651- send an email to 646-8629 or visit www.RCHS.com. [email protected] or 1713 Fulham Unit F call 651-646-5369. Lauderdale Have dinner with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Langford If you want to place an ad for a $98,000 St. Paul Parks and Recreation will host a “Dinner with Santa and Mrs. Claus” business 1 Bedroom - 1 Bath Friday, Dec. 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Langford Recreation Center, 30 south of Como Avenue, Main Floor Unit Langford Park. The event includes a spaghetti dinner, a craft project, cookie contact Close To Garage Chrissy Ames decorating, face painting and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus (bring your 651-208-5540 Wood Burning camera). Cost is $5 per person with a maximum $25 per immediate family. [email protected] Fireplace Ages 2 and under are free. Call 651-298-5765 to register. You may also Intimate East register at www.stpaul.gov/parks. To place an education- related ad or an ad for a Facing Patio business north of Como Avenue, contact Boutique at St. Matthew’s benefits AIDS orphans Genevieve Plagens St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 2136 Carter Ave., is holding an artisanal 651-325-7189 The Sparrs www.mnhouses.com [email protected] craft sale to support the Blue House, a home for AIDS orphans in rural Peggy: 651.639.6383 [email protected] Uganda, Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 5, from To place a classified ad, Gary: 651.639.6304 [email protected] 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale will offer a variety of handmade knits, foods, gifts, contact the editor: Peter: 651.639.6368 [email protected] art and a lunch starting at 11:30 a.m. The Blue House was started by the late [email protected] or Lindsey: 651.639.6432 [email protected] Beatrice Garubanda, a native of Uganda and resident of St. Anthony Park. call 651-646-5369. 16 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2010

Exceptional Feline Rescue Senior Living Holiday Boutique Just across from Como Park & Open House Heated underground parking Two elevators Saturday, December 4 Small pets welcome Noon - 4 pm Do your holiday shopping and 651-489-3392 relax with our feline friends while you enjoy hot cider. Feline Rescue Adoption Center 593 Fairview Ave N., St. Paul 651-642-5900 www.felinerescue.org

Rotten Wood? Moisture damaged window sills, casings & trim COMO replaced BY THE LAKE Harmsen & SENIOR APARTMENTS Oberg Construction 901 East Como Boulevard Gary 651-698-3156 City champs St. Paul, MN 55103 Since 1975 Two teams from the Joy of the People soccer program were named St. Paul All-City Champions this fall. Both the U12 boys and girls teams competed in the City Soccer League playoffs Oct. 15–17 and won. Here, team members celebrate their victories.

Neighbors from 15 Burn This opens at Gremlin Center’s U14 girls soccer team was a.m., the conservatory will be open The Gremlin Theatre, 2400 Uni- named St. Paul city champion. for individuals and families to use the versity Ave., will present Burn This by Players include Lily Brown, Alayna floral setting as a backdrop for Landford Wilson Dec. 3–19. Carrier, Grace Clemens, Anika photos. Cost is $5 per person and Performances are Friday, Saturday Gardner, Kennedy Gay, Taylor Koep, guests canbring in their own cameras. and Thursday at 8 p.m. Sunday Angelike Martin, Mary Miles, Other events at the conservatory performances are at 4 p.m. Tickets Abigail Niemann, Juliet Rohde, Ellie include a tea Dec. 10 with an 11 a.m. 2010-11 SEASON are $20 and can be purchased at the Smith and Alyssa Wagner. They were and 2 p.m. seating. The tea will in- door or by calling 651-228-7008. coached by Josh Rohde and Michael cludes three courses and a behind- Guests under 30 pay half their age Gay. the-scenes tour. Tickets are $45. Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. every night. Space is limited and reservations are Steven Copes, violin & Shai Wosner, piano Group rates are available, as well Flower show, tea are December required by calling 651-487-8250. as discounts for seniors and Fringe highlights at conservatory 3:00 p.m. pre-concert discussion button holders. Monday, Dec. 13, is The Holiday Flower Show, be- Skating is open at Roseville a “pay what you can” performance ginning Dec. 4, in the Marjorie Oval Thanksgiving Day that begins at 8 p.m. McNeely Conservatory at Como The Guidant John Rose Minnesota Free parking is available in the Regional Park, will showcase red OVAL will open Thanksgiving Day, U.S. Bank lot on Raymond Avenue poinsettia cultivars Chianti, Freedom Thursday, Nov. 25, for open skating and on the streets around the Fireworks, Prestige Maroon and and hockey from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost building. Cortez Burgundy complemented is $5 and skates are available to rent with Premium Apricot poinsettias for $4. The Oval is located at the Northwest Como U14 girls and Pink Ruffles coleus. The show corner of Lexington Avenue and win city soccer championship runs through Jan. 23. County Road C in Roseville. Northwest Como Recreation On Dec. 5, from 8 a.m.-10 Copes-Wosner duo performs works by Beethoven and Stravinsky.

Family Concerts 2011 Music, storytelling, dance, and audience participation are included in a vibrant array of concerts created for children of all ages Stop by Park Perks Coffee and their families. Watch for our season Bar and help us support announcement in January. local non-profit groups. $982.71In October, we raised All concerts: St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ, 2129 Commonwealth Ave. (at Chelmsford), in St. Paul for the Park Bugle. December TICKETS donations will benefit the Single tickets: $22 • $12 student rush St. Paul Central High School TICKETS/INFO 651-645-5699 Paul Kammueller and Kristal Leebrick Foundation. [email protected] Music in the Park Series is now part of The Schubert Club Park Midway Bank Tickets and full season details on our website: www.musicintheparkseries.org THE LEADER IN IMPROVING OUR URBAN COMMUNITY 2300 Como Avenue • St. Paul 2171 University Avenue • St. Paul GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC! (651) 523-7800 Gift certificates available www.parkmidwaybank.com Member FDIC DECEMBER 2010 n PARK BUGLE 17

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8 WEDNESDAY $5 Glasses of ALL Wine English conversation group, 4 p.m., $3 Bottled Beers St. Anthony Park library. Finnish and Swedish beers are extra

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He was preceded in death by his William Beck and sister, Irene Cooper. Monica, Christopher, Rebekah, moved on to his next adventure Oct. 15. parents, Ralph and Ila. He is survived William Beck, 81, of Lauderdale, His funeral service was held at Mary, Michaela and Andrea; He is survived by his children, by his brothers, James (Colleen) and died Nov. 14. He was a 40-year Mount Olive Lutheran Church in grandparents, Louis and Mary Rick (Abby) Hess, Kim (Tom) Mike (Joanne) Hoska; and special employee of R. C. Hitchcock & Como Park, with interment at Breimhurst; and other family Belisle, Heidi (Paul) Jensen and friend, Bonnie; as well as his Sons. Oakwood Cemetery in Red Wing. members and friends. Zabdy Hess; seven grandchildren; marathon family. He is survived by his wife, A funeral Mass was said Nov. 8 and other family members. A memorial service was held Delores; daughters, Judith (Dennis) at Church of St. Paul, Ham Lake, Davis Esty A private family celebration of Oct. 27 at Holcomb-Henry-Boom- Havel of Ft. Ripley and Janet Minn., with interment at Roselawn his life was held. Purcell Funeral Home, with (Wayne) Christensen of Maplewood; David J. Esty, 61, of Falcon Heights, Cemetery. interment at Fort Snelling National eight grandchildren, 15 great-grand- died Nov. 8. He was a 3M retiree. He Cemetery. is survived by his son, Steven; children, one great-great-grandchild; Paul Hammer Richard Hoska sisters, Edith Loveridge and Marilyn daughter, Susan; their mother, Richard A. Hoska, 53, of St. Paul, (Jack) Schreier; and brothers, Dennis Denise; and one granddaughter. His Paul R. Hammer, 61, of Falcon Mary House died Oct. 19. He was born April 15, (Joyce), Bruce (Gail) and Dr. Bob funeral service was held Nov. 12 at Heights, died Oct. 24. Paul is now 1957, and was a graduate of Murray Mary Alice Powell House, 101, died Beck. Roseville Memorial Chapel, with fishing, golfing and gardening full High School, class of 1975. He had a peacefully Sept. 16 with her His funeral service was held interment at Roselawn Cemetery. time. 20-year military career and was a daughters at her side. Nov. 19 at Washburn-McReavy Hill- He is survived by his mother, marathon runner. Rick ran all but Mary was born in Waverly, side Chapel, with interment at Arlene Hammer; son, Christopher Teresa Gross the last two Twin Cities Marathons Minn., on Oct. 18, 1908, and Hillside Cemetery. Knight; and 11 siblings. and was a winner of numerous titles attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church Teresa Anne Gross, 14, of Falcon A memorial gathering was held and School. She moved to St. Paul in Robert Cooper Heights, died unexpectedly Nov. 1. Oct. 31 at the Macalester College and trophies. Rick was a huge college and 1924 to work at Northwestern Bell Robert E. Cooper, 84, died Oct. 29. She was preceded in death by Alumni House in St. Paul. high school wrestling fan. He knew Telephone Co. It was there that she He is survived by his wife of 58 years, her grandparents, Lawrence and Lindell Hess almost every Simpsons episode and met her future husband. They were Berdella; sons, Douglas (Peggy) and Helen Gross. She is survived by her loved to travel and spend time with married at the St. Paul Cathedral on Kevin (Mary Lynn); several grand- parents, Michael and Anne Gross; Lindell E. Hess, 69, of St. Anthony family and friends. Jan. 18, 1936. They lived in the children and great-grand-children; siblings, Matthew, Sr. Leah Marie, Park and Belize, Central America, Como Park area of St. Paul for 30 years and raised three children there. Originally, the family attended St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. In 1947, Mary and Evert became members of Community Church Directory Holy Childhood Catholic Church and actively participated in the v COMO PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA v ST. CECILIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Church and School Building Fund www.ComoParkLutheran.org 2357 Bayless Place. 651-644-4502 Committee, where all of their www.ComoEveningPrayer.org Website: www.stceciliaspm.org children attended school. 1376 Hoyt Ave. W, St. Paul, MN 55108-2300 Handicap accessible Always willing to be of service, 651-646-7127 Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m. at the church Handicapped Accessible Sunday Masses: 8:15 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at the church Mary joined both the Women’s Club Sunday Worship Schedule: and Rosary Society. In 1968, Mary 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Worship (nursery care 8:15 a.m. - Noon) v ST. ANTHONY PARK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST and Evert became members of the 9:35 a.m. Adult Education and Sunday School 2129 Commonwealth Avenue (corner of Commonwealth & Chelmsford) Telephone Pioneers and retired to 7:00pm Como Evening Prayer Worship 651 646-7173 www.sapucc.org Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays 10:00 AM Worship Sun City Center, Fla. By 1969, they Rides available for 10:45 a.m. worship- call before noon Friday. Pastor Victoria Wilgocki became founding members of a Saturday, December 4: Advent Dinner, 4:30 – 7:00pm God is Still Speaking committee that brought the first Proceeds benefit youth missions and camps. $7 adults; $4 ages 4-12; Catholic church to Sun City Center. v $20 family maximum. ST. ANTHONY PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Evert died in 1976 and, in 1977, Saturday, December 11: Christmas Program, 4:00pm www.sapumc.org All are welcome! Second performance: 8:30am on Sunday, December 12. All are welcome! Mary moved back to Minnesota to Sunday, December 19: Carol Sing 2200 Hillside Ave (at Como) 651-646-4859 be closer to family. She settled in With choir and orchestra at 8:30 & 10:45am worship – bring family and friends! Pastor Donna Martinson Plymouth, and became a member of Sunday, December 19: Messiah Sing-A-Long, 3:00pm Sundays: St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Come and sing the Messiah – a wonderful way to celebrate the season! 10:00 am Worship Celebration and the Plymouth Seniors. She Friday, December 24: Christmas Eve Worship Services at 3:00, 4:30 & 10:30pm 11:00 am Fellowship & Refreshments Candle lighting at all services; choirs at 3:00 & 4:30pm. Service at 10:30pm is Holden joined the Rosary Society at St. Evening Prayer with Holy Communion. v ST. ANTHONY PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH Bartholomew’s. As a volunteer at Saturday, December 25: Christmas Day Worship, 10:00am St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church Interfaith Outreach, she became Please join us for worship with Holy Communion. www.saplc.org head of the Transportation Program Pastor: Martin Ericson 2323 Como Avenue W. (651) 645-0371 at the Boardwalk in Wayzata, until Director of Music Ministry: Thomas Ferry Staffed nursery available - Handicap-accessible Pastors Glenn Berg-Moberg and Marc Ostlie-Olson she moved to St. Therese residence v FALCON HEIGHTS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Email: [email protected] apartments in New Hope at age 90. 1795 Holton St. at Garden, 651-646-2681 Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Her last three years were spent at St. www.falconheightsucc.org Education Hour for all: 9:45 a.m. Therese Care Center. Sundays: 10:30 a.m. worship Christmas Eve Worship: 3:30, 5:00 & 11:00 p.m. Communion, first Sunday of the month Christmas Day Worship: 10:00 a.m. The family’s most endearing 9:30 a.m. – Faith education, nursery to adult Sunday, December 26: 10:00 a.m. only memories of Mary are of her dancing Dec. 1 – (Wednesday) World A.I.D.S Day service, 7 p.m. Wednesday Community Dinners Dec. 1, 8, 15 and singing in a hot-pink bathing Dec. 5 – Advent Festival: worship, crafts, potluck and carols by the fireplace 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. - Free will offering suit in Mazatlan at the age of 75, Dec. 12 – 10:30 a.m., Chancel Choir concert with orchestra, selections from Messiah Minnesota Faith Chinese Lutheran Church 1:30 p.m. taking her first motorcycle ride at the Dec. 16 – (Thursday) Homeless March & Memorial Service, Minneapolis; call for details Dec. 19 – 10:30 a.m., children’s pageant, Away From the Manger age of 80, her flouncy square-dancing – 3 p.m., Blue Christmas service v costumes and her party hats. Dec. 22 – Christmas caroling with pre-activity meal at 6 p.m. ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Mary was best known in the Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve services: The Rev. Blair A. Pogue, Rector 2136 Carter at Chelmsford. 651-645-3058 Website: www.stmatthewsmn.org community for her unrelenting – 4:30 p.m., with children's pageant, Away From the Manger spirit, loving devotion to God and – 10 p.m., Candlelight Service with reading Sundays 8:00a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I (Traditional language) An Open and Affirming, Just Peace church; handicap accessible 9:15a.m. Education for all ages family, her sharp mind and her 10:30a.m. Holy Eucharist (Contemporary language) generosity to all in need. v HOLY CHILDHOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH Nursery care provided 10-11:20a.m. She was preceded in death by 1435 Midway Parkway, Handicap Accessible 7:00p.m. Night Prayer, 6:00 Dinner in the Parish Hall Dec. 4 - 5 9:00a.m.- 3:00p.m. Artisan Craft Sale to Support the Blue House her husband of 39 years, Evert J. Rectory 651-644-7495 www.holychildhoodparish.org House, and her two brothers, John Masses, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 7:45 and 10 am. with Choir Dec 11 9:00a.m. Half Day Advent Retreat with Mary Ellen Ashcroft Daily Mass 7:45 am. Confession: Saturday 3:30-4:30 pm Dec. 24 4:00p.m. Children’s Living Creche and All Ages Service Powell and Arthur Davo. She is and Sunday 9:30-10 am. or by appointment with priest 10:00p.m. Candlelight Service with full Choir survived by her children, Evert Religious instruction and Baptism classes by appointment Dec. 25 10:30am. Festival Eucharist (Mary) House, Barbara J. Witte and Full Choir and Orchestra Mass Christmas Eve "Midnight Mass" v Suzanne M. House; eight Also on Dec. 26, 10:00 am, and Jan. 2, 10:00 am PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA 1744 Walnut (at Ione) Lauderdale. 651-644-5440 grandchildren; and five great- www.peacelauderdale.com grandchildren. Sunday Schedule: Worship 10:00 a.m. A Memorial Mass was said on All are welcome - Come as you are Nov. 6. 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Lives Lived from 18 Gregory Rosemark along the trail in Red Wing. “There used Gregory B. Rosemark, 71, of Edina, Special thanks from the family Cleo Kath died Nov. 9 from lung cancer. Greg to the staff at the St. Anthony Park to be an Cleo L. Kath, 93, died peacefully was a “Como Park Boy,” who Home for their kind and loving care Nov. 9. As a young woman, Cleo graduated from Cretin High School over the last two and a half years. A airport attended the Milaca Normal School in 1957, served in the Navy on the memorial service was held in the at Snelling and eventually taught school herself. Intrepid aircraft carrier, and had a manner of Friends, Nov. 7 at the She helped her husband, “Clary,” long career in the hospitality Twin Cities Friends Meetinghouse & Larpenteur?” with the Kath Bros. service station industry. He is survived by his wife, (Quaker), with internment at the and, in later years, worked for Blue Diana; daughters, Christine, Theresa, Cannon Falls Cemetery in Cannon You bet there was! Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. and Paula; six grandchildren; and a Falls, Minn. Back in the Roaring ‘20s, Cleo also was active in and brother, Jim. Charles Lindbergh, volunteered at Como Park Lutheran Mass of Christian Burial was Chung Wong Speed Holman and teenage Church, where she was a longtime celebrated Nov. 15 at the Church of daredevil Phoebe Fairgrave all “dropped in” there. member. Our Lady of Grace in Edina, with Chung Mean “Jimmy” Wong, 90, of Cleo was preceded in death by interment at Fort Snelling National Richfield, Minn. died Oct. 12. He You’ll find their stories and many, many more in Winging It, a her husband, Clarence; their son, was a longtime faithful member of book that’s chock-full of fun and a great holiday gift! Cemetery. Gary; and her sister, Frances. She is Twin City Chinese Christian Church in Lauderdale. Available at: Micawber’s Books and the survived by numerous relatives and Charles Tooker Minnesota History Center Bookstore friends who will miss her sweet and Charles Taft Tooker, 79, of St. He is survived by his wife of 71 for $15.95 plus tax. generous spirit. Anthony Park, formerly of Cannon years, Mary; sons, Lai, of Richfield, For information on mail orders, Her funeral service was held at Falls, Minn., died Oct. 22 at the St. and Phil, of Minneapolis; and four contact: [email protected] Como Park Lutheran Church, Nov. Anthony Park Home. grandchildren. 16, with interment at Roselawn Born July 26, 1931, in Littleton, A memorial service was held Cemetery. Mass., he held a bachelor’s degree in Oct. 23 at the Cremation Society of landscape architecture from the Minnesota. Karen Merth University of Massachusetts and Karen Rose Merth died Nov. 10. She master’s degree in sociology from the David Yahanda Properties For Sale! lived in Roseville but was a member University of Pittsburgh. Properties For Sale! David Takeo Yahanda, longtime St. In Wonderful North Holy Childhood Catholic Church, He worked as a city planner in Como Park. Ohio and western Pennsylvania. In Anthony Park businessman, died St. Anthony Park! She is survived by her husband 1966, he opened a branch planning peacefully at the age of 85 on Sept. of 52 years, George; children, Dan office in Minnesota, and in 1971, he 21. He was born in San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 31, 1924. He was
(Mary), Monica (Doug) Johnson, opened his own consulting office and 2454 Como Avenue Joe (Gail), Katie (Tim) Geist, and married to Ruth Yahanda for 57 The Park’s best value! continued working with county Suzy (Dan) Jankowski; 16 governments and small communities years. A stunning 4BR, 2BA grandchildren; and a sister, Nancy After his service in the Army home, loaded with natural across Minnesota. During the 1980s, (Tom) Chisholm. he was an adjunct professor in the from 1945 to 1947, he worked with woodwork and beautiful his parents for many years in their hardwood floors! Updated Memorial Mass of Christian Parks and Recreation Department at dry-cleaning business on Cleveland kitchen, 2 car gar. $299,900 Burial was celebrated Nov. 13 at Minnesota State University, Holy Childhood Catholic Church. Mankato. Avenue in St. Paul. He continued to manage it alone after their passing 2309 Priscilla Street  In 1968, the family moved to Cannon Falls Township on a farm until his retirement in 1986. Dave It’s a 4-plex! The Rev. Charles Nelson was an avid fisherman, photographer A well-maintained four-plex. near White Rock, where he planted Each 1 BR unit features The Rev. Charles E. Nelson, 86, died and operated an apple orchard for 30 and cook. His interests ranged from astronomy to technology and world refinished hardwood floors, Oct. 19. years. He moved off the farm in 2005 natural woodwork, a sunroom After graduation from high to St. Paul, where he died after events. He was happiest spending and a back porch! $394,900 school in his hometown of Grand gracefully managing the physical time with family and friends, Forks, N.D., he spent three years in complications of Lewy Body Disease. including his time in the Nikkei the Coast Guard. He graduated from He is survived by his wife of 53 Project and JACL. University of North Dakota in 1951 years, Anna Lisa Tooker; daughters, He will be remembered most and Boston University’s School of Lydia (Wm. Scott) Midness and for his imagination, humor and Theology in 1955. Ordained in the Rachel (Randy Roberts) Tooker; optimism. He lived life to the fullest

 Methodist Church, he served 40 granddaughter, Brita Midness; every day. David is survived by his

  years in active ministry. First he brother, Edwin (Polly) Tooker, of Los wife; daughter and son-in-law, served two parishes in Massachusetts. Altos, Calif.; and sister, Caroline Nancy Yahanda and Len Sitomer; www.SteveTownley.com After moving to Minnesota in 1956, Deming of West Chester, Pa. one grandson; and other relatives. he served three churches, including Charlie enjoyed collecting and A memorial service celebrating St. Anthony Park United Methodist refinishing wood furniture and the his life was held on Nov. 6 at Church. He was chaplain for the variety of outdoor work provided by Lakewood Chapel in Minneapolis. Season’s Greetings Minnesota Masonic Home in the apple orchard and farm. Together Bloomington before he retired. with his friend and colleague, John There is no charge for Bugle obituaries. He is survived by his wife of 59 A. Koepke (Falcon Heights), Charlie Send information to Mary Mergenthal years, Mary; three children; and two developed the original compre- at [email protected] or grandchildren. hensive plans for the Cannon Valley call 651-644-1650. Tim His memorial service was held Trail, the Mill Town Trail from Lake Nov. 6 at Portland Avenue United Byllesby to Faribault and the Charlie Methodist Church in Bloomington. preservation of archaeological sites

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