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PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS About the cover 3 | Olympian on (lake) ice: 17 | Polar explorer: Michelle Kwan graces a nearby outdoor ice rink. Will Steger discusses bearing witness to melting ice. Kevin Murphy, of Lino Lakes, skijors down a trail with his dog, Myta, an Alaskan/ 11 | Grief Travelers: Siberian husky mix. Skijoring, which is essentially a cross between dogsledding In his 2nd book, David Francis shares lessons 19 | Take the plunge: and cross-country skiing, has been steadily gaining popularity in Minnesota learned from the loss of his beloved son, Jon. Forest Lake’s annual Winter Plunge is parks over the last several years. Learn more about the history of this ancient approaching. sport, as well as tips for newcomers, on page 16.

CONTRIBUTORS | Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If so, what is this year’s?

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new Staff Writer ELIZABETH CALLEN | things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing [email protected] your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more I try! This year, I want to be sure to get outside, if only for a little bit, every day. importantly, you’re doing something.”

Neil Gaiman

JULIE KINK | Contributing Writer Multimedia Consultant RANDY ROBERTS | [email protected] [email protected] No. I’ll be happy if I can just get all the City Council resolutions No. I’m terrible at committing to them. Takes the pressure off. straight.

JACKIE BUSSJAEGER | Contributing Writer Photojournalist/Website Editor PAUL DOLS | [email protected] [email protected] I usually do make a few small resolutions. In 2020, I want to strengthen No dramatic resolutions, but after completing a Strengths Insight my writing and try to publish a short story. Every year, I also resolve to Report I was asked to take earlier this year, I’m striving to continue to read 100 books—so far, I have never made that happen, but I always improve on and nurture positive habits and skills already in play. strive toward it and get some great reading done!

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BY DEBRA NEUTKENS ing. So Whiterabbit set up a heated WHITE BEAR EDITOR ice shelter as a warming house. “Ice conditions were really good,” An Olympic fi gure skater graced added Whiterabbit, which was a rea- an outdoor ice rink on White Bear son Kwan and the crew came to his Lake recently, bringing a fi lm crew rink. And yes, it was shoveled; all along to capture the experience. three of his children play hockey and The celebrity skater, Michelle practice on the lake. Kwan, was a surprise guest to Chad The production crew used a drone, and Nicole Whiterabbit of Mahtome- like they did in the LaCroix video, di, who were referred by a friend to to fi lm Kwan, who indicated she the fi lm crew, F3 Visuals. planned to post it on her Instagram F3 is a Minneapolis cinematog- account. They fi lmed in 10-minute raphy company that specializes in intervals from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday, aerial (drone) footage. It is the same Dec. 15. Temperatures were in the company that fi lmed a Mahtomedi single digits, so Kwan took breaks to Kwan came in the house for hot water for tea and posed with the Whiterabbit High School grad, McQuaid Boo, warm up. Whiterabbit said the crew children for a photo: (from left) Lauren, Kwan, Ryan and Colton. skating on crystal clear ice near did it pro bono because they're big Ramsey County beach earlier this fans. month. The video, called LaCroix on Just a day earlier, the celebrity Ice, went viral. Last we checked, it skater was in Des Moines campaign- had 175,000 views. Somehow Kwan ing for Joe Biden. The Des Moines saw it on Instagram and since she Register said Kwan “gave some free was in the area, decided to do her pointers to ice skaters Saturday own version of skating on White morning” in downtown Des Moines Bear Lake. Only she was wearing “before gliding effortlessly into a fi gure skates. pitch” for the former vice president. At least, that's the story told by She joined his presidential campaign Chad Whiterabbit, who got a call as surrogate director, a job she did in from a friend asking if his rink was a similar capacity for former pres- shoveled because Michelle Kwan was idential nominee Hillary Clinton's coming. campaign. Kwan, 39, retired from competi- According to Whiterabbit, Kwan tive skating in 2006. She won two came to the Twin Cities to visit Mar- Olympic medals, a silver in ’98 and a ty Collins, the son of the late Tom bronze in ’02, plus fi ve world champi- Collins, a professional skater who onships. founded the Champions on Ice tour. She was very courteous, Whiter- The elder Collins died at his Edina abbit said, and an incredible skater. home in September. Kwan starred on “You couldn't even hear her edges.” his tour along with former Olympi- The cold temperatures were a little ans Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan edgy, though, and Kwan was freez- and Kristi Yamaguchi.

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BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER gage with science themselves. CONTRIBUTING WRITER “A lot of people want to be involved in science and they want to help and The recovery of the bald eagle has they want to do something that’s easy, been one of the greatest conservation that isn’t going to take a lot of time or success stories in American history, money, so this is really simple,” Souza but these majestic raptors aren’t quite said. out of the woods for good. Recent de- Bald eagles are one of Minnesota’s clines in eagle populations have some largest raptors, but there are a few scientists asking where the biggest tricks to identifi cation. Juvenile ea- threats to these birds lie, and they’ve gles don’t show the same clean white turned to the public for help. head and tail feathers as a breeding For the second year, the St. Croix adult. Instead, these birds look mostly River Association (SCRA) has orga- brown, with streaks of patchy white nized a winter bald eagle count. On feathers. Eagles have a very large Jan. 25, St. Croix Valley residents bill, which is often a good way to tell are invited to explore a route of their them apart from red-tailed hawks at choosing within the St. Croix Valley a distance. While fl ying, eagles might watershed, keeping track of the num- resemble a turkey vulture, but if you ber of eagles they see. can’t tell from the turkey vulture’s “We encourage people to plan a featherless head, their wobbly fl ight route where you can drive a little bit pattern may give them away. Bald more slowly, maybe out in the coun- eagles usually appear controlled and PHOTOS BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER | SUBMITTED steady while in fl ight. try, but to keep moving so you don’t The 2020 eagle count will take stock of the St. Croix Valley bald eagle population on recount the same birds,” said Jaime Jan. 25. At 77 square miles, the St. Croix Souza, SCRA education and outreach Valley watershed includes tributar- coordinator. “You wouldn’t necessari- ies like the Namekagon on down to ly even have to be in a car, if you want Prescott, Wisconsin. Everything in to go out for your winter run or ski, between is fair game for those taking you can do that too.” part in the eagle count. About 20 peo- All eagles observed between the ple took part in the count last year, hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. can be re- and Souza hopes to see it grow even ported to the SCRA via their website. more. Participants will be entered into a “Citizen science is a real thing and drawing to receive an SCRA swag bag it’s really important,” she said. “We’re as a prize. hoping to become more involved in The St. Croix Valley is an ideal citizen science in the future, making home for bald eagles: with plenty of a difference in protecting habitat and waterways containing a bounty of protecting wildlife populations. It’s fi sh, eagles can keep well-fed through one of the things people can do to get the winter. However, the population to know us and our mission better as of young eagles in the Midwest has well. Our mission is to protect our declined since 2013. This eagle count Bald eagle declines may be due to a Nesting pairs of bald eagles return to riverway and its watershed. People is one of many that will take stock of variety of factors. Citizen science efforts the same nests year after year, often are very aware; they defi nitely want current population trends, and give such as the 2020 eagle count are one step adding to the structure of the nest and to support efforts like this.” scientists, conservationists and pol- to fi guring out what these factors are. increasing its size. Those who’d like to participate in icymakers a better idea of pressures this year’s count can register for the affecting local eagles. Lead and toxins “There’s still some uncertainty The eagle count not only assists survey and submit their results at in the watershed are just a few of the about the validity of the decline, so scientists in gathering information www.stcroixriverassociation.org/ pressures that threaten the health of this can help make more sense of the that can help better understand the event/bald-eagle-count-2020. these birds, Souza explained. numbers,” Souza said. decline but also invites locals to en-

Guided bird hikes in Washington County Parks start Jan. 11

A rotating schedule of bird more information. hikes throughout Washington The hike will traverse County Parks will start the new turf, gravel and paved trails year with a hike from 9 a.m. to depending on trail conditions. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at Participants should bring Lake Elmo Park Reserve. binoculars and dress for hiking Hikers should park in the and the weather. This program is Nordic Center parking lot and free with a parks vehicle permit meet at the Nordic Center foyer. ($7/daily or $30/annually), and MNDNR | SUBMITTED Learn to identify the birds that is open to people of all ages and DID YOU KNOW? call the St. Croix Valley home abilities. ADA accommodations • Once pushed to the brink of extinction, and contribute to citizen science can be made as needed. All EagleCam improved the bald eagle has made a powerful data collection by completing minors must be accompanied by comeback since the pesticide DDT was bird count surveys with the an adult. Have you checked out the EagleCam? This banned in the early 1970s. guide. The surveys collected For questions, call 651-430-8370 is the seventh season of live streaming of • Minnesota has more bald eagles than will assist the county’s Natural or email [email protected]. a bald eagle nest, brought to you by the any other state in the lower 48 states. Resources team and related work mn.us. Minnesota DNR’s Nongame Wildlife Program. • The only visible physical difference in conjunction with the Lessard- Hikes will continue Feb. 8 with A new microphone will bring improved between adult male and female American Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund a hike in Pine Point Regional sound quality to the experience this year. bald eagles is their size. Females are grant. Park and March 14 with a hike at It’s fascinating to watch the adult eagles about one-third larger than the males— For Washington County Big Marine Park Reserve. arrange sticks in the nest and share meals— the females have especially larger feet park locations, see www. For more Washington County you might get to watch the eggs hatch live. and beaks. co.washington.mn.us/parks. Parks programs and events, see Find the EagleCam at mndnr.gov/eaglecam • Both parents incubate their eggs and Under park locations, fi nd a co.washington.mn.us/parks. and support the project by donating to the switch several times a day. county map with park contact Nongame Wildlife Program at dnr.state. information; search “guided bird Submitted Source: MN DNR mn.us/nongame/donate/index_eagle.html. hikes” on the county website for JANUARY 2020 INBOXwww.presspubs.com THE LOWDOWN 5 Finding forgiveness

share my middle name, Leona, with one of my great-grandmothers. Our lives never overlapped, but she’s been on my mind lately, I especially following the recent death of my dear grandfather, her only child. Leona was killed in December 1991, three weeks before I was born. Days later, an answering machine message from the county coroner’s offi ce broke the news to my grandpa: his mother had been brutally beaten by someone who broke into her Ohio home, presumably to burglarize it, and was surprised to fi nd her there. My grandparents had just celebrated Thanksgiving by her Between side, unaware that would be the last time they would see her. the Lines For my grandparents, dad and uncles, mourning the loss of Elizabeth Callen their beloved mother, mother- in-law and grandmother was also marked by terrible pain, given the violent nature of her death, and anxious uncertainty, as her killer remained at large for months after. Eventually, after the city offered a reward for information, he was identifi ed, 2020: A decade of collaboration found and arrested. The man who killed Leona initially faced s we wrap up 2019, the Greater Stillwater diversity and inclusion initiative strategist for 3M; the death penalty, but my grandpa vehemently Chamber of Commerce is looking to embrace Bill Tiedemman, executive director, Hope House; opposed such a sentence. Driven by their the future as we move into a collaborative Dorothy Bill, planner and writer for the Minnesota religious convictions and commitment to decade, 2020. When I think of the word Department of Health; and Rick Roy, manager for non-violence, he and my grandma petitioned A the Workforce Development Division of Washing- the district attorney—who was elected on a collaboration, it provides the opportunity to do not just good things, but great things. One organization ton County. Collaboration at its best! promise to enact capital punishment more can do a lot, but together we can do more, and We also had the opportunity to enjoy a demo, frequently—to seek an alternative sentence, together we can make a deeper impact. presentation and lunch from four local chefs and and the DA eventually conceded to their The chamber board of directors learned about their stories and their love for their principled insistence. recently updated its mission state- diverse food they prepare: Sam Leon, owner and The man instead received life in prison ment to include the word “inclu- CEO of Acapulco Restaurante Mexicano; Aleksan- without parole; he would not kill again but sive” in it. “We are an inclusive dar Pantic, co-owner of Domacin Wine Bar; Paul neither would he be killed by the state. The organization that serves, advocates Mahoney, owner of Taste! LLC; and Sara Hayden, experience led my grandparents, meanwhile, to and promotes our businesses while owner of Sara Tipsy Pies. What an experience for join the anti-death penalty movement and later enriching the life of our communi- the inaugural 2020 class of the Leadership in the to meet Leona’s murderer face-to-face, offering ty.” We must be willing and excited Valley program. It was an emotional and eye-open- forgiveness and reconciliation. to work with others for the greater ing day for everyone. This fi rst leadership class I was a baby when these events unfolded, but good, and I am proud to say, the will graduate in May 2020. Applications for the 2021 I think of them often and am driven to tears of Chamber chamber does this every day. Leadership in the Valley class will open in early awe when I do. In the face of far less egregious On Dec. 12, the Leadership in the spring. This new cohort will begin its nine-month offenses, I have held onto my own bitter Chat Valley program conducted Diver- journey in September 2020, graduating in May of resentment much more tightly. I do not know if Robin Anthony sity Day, and the cohort learned a 2021. I could push aside hurt and grief in this same lot more about our community and In times when we may sometimes feel divided, way. how state and local governments, let us remember we are one country, one region, I cried again last month when my dad the public sector, the educational industry and non- one community; when we come together, we can do recounted this same story during the eulogy profi t organizations are coming together to do good more and great things will happen. I recently came at my grandpa’s funeral. He closed by reading work in this space. The day was quite powerful as across this Sufi saying on social media: “Before you part of the testimony that my grandpa we heard from several speakers including: Pete speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it delivered during the sentencing back in 1992: Erickson, executive director of the Valley Friend- true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?” “We do not have hate in our hearts,” he told the ship Club; Eric Andersen, district coordinator of Happy New Year! Let’s look to 2020 to embrace judge. “We rest in this way of justice.” equity, Stillwater School District; Jenny Mason, our future — a collaborative decade. My grandpa was among the most tender, Community Health Division, St. Andrews Church; generous and sincere people I have ever known, Jason Jackson, executive director of diversity and Robin Anthony is executive director of the Greater and it is certainly true to say that there was no inclusion for HealthPartners; Scott Morris, global Stillwater Chamber of Commerce. hate in his heart. But like my dad noted at his funeral, it would be a disservice to characterize his heart solely by what it lacked, as it was full LETTER TO THE EDITOR of so many other, more wonderful things— Divest Minnesota from fossil fuels investment provides support to companies that are kindness, compassion, joy, a dedication to degrading our planet. Also, it puts pensioners at justice, and a deep curiosity about the world The just-released United Nations report on and others—which all rendered hatred atmospheric CO2 tells us nations are not meeting risk of investment loss, as seen in the California and New York City pension funds. I encourage incompatible. The light and love he exuded their targets for controlling CO2 emissions throughout his life left no room for darkness, because of our continued dependence on fossil the administration of the Minnesota Pension Fund to conduct a review of losses due to fossil and in the midst of a tragedy that he knew he fuels. The state of Minnesota is a leader in would spend the rest of his life grieving, these developing and using wind and solar power to fuel investments and divest the fund of these investments. things led him away from easy anger and blind decrease greenhouse gas emissions. However, retribution and toward mercy. the Minnesota State Pension Fund continues to Soon, the side table in my living room will have $4.7 billion invested directly and indirectly Dominic Frecentese, M.D. Stillwater bear an antique lamp that I inherited from my in fossil fuels and their infrastructure. This grandparents. It is blue and gold, with fl owers painted along the base and small crystal prisms dangling from the lampshade. It clashes THE LOWDOWN | LETTER GUIDELINES terribly with the other décor in my apartment, but I love it all the same, especially because • Limited to 350 words. matter will not be published. before it belonged to my grandparents, it • Submissions must include a full name, address and daytime • Submissions containing libelous or derogatory statements will phone number for verifi cation. not be published. belonged to Leona. Each time I look at it, I will • Letter writers must live, work or have another connection to • Submissions containing facts not previously published in The think of her, the remarkable son she raised, Press Publications coverage area. Lowdown must be accompanied by factual verifi cation. and the light he brought to a world that so • Letter writers are limited to six letters per year and at least four • All letters are subject to editing. desperately needs it. I am overjoyed to think of weeks must lapse between publication. 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SCHOOL BRIEF Stillwater journalism teacher named Open enrollment at Master Journalism Educator Rachel Steil, journalism teacher at Still- water Area High School, received a Master River Grove ends Jan. 31 Journalism Educator Award from the Journalism Education Association. Certi- fi cation requirements include a minimum River Grove Elementary School is currently accepting Prospective students may submit kindergarten of fi ve years’ experience in journalism new student applications for the 2020-21 school year. through sixth grade pre-enrollment applications now teaching and advising, passing an exam Now in its third year of operation, River Grove has through Jan. 31. Those who apply during the open enroll- that demonstrates profi ciency in journal- gained state and national attention for its ability to offer ment period will be placed into a lottery, which will be ism teaching, and completion of a research a natural setting with an outdoor and community focus. held at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 7. Applications received after Jan. 31 project that contributes to the develop- “Part of the school’s philosophy is that children need a will be added to the list for an enrollment invitation or to ment of scholastic journalism. Steil was broad variety of learning experiences and settings,” said the waiting list in the order that they are received. presented with the certifi cation during a School Director Drew Goodson. “Our stunning forest For more information, call 651-409-3122 or visit ceremony at the recent National Scholastic campus gets students out of traditional classrooms, turn- marineareaschool.org. Press Association and Journalism Educa- ing the alternative learning spaces into a springboard for tion convention in Washington, D.C. She curriculum.” Submitted has been teaching in the Stillwater district since 1999. County board receives update on Marine Library

The Washington County Board of the year, and Maher said that the library is a testament to how a com- Commissioners received an update community appreciates being able munity can come together to create recently from the Marine Library to access new titles through the a community asset. Association (MarLA) on the ac- Washington County Library. New Maher also thanked the staff tivities and services provided by this year is a rotating art display at the county’s Hardwood Creek MarLA at the Marine on St. Croix in the library, which draws foot Library and the county board for Community Library. traffi c to the building. The library their support of the library. Jim Maher, board chair of the continues to offer children’s and The Washington County Library volunteer library, reported to the adult programming such as author works with the Marine Community county board and was accompanied talks and poetry readings. A major Library to maintain and support by Mary Burke, a board member, draw at the library was a recent the community library and to en- and Marine on St. Croix Council- presentation by former Minnesota sure that Marine residents contin- man Bill Miller. Supreme Court Associate Justice ue to have access to comprehensive SUBMITTED The library is celebrating its Alan Page. The library also collabo- library services provided by the Rachel Steil, journalism teacher at Stillwater eighth birthday in January. Maher rates with the Marine Film Society county. Area High School, received a Master reported on the activities during and is in its sixth year of hosting a Journalism Educator Award. the past year. The library has add- documentary series. Submitted ed 400 new books over the course of Maher said that the success of the ATHLETES OF THE MONTH *Athletes chosen by press staff Maddie Krieger Joe Stengl Forest Lake Basketball Stillwater Hockey

Joe Stengl, senior forward, leads the Maddie Krieger, senior forward, is Stillwater hockey team with eight goals, pouring in 18.2 points per game, helping the Ponies post a 7-1 record. helping the Forest Lake basketball team He had four goals in one game, a 6-1 start the season 7-1. Krieger tallied 23 win over Roseville Area. Stangl had a points in a 63-55 win over Cambridge- strong junior season with 18 goals and Isanti, 29 in a 63-43 win over Mounds 27 assists. He also plays lacrosse and View, and 28 in a 74-58 win over Cretin- was captain the fall, scoring 34 goals for Derham Hall. a 13-1 team.

Jack Makalke Amber Scalia Forest Lake Hockey Stillwater Basketball

Jack Makalke is the scoring leader on Amber Scalia, Stillwater sophomore, is the Forest Lake hockey team that’s averaging 14.4 points, seven rebounds 6-1-1 so far. The 6-2, 230-pound and four assists for the No. 11 ranked forward has logged eight goals and six Pony basketball team (7-3). The 5-8 assists for 14 points. He has scored a guard is hitting 37 percent from 3-point goal in seven straight games -- two in range. She had 16 points in a 58-51 one game, and one each in the other win over Simley, 18 in a 97-69 win over six, including the lone goal in a 1-1 tie Woodbury, and 20 in a 73-27 win over against Park. River Falls. PHOTO BY TODD PROULX – TLC DIGITAL IMAGES MAPLEWOODM Minnesota’s #1 Volume Toyota Dealer! | Per Toyota Motor Sale USA 2017 | 651-482-1322 | maplewoodtoyota.com • maplewoodscion.com TOYOTA JANUARY 2020 THE LOWDOWN 7 www.presspubs.com Forest Lake youth get chance to ‘shop with a cop’

FOREST LAKE — For a few children in the Forest Lake School District, the holidays are made special by a chance to pick out holiday presents side-by-side with a few community heroes. The eighth annual Shop with a Cop event took place in December at the Forest Lake Walmart. ISD 831 elementary schools nominate children between second and fi fth grade who would benefi t from participating in this program. This year, Forest Lake police offi cers volunteered their time to shop with the chil- dren. The offi cers and children ate at Subway before the children began shopping for their families. Thanks to many generous donors, the offi cers were able to take 12 children shopping, which made the 2019 event the biggest yet. SUBMITTED Offi cers and children pose for a photo prior to the eighth annual Shop with a Cop event Submitted at the Forest Lake Walmart. Wedding expo returns for 35th year Stillwater Rotary The annual Press and services for brides- registration is encouraged. Publications Wedding Expo to-be, and includes a cash To register, email your name, hosts 13th annual is back for year 35. This year, bar, a cake walk and live address, phone number and the event will be held 11 a.m. entertainment. New this wedding date to marketing@ to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at year are free bridal tote bags, presspubs.com. For more the Best Western Plus White which will be given to the information, call 651-407-1213. Taste of the Valley Bear Country Inn, 4940 Hwy. fi rst 50 brides attending. 61. Admission is free for brides Elizabeth Callen The expo showcases goods and $5 for guests. Early The Stillwater Rotary Club will host the 13th annual Taste of the Valley event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, POLITICAL BRIEF Jan. 30, at the newly renovated Water Street Inn. “This event is a tradition in the valley and brings A century of civic engagement of the AAUW, is proud to present a traveling people together for a great cause and tastings from local “Today is the commencement rather than exhibit and speaker highlighting the history of restaurants,” said Kathleen Elbert, Stillwater Rotary the end of our work.” – Clara Ueland (1920), the League of Women Voters in our area: president. Minnesota suffragist and fi rst president of The Jan. 2-20 – Come visit a vibrant exhibit at the The event includes tastings of a variety of food from League of Women Voters Minnesota Stillwater Public Library that features Minne- local restaurants, live music, a silent auction and a live One hundred years ago, the Minnesota sota’s suffrage story, highlighting the women auction. Legislature fi nally voted YES to ratify the 19th who made it happen and who continue to lead This year’s spotlight charity is Valley Friendship Club Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, grant- through the League of Women Voters to make (VFC), which aims to enhance community connections ing women the right to vote and ending the democracy work for all. and empower participants to strengthen important life 72-year struggle for woman suffrage. Today, Jan. 15 – Come hear a talk on the history of skills and create greater social independence. The money LWV Minnesota, formed to help empower these women’s suffrage in Minnesota given by Dr. raised at Taste of the Valley will support Fit Friends, a new voters and defend democracy, continues to Kristin Mapel Bloomberg, professor of Women’s yearlong health and wellness program for young people thrive as a nonprofi t, nonpartisan organization Studies and Hamline University endowed chair and adults with disabilities. promoting good government and civic engage- in the humanities. Professor Bloomberg will Tickets are $50 and can be purchased online at tasteoft- ment throughout the state. speak from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Stillwater Pub- hevalley.com. For more information, or to make a dona- The League of Women Voters of White Bear lic Library. Arrive early to view the traveling tion, contact Keith Komro at [email protected] or Lake Area, in partnership with the Stillwater exhibit panels and stay to hear the talk. 651-439-4134. Public Library and the St. Croix Valley branch Both events are free and open to the public. From press release MUSICIANS OF THE MONTH SponsoredSpono sored byby Music ConnectionsConnections

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BOOKSMOVEME Mahtomedi YOGA STORYTIME Details: Tribute to Leonard Bernstein features Dan When: 10:15-10:45 a.m. Chouinard, Diana Graselli, Monday, Jan. 6 and the fi rst Bradley Greenwald and Monday of the month Prudence Johnson. Where: Hardwood Creek Contact: 651-269-9888 or Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N., wildwoodartistseries.org Forest Lake Details: Children 6 and under and caregivers can explore LET’S MAKE STUFF the learning possibilities of When: 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, combining movement with Jan. 9 and Saturday, Jan. 18 stories and discover new Where: Hardwood Creek techniques to practice at Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N., home. Forest Lake Contact: 651-275-7300 or Details: Free creative class washcolib.org for adults. Make Folk Art Pincushions on Jan. 9 and TRI-COUNTY DFL SENIOR Relief Printmaking on Jan. CAUCUS LUNCHEON 18. Registration required. Materials provided. When: 12:30-2 p.m. Tuesday, Contact: 651-275-7300 or Jan. 7 washcolib.org Where: Vannelli’s By the Lake, 55 Lake St. S., Forest FULL MOON WALK Lake Details: Hear guest speaker AT PINE POINT PARK Jill Chisholm from Moms When: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Demand Action, who will Jan. 10 JX EVENT VENUE | SUBMITTED discuss practical tips and Where: Pine Point Regional strategies for assuring Park, 11900 Norell Ave. N., gun safety in homes where Stillwater Winterfest children are present. Open to Details: Guided group hike residents in eastern Anoka under the full wolf moon. When: Jan. 23-26 and northern washington Walk or snowshoe the trails in Where: Throughout Stillwater counties. a peaceful setting under the Details: Community-wide celebration with opening ceremonies, Torch Light Parade, Contact: 651-492-1149 snow-covered branches. Free; Parka Pub Crawl, Beers/Bags/Bingo, jousting, mini-golf, Stillwater’s Got Talent show, no reservation required. Steinholding, Hammerschlagen, Casserole Cook-off, Winter 5k Run, beer pong, Shop LIES WE TELL Contact: 651-430-8370 or Local Snow Shuffl e, curling, Bubble Hockey Tourney, Bingo Brunch, Bloody Mary bar, OURSELVES co.washington.mn.us/parks live music, closing ceremonies and more. See schedule of events online. When: 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, Contact: one23events.com Jan. 8 AUTHOR EVENT WITH Where: Geise Memorial TRACY MAURER Library, 26855 Forest Blvd., When: 10:30 a.m.-noon Minnesota culture to history, snow-covered prairie and reservations required. Wyoming Saturday, Jan. 11 music, art and geography. view contemporary sculptures Contact: scvfoundation.org Details: Mary Jo Meadow, Where: Hardwood Creek Contact: 651-275-7300 or in the landscape, followed by Ph.D., leads free talk about Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N., washcolib.org hot chocolate and snacks. $10/ ‘CELEBRATING 100 the unconscious ways we Forest Lake person; space limited. YEARS OF THE WOMEN’S distort our perception to Details: Local author Tracy POLAR BEARS IN Contact: 651-257-6668 or VOTE: A MIDWEST franconia.org keep ourselves feeling better. Maurer will read her newest NORTHERN LIGHTS PERSPECTIVE’ Registration appreciated but picture-book biography, When: 1-2:30 p.m. not necessary. “Samuel Morse, That’s Who!”, RED CROSS Saturday, Jan. 11 Contact: [email protected] answer questions about books Where: Stillwater Public BLOOD DRIVE and writing and lead kids ages Library 224 Third Street N When: 1-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6-12 in a fun “Decode-A-Thon” HEMP-DERIVED CBD: Details: Kids in grades K-5 14 to read messages in Morse JUST THE FACTS will learn to draw polar bears Where: Forest Lake American Code. When: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, with simple shapes and lines, Legion, 355 W. Broadway Contact: 651-275-7300 or Jan. 8 and then we will place them Details: Visit RedCrossBlood. washcolib.org Where: River Market Co-op, into a landscape of colorful org or call 1-800-RED CROSS 221 N. Main St., Stillwater Northern Lights. Free, but (1-800-733-2767) to make an Details: Informative GUIDED BIRD HIKE registration required. appointment or for more conversation about CBD’s When: 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Contact: 651-275-4338 or information. When: 6:30-7:30 p.m. interaction with the Jan. 11 stillwaterlibrary.org Wednesday, Jan. 15 endocannabinoid system, Where: Lake Elmo Park GROWING ROSES IN MN Where: Stillwater Public how CBD was discovered, Reserve, 1515 Keats Ave. N. CURATOR-GUIDED When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 Library, 223 4th St. N. health benefi ts and more. Details: Learn to identify SNOWSHOE TOUR OF Where: Hope Church, 7910 Details: Hear a talk on the birds that call the area home Registration required; $5 for FRANCONIA 15th St. N., Oakdale history of women’s suffrage non-members, free for co-op and contribute to citizen Details: Andrew Gawboy, in Minnesota given by Dr. members. science data collection by horticulturist in charge of the Kristin Mapel Bloomberg, Contact: 651-439-0366 or completing bird count surveys Lyndale Park Rose Garden, professor of Women’s Studies [email protected] with a guide. Free with parks will speak about growing and Hamline University permit. Open to all ages; roses in Minnesota. Free; all Endowed Chair in the DEAR LENNY: minors must be with an adult. are welcome. Humanities. See the traveling BERNSTEIN’S LIFE IN Contact: 651-430-8370 or exhibit featuring Minnesota’s co.washington.mn.us SONGS AND LETTERS CONVERSATIONS suffrage story, highlighting When: 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 the women who made it TRIVIA AT THE LIBRARY OF THE VALLEY happen and who continue and Saturday, Feb. 1 When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. When: 1-3 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. Where: Franconia Scuplture to lead through the League 11 and 25 Wednesday, Jan. 15 of Women Voters to make Park, 29836 St. Croix Trail Where: Lake Elmo Inn and Where: Hardwood Creek Details: democracy work for all. Participants will Event Center, 3712 Layton Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N., get a quick snowshoeing Contact: lwv-wbla.org Forest Lake Ave. N. how-to and history lesson Details: The Nature Details: Join a professional from Interstate State Park’s SENIOR DANCE trivia host for an afternoon Conservancy presents on the When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 interpretive naturalist before topic “Conserving the Land When: 1-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 Where: Chautauqua Fine of fast paced fun, with topics heading out on a wintery tour Where: Forest Lake American including everything from & Water on Which All Life Arts Center, 8000 75th St. N., of Franconia, to traverse the Depends.” $21 includes lunch; Legion, 355 W. Broadway 654763 JANUARY 2020 www.presspubs.com THE LOWDOWN 9

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When: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 Where: Lowell Park, Stillwater Details: Old-fashioned ice cream social hosted by the Washington County Historical Society with free ice cream, root beer fl oats and chili available for a nominal fee. DISCOVER STILLWATER | SUBMITTED Contact: 651-439-5956 or When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. wchsmn.org Tonic Sol-Fa 21 When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 Where: FamilyMeans, VOYAGER: GOING Where: Stillwater Zephyr Theatre, 601 N. Main St. 1875 Northwestern Ave. S., WHERE NO ONE HAS Details: Performance by the Emmy Award-winning Minnesota-based a cappella ensemble. Stillwater GONE BEFORE Details: Author John Tickets $25 general admission. When: Moriarty discusses his recent 10:30-11:30 a.m. Contact: 651-342-1542 or stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org book, “A Field Guide to the Saturday, Jan. 25 Where: Natural World of the Twin Hardwood Creek Cities,” an illustrated guide Library, 19955 Forest Rd. N., Details: Enjoy mature music Allmann, author of “An Where: KC Hall, 1910 South to the natural habitats in the Forest Lake Details: and dancing. Held the 3rd Hour From Now.” Cellist Greeley Street, Stillwater metro area. Books for sale. Space St. Croix leads Friday of every month. $6/ Alice Ryan, will provide Details: Grand breakfast Sponsored by Wild Ones St. all ages program about the person includes lunch. Cash accompaniment. Free; cake buffet to benefi t The St Croix Oak Savanna. Voyager spacecraft and the bar. Public welcome. served. Croix Valley Lumberjacks Contact: 651-275-0526 or historic missions that visited Contact: 651-464-2600 Contact: 651-433-2820 or Special Olympics. $10/adults; wildones.org Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus marinecommunitylibrary.org Children 6-12/$6; Under 5 and Neptune and are still FROZEN FLANNEL free. THE KETOGENIC DIET: transmitting data back to BELWIN EDUCATION Contact: 651-253-5835 Earth each day. Limited to 30 OUTDOOR CURLING AN INTRODUCTION kids on a fi rst-come, fi rst- AND BONSPIEL CENTER THIRD WHEN WRITING When: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, serve basis. When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. SATURDAY Jan. 21 Contact: 651-275-7300 or Saturday, Jan. 18 MEETS ART SERIES Where: River Market Co-op, washcolib.org Where: Lily Lake, 1208 S. When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 221 N. Main St., Stillwater Greeley St., Stillwater Where: Stillwater Zephyr Details: Learn what the MAKING SENSE OF Details: Curling competition Theatre, 601 N. Main St. Ketogenic Diet is, understand YOUR MONEY & HOW is open to the public for Details: Readings by seven what to eat, learn the good spectating. Traditional authors to read aloud their sources of fat, identify the YOU’RE SPENDING IT Scottish Bagpipe procession, works of memoir, fi ction health benefi ts of eating Keto When: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Learn to Curl session, and poetry, including three and learn the importance of Jan. 30 Cornhole competition, Fire & Minnesota Book Award detoxifi cation as the body Where: Stillwater Public Ice bar and food trucks. When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, winners, followed by a starts to lose weight. Samples Library 224 Third Street N Contact: Jan. 18 reception for the visual to try. Registration required; Details: Free class will discoverstillwater.com Where: Belwin Conservancy, artists whose exhibit of $5 for non-members or free introduce “The Budget 1553 Stagecoach Trail S., paintings are on display. for co-op members. Cycle,” which includes steps OWL PROWL Afton Complimentary appetizers Contact: 651-439-0366 or to maintain a successful When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Details: Visit with an and cash bar; $10 donation [email protected] budget: setting goals, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18 interpretive naturalist and suggested. tracking expenses, preparing Where: Belwin Conservancy, explore miles of wooded Contact: 651-342-1542 or PASTA: a spending plan, following the 1553 Stagecoach Trail S., trails. Bring your own stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org NOODLES OF FUN plan, evaluating the plan and snowshoes or cross-country adjusting the plan as needed. Afton When: 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, skis. Hot cocoa and tea No registration required. Details: Spend some time in MARTIN LUTHER Jan. 25 available. Free. Contact: 651-275-4338 or the Education Center and KING, JR. HOLIDAY Where: River Market Co-op, Contact: belwin.org stillwaterlibrary.org then head out to search for BREAKFAST 221 N. Main St., Stillwater the sights and sounds of owls. Details: Kids ages 5-12 will 13TH ANNUAL TASTE Register by Jan. 16; free for YAM HAUS IN CONCERT create dough and make their members, $10/non-members. When: 7 p.m. Saturday, own noodles while learning OF THE VALLEY Contact: belwin.org Jan. 18 about the ingredients and When: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Where: Stillwater Zephyr processes that go into Jan. 30 8TH MARINE LIBRARY Theatre, 601 N. Main St. this grain-based food. Where: Water Street Inn, 101 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Details: Performance by When: 7-9:30 a.m. Monday, Registration required; $10 for Water St S, Stillwater WITH LAURIE ALLMANN Minneapolis-based pop group. Jan. 20 non-members or $5 for co-op Details: Taste a variety of Tickets $25. When: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 Where: St. Peter’s United members. food from local restaurants, Contact: 651-342-1542 or Where: Marine Village Hall, Church of Christ 111 Orleans Contact: 651-439-0366 or and enjoy live music, silent stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org 121 Judd Street, Marine on St. St. E., Stillwater [email protected] and live auction and evening Croix Details: Hear broadcast of fun. Tickets $50, Stillwater Details: Celebrate the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS keynote speaker Eric Holder, Rotary event supports the library’s birthday with PARTNERSHIP former Attorney General. Valley Friendship Club. Contact: stories and poetry by BREAKFAST Breakfast served. Funds to 651-439-4134 or tasteofthevalleymn.com local, award-winning When: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, benefi t UNCF Minneapolis environmental writer Laurie Jan. 19 Area offi ce. Registration 654764 10 THE LOWDOWN JANUARY 2020 www.presspubs.com Hotter, wetter: Minnesota’s changing climate First in a series Convention Center in August. The Minnesota locations set statewide fl ooding. This spring, St. Paul was Climate Reality Project, a nonprofi t annual rainfall records in 2018. the site of the longest fl ood event BY RITA ERICKSON organization founded by former Vice Harmony came in highest at 60.21 in Mississippi history (42 straight CONTRIBUTING WRITER President Al Gore, has as its mission inches (75 inches of rain per year days). And in addition to “riverine” “catalyzing a global solution to the categorizes a forest as a rainforest). fl ooding, “overland” fl ooding Around the world, extreme weather climate crisis by cutting greenhouse The rate of precipitation across the of saturated fi elds occurs with events and rising temperatures point gas emissions and speeding the shift state has increased by about 1/2 inch increasing frequency and scale in to a changing climate. Storms and to renewables.” per decade over the last 50 years, and Minnesota. fl oods, hurricanes and tornadoes, More than 1,100 participants from now averages about 32 inches per Over the last 50 years, Minnesota heat waves, droughts and fi res have 30 countries attended the training, year. has warmed the equivalent of 5 all increased in number, intensity and and 300 of them were Minnesotans And it’s not just rain, it’s “rain degrees F per century. Five degrees F duration. —many of whom learned “startling” bombs,” like the one earlier this equals 2.8 degrees Celsius, well above Globally, fl oods and extreme new information about Minnesota summer that fl ooded Minneapolis the 2 C maximum warming (above rainfall now occur four times more weather trends and projections. streets. These microbursts (the preindustrial levels) set by the Paris often than in 1980. This summer, For example, Minneapolis is second meteorological term) are said to be Climate Accord in 2016, and the 1.5 C all-time temperature records were only to New Orleans as the city most due to the disruption of the water (3.6 F) uppermost limit urged by the shattered in Europe (Germany, impacted by climate change, said cycle: More water evaporates as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate France, Poland and Czech Republic), Mayor Jacob Frey, who appeared on oceans warm, and warmer air Change (IPCC) in 2018. Overall, the and life-threatening heat plagued a panel with St. Paul Mayor Melvin absorbs more and more moisture world’s temperature is currently 1 India, Japan and the Middle East. Carter. (This fi nding comes from a to the point where water release C warmer than preindustrial levels Residents of landlocked, study of America’s 60 largest cities becomes torrential. but is poised to rise quickly unless moderate-latitude Minnesota tend conducted by Climate Central.) In the next 50 years, Minnesota emissions are curtailed. to feel shielded from such “worst Despite its distance from rising sea is projected to experience 30 more events.” However, as Mark Seeley levels, Minnesota is highly vulnerable days with temperatures above 90 Rita Erickson, PhD, is a White (retired University of Minnesota to severe storms, fl ooding, extreme degrees Fahrenheit, and 30 fewer days Bear Lake native now living in meteorologist) noted, “Every heat and drought. The state has been with temperatures below freezing, Scandia. This article is the fi rst of a incremental change we look at in the site of three disaster declarations on average. Minnesota winters series based on a central theme of the the global record translates into a (one federal and two state) so far are warming 13 times faster than Climate Reality Project training. The very highly amplifi ed change in our this year due to heavy snow and summers. These warmer winters second will consider “homegrown Minnesota backyard.” rainstorms, fl ooding, high winds and result in snowmelt rates that are so climate solutions”— initiatives The changing Midwestern climate tornadoes. fast (sometimes within 24 hours) that from government, corporations and was one theme of a “Climate Reality Heavy precipitation events now urban sewer systems can’t handle the communities that have positioned Project” leadership training occur here two to three times more water. Minnesota to become a national leader session held at the Minneapolis often than in the 20th century. Three With heavy snow and rain comes in mitigating climate change. Salting the earth

When the City of Carthage fell at the end of the winter of 1941-42, New Hampshire became the fi rst 1. Drive slower and wear appropriate shoes when Third Punic War, 146 BC, victorious Romans pulled state to apply salt to roads to help melt snow and ice it’s snowy and icy outside. This helps to support Phoenecian ships out of the harbor and set them on more quickly. The United States used a total of 5,000 road maintenance crews, as well as large parking fi re before moving through the city, pounds of road salt that year. After World War II, lot owners, in their efforts to reduce salt use. house to house, rounding up and road salt became more common. One million tons 2. Use less salt on your own driveway and selling 50,000 people into slavery. of salt were used in 1955, and 10 million in 1972. By sidewalk. One pound of salt (one heaping coffee Then they set the city on fi re. As a 2017, local, state and federal highway departments mug) is enough to clear a 20-foot driveway or 10 fi nal insult before they left, it is said were applying 19.8 million tons of salt every year to sidewalk squares (250 sq. ft.). Always shovel before that the Roman soldiers sprinkled roads across the nation. using salt. salt upon the ground to ensure Whose future do we seek to curse? 3. Skip the salt when it is colder than 15 degrees. that nothing could ever grow there Though the Roman and Union soldiers’ salting Salt works by lowering the melting temperature of again. of the earth may have been mostly symbolic, our ice so that it melts when the temperature is below During the 17th and 18th modern communities face the real risk of suffering freezing (32 degrees F). However, traditional road Movers centuries, Spain and Portugal unintended consequences from using road salt, salt (sodium chloride) doesn’t work when it’s colder & Shakers punished traitors within their year after year. There is currently no practical than 15 degrees F, so it is a waste of time and money empires by executing them and then technology for removing salt from our surface and to put down salt on very cold days. Magnesium Angie Hong pouring salt on their land. Closer to groundwater resources and soil once it is there, so chloride and calcium chloride work at colder home, some say that Union soldiers the only solution is to use less salt and hope that it temperatures (-10 and -20 degrees respectively) but salted the fi elds in Georgia during doesn’t build up too quickly. can be more expensive. General Sherman’s infamous march to the sea In Minnesota, 50 lakes and streams have already 4. Sweep up and reuse left-over salt after the ice (though it’s not likely they used very much, since been contaminated by too much salt and another melts. salt was a hot commodity during the American 120 are near the threshold for impairment. Recent 5. Stop using your water softener if your water Civil War). research reported in the Proceedings of the hardness is less than 120 mg/L CaCO3. If you do Throughout history, pouring salt on the land has National Academy of Sciences suggests that chloride need a water softener, switch from a timer-based symbolized a curse not only for current inhabitants, concentrations are increasing in roughly one-third to a demand-based system and install a bypass for but also for future generations. Then, during the of all lakes in the northern U.S and Canada. Even your outside spigot so that you aren’t softening the groundwater we drink is at risk. Almost 30% of water for irrigation. shallow wells in the Twin Cities metro area have Information about chlorides is also available at NEWS BRIEF been found to have chloride concentrations above pca.state.mn.us/water/chloride-salts. the recommended level for drinking water. Cities adopt 2020 tax levies We all value our safety when driving in winter Angie Hong is an educator for East Metro Water, The Stillwater City Council adopted its 2020 weather, but clean water and healthy soils are vital a local government partnership with 24 members - tax levy totaling $14.6 million, and the 2020 to our long-term survival as well. Here are fi ve mnwcd.org/emwrep. Contact her at 651-330-8220 x.35 budget of $19.4 million. That means the city suggestions from local experts on how each of us or [email protected]. portion of property taxes on a median-value can help: home ($289,800) will go up by $78, or 5.6%. The city accounts for 45% of each property tax dollar, while the school district receives 27% COUNTY BRIEFS and Washington County, 22%. Other taxing districts account for the rest. County board sets commissioner salaries for 2020 Pete Orput at $187,365, Sheriff Dan Starry at The Forest Lake City Council likewise ap- Commissioners have set their 2020 salaries. The $168,033 and Administrator Molly O’Rourke at proved its fi nal 2020 tax levy and budget. The 2019 salary for Washington County Commissioners $192,158. Each salary represents an increase of 4%. levy totals about $10.9 million, up 5.7% from is $69,000, and the county administrator 2019. The city portion of property taxes on a recommended that the 2020 salary for county County will have electronic poll books median-value home ($150,000) will go up by commissioners be increased by 2.5% to $70,725. The Washington County Board of Commissioners $39, totaling $507. County policy establishes guidelines to be approved the purchase of electronic poll books to considered when setting salaries for county use during elections. The county will purchase commissioners, such as the salaries and per the electronic poll books from KNOWiNK for diems paid by metropolitan counties and similar- $379,145 under a state contract. Specialized sized counties, the wage increases approved charging carts and other supplies are also part Forest Lake Travel through county union bargaining agreements, of the purchase, at a full cost of $388,500. Annual and the salary increases approved by the state maintenance for election equipment is paid for by Full Service Agency compensation council for legislators, judges, heads local municipalities. Electronic poll books provide of state and metropolitan agencies. The policy an effi cient method for voters to register or check Call for appointmentpp directs that, unless decided otherwise by the board, in on election day. They are not used for voting 20 N. Lake St., Suite 203 the salary for the offi ce of county commissioner or to tabulate ballots. More than 50 Minnesota Forest Lake, MN 55025 should increase each year by the same amount as counties have purchased the KNOWiNK electronic 651-464-5092 the general adjustment approved for the majority of poll books, and they are used across the country. ForestLakeTravelInc.com 654457 county employees in union bargaining agreements. Washington County will use them for the fi rst time The general adjustment for 2020 is 2.5%. during the August 2020 election. Book your Winter Travel NOW The board also set salaries for County Attorney JANUARY 2020 THE LOWDOWN 11 www.presspubs.com In 2nd book, David Francis shares lessons learned from loss

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It’s been 13 years, but David Francis still vividly remembers the fi rst winter he spent after the death of his only son, Jon. “It was horrible,” he said. “I dreaded hearing people saying ‘Merry Christmas.’” For the Francis family, that holiday season was marked by the tremendous pain of Jon’s absence and the lack of closure around it. That summer, 24-year-old Jon went missing while mountain climbing in Idaho, and his body had not yet been found. Jon, who grew up in Stillwater, was an accomplished athlete, an outdoor enthusiast and a soon-to-be seminary student. After college, he moved to Utah to take a job as a youth minister, and he spent his summers working as a counselor at Luther Heights Bible Camp in Idaho. It was there, David said, where Jon “fell in love with the The cover is a photo of Redfi sh Lake, mountains.” taken by Jon, whose camera was PHOTOS SUBMITTED Though he was an experienced recovered with his remains. David Francis (above) has written his outdoorsman and accustomed to second book, “Grief Travelers” about traversing the slopes of Idaho’s the lessons he has learned from the Sawtooth Mountains, Jon went military service. death of his son Jon (above) in 2006. missing during a solo climb up the “That’s a military habit — lessons Grand Mogul in July 2006. David and learned,” he said. “These are lessons his wife, Linda, fl ew to Idaho almost learned, what I have learned about some of it will always be there, but immediately after receiving the news, grief and loss, what I have learned over time, gratitude starts creeping in but to their disappointment, law during my travel through the Valley and replacing some of the grief.” enforcement gave up the search for of Grief.” David also said that Camille’s Jon after only two days. The timing of the book’s release enthusiasm for the Christmas season couldn’t be more perfect. As David is infectious and has helped him “When grief is fresh and raw, knows all too well, the holiday season rediscover the excitement of the often proves lonely for those coping season. you don’t want Christmas to with loss. Mourning, he said, is an “She still believes in Santa Claus, arrive,” he said. “You don’t want already diffi cult journey made all the and in her mind, there’s still the more so when the rest of the world magic of Christmas,” David said. to see people in holiday cheer seems to be joyfully celebrating. “And that magic overfl ows to me.” “When grief is fresh and raw, you “Grief Travelers” can be found at when you’re deep in sorrow.” don’t want Christmas to arrive,” he Valley Bookseller, 217 N. Main St., said. “You don’t want to see people Stillwater. David Francis in holiday cheer when you’re deep in Stillwater Author sorrow.” He hopes that “Grief Travelers” will “They told us, ‘Give your son up to serve as a guide to his fellow grief 10th Annual the mountains,’” David remembered. travelers, particularly during this But he and Linda refused to do so, and time of year. Among the lessons he instead committed to funding and shares is to channel one’s love for a organizing what became a yearlong lost loved one into others. search for Jon’s body. In July 2007, “One of the emotional coping a little over a year after he went mechanisms of dealing with grief is missing, Jon’s remains were fi nally to reinvest your love,” he said. “The discovered on the mountain. love that I had for Jon, it’s important In 2010, David published “Bringing to reinvest that love.” David’s 10-year- Jon Home,” an award-winning old granddaughter Camille, to whom memoir that chronicles his family’s “Grief Travelers” is dedicated, is search for Jon. This year, he “getting the bulk of that love,” he said. published his second book, “Grief He also said that healthy grieving Travelers,” through the Jon Francis will eventually allow joy to make its Foundation, a nonprofi t he and Linda way back in, and he encourages his founded to support the families of fellow grief travelers to welcome it people missing in the wilderness. when it arrives. In writing “Grief Travelers,” David “Joy starts creeping in. You can said, he wanted to share all he had fi ght it, but it happens … You slowly learned through mourning the loss of stop thinking about what you’ve lost Getting Cold for YOUR Cause his beloved son. A former U.S. Navy and instead think about what you captain, he attributes the impetus for had. You start to replace grief with the book partly to his many years of gratitude,” he said. “Not all of it— February 8th, 2020

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As each year comes to a close, it is a tradition of the Lowdown to take a look back at memorable mo- ments from the last 12 months. As we look ahead to 2020, we hope that the year will bring good health, good cheer and more good stories. Thank you for being a reader. Happy New Year! WASHINGTON COUNTY | SUBMITTED 10th District Court Judge Juanita Freeman made history as the fi rst JANUARY black judge in Washington County. Forest Lake resident wins $100k in state lotto The new year began with good fortune for Forest County’s 1st black judge Lake resident Jeffrey Swenson, who won $100,000 helps judicial bench refl ect SUBMITTED through the Minnesota Millionaire Raffl e. When he community Kalei, her parents and her sister Maya pictured at a Minnesota Wild game realized that one of his tickets matched the winning (from left): Michelle, Kalei, Maya and Jaime. The walls of the Washington number 385332, “I about died,” he said. County Courthouse judicial Minnesota Wild player’s tweet sacrifi ces made by my parents! chambers are lined with por- helps send young hockey Tear it up over there!” Dubma’s traits of former judges, most of player to France tweet read. them white and male. There are A 12-year-old hockey player’s no black judges pictured, but dream has come true, thanks to Residents get cold for a cause once Judge Juanita Freeman’s talent, hard work and a tweet by at annual Winter Plunge photograph is added to the col- a Minnesota Wild player. Kalei Dozens of Minnesota lake-go- lection, there will be. Forga’s love of the ice started at ers braved the chilling wind and Former Governor Mark the early age of 6, when her par- freezing waters Feb.16 to “get Dayton appointed Freeman as a ents, Michelle and Jaime Forga, cold for a cause” The annual 10th District Court judge after signed her up for the hockey Winter Plunge, sponsored by the Susan Miles announced her program in Forest Lake. Minne- Forest Lake Rotary Club, offered retirement. Freeman called the sota Wild’s Matt Dumba saw a participants the chance to opportunity to make history as tweet with a link to her family’s organize a team of jumpers and the county’s fi rst black judge GoFundMe to raise the $15,000 raise money for their favorite “amazing and humbling.” MINNESOTA LOTTERY | SUBMITTED needed to send her to the 2019 charitable cause. In exchange “I can’t think of a time in my Forest Lake residents Jeffrey and Debbie Swenson World Selects tournament, in for their pledge money, family life where I thought I’d be break- celebrate their good fortune. Chamonix, France this spring. and friends crowded around ing a literal barrier,” she said. “I Dumba shared it—and also the square hole in the ice and wanted the barriers of distrust donated $500 to the cause.“Go watched with gleeful faces as the New council member likely youngest in overtime to be broken down, but Kalei! I had a similar opportu- plungers marched towards their Oak Park Heights history to literally kind of break that nity when I was younger and icy fates, each splash being met At 23, Carly Johnson is currently the youngest color line was—and still every it wouldn’t have been possible with cheers from the adoring member of the Oak Park Heights City Council, and day is—impactful to me.” without the help of a lot of good crowd. she’s likely the youngest in the city’s history as people in my community and the well. Johnson was elected to the council in November and took the oath of offi ce on Jan. 8. She is an Oak APRIL Park Heights native who graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 2014 and from the University of After 100 years, Costa St. Thomas in 2018. Though she sometimes worries Farm & Greenhouse still that her age and gender will mean that some won’t growing strong take her seriously, she won’t let that fear get in the The local food movement way. “There have defi nitely been rooms I’ve been has gained momentum in in where I’m the only woman, and being so young recent years, but the Costa is defi nitely something,” Johnson said. “But it’s family has been practicing motivating me to work twice as hard.” its tenets throughout the last century. 2019 marked the 100th anniversary of Costa Farm & Greenhouse, which grows fl owers and vegetables across about 150 acres in Washington Coun- ty. Amidst urban sprawl and competition from big- box retailers, owners Ron and Karin Costa have kept PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS the family farm thriving Ron, Grace, Gina and Karin Costa pose for a photo in one of the barns at the third-generation family farm located in Grant. into its third generation. JOHN KAUL | SUBMITTED 23-year-old Carly Johnson is likely the youngest person ever elected to the Oak Park Heights City JUNE Council. Veterans learn to retake the reins through equine-assisted therapy MARCH A group of Forest Lake veterans is experiencing Forest Lake native returns to police department the healing power of therapy, thanks to a caring A new addition to the ranks of the Forest Lake team comprised of both two- and four-legged Police Department has long been a familiar face therapists. Acres for Life Therapy and Wellness in the community. Patrol Offi cer Luke Hanegraaf Center, which specializes in equine-assisted is a graduate of Forest Lake High School and the therapy, has launched a program specifi cally for University of Minnesota-Duluth. His curiosity veterans. The transition from combat to civilian about life in law enforcement was sparked during life is often a diffi cult one, and the trauma that his junior year of college, while he was completing many military members experience can make the student teaching. return home all the more isolating.

Bill will rename highway Summer camp inspires girls to pursue after fallen corrections offi cer construction careers Sen. Karin Housley and Rep. Bob Dettmer intro- Construction has long been a male-dominated duced legislation to rename a section of state Hwy. industry, but the Power Girls program at Camp 95 after corrections offi cer Joseph Gomm, who was Lakamanga aims to change that. Power Girls, a killed while on duty at the Minnesota Correction- special STEM-focused camp program, was held PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS this summer in a partnership between the Girl al Facility in Stillwater last June. “We mourn the Acres for Life Chief Development Offi cer and Equine Scouts River Valleys chapter and Dunwoody loss of Offi cer Gomm, but we’re determined that Trainer Sally Mixon and Equine Specialist Carrie his legacy of sacrifi ce will not soon be forgotten,” Evens visit with “Rebel,” a retired mounted patrol College of Technology in Minneapolis. Program Housley said in a statement. “Offi cer Gomm paid horse from St. Paul. While on the job he suffered participants spent six days learning the ins and the ultimate sacrifi ce, giving his life in the line of a career-ending injury and could no longer carry a outs of construction and put their newfound duty in keeping us safe. This is a small token of this rider and is now the leader of the herd of therapy knowledge to use through building three tiny community’s appreciation.” animals at the farm. houses. JANUARY 2020 THE LOWDOWN 15 www.presspubs.com

MAY JULY Xcel Energy will close Allen S. King Stanley Cup sets up shop for the day plant by 2028 in Stillwater with native Mitch Reinke Xcel Energy announced on May 20, Despite the lull in hockey news during the summer, that it will retire the Allen S. King the ice arena at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center coal plant in Bayport by 2028, more in Stillwater was packed to the brim in celebration July than a decade ahead of schedule. 22. Stillwater native Mitch Reinke, member of the NHL The accelerated closure is part of the champion St. Louis Blues, was welcomed home for a company’s proposed Upper Midwest ceremony and photo opportunity with the Stanley Cup Energy Plan, which will also close the in tow. Numerous city offi cials joined Reinke on the ice Sherco 3 coal plant in Becker by 2030 to honor his accomplishments, and community mem- and increase its dedication to wind bers and fans formed a line to get a personal chance for a and solar energy. picture with Reinke and the Cup. “I feel really blessed to bring it (the Cup) back to 77 years after his death at Pearl Stillwater, and I hope you guys enjoy this,” Reinke said. VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND | SUBMITTED Harbor, a Minnesota WWII veteran’s This summer, Stillwater hosted “The Wall That Heals,” remains come home ‘The Wall That Heals,’ replica of Vietnam a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sharon DeRaad never got to meet Veterans Memorial comes to Stillwater Washington, D.C. her Uncle Dante; he died during the From July 25-28, Stillwater hosted “The Wall That Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Heals,” a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Me- know that we have a lot of veterans in our community,” years before she was born. But morial in Washington, D.C. The Fraternal Order of Ea- she said. “We thought it would be something great to do this Memorial Day weekend, she’ll gles 94, along with the Bayport and Stillwater American for them, something to show them that we appreciate drove from Forest Lake to Virginia, Legions, have worked to bring the memorial, currently their service.” Minnesota, to attend his funeral and on tour throughout the United States, to Stillwater. Last witness his remains buried alongside summer, the wall made a stop at the Minnesota State On anniversary of fallen correction offi cer’s death, those of her grandparents, nearly 80 Capitol in St. Paul. Adeline Carroll, gambling manager hundreds gather in remembrance years after his death. for the Eagles, said that her own visit in St. Paul last Hundreds of people gathered on the lawn outside of the year inspired her to bring the experience to the St. Croix Minnesota Corrections Facility-Stillwater on Thursday, Valley. July 18, at a ceremony to honor and member fallen cor- “Even though we (the Eagles) aren’t military-affi liat- rections offi cer Joseph Gomm on the fi rst anniversary ed, we have a lot of veterans in our organization, and we of his death. SEPTEMBER DECEMBER Counties and cities Sara’s Tipsy Pies opens collaborate to brand north storefront in Stillwater metro as technology hub For the last several years, A public/private partner- Sara’s Tipsy Pies have been a ship to attract technology staple at the Minnesota State businesses to the north met- Fair. Now that owner Sara ro is offi cially underway. Hayden has opened a retail Offi cials from Anoka and storefront in Stillwater, locals Washington counties are need not travel far (or wait until spearheading the effort to August) to get their fi x of her brand the stretch of Inter- handheld pies, which also come state 35E near fi ve north complete with a little boozy kick. metro cities—Centerville, Columbus, Forest Lake, Warner Nature Center closes Hugo and Lino Lakes—as The Lee & Rose Warner Nature the future home of the Min- Center closed at the end of 2019. nesota Technology Corridor. Founded in 1967, the Warner Nature Center is the oldest pri- Scandia Cafe closes vate nature center in Minnesota After nearly three decades, and draws thousands of visitors, SUBMITTED the Scandia Cafe has closed primarily schoolchildren, to its Dante Tini, the uncle of Forest Lake permanently. 900-acre facility in the St. Croix resident Sharon DeRaad, served as a “It was 28 years serving Valley each year. Its closing radioman third class aboard the U.S.S. the community and being follows a decision by its chief Oklahoma and died when the ship in the restaurant business,” funding agency, the Manitou capsized after being struck by Japanese said owner Holly Kaufhold. Fund, not to renew its longstand- PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS torpedos on Dec. 7, 1941. “It was a hard decision but, ing partnership with the Science Sara Hayden, owner of Sara’s Tipsy Pies, walks ultimately, when it’s time to Museum of Minnesota, which through the door that separates the kitchen and retire out, it’s time.” manages the site. retail area at her new Stillwater store. AUGUST Operatunity Theatre holds inaugural NOVEMBER OCTOBER opera festival on St. Croix Forest Lake resident joins race for though, have been checked off Megan Wagner and Obed Floan love Minnesota’s 6th District opera—so much so that last fall, the his list in a fi ve-and-a-half-year Tawnja Zahradka, of Forest Lake, series of bike rides that took him husband and wife duo started Opera- is seeking the DFL endorsement for tunity Theatre, an opera and musical through 31 cities and townships Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District and totaled 7,000 miles. theater company that aims to showcase seat, hoping to replace U.S. Rep. Tom the musical talent of the St. Croix Val- Emmer (R) in the process. Zahradka, a Farmaste: Where farm animals ley and establish it as a regional music former television personality and 1995 cultural center. On Aug. 10, Operatuni- are someone, not something Mrs. Minnesota, said in her campaign Jeka, Violet and Ophelia, ty Theatre hosted its fi rst major event: announcement that her frustration Opera on the River, which Wagner and 2-year-old Yorkshire Cross pigs, after attending Emmer’s town hall in have been lucky in life and have Floan hope will eventually become St. Cloud this summer motivated her to a “nationally, if not internationally only known love and kindness run. from people. Their mom’s start recognized music festival together “When good people do nothing, it is through multiple partnerships with to life was not as happy. A breed- the very defi nition of tyranny. I just ing sow, she was rescued from established performing arts companies couldn’t sit idly on the sidelines,” she of the region,” Floan said. the largest farm animal cruelty said in her campaign announcement. “It case in the northeastern U.S. The was time for me to fi ght the corruption I New Stillwater warden sworn in conditions from which she was was witnessing and stand up for all peo- SUBMITTED rescued were deplorable — many The Stillwater prison has a new ple who suffer at the hands of bullies.” leader at its helm. Guy Bosch began Terry Stille hoists his road bike over of the animals were showing his duties as warden of the Minnesota his head in celebration of achieving signs of neglect and had no access Social media alternative ‘off the grid’ his goal. Correctional Facility-Stillwater this to food or water. Deceased ani- “The Horn,” started by Twin Cities en- mals were mixed in with living summer. On Aug. 19, he was offi cially trepreneurs, is an ad-free social media Cyclist bikes every public road sworn into the new role in a special animals throughout the property. alternative that doesn’t sell your data. in Washington County These girls’ mother was one of installation ceremony—a new tradi- The social media site is fee-based — $30 Terry Stille has accomplished tion for the Department of Corrections the survivors, and the ASPCA per year or $3.99 per month, said one a feat that few, if any, others can placed her in a foster home (DOC). of its founders, Jeff Myer, who lives in lay claim to: he’s biked every Bosch said that he is “profoundly where, shortly after her arrival, Forest Lake. “Because of that, we don’t public road in Washington she gave birth to a litter that in- humbled by the appointment and take any analytics of what is driving County. And yes, that means all thankful to the dedicated DOC staff cluded Jeka, Violet and Ophelia. people onto our site,” he explained. The of them. “Every cul de sac, every This is just one of the many sto- who have supported, encouraged and site is walled off from the public web dead end, every road,” Stille said. mentored me.” ries about the farm animals who and can only be accessed via paid mem- “Anywhere that didn’t have a have been rescued by and live out He also promised to prioritize the bership. The Horn was named after the sign that said ‘no trespassing’ or safety of both staff and inmates. “You their days at Farmaste Animal phone — using the retro word used for ‘private road.’ And, of course, not Sanctuary in Lindstrom. Stillwa- have my commitment to operate a safe the telephone from the ’50s to the ’70s, the interstates; it’s not legal to and secure facility,” Bosch said. “That ter resident Kelly Tope founded Touchi-Peters said. More information bike on those.” All the other ones, the nonprofi t organization. commitment is priority number one.” can be found at thehorn.net 16 THE LOWDOWN JANUARY 2020 www.presspubs.com Dogs and skiers work as a team in winter sport of skijoring

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Cabin fever strikes humans and ca- nines alike in the dog days of winter, but the classic sport of skijoring is one way for Minnesotans and their furry friends to fi ght the winter blues together. Like a fusion between dogsledding and cross-country skiing, skijoring involves a partnership of dog and hu- man, attached to each other by a tow line. Skijoring is an ancient activity, named from the Norwegian word for “ski driving.” This old-fashioned sport has been among the rise in Min- nesota parks in the last few years. For Lino Lakes resident Kevin Mur- phy, it provides both a way to bond with his dog partner, and to appreci- ate the Minnesota winter landscape in a new way. He began skijoring more than 25 years ago, when the ALEX MCKINNEY | SUBMITTED Washington County Parks Director Alex McKinney skijors in a race with German shorthair Lucy. Twin Cities had few opportunities for people interested in the sport. Mur- phy and a few others banded together as The Midwest Skijorers Club in or- der to create partnerships with local parks and winter sports events. Breed isn’t important – almost any type of dog can be used in the sport, although larger, high-energy dogs such as huskies are usually the most adept. “Dogs naturally love to run, and you’re giving them an opportunity to do something they want to do every moment of every day,” Murphy said. “We’re always telling them heel, stay. In skijoring we say ‘let’s go,’ and off they go.” In addition to a well-trained dog and basic skiing ability, skijoring requires a few items of special equipment: a pulling harness for the dog, a com- fortable skijor belt and a tug line in between. KEVIN MURPHY | SUBMITTED The Midwest Skijorers Club has Sierra Anderson of Duluth practices canicross: a good way to keep in practice when there is no snow on the ground. grown phenomenally, and now hosts a fi ve-part race series across the Mid- west. However, not everyone skijors for the thrill of outracing the compet- itors. “One of the most important things is for people to fi gure out is, what is the skijoring experience they’re look- ing for? Some want to go whipping down the trail at 20 miles an hour; some, all they want to do is walk their dog on their skis. It has that range of capability. You don’t have to go fl ying down the trail,” Murphy said. This year, SkijorUSA organized a partnership with the Twin Cities Obe- dience Training Club. The series of KEVIN MURPHY | SUBMITTED workshops, held in December, includ- KEVIN MURPHY | SUBMITTED Rich Kisseloff of Chicago demonstrates A skijor clinic was held at Lake Elmo Park Reserve in September to help those interested ed a humans-only informational over- bikejoring, another off-season way to in the sport develop the skills they need before the winter season sets in. view, and a hands-on workshop with keep skijoring skills in practice. dogs. The earliest part of starting to train a dog to skijor is trying on the attached to the runner’s belt. belt and harness and seeing whether McKinney hopes to host a dryland MULTI-USE TRAILS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY PARKS or not the skier and dog are working clinic in Washington County at least Big Marine Park Reserve: 2.5 km/1.6 miles well as a team. once a year to help skijorers hone “It’s kind of a checkpoint for the some of these off-season skills. Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park: 9 km/5.5 miles dog to make sure it has interest and “It’s a good opportunity for people Pine Point Regional Park: (East Multi-Use Trail) 2.1 km/1.3 miles capability before they make any kind to practice,” he said. “It’s one thing of investment,” Murphy said. when you’re running behind a dog, Point Douglas Park & Regional Trail: 4 km/2.5 miles Washington County Parks Manag- and starting to learn commands. You St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park: 0.7 km/0.4 miles er Alex McKinney knows the joys of don’t wanna just strap on skis and get William O’Brien State Park: 1.6 miles (2.6 with half-mile hike in & out to Riverside Trail) skijoring fi rsthand. He picked up the behind your dog and go.” sport when he worked for Three Riv- Now that the snowy season has ar- ers Park District. Working with Skijor rived, there are ample opportunities USA and other partners, he helped to to explore Washington County Parks smartphone app Avenza, which allows A skijor group meets every Sat- organize the fi rst ever dryland skijor via skijoring. All regional park trails you to download maps and see exactly urday at 8 a.m. at Theodore Wirth clinic in Washington County this past marked multi-use are available for where you are on a trail. Regional Park in Minneapolis. Those September. The event took place at skijoring; Lake Elmo Park Reserve Common courtesy is an essential who wish to join should let event or- Lake Elmo Park Reserve, and focused has the longest network of trails, but part of the sport, he added. “Make ganizers know by creating an account on skills that dogs and trainers could McKinney recommended St. Croix sure your dog is trained enough that on MeetUp.com and signing up. This work on before snow season. Bluffs and Pine Point Park as great you have control over it,” he said. group learning environment can be Many skijorers practice commands places for beginners to try it out. “And bring a poop bag.” benefi cial to skijoring enthusiasts of with their dogs on their usual walks- Multi-use trails do not require a If you’re looking for skijoring trails all skill levels. -skijor dogs are usually taught the Minnesota Ski Pass, but all Washing- outside Washington County, Three “It’s so much easier for dogs to learn same words as traditional sled dogs ton County Parks require a vehicle Rivers Park District maintains from other dogs and people to learn (“gee” means right; “haw” means left, permit ($7/day, $30/year). Maps can skijoring trails at six different parks from other people,” Murphy said. and “whoa” means slow down). Some always be obtained at the park’s front throughout the metro area. Visit Learn more about the sport of ski- skijorers also keep in practice with offi ce or online. McKinney encour- www.threeriversparks.org/activity/ joring at the Midwest Skijorers Club canicross: running with a dog lead ages park visitors to download the skijoring-dog-sledding to learn more. website: skijor.org. JANUARY 2020 THE LOWDOWN 17 www.presspubs.com Polar explorer witness to melting ice

BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR Global CO2 Concentration over the last 400,000 years 400 When polar explorer Will Steger heard the news, he couldn’t believe it, but knew it was real: The 1,250-square-mile ice shelf he had crossed in Ant- arctica by dog sled had collapsed into the sea. Industrial Age “It caught me by surprise,” Steger told an au- 350 dience gathered at the Shoreview Community Foundation’s annual dinner last month. Steger also spoke at an environmental awareness event Nov. 21 at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi. Steger had been standing on the ice shelf a decade before. It was the moment when Steger knew it was 300 time to focus his energies on education, not just exploration. “That was my wake-up call,” he said. A portion of the Larsen B Ice Shelf — about the size of Rhode Island — broke up over a month’s ppm time in 2002, during Antarctica’s summer. The ice 250 shelf had been stable for an estimated 10,000 years. Steger believes the collapse is due to climate change caused by increased carbon dioxide levels. The monthly average carbon dioxide concentration has risen from about 310 parts per million (ppm) in 1960 200 to almost 400 ppm in 2015, according to Mauna Loa Observatory data from Hawaii. Steger has explored polar regions since the ‘80s. He traveled to the North Pole by dog sled in 1986, traversed Greenland without dogs in 1988 and tra- 150 versed Antarctica by dog sled in 1989-90. “I became an eyewitness to the changes in the polar areas,” he said. He’s seen the increased melting of Greenland. Steger, who spent his early childhood in Mahto- years before present medi before moving to Richfi eld, fell into dog sled- COURTESY CLIMATEGEN.ORG. | SUBMITTED ding as a young man after kayaking on White Bear A graph shows the rise in global carbon dioxide concentration following the industrial revolution. Lake led him into kayaking adventures. While in college studying to be a teacher, he kayaked to the Arctic Ocean from Jasper, Alberta, in Canada. “I was destined to live in the wilderness,” Steger said. One of 10 children, sharing space with fi ve brothers, as well as the infl uence of his entrepre- neurial father, prepared him for a life of adventure. “I never saw barriers,” he said. “If I want to do something, I do it.”

“I became an eyewitness to the changes in the polar areas.”

Will Steger Polar Explorer

When Steger lost his job at Outward Bound in PAUL DOLS | PRESS PUBLICATIONS northern Minnesota as a young man, he started Polar Explorer Will Steger speaks at an environmental his own dog sled and ski school to make money. In awareness event held at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 1982, he began to take expeditions. Most famous of in Mahtomedi last month. those is the 3,741-mile International Trans-Antarc- tica Expedition in 1989-90. For four months, Steger dog-sledded across 3-mile-thick ice. Steger is a descendent of the Schifsky family in Shoreview, the Shoreview Historical Society 2011 Heritage Family of the Year. His great-grand- parents, Tom and Anna Schifsky, owned a large COURTESY CLIMATEGEN.ORG | SUBMITTED portion of land by Turtle Lake, said Bill Conlin, Above: Polar expedition members use kayaks to cross foundation dinner master of ceremony. open water. He also has ties to Mahtomedi. His mother Mar- garet was born on a farm near Mahtomedi High Below: The monthly average carbon dioxide School and his father’s family started the Piccadil- concentration has risen from about 310 parts per ly restaurant. “Mahtomedi still has wild areas,” million (ppm) in 1960 to almost 400 ppm in 2015, Steger told an audience of 550 people at the St. according to Mauna Loa Observatory data from Hawaii. Andrew’s event. “The setting had a big infl uence on my life.” WE PAY Steger is currently building the Steger Wilder- ness Center near Ely for educational purposes. He CA$H FOR still embarks on solo expeditions but spends a lot of YOUR CANS Celebrate the Season! time on his Minneapolis-based nonprofi t Climate Winter Open House Generation, whose mission is to teach future gen- 3¢ PER LB ON ALL erations about the impacts of climate change. For Join us for fun and free more information on Steger and his nonprofi t, visit NON-FERROUS climategen.org. MATERIAL! activities for the whole Not good with other offers. Valid through: family including clay 10 PERSONAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING 1/31/20 experimentation, ice 1. Drive a car with good fuel economy; it’s the most important WeWWlb alsolbl buy:b • Insulated Wire personal climate decision. sculpting, dog sleds, 2. Make your house airtight. • Brass • Radiators and art making! 3. Buy and use a programmable thermostat. • Copper • Aluminum Rims 4. Eat less meat, especially beef. Explore the family-friendly 5. Use power strips in your home offi ce and home entertainment • Cat Converters • Aluminum Siding center and turn them off. • And More! gallery show with metal toys. 6. Upgrade your refrigerator and air conditioner, especially if • Stainless Saturday, January 18, they are more than fi ve years old. We are an established company 7. Avoid single-use plastics. 15717 Forest Blvd, Hugo handling all industrial & 1:00-3:00 PM residential scrap needs. Try our 8. Change to LED light bulbs. 651-407-0092 9. Wash clothes in cold water. fast and convenient location. www.NRIMN.com Drive in with your recycling and 4971 Long Avenue 10. Buy less stuff. drive out with CASH!! whitebeararts.org • 651.407.0597 654381 Submitted by St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 653198 18 THE LOWDOWN JANUARY 2020 www.presspubs.com St. Croix Chocolate Company earns gold in international contest

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY | JOHN RUNK COLLECTION Dated circa 1920, a team of cutters takes a break from the ice harvest to pose for a photo on the frozen St. Croix River. The process of harvesting surface ice for cooling purposes was a common practice before the era of widespread mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning technology

Housley honored by Get cold for a cause at National Foundation annual Winter Plunge

BY ELIZABETH CALLEN for Women Legislators STAFF WRITER FOREST LAKE — The annual Rotary Club Winter Plunge—perhaps the Senator Karin Housley (R-St. city’s goofi est and chilliest event—returns to Forest Lake on Saturday, Feb. 8. Mary’s Point) was honored as an Each year, the Rotary Club of Forest Lake partners with local organizations Elected Woman of Excellence by to jointly raise funds for their causes. Participants are encouraged to don the National Foundation for Women costumes as they jump into a hole, pre-carved into the frigid Forest Lake ice. Legislators (NFWL). The award, Last year’s Winter Plunge raised a whopping $56,932, dwarfi ng last year’s which recognizes elected women pledge fi gure by approximately $10,000. of both parties for their legislative If you think you can brave the elements (it’s for a good cause, after all), you’re contributions, was presented at in luck—registration is now open. To register or sponsor a team for this year’s NFWL’s annual conference in San Winter Plunge, visit winterplunge.forestlakerotary.org. Antonio, Texas. “It’s truly an honor to be recognized by my colleagues from state legislatures across the country. As women continue to break barriers and do good for our communities, it’s clear I am in good company,” said Housley. “I’m proud of the work I’ve done over the past seven years in the Minnesota Senate. We’ve come together — in what was the only divided legislature in the nation — to do good work for the people we SUBMITTED represent. I’m really proud of those Sen. Karin Housley (R-St. Mary’s Point) accomplishments.” was honored as an Elected Woman of “The Elected Women of Excellence by the National Foundation Excellence Award was established for Women Legislators. in 2013 to honor elected women working tirelessly to break down barriers and overcome obstacles for the issues about which they are to serve their communities,” said passionate.” Jody Thomas, executive director Housley has represented Forest of the National Foundation for Lake, Stillwater and communities Women Legislators. “Leaders like along the St. Croix Valley in the RYAN LUCAS HENDERSON | SUBMITTED Senator Housley have set the pace Minnesota Senate since 2013. Participants in last year’s Winter Plunge, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Forest Lake, brace themselves for a dip into the frigid waters of Forest Lake. for an environment where women can serve in public offi ce and fi ght 20 THE LOWDOWN DOWNTIMEwww.presspubs.com JANUARY 2020

MONTHLY WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weather Tidbit: We went through a bit of a rough patch this past December as we hit a mid month cold period, but in the end, mild temperatures the last 10 days of the month sent the monthly average to warmer than normal. After a snowy November and start to December, much of the month was relatively snow free. Not until the last weekend of the month did we experience precipitation and some of that was in the way of rain. We’re a third of the way through the coldest months of the year so there is still plenty of winter ahead. 2019 will be remembered as a wet year as many stations, including the Twin Cities, experienced their wettest year on record. Temperatures for 2019 were pretty close to normal but maybe the biggest temperature event of 2019 was the severe cold and -30º of late January 2019. Not hoping for that again.

Morning Planets: Mars, Jupiter (*dawn) Evening Planets: Venus, Uranus, Neptune 3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 20 Mars below Moon 5 Earth at Perhelion 11:20pm. 28-29 Venus near Moon 22 Jupiter below Moon *dawn: 1 hour before sunrise

AREA NORMALS FOR JANUARY DEC. 29 – JAN.4 JANUARY 5-11 JANUARY 12-18 JANUARY 19-25 JAN. 26- FEB. 1 AVG. HIGH……24 AVG. HIGH……24 AVG. HIGH……23 AVG. HIGH……24 AVG. HIGH……25 AVG. LOW…… 10 AVG. LOW…… 8 AVG. LOW…….6 AVG. LOW…… 7 AVG. LOW…… 7 SUNSHINE…… 43 SUNSHINE…… 49 SUNSHINE….…49 SUNSHINE…… 53 SUNSHINE…… 53 % DAYLIGHT HOURS % DAYLIGHT HOURS % DAYLIGHT HOURS % DAYLIGHT HOURS % DAYLIGHT HOURS Precipitation0.24 Precipitation0.27 Precipitation0.25 Precipitation0.30 Precipitation0.19

Brought to you by WeathermanWatson.com Frank Watson is a local meteorologist who operates a weather station in White Bear Lake. Weather data and observation are from his weather station and trips around the area. Frank can be found on the internet at WeathermanWatson.com.

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