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St. Anthony Park, FalconPa Heights, Lauderdale & Northwestrk Como Park BugleVolume 33, Number 11, May 2007 Dances with cows by Natalie Zett ith 22 years’ experience in dance and choreography, Maggie WBergeron can claim veteran status in her chosen field — and she’s not yet 30. Bergeron is hardly resting on her laurels, though. Instead, she’s launching her own dance company and planning a new show, and she wants her neighbors to be part of it all. Bergeron, who lives in St. Anthony Park, recently established her own dance company — Maggie Bergeron and Company — and will perform excerpts of an original piece, “House/Home,” at the Gibbs Museum on May 19. The full version of “House/Home” will premier July 12–14 as a part of the “Momentum” series that will be presented Photo by V. Paul Virtucio by the Walker Art Center and the Southern Theater. Bergeron grew up “on this little farm in the middle of nowhere in St. Anthony Park resident Maggie Bergeron will perform excerpts of an original piece, “House/Home,” northwestern Minnesota. Yet somehow I was exposed to dance. There at the Gibbs Museum on May 19. The full version will premier July 12–14 at the Southern Theater. was a teacher from Grand Forks who came to our town to teach dance classes in the cafeteria of my elementary school. So that’s how I got hooked on the dance thing.” Later, another instructor invited her to study at his dance studio The eagle has landed (and Duke knows where) in Grand Forks, N.D. by Judy Woodward “My parents, who were sugar beet farmers, drove me three or four times a week to Grand Forks — an hour one way,” said Bergeron. A bald eagle is an impressive only things missing are Old evening from 6:30 until dusk at a Eventually, Bergeron began teaching dance classes herself. “I sight. Even when viewed through Glory and the familiar strains of special viewing site near the wanted to dance. I knew it back then,” she said. “Later on, I would an 80-power magnifying scope “The Star-Spangled Banner” Spoon Lake fishing area, west of doubt it, but I knew then.” on a freezing early spring evening welling up in the background. the Highway 61/Highway 36 At age 15, Bergeron found herself torn between home and with busy freeway traffic not 30 It’s a sight that Falcon interchange. following her dreams. “I decided to leave home because I couldn’t get yards away from the bare branch Heights resident Duke Addicks For Addicks, 67, it was what I needed there,” she said. “It was hard, but I had to do it.” on which the bird huddles to plans to enjoy a lot in the coming retirement from his day job as an She found what she wanted at the Interlochen Arts Academy in keep warm, the view conjures up weeks. Addicks, a long-time attorney with Minnesota League Michigan, site of the well-known Interlochen Arts Summer Camp. patriotic images and prompts wildlife volunteer and a of Cities that allowed him to Bergeron attended Interlochen for her junior and senior years of high nature-loving thoughts. recognized expert on both the ramp up his interest in eagles. school, and after graduation she worked summers at the camp as a As the bird turns his white biology and the folklore of the Although he is a 25-year veteran dance teacher. head to reveal the familiar beaked eagle, will offer nature talks and Dances with cows to 16 profile, a viewer feels that the eagle sightings every Wednesday The eagle has landed to 18 Changes approved for Raymond Ave. At its April 12 meeting, the District 12 Community Council approved traffic-calming measures at the Raymond- Gordon intersection. Plans call for raised islands in the middle of Raymond, as well as additional signage and parking restrictions. Also, bike lanes will be added on both sides of the street. This intersection is one of three along Raymond that a task force identified as needing structural changes to improve pedestrian saftey. The District 12 Community Council has submitted a grant application to the city of St. Paul that would fund the larger project. In the meantime, in response to concerns about a recent accident at the inter-section, Ward 4 City Council Member Jay Benanav was able to procure $24,000 to begin the project at Gordon Avenue this Graphic courtesy of Paul St. Martin, summer. Changes should be St. Paul Dept. of Public Works complete by Labor Day. Vote in this month’s Bugle poll at www.parkbugle.org: Is Raymond Avenue safe for pedestrians? 2 P ARK BUGLE ■ MAY 2007 CITY FILES STEVE AHLGREN Practicing Law in St. Anthony Park since 1980 Como Park Lauderdale news, join SAPark, an electronic • Wills • Powers of Attorney • Trusts Hundreds of homes in the Como Lauderdale’s citywide garage sale discussion group of people in St. Anthony Park. To sign up, • Probate • Health Care Directives area will participate in a May 19 will be May 19. There is no cost garage sale day organized by the to participate. The city will scroll to the bottom of www.sapcc.org until you get to 2239 Carter Avenue / 651-646-3325 District 10 Community Council. advertise the sale and create a Area residents can register with map of sale locations. Residents the Yahoo Groups box. District 10, and their sale will be who plan a garage sale that day listed on a map that will be and wish to have it included on Elections for the St. Anthony distributed in the neighborhood, the map must call City Hall Park Community Council were as well as available at (631-0300) by Monday, May 14. held April 10. The following www.ComoPark.org. Sales may begin at 8 a.m. board members were elected: To register a sale online, go north delegates Greg Haley and to www.ComoPark.org, then to Matt Carlson; north alternates the Contact Us page. Choose St. Anthony Park Chris Donaldson and Chris “Garage Sale” and fill in your The third and fourth in a series Kalla; south delegates Ranae name, phone number, e-mail of forums to discuss planning for Hanson, Gregg Richardson and address and a short description of the future of Como Avenue will Arnold Ramler; south alternate your sale. be held in May. Steve Van Houten. Registration is free, but At 7 p.m. on May 2, the donations to the nonprofit Como third and final session directed by The St. Anthony Park Park Community Council (also the Corridor Housing Initiative Community Council recently known as “District 10”) are and the Center for Neighbor- passed a resolution in support of appreciated. Note that sales may hoods will be held at St. Anthony naming one of the proposed begin earlier than scheduled or Park Elementary School. A panel light-rail transit stops the even the day before, but all will of experts will present St. Anthony Park Station. In be advertised for the same times information and respond to addition, the council continues to on Saturday. questions. push for an interim zoning On May 24, the District 12 overlay that would help guide Community Council will host a transit-oriented development on Falcon Heights 7 p.m. meeting at Luther University Avenue. Residents are invited to sign up Seminary to discuss a total vision for the Minnesota Energy for the Como Avenue 2030 Plan. Proposed improvements to the Challenge at Meetings are also planned in Raymond and Gordon www.mnenergychallenge.org. October and November to review intersection were presented to the Once you sign up, you will drafts of the plan. For more SAPCC Board in April. To see receive energy-saving tips. By information, visit drawings of the proposed entering your Falcon Heights www.sapcc.org/events/Como.php. changes, call the office at address, you will be added to the 649-5992. city team and help Falcon If you would like to be kept up — Anne Holzman Heights excel in the challenge. to date on St. Anthony Park MAY 2007 ■ P ARK BUGLE 3 Neighborhood Congratulations to Como Rose Travel Volunteers by Lisa Steinmann 17 years of professional travel service! For all of your travel needs, call or stop in to see Mary Hamel loves a warm kitchen. It’s a place to gather David, Colette, Meg and Marsha. thoughts along with ingredients, ® to be creative, to produce 2301 Como Avenue / St. Paul / 651-646-8855 something nourishing for others TRAVEL and herself. Hamel has spent more time in kitchens than most people. She’s always cooked for her family, and for a time she was co- Zeller Plumbing Service owner of the May Day Café in Repair or Replacement of: Minneapolis. Toilets / Faucets / Disposals / Water, Now her culinary skills Drain and Gas Pipes benefit Open Arms of Minnesota, where Hamel 10% OFF Labor with ad. volunteers once a week. Open Free estimates, call and compare Arms prepares and delivers free Raymond M. Zeller / 651-690-0421 meals to people living with Park resident for over 20 years / Lic # 003473m / Bonded, Insured chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, MS, ALS and breast cancer. Each week Hamel leaves her home in St. Anthony Park and drives to the Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Open Arms is Photo by Lisa Steinmann housed in a one-story brick building on Franklin Avenue and St. Anthony Park resident Mary Hamel volunteers at Open Arms of Fourteenth Street. Minnesota, which delivers free meals to people with chronic diseases.