October Bastardy pg 3 Power of Art pg 8 Wellness pg 8 &12 14 Rebel in Rye pg 10 Clean Sweep What’s Fair Fare? pg 2 Saturday Franklin Br. Demo pg 5 Details on First Person Radio pg 9 pg. 3,4,5 Mt. Olive Geo/Solar pg 7 OF, BY, AND FOR ITS READERS SINCE 1976 Barricades: Up & Down pg 6 OCTOBER 2017 • VOLUME 42, NUMBER 10 AWE OF AUTUMN AWE OF LONGEVITY A Sophal and Nevy Nhep greeted scores of past custom- ers and served “one last meal” to long time customers like these two women in front of their new Food Service truck replacing their Best Steaks and Gyros business at Chicago W Crossings (Franklin Avenue/Chicago Avenue Intersection). This future leader will be able to walk through the English curtain at will and leave it all behind having learned Objibwe and/or Dakota cul- ture, traditions, and language; and the wholeness of the circle of life. He will understand how important autumn is…the timing of the leaves that turn to color – bronze, yellow, orange, red – signal when they choke off the flow of nutrients to their leaves whether winter will be early or late. Photo: Jewell Arcoren AUTUMN IN OUR HEARTS E BY LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK Before cars, before buildings, before the incessant consumption of natural resources, there was another population that went through the seasons, adjusted to disasters, fell in battle, and buried their dead. In less than 100 years, European settlers managed to wipe out over 90% of the old growth forest in what is now Minnesota. Before the arrival of the French and the Ojibwe, the river along what is now St. Paul, bustled with the canoe and watercraft traffic of the Dakota people and their Hidatsa allies. The canoes, heavy with rice and other grains, headed down the river to what is now St. Louis where a huge trading T center was supported by the exchange of goods and services of many tribes. They came back with medicines, new foods, and robes for the winter to add to what they already tanned. It was labor intensive and women were at the forefront of the trading. The men hunted and defended the villages of the people. In 1834 the missionaries Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond with Stephen R. Riggers and Thomas S. Williamson put together a Christian version of written Sophal Dakota. The resulting dictionary, still in print, has such words as pickle, Read Peter Molenaar’s story on the closure of picnic, pictorial, picture frame, and physics. This was far from the and Nevy Nhep’s restaurant on page 11 reality of the Dakota people, who came from the stars and understood every plant and tree, every change of season, and every animal in their U territory. The printed words stunted their knowledge generation after generation until it seemed they might disappear. But they did not disappear. The Dakota language, rich and full of meaning and nuance, moved beyond the curtain of English that was papered everywhere in writing and talk. If you know the Dakota lan- guage, you can walk through that English curtain at will and leave it all behind. You understand how important autumn is – not just a time to think about buying a sweater. The timing of the leaves that turn to color – bronze, yellow, orange, red – signal when they choke off the flow of nutrients to their leaves M whether winter will be early or late. It is interesting to look at trees, to understand one kind from another and to know the uses of the trees. Sugar maples that once filled the hardwood forests are now seen in tiny stands. The Dakota people made maple products for energy-rich food that could be consumed the whole year. But now, the leaves tell their story. Now, little children walk from their Dakota class in the Phillips Neighborhood with their teacher to a nearby garden. He points out the various plants and trees along the AWE OF ART See page 9 for the rest of Autumn in our Hearts THE POWER OF ART • See page 8 It seems that our community is always under assault, doesn’t it some- NOctober = Autumn = Awetumn = Phillips Clean Sweep. Is it times? From the exploding heroin epidemic to the President’s ending of DACA, there is always some threat to respond to. How do we keep our REALLY about picking-up 1.57 square miles of left-overs and sanity in such times? recycling between 35-W & Hiawatha and E-94 & Lake Street? One way is through art—whether it’s painting a mural, decorating a cake for a quinceañera, writing a poem or a story, making mosaics or Or is it a Great Social Event; FREE breakfast of OJ, coffee, fruit, puppets or sculpture—working together to create art can transform the and pastries; and a FREE T- Shirt? Yup, it’s all of the above!! neighborhood while it is transforming the lives of those who make it and those who experience it. 2 AWE of LEARNING The Alley Newspaper • October 2017

BY JESSICA SHAYKETT Phillips West Youth and All Ages Programs at Read Aloud Book Club Neighborhood Mondays: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. the Franklin Grades 4-6. Join other kids to Upcoming Events The Alley Library www.phillipswest.info P.O. Box 7006 talk about a great book. No pre- Mpls.,MN 55407 reading required! We will share Call Editor 612-990-4022 and discuss a book and enjoy BY CRYSTAL TRAUTNAU WINDSCHITL [email protected] activities. October 5th (Thursday) 6:00 available in the rear of building www.alleynews.org K-12 Homework Help to 7:00 p.m. – Phillips West off of Oakland Avenue. Free Follow us on twitter.com/alleynewspaper Tuesdays/Wednesdays/ 1314 E. Franklin Avenue Monthly Community Meeting! Jakeeno’s Pizza Dinner will be Alley Communications, a 501C-3, Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 Complete program list or provided! If you would like more info Not-for-Profit Corp. publishes The p.m. Free in-person tutoring for Join your neighbors and other information or would like to get Alley Newspaper and other media. 612- 543-6925 K-12 students. No advance sign- www.hclib.org Community Partners for updates involved in the neighborhood “When the great newspapers don’t say up needed. More info: www. Mon, Fri & Sat: 9am–5pm from Local City Government please contact Crystal at 612-879- much, see what the little independent hclib.org/homework. Sponsor: Tue, Wed & Thurs: & Minneapolis Police. Meeting 5383 or email her at pwno2005@ ones say.” – Wendell Phillips Friends of the Hennepin County 9am –8pm will take place at the Center yahoo.com Sun: 12-5pm Library. for Changing Lives Building Crystal Trautnau Windschitl is Donations are needed, welcome, Franklin Meal Program Anime Club, Saturday, October in the Centrum Room (2400 Executive Director of Phillips and Tax Deductible. Volunteers who had a part in Tuesdays/Wednesdays/ 14 and 28, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Park Avenue). Free parking is West Neighborhood Organization making this issue: Robert Albee, Thursdays, Dinner: 3:30 – 5 Discuss manga and share art- Jewell Arcoren, Clyde Bellecourt, p.m. Snack: 5 – 6 p.m. work. Something different every Transit Patrick Cabello Hansel, East Phillips Share a meal with your friends time! Improvement Coalition, Linnea and family in the Franklin Teen For Adults Hadaway, Hennepin County Franklin Fares Rise: What’s Fair Fare? Library and Staff, Hennepin County Center. Available for all ages Franklin Learning Center BY JOHN CHARLES WILSON Traffic, Sue Hunter Weir, In the when accompanied by youth. Tuesday, Wednesday & 25 Cent Fare Increase Oct. 1 Heart of the Beast Theatre, Soren Family Storytime, Fridays: Thursday, 10 am-4:30 pm; The biggest transit news in Jensen, KFAI Radio, Leah Kondes, 10:30 – 11 a.m. Friday & Saturday, 9 am-5 pm Phillips, indeed in the whole Twin Tim McCall, Midtown Greenway, For children of all ages and their 612-543-6934. Free, flexible Cities, this month is obviously the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Minneapolis Swims, parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, instruction to adults in basic 25-cent fare increase going into Peter Molenaar, MUID-Metropolitan read, write and play together in reading, writing, math, and effect October 1st. Urban Indian Directors, Dave Moore, a format appropriate for young English Language Learning; Fair Fare Future? Maggie Moran, Brad Pass, Carol children. Share books, stories, including U. S. citizenship and One thing that is interesting Pass, Phillips 50+ Wellness, Phillips rhymes, music and movement. GED preparation. To register about it is that the Met Council West Neighborhood, Julie Roles, Jessica Shaykett, Semilla Healing The Science of Art: Nature- with us, you can call or stop in – is looking at reforming the fare and Arts Center, Sunny Sevigny, Inspired Masks, Saturday, we are located in the lower level structure to be more equitable. Frances Stevenson, Crystal Trautnau October 28, 2 – 3:30 p.m. of the Franklin Library. Some things being considered Windschitl, Laura Waterman Grades 1-6. Learn about colors Memoir Writing Group include bringing back distance- Wittstock, John Charles Wilson. and patterns in nature from an Thursday, October 19, 1-3pm based fares (zones) and providing Delivery: To every Phillips artist naturalist, then use that Would you like to create a record breaks to “reverse” commuters first ring suburbs during rush Community residence by Sara Nelson knowledge and your imagina- of your personal history? Bring – people who live in the inner hour, are paying more now than Delivery; to 170 businesses, places of tion to make a whimsical mask! what you have written and are city and work in the suburbs. then. People riding between the worship, institutions in Phillips and Materials provided. Collaborator: willing to read to the group Additionally, a Transit Access two cities or to and from the adjacent neighborhoods by Peter Three Rivers Park District. for helpful comments and sug- Program is now being implement- suburbs (except the limited group Molenaar Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and gestions. Collaborator: Osher ed for people with low incomes. mentioned above) are either pay- Board of Directors: Cathy Strobel- Cultural Heritage Fund. Lifelong Learning Institute This seems to be an admission that ing the same or less now (adjusted Ayres, President; Sue Hunter Weir; Franklin Teen Center Programs (OLLI). the fares have gotten too high for a for inflation) than then. Is this fair Leon Oman, Treasurer. Urban 4-H Club, Tuesdays: Volunteers Wanted: major segment of the population. to inner-city residents? Does the Monthly Alley Communication 5 – 7 p.m. We do everything Homework Help Volunteer What’s Fair? Compare to “temporary” rush-hour tax enact- Board Meetings: 6:30 PM 3rd Wed. Call for Location. from urban gardening to digital Work with youth after school on 1970 Fare ed in 1982 make the fares more photo/video to theater. Partner: literacy and homework related There is no cut-and-dried or less fair? Letters and e-mails to Alley University of Minnesota. projects: reading, math, his- answer to the question of “What’s Consider what today’s fare Communications and/or its Editor Teen Tech Workshop, tory, language arts and more. a fair fare?” but if we compare the structure means in 1970 dollars: become the property of Alley Wednesdays: 5 – 6:30 p.m. Volunteers must have some expe- current fares with those in 1970, The local fare would have been 32 Communications dba The Alley Newspaper and may be chosen for Get creative and make music, rience with school age children just before the MTC took over cents non-rush hour and 40 cents publication. videos, animation and other proj- and commit to working once a Twin City Lines, and adjust for rush hour. The express fare would ects using both high- and low- week at a homework help loca- inflation, we find some interesting have been 40 cents non-rush hour Senior Editor: Harvey Winje, tech tools, everything from iPads tion for a semester. Training is facts. The base fare in 1970 was and 52 cents rush hour. Distance [email protected]; and 3D printers to synthesizers provided. A criminal background 30 cents (equal to $1.88 today). wouldn’t have mattered. 612-990-4022 and sewing machines. Led by the check is required. Apply online That covered local rides within the Fare Opinions WANTED! Co-Editor & Designer: Jonathan library’s Teen Tech Squad. at: www.hclib.org city limits of either Minneapolis If you have an opinion on how Miller [email protected] Young Achievers/ Dhalinta or Saint Paul. A double fare was the fare structure can be more fair, Robert Albee, Ventura Village News Horumar sare rabta Franklin Learning Center charged to go between the two cit- now is the time to get in touch Editor; Brad Pass East Phillips Editor, Thursdays: 4:30 - 6 p.m. Volunteer. Work with learners ies. Going to suburbs was an extra with the Met Council. Their staff Sunny Sevigny, Midtown Phillips News Editor; Susan Ann Gust, BYI Celebrate Somali culture, make one-to-one or in small groups 10 cents (equal to 63 cents today) is developing a report on this Section new friends and practice healthy in a supportive and welcoming per city boundary crossed. What subject which is to be reviewed lifestyles. Partner: WellShare environment. Apply for volunteer few express buses existed then by the Council in the first quarter Advertise: [email protected] International. opportunities online at: http:// had a 5 cent (equal to 31 cents of 2018. Let’s hope the results are 612-990-4022 U dabaaldag Dhaqanka www.hclib.org/about/support/ today) tax. beneficial to all. “Let me make the newspaper and I Soomalida, sameyso saaxiibo volunteer-opportunities People riding within John Charles Wilson is a care not who makes the religion and cusub iyo in aad isticmaasho hab Jessica Shaykett is the Franklin Minneapolis or Saint Paul, and Whittier Neighborhood resident. the laws.” – Wendell Phillips nololeed cafimaad leh. Lamaane: Community Library Patron those taking express buses to the WellShare International. Experience Supervisor

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Tales from Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery

Sue Hunter Weir 151st in a Series

Seduction and broken prom- ises The child of Martha Anderson and Andrew G. Krogstad was stillborn on January 21, 1875. Two days later, Martha Anderson (sometimes referred to as Amondson) died from puerperal fever, a complication of child- birth; she was 26 years old. Her story was in its day an all too- common one—a story of seduc- Veterans are gone but not forgotten by ongoing marker project. Some L. to r. Jeff Jackson, Ron Dostal, and Brian Orth set a marble, Veteran’s tion and broken promises. veterans never had markers. In June 2017,13 Civil War markers were marker. Tim McCall identified markers to replace or add and document- Suit against prominent suitor set. Tim McCall, the cemetery’s archivist, has discovered some who ed the installations. Photo by Tim McCall According to the complaint that served but not identified as soldiers; the military unit of others remains totally void of feeling and morally made her living as a domestic she filed in court, Martha and unknown; thus no marker. Now, information on the internet makes depraved.” servant, Martha had very few, if Krogstad had met the previous more data available. Many people make this happen. The Daughters of Crime of “bastardy” all too any, options. She had no family in summer. She was a Norwegian Union Veterans contributed to setting cost. Brian Orth provided equip- common. the United States and there were ment and expertise. Mike Barth, the cemetery’s caretaker, and Mpls. St. immigrant described by the press Martha was 26 years old when no social programs to help her. Dept. workers helped. L. to R. Brian Orth, Tami Jo Angrimson, and Jeff as “being of a spotless character.” Jackson. Photo by Tim McCall she died but the papers referred Taking her child’s father to court Krogstad, also an immigrant, was to her as a “girl” suggesting that was likely the only way to ensure president of the Norden Society, appear in court on January 20th, stated that “now the grave will she was unsophisticated and vul- her own and her child’s survival. an important cultural organization the day before Martha gave birth cover her suffering, her grief and nerable. She was one of many The Tribune called for making for the area’s Scandinavian com- to their stillborn child. His case her shame.” young women who had had simi- “the penalty [for bastardy] com- munity. Despite his prominence, was delayed because of Miss Legal suit dropped and so too lar experiences: “The debauch- mensurate with the enormity of the Minneapolis Tribune took a Anderson’s confinement. Since the “debaucher” ing of innocent Scandinavian ser- the crime.” rather dim view of his character her doctor was concerned that Krogstad’s case was dropped vant girls by this class of spruce After Martha died the charges describing him as having a “repu- “she would follow her dead infant but he did not go unpunished. young men is altogether too com- against Krogstad were dropped. tation of being a rake.” into the grave,” he gave permis- The Norden Society dropped him mon in this city.” . Between Rather than waiting to hear the Krogstad had seduced Martha sion for her testimony to be taken as their president and launched its December 1, 1875 and the end judgment of the Norden Society, by promising to marry her. She at her home. own investigation into the mat- of March 1876, thirteen women he skipped town—it was rumored pleaded with him of several occa- On January 22nd, the Tribune ter. He was suspended from his filed charges against the fathers that he went to California. sions to make good on his promise noted that Krogstad’s case had job at McConnell’s Dry Goods of their children, and the Tribune Potter’s Field grave without but he refused. That left her no been held over until Wednesday Store. While the Tribune claimed acknowledged that an even great- marker choice but to take him to court of the following week, but noted that it had no interest in issuing er number of women didn’t file Martha Anderson and her to try and get financial support that since the baby had died, the a “wholesome denunciation” of charges because of the shame and child are buried in an unmarked for herself and her child. By case against him was likely to be Krogstad before he had had a pub- humiliation of having gotten preg- grave in the paupers’ section of going to court, her “ruin” became dismissed. lic trial they said that his behavior nant when they weren’t married. Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers public knowledge. Krogstad was “Grave covers, suffering, could “only be explained by his The crime that the men in these Cemetery. arrested and paid a bond of $1,000 grief, and shame.” being strongly impressed with a cases were charged with was “bas- Sue Hunter Weir is a Phillips (approximately $21,500 in 2017 On the morning of January 23rd consciousness of his innocence, tardy.“ resident, The Alley Newspaper dollars). Martha died. The paper’s dra- or by what circumstances lend to Few options, no social service and Friends of the Cemetery Krogstad was scheduled to matic announcement of her death make appear a fact—that he is As a single mother who had Board Member. An accident raises questions PHILLIPS CLEAN SWEEP SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 2017

BY A TRAVELER his head: ‘Why do they make good neigh- Plus, get a 9am-10am FREE 2017 A traveler, passing Pioneers and bors? Isn’t it Where there are cows? But Clean Sweep Enjoy a Free Breakfast and Pick-Up Free Supplies T-Shirt Soldiers Cemetery late Thursday afternoon, here there are no cows. Before I built a CHECK IN AT EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS: September 21st 2017, missed the anguish of wall I’d ask to know What I was walling • Welna Ace Hardware Parking Lot – 2438 Bloomington Ave S those whose car crashed into the Fence but in or walling out, And to whom I was like • Lutheran Social Services – 2400 Park Ave S (enter on 24th St) soon enough to see the resulting toppled to give offense.’” 9am-12pm stone column, two “wrinkled” sections of Or the old adage: Q. Why do they build Phillips Clean Sweep! recently restored wrought iron fence, and a fence around a graveyard? A. Because Meet your neighbors, help pick up litter, and clean up your neighborhood! Organize your neighbors! Enlist your block club or church youth group! Above all, just bring yourself and help keep Phillips clean! a tree cut off at its base from damage; had people are just dying to get in. many images and words flash come to The accident is no joking matter and the 12pm-2pm Free Lunch and Entertainment mind: toppled column will likely be the first to be Plus Neighborhood Information & Fun at Stewart Park (2700 12th Ave S) Like the words, often taken out of con- rebuilt as will all of the others during a sub- Bring out your trash! text, from Robert Frost’s poem “Mending sequent Column Restoration Program cur- The Phillips neighborhoods have raised funds to provide free pick up for residents during Clean Sweep. Wall”, wherein one neighbor says, ‘Good rently undergoing fundraising. Think about They will pick up extra household trash, old furniture, carpet, household construction and tires. fences make good neighbors.’ To which his helping. Send you contribution to Friends of Materials should be out the night before and no later than 9am October 14th. neighbor responds, “Spring is the mischief the Cemetery Post Office Box 7345 Mpls., (No hazardous wastes are picked up and any appliance or recyclables are picked up on the next city recycling pick up day.) in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in MN 55407 FFI: call 952-996-6490 The EPIC Report – October 2017 www.eastphillips-epic.com

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East Phillips Community th 17 Ave. Gardeners

Welcome you to the

Annual

For your Calendar: *

The EPIC Board of Directors meets on the FIRST Saturday of the month – Next Meetings;

Saturday, 10/7/2076 and 11/4/2017 at 10:00 AM. Meetings are at 2433 Bloomington Ave. S.

WHEN: Saturday, October 21st The EPIC General Membership meets on the SECOND Thursday – Next Meetings;

TIME: 4:30 PM to ……….. Thursday, 10/12/17 and 11/9/2017 At 6:30 PM. Meetings are at the Community Center.

th Agenda includes Neighborhood Industrial Pollution, Crime Initiatives, and EPIC project updates. WHERE: 2428 17 Ave. S.

The East Phillips Park Programming Partnership meets on the LAST Tuesday – Next meetings; BRING: Food or drink to share 10/31/17 and 11/28/17 At 11:30 AM. Lunch is served. Meetings are at the Community Center.

BRING: Musical instruments Updates on partner activities and Park Events & News.

Meeting Locations: All the above meetings and events are held at the th ENJOY; The Grilled and Pot Luck Feast, East Phillips Park Cultural & Community Center is located at 2307 17 Ave. S. 2433 Bloomington Ave. S is directly across the street from Welna Ace Hardware.

The Warmth of a Crackling Camp Fire, The East Phillips Community 17th Ave. Gardeners meet on the second Saturday of Each Month The annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, during the gardening season, normally from April through September. Next meetings are Next Year

Saturday, 4/14/2018 & 5/12/2018 at 9:00 AM in the Community Center at 2307 17th Ave. S. Hot Spiced Apple Cider Subsequent meetings will be held in the Garden. NOTE: The October Garden meeting is replaced S’mores and more by the Fire with the Garden Fall Harvest Party on October 21st . See above.

Music by your Neighbors.

SAVE THESE DATES: The comradery of this outdoor fall event th Phillips Community Clean Sweep: October 14 2017 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM AND Sign up for a Garden Plot for 2017 Garden Fall Harvest Party: October 21st 2017 from 4:30 PM until the fire goes out.

(Plots will be available for East Phillips Residents) * Watch this space for additional or changed meetings Designed and Paid for by East Phillips Improvement Coalition

Get a FREE 2017 Clean Sweep T-Shirt www.midtownphillips.org | 612.232.0018 | [email protected] BOARD MEETING AGENDA: Held every second Tuesday in Stewart Park Tuesday October 10, 6:30-8pm @ Stewart Park (Arts & Crafts Room), 2700 12th Ave. S., Minneapolis I. Introductions II. Review and Approve August and September Minutes III. Financial Report IV. Presentation of Reformulated Housing Program V. Community Announcements and Public Comment PHILLIPS CLEAN SWEEP COMMUNITY MEETING AGENDA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 Held every fourth Tuesday at different location each month. 9am-10am Check our website for locations: www. midtownphillips.org Enjoy a Free Breakfast and Pick-Up Free Supplies Plus, get a FREE 2017 Tuesday October 24, 6:30-8pm Clean Sweep T-Shirt th @ Waite House, 2323 11 Ave S., Minneapolis CHECK IN AT EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS: I. Introductions • Welna Ace Hardware Parking Lot – 2438 Bloomington Ave S II. Review and Approve September Minutes • Lutheran Social Services – 2400 Park Ave S (enter on 24th St) III. Presentation from FairVote MN on Ranked Choice Voting 9am-12pm IV. Community Announcements and Public Comment Phillips Clean Sweep! Meet your neighbors, help pick up litter, and clean up your neighborhood! Organize your neighbors! 12pm-2pm Free Lunch and Entertainment Plus Neighborhood Information & Fun at Stewart Park (2700 12th Ave S) Bring out your trash! The Phillips neighborhoods have raised funds to provide free pick up for residents during Clean Sweep. They will pick up extra household trash, old furniture, carpet, household construction and tires. Materials should be out the night before and no later than 9am October 14th. (No hazardous wastes are picked up and any appliance or recyclables are picked up on the next city recycling pick up day.) FFI: call 952-996-6490

This Monthly Alley Newspaper Half Page was paid for by Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. OCTOBER 2017 • VOL. 6 NO. 9 VENTURA VILLAGE N E I G H B O R H O O D NEWS RESIDENTS NOT DELIGHTED BY YEAR-L0NG TRAFFIC TIE-UPS

KSTP Photo & Clip Art Detour KSTP Photo & Clip Graphic Courtesy of MNDOT

The STAR TRIBUNE’S Tim Harlow declared “Traffic flowed multiple lanes of freeway, adding MnPass lanes, and constructing a mass smoothly on Day 1 of what might be an eight-month closure” of transit center.” The detour for westbound motorists who usually use the Franklin Avenue bridge over I-35W. The closing has led to the Franklin Avenue Bridge will be Portland Avenue to 26th Street. The detours and traffic snarls elsewhere. Cecil Smith noted that it took prescribed detour for those headed eastbound on Franklin is Nicollet him the better part of an hour to get onto I-35W southbound Avenue to Park Avenue. Pedestrians are asked to use the 24th Street because of traffic volume along usual streets to an entrance ramp. pedestrian bridge. Bicycle buffer lanes. The four-block detour route, Heavily impacted are the 26th and 28th Street bridges crossing the along 26th and 28th Streets, overlaps with a much larger ongoing Interstate. With the Portland Avenue bridge also closed, one cannot bicycle lane separation project in Minneapolis.The city has realigned easily go north to get on the downtown ramps. the lanes on those thoroughfares between Hennepin and Hiawatha in According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, an effort to more clearly delineate traffic lanes from bicycle lanes. Franklin Avenue’s bridge “will be closed Sept. 18 through summer Part of the roadway is dedicated to a small buffer lane. The Franklin 2018 as part of the major I-35W corridor project that will unfold Avenue bridge over I-35W will close for nearly a year. So about over the next four years. The $239 million project will include 15,000 vehicles will be hitting detours on 26th and 28th Streets, completely replacing 11 bridges, refurbishing four others, repaving where they will encounter a different project - buffer zones. But will traffic disruptions on Portland and Franklin have any unintended benefits? Despite all of the difficulties that cars, buses and vendor trucks might have, there is a possible benefit. Much of the Image from Midtown Phillips criminal activity centered at the intersection of

Franklin/Chicago Photo Star Tribune Join Phillips West Neighborhood Organization, EPIC Avenues may be (East Phillips Improvement Coalition) Ventura Village “disrupting” to gang activities just like that experienced by our residents and business’ & Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association for the when East Franklin Avenue underwent an extensive rebuilding and repaving project some years ago. 15th Annual Phillips Clean Sweep! Although disruptions caused by traffic re-routing and changes in the Bring out your trash! The Phillips neighborhoods have raised funds to busing schedules may have a short-term positive impact, they alone provide free pick up for residents during Clean Sweep. They will pick cannot address longer term issues of crime and safety. Recently, a up extra household trash, old furniture, carpet, houseld construction homicide occurred in the early morning at the intersections of and tires. Materials should be out the night before and no later than Chicago and Franklin Avenue, in plain sight of a busload of 9:00AM on October 14. commuters on their way to work. 9:00AM-10:00AM: Enjoy a free breakfast and pick up free supplies! This is a reminder that even though crime has dramatically dropped Check in at either: Welna Ace Hardware (2438 Bloomington Avenue in the vicinity of Peavey Park, trouble is usually not that far away. South) or The Center for Changing Lives – Lutheran Social A higher definition camera was set up at this corner and reports Service of MN (2400 Park Avenue South) indicate that the shooting was captured, triggering a more rapid 9:00AM-12:00PM: Phillips Clean Sweep! Meet your neighbors, help response by the police, who have arrested one of the persons pick up litter, and clean up your neighborhood! Organize your involved. neighbors! Enlist your block club or church youth group! Above all, Ventura Village residents who have spent countless hours working to just bring yourself and help keep Phillips clean! bring a greater level of safety to the neighborhood might get a short 12:00PM-2:00PM: Free lunch and entertainment + neighborhood breath of air before engaging with our public safety officers and information and fun at Stewart Park (2700 12th Avenue South). block club leaders. We can only hope! — Robert Albee

UPCOMING VENTURA VILLAGE MONTHLY MEETINGS: PHILLIPS CLEAN SWEEP Hey Ventura Village! WEDNESDAY, OCT 11TH: BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: 6:00 PM Saturday, October 14th WEDNESDAY, OCT 11TH: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 7:00 PM TO BE ANNOUNCED: WELLNESS, GARDENING & GREENING: 6:30 PM 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM TUESDAY, OCT 24TH: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE: 6:00 PM CENTER FOR CHANGING LIVES (Lutheran Social Services) THURSDAY, OCT 26TH: HOUSING & LAND COMMITTEE: 5:30 PM 2400 Park Avenue South THURSDAY, OCT 26TH: CRIME & SAFETY COMMITTEE: 6:30 PM Coffee, Beverages & Snacks Provided All Residents Are Welcome to Participate: Visitors Welcome to Attend! Lunch Served at Stewart Park 12th Avenue & 27th Street

Ventura Village Meetings are upstairs in the Phillips Community Center at 2323 - 11th Avenue South • Minneapolis • 612-874-9070 6 AWE of CHANGE The Alley Newspaper • October 2017

“What goes up must come down.” …Isaac Newton BARRICADES UP, BARRICADES DOWN

BARRICADES UP: Barricades were set up across East Franklin Avenue on each side of the BARRICADES DOWN: Barricades will be taken down on East 25th St. east of the Super America bridge over Highway 35W mid-September 2017 to safely allow the demolition of that Franklin convenience store driveway placed there a decade ago as means of interrupting illicit drug Avenue Bridge for dramatic changes to Highway 35W below and a new Franklin Avenue and human trafficking at the intersection. The barricades will now be removed and one block Bridge. See details on Ventura Village News on Page 5 of this issue of The Alley Newspaper. made a One-Way street and a Traffic Circle technique employed at 17th Av to affect control. Photo credit: Harvey Winje Photo credit: Harvey Winje To Barricade or not to Barricade We now have the answer BY CAROL PASS this issue of the Alley comes out, the city E. 25th St. and 17th Ave. S. to slow traf- “Traffic Circle” in the memo line and sent will take down the barricades, ending fic. The temporary Traffice Circle was to EPIC, 2536 18thAve. S., Mpls., MN In spite of overwhelming Neighborhood, the decade- long experiment. This will installed Sept.20th. The Super America 55404. Police and City support for removing be coordinated with fall street sweeping store on Bloomington Av. at 25th St. will The community hopes that these changes the Barricades between Bloomington Ave. to clean up the area. In addition, if all try to coordinate a one-way traffic flow will help alleviate the drug and prostitution and 16th Ave. S. on E 25th St., a third goes according to the community’s stated through its station to accommodate the one scene currently ensconced there and that community meeting on the question was desires, E. 25th St. will be made a West way on E. 25th St. neighbors will once again be able to walk called on Aug. 30. A community vote was bound one-way between 16th Avenue So. EPIC and the community will attempt to and from the store safely. finally taken and the outcome was nearly and Bloomington Ave. with no parking to raise the $10,000 dollars to make the unanimous. on the North side of the block and Permit traffic circle permanent. Donations for this Carol Pass is a Phillips resident and The long and the short of the decision Only Parking temporary Traffic Circle purpose will be sought and appreciated. President of East Phillips Improvement is that in mid-September, probably before was decided upon for the intersection of Checks may be made payable to EPIC with Coalition

A Traffic Circle at East 25th St. and 17th Av. agreed upon by neighbors, City of Mpls. and Mpls. continuing efforts starting 10 years ago to affect change in illicit drug & human trafficking. A temporary version of the island and signage has been installed as l. looking eastward and r. looking westward on East 25th St.

Photo credit: Harvey Winje Photo credit: Harvey Winje

Sweet Pea Other appropo words Montessori School by Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27):

Sweet Pea Montessori School admits students “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to madness of people.” all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students “Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.” at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual preference, gender identity, “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy” or national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and “You have to make the rules, not follow them” other school-administered programs. “Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” Sweet Pea Montessori is part of the Wildflower Schools Network “and to every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction”

Sweetpeamontessori.org “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” The Alley Newspaper • October 2017 AWE of COMMITMENT 7

“What goes up must come down.” …Isaac Newton 2015 Paris Climate Accord: Carbon Neutrality by 2050 BARRICADES UP, BARRICADES DOWN Local congregation signs on as U.S. signs off! BY FRANCES STEVENSON To heat a building heat has to be pulled from somewhere, conventional systems Mount Olive Lutheran Church has been taking the energy from outside air, where taking big steps towards carbon neutrality in the winter, there is very little heat. this fall installing a geothermal heating Because the ground stays the same temper- and cooling system under their parking ature throughout the year approximately lot on the corner of Chicago Avenue and 55 degree fahrenheit, less energy is used E 31st street. to heat the building with a geothermal system. Essentially the geothermal system The church has been working towards just moves warm air from underneath the Paris Agreement goal of carbon neu- the ground throughout the building and trality by 2050 despite the United States then recycles it through the system again. decision to pull out of the agreement. During the summer, the opposite hap- pens; the hot air from inside the building Mount Olive Lutheran Church at 31st and Chicago that is broadly known for its excellence The installation of the geothermal sys- is pushed out of the system and cycled in congregational life, worship spanning Lutheran tradition and innovation, liturgical tem is planned to be finished by the end of through the wells, being cooled under- richness, musical superiority by voice, instrument and specially organ masters, outstanding youth work; now bursts forth in environmental concern and commitment October and the lot where the geothermal ground, which again stays around 55 fulfilling the mission of their faith. Photo credit: Mt. Olive website wells, 48 wells in total, are dug will be degrees fahrenheit, this cool air is then paved over as a parking lot as it was before pushed back through the building. the installation. The goal is to heat both buildings part of Mount Olive Lutheran The installation of the wells is complete To Barricade or not to Barricade church, the chapel building and adminis- and the installation of the system in the trative building, without changing either basement of the church is being complet- We now have the answer building all too much. ed, the city will have to inspect the system before it can be fully operational but the “We really wanted to keep the build- hope is it will be ready to go by the end ing the way it was,” Property Director of October, when the weather cools down, Arthur Halbardier said. “It essentially has according to Halbardier. not been changed since 1929 when it was built. What we did do was move all the The geothermal system is not the church’s radiators from the old heating system and only environmentally focused energy source. they’ll be replaced by grates in the floor.” Mount Olive also installed solar panels on the roof of their building this past August The geothermal system will have a large as part of Minnesota’s Made in Minnesota up-front cost, the church budgeting an extra Solar Incentive Program, which pays for $300,000 in their 2017 budget, but system solar panel installation over 10 years for will pay for itself in approximately 20 those who apply and win the lottery system, years in reduced heating and cooling costs. approximately 12% of those who apply. Banner informs passersby of their Geothermal/Solar Machinery for drilling down project. Photo credit: Mt. Olive website to 55 degrees subterranean. Halbardier said the system is already paying Photo credit: Arthur Halbardier for itself in environmental conscience. The solar panels will be inspected by Xcel energy and will have a meter installed “The congregation unanimously felt that that allows energy to follow both ways so it was the right thing to do,” Halbardier excess energy produced by the panels that said. “The cheaper route [to modernizing the church does not use will be sold back the heating and cooling system] would to Xcel. The system should be up and run- have still had us using a lot of fossil fuels ning in two weeks according to Halbardier. and a lot of electricity. The congregation is very supportive of this. I haven’t had Frances Stevenson is a Phillips resident, anyone complaining about not being able environmental specialist, and first-time to use half their building.” contributor writing in The Alley Newspaper.

MMAARRIIEE SSAANNDDVVIIKK CCEENNTTEERR Al ar welcom! Adul Program Drilling 48 wells for the heating and cooling Solar panels being installed on the Mount At 11th and Franklin, Marie Sandvik Friday nights Free food, of the Mount Olive Church building. Olive rooftop. Center, a Christ-centered mission, 3pm Christian movies clothing, Photo credit: Arthur Halbardier Photo credit: Arthur Halbardier exists to meet spiritual and physical 5pm Bible study blankets needs of anyone. *7pm Chapel and more! 8pm Meal, men’s clothes FOR ADULTS: After a chapel service, guests may receive a Thursday afternoons hot meal, clothing, hygiene products and a 12pm Quilt & layette sign-ups blanket. Christian movie Sunday nights Child care for those in 4pm Bible study attendance *6pm Chapel *1pm Ladies’ Day Chapel 7pm Meal, men’s clothes 2pm Meal, women’s, infants’ & Tuesday nights Children’s clothing 5pm Set Free (12 Step) (* Guests must arrive by time noted) *7pm Chapel FURNITURE: 8pm Meal, women’s clothes Individuals in need may call to inquire about free furniture - 651-468-9741

Saturdays: 11am - 1pm Kids in K - 8th grades come to share a meal, meet new friends, enjoy fun games and activities and learn about God through Bible study and worship. Call or e-mail to sign up: 612-870-9617 or [email protected]

1112 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Completed array of 40 KW Solar panels atop the Mount Olive roof. 612-870-9617 • www.MarieSandvikCenter.org • [email protected] Photo credit: Arthur Halbardier 8 AWE of ART The Alley Newspaper • October 2017 The Power of Art

Psalm 34:11,12,13 precedes the new mosaic verse on Who wants time to see good (things)? the south wall of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church above v13 Do not say anything evil, the Peace Garden and along 28th Street. or let your lips tell anything that is false. V11 Children, come and listen to me. v14 Turn away from evil and do good (things). I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Seek peace and pursue it. v12 Which one of you finds pleasure in life? Photo Credit: Talia Hansel BY PATRICK HANSEL projects for all ages, a scavenger “theses” this year: Challenge of sanity hunt for children, a photography • Salvation is not for sale It seems that our community show by youth of the community, • Human Beings are not for is always under assault, doesn’t it silent auction and food. The musi- sale sometimes? From the exploding cal lineup includes • Creation is not for sale heroin epidemic to the President’s • Peter VanKoughnett and oth- Refuge Peace Garden ending of DACA, there is always ers from East Phillips (part of Bolt Dedication some threat needing a response. Weevils) At the Taste of Phillips, St. How do we keep our sanity in • Ballet Folklorico Mexico Paul’s will be dedicating its Peace th “Cave Dweller” forms take shape to become a new sculpture at Peace such times? Azteca Garden on the 28 Street side of Garden. Photo Credit: Patrick Cabello Hansel One Way • Katherine Parent and Adam its building. The Peace Garden One way is through art— Gabriel Rangel—Spoken word includes fruit trees, grape vines, whether it’s painting a mural, dec- and songs of resistance a meditation path, and art that orating a cake for a quinceañera, • Los Chinelos speaks of peace. We are design- writing a poem or a story, making StP 130 & 500th Anniversary’s ing it to help reduce storm water mosaics or puppets or sculpture— Theses runoff and provide habitat for working together to create art can St. Paul’s will be 130 years old birds and pollinators. Indeed, it is transform the neighborhood while on October 31, 2017, which is meant to be a refuge for all. it is transforming the lives of also the 500th Anniversary of the Patrick Cabello Hansel is those who make it and those who Lutheran Reformation. St. Paul’s, Co-Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran experience it. with other Lutherans around the Church on 15th Av and 28th St., a The Taste of Phillips world, has been focusing on three writer and a poet. The Semilla Center for Healing This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota and the Arts @ St. Paul’s Lutheran State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund, through is celebrating the incredible art the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Midtown Phillips of the Phillips community at The Neighborhood Association, Inc. Taste of Phillips on October 28, St. Paul’s is located at 2742 15th Ave S. For more information, call 612- from 4 to 9 pm. Local artists will 724-3862, or e-mail: [email protected]. St. Paul’s will celebrate display their work, and there will its 130th anniversary on Sunday, October 29, with a bilingual service at be so much more. Hands on art 11 am, and a pot luck lunch afterwards. Be Joyful! ARTISTS AT WORK! Photo Credit: Talia Hansel Tai Chi Starting November What is your Story? Tell it now! 11 at Ebenezer Tower PHOENIX OF PHILLIPS

Phillips Wellness 50+ invites Fall 2017 Issue: you to participate in Tai Chi ses- sions with master trainer, Richard “Healing–of body, mind, spirit, Johnson, starting November 11 at Ebenezer Tower. The sessions are geared to people of all abilities, community” and everyone is welcome. DEADLINE EXTENDED Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese tradition, is a form of exercise that • The ability to tell one’s own story is at the core of healing. uses slow, deliberate movements. Rather than using muscle tension, Tai Chi focuses on coordination, • To be able to articulate one’s truth and to experience being heard by relaxation and deep breathing. through December 12 at Ebenezer others are powerful tools to overcoming shame, isolation and fear. With its gentle stretching and low Tower, 2523 Portland Ave. S., impact, it has become a sought Minneapolis, MN 55404. • What is your story of healing? after technique for older people These sessions are open to the to maintain good health. It can public but non-Ebenezer residents be practiced any time, anywhere please contact Donna Nordin at • The Phoenix of Phillips literary magazine wants to hear from you! and by anyone. No equipment or 612-741-5180 or dnordin2@com- special space is needed. cast.net to let us know you are • This fall’s theme is “Healing”—healing of body, mind, spirit, Benefits of Tai Chi may coming. community. include: Our leader is Richard Johnson, • Improved heart function a Tai Chi master with experience • We publish writers of all levels who live or work or volunteer in • Increased energy and stamina working with people at all levels • Improved stress management of fitness. Richard also teaches Phillips. • Improved muscle strength Tai Chi in churches, health clubs • Mental calm and clarity and at Lifetime Fitness. • We have extended the deadline for submissions to October 31. • Better balance and flexibility Phillips Wellness 50+ is an ini- to prevent falls tiative to increase health and well- • Send your writing to: [email protected] or mail it to: 2742 Join us for six Tai Chi ses- being, by and for people in the th sions: Tuesdays from 5:30 to Phillips neighborhood. 15 Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407 6:30 PM from November 11 The Alley Newspaper • October 2017 AWE of INDIGENOUS 9 The Alley Newspaper Editor Harvey Winje was on FIRST PERSON RADIO with Laura Watermnan Wittstock on Wednesday 9.13.17

Listen to Laura Waterman stories to share about his newspa- Wittstock as she talked with per, The Alley, and the history of Harvey Winje about the history of the area. the Phillips Neighborhood, KFAI’s Harvey Winje is a first gen- neighbor and home to a large eration born American, albeit not American Indian population. The until his 1940 birth in the com- area of the Phillips Neighborhood munity named in the 1960’s for began as Indian land but as settlers the abolitionist Wendell Phillips. moved in and Indian families were He serves as the stipend-paid edi- Harvey has taken his carpentry pushed out, Philips became a wel- tor of The Alley Newspaper, a 42 skills gleaned from his father and coming point for newly arriving year old monthly newspaper of older brothers and adapted them immigrant families, which in the the Phillips Community. He is a to building design & construction late 20th Century meant, Hmong, carpenter, small business owner, management on buildings like the Vietnamese, Somali, other Asian great-grandfather, and an inveter- Bailey Building home of KFAI, and African groups. Indian people ate keeper of history and building the KFAI Studio itself, and the never completely left Phillips. parts. He has tried, with mixed Cedar. His long love of communi- Once rail, bus, and automobile results and his own self-doubts, ty building has been demonstrated transportation became available, to bring seven years of post high in helping to preserve The Alley Indians began moving back and school philosophy, history, and Newspaper and advocating for the forth from reservations to Phillips religious academic book learn- still relevant words of Wendell and back. Harvey has many, many ing back to his home community. and Ann Phillips. First Person Farr Award for an exceptional Awe of Awetumn from page 1 Radio contribution to Laura Waterman Wittstock at her First Person Radio program at Schedule: public affairs; way and says their names. The KFAI RADIO 90.3 FM-Mpls. 106.7 FM- St Paul interviewing The Alley Wednesday, 1:00pm to 2:00pm (2006) the children learn as another season Newspaper’s Editor Harvey Winje on Sept 13th. available on kfai.org/ DJs: Distinguished turns in their young lives. There archives. Download or listen at http://bit.ly/2xpwLNO. Laura Waterman Wittstock IEL Service will have to be many more Program Categories: Award, (Institute for Educational seasons in their Dakota classes Public Affairs Leadership national award before they are self-assured FIRST PERSON RADIO is for improvement of American and can easily transgress the a weekly public affairs program education; (2005) American English curtain into the Dakota of MIGIZI Communications that Indian Honored Educator. language and cultural world. takes listeners to Indian Country, She was formerly President of Laura Waterman Wittstock once a week. Listen to person- MIGIZI Communications, Inc., is described on Page 9 of this alities, issues, authors, artists Minneapolis, 1988 to 2004; October issue of The Alley and occasional music - produced Editor of Colors Magazine, Newspaper where it also and hosted by Laura Waterman Minneapolis, 1996-1998; Director explains how you may hear her Wittstock and Roy Taylor. of Media Curriculum, MIGIZI on First Person Radio KFAI Wittstock was a 2006 Louis W. Communications, Inc, April, 1985 90.3 FM – Mpls. 107.6 FM Hill, Jr. Fellow in Philanthropy to 1988 and Executive Producer, St. Paul Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 under the University of of First Person Radio, MIGIZI, PM. Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey 1981 to 2004. Institute of Public Affairs. Among Contact me with ideas: lwm- com/6tna7hm All programs are leadership and professional awards [email protected] 612-387- archived at kfai.org/firstpersonra- are the (2011) Frank Premack 4915 and download weekly dio Public Affairs Journalism Award: programs on http://tinyurl. Making the East Phillips neighborhood safer for all to walk and bike Leaves tell their story. Now, little children walk from their Dakota and Ojibwe classes in the Phillips Neighborhood with their teacher to a BY SOREN JENSEN, MIDTOWN GREENWAY nearby garden. He points out the various plants and trees along the COALITION way and says their names. The children learn as another season turns In 2016, the Midtown in their young lives. There will have to be many more seasons in their Dakota and Ojibwe classes before they are self-assured and can easily Greenway Coalition helped con- transgress the English curtain into the Dakota and Ojibwe language duct a study to identify barriers and cultural world. Photo: Jewell Arcoren to use of the Greenway by the community. They found that many people of color do not use, feel welcome on or know about the Greenway, especially along the trench where 29th Street is located. This is a concern for a neighbor- hood where nearly 50% speak a language other than English at home and residents are in the bot- tom bracket of life expectancies (between 70 and 75 years of age). The demonstration will remain Phillips neighborhood. On Saturday, Sept. 23, the in place through the middle of Community engagement Coalition hosted a block party October. included making signs with on East 29th Street between In addition to talking with the attendees’ wishes for the street on Bloomington Avenue and Coalition about what they would them, as well as surveys and vot- 16th Avenue to demonstrate how like to see on East 29th Street and ing for improvements by placing 3440 BLOOMINGTON AVE. a shared street approach can how it could be improved for stickers on large posters. Those POWDERHORN PARK make East 29th Street better and biking and walking, the approxi- who missed the party but wish to MINNEAPOLIS safer. With the help of funding mately 300 people who attended weigh in may do so by calling 311 M-F 6:30-6 from the Center for Prevention the party enjoyed table tennis, or taking the Coalition’s online SAT 7-5 • SUN 7:30-5 at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of basketball, chess, flower plant- survey to share their thoughts 729-5627 Minnesota, the Coalition has tem- ings, chalk art and free serv- about how to make the street safer porarily transformed 29th Street ings of Loulou Sweet & Savory for walking and biking, as well as Organic & through a shared street project Thai-rolled ice cream. The event better connected to the Midtown that prioritizes pedestrians and ended with an Eat for Equity din- Greenway. The link to the survey Fair Trade Coffee bicyclists while also allowing ner on the street, featuring food is available on the home page FREE Wireless Internet motor vehicles at slower speeds. that reflected the cultures in the of www.midtowngreenway.org. 10 AWE of STORIES The Alley Newspaper • October 2017 “Rebel in the Rye” Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors discussed troublesome issues and places with Police Chief Arradando

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“Rebel in the Rye”(2017) ooorr Black Label Media, Biography/ Drama What is more joyful for a writ- er than to have his or her essay or novel published? Probably the reward of making a living at it or, new Minneapolis Police Chief repeatedly and respectively voiced at least, attaining some award for Medaria Arradondo during a reg- their willingness and desire to “be the efforts. In the world of J.D. ular monthly meeting September a part of the solution.” Chief Salinger (like many famous writ- 27th at the Minneapolis American Arradondo acknowledged aware- ers) success will not come easy, Indian Center. Serious concern ness of the issues and the areas only great persistence pushes for- Howard McQuitter II was expressed by several mem- by himself and the whole depart- ward to that goal of being pub- Movie Corner bers concerning drug proliferation ment, expressed appreciation for lished. As for the young J.D. oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com and human trafficking in specif- the sincere concern of the lead- Salinger (Nicholas Hoult, “ BY HARVEY WINJE ic areas. The impressive group ers and whole community, and About a Boy” [2002], “A Single [email protected] MUID—Metropolitan Urban of Native American elders and pledged his and the department’s Man” [2009], “X-Man: Days of Indian Directors discussed leaders conveyed unanimity of willingness to work together on Future Past” [2014], “X-Man: (Dorothy Olding), Nicholas Hoult issues of public safety with concern and dedication as they viable solutions to restore public Apocalypse” [2016]) he almost (J.D. Salinger), Kevin Spacey safety while respecting rights of sinks his own ambitions as a (Whit Burnett), Victor Garber (Sol victims and participants affected writer after being did-missed from Salinger), Eric Bogosian (Harold by these blights. NYU (New York University) and Ross). a few other universities before being accepted at Columbia. At “Good Time”(2017) Columbia, he has an extroverted ooood professor Whit Burnett (Kevin Rhea Films, Elara Pictures Spacey) who sees a terrific talent “Good Time” is about as ironic below the young man’s stubborn- a title for a thriller as possible in ness. cinema. To say “Good Time” is Burnett becomes Salinger’s just another conventional thriller mentor and promoter as the latter is is an overstatement. But it’s not No Fake faced with his father Sol Salinger’s an overstatement to say Robert (Victor Garber) objections about Pattinson, the principal actor (or his son making writing a career. one of two actors) has transformed News! It’s not long before Burnett and the himself completely from his role as News of the upcoming writer begin to have dis- “sweet” vampire in the “ Twilight agreements over content and more. Trilogy” (2010), to The Lost Community, by the But what emerges out of Jerry’s City of Z” (2017),”Queen of the Experience a world tour of tastes, arts Community, and and crafts at our public market. (J.D. Salinger) great imagination Desert”(2017) to “Good Time”. for the Community is the main character for his early Connie (Robert Pattinson) and Lake Street and 10th Ave S | Minneapolis for 42 years! Join writings and in his future great his brother Nick Benny Safdie) MIDTownglobalmarket.org novel “Catcher In the Rye”, is Nikas try to rob a bank but botch the team to keep it Holden Caulfield. it up. The police pursue the rob- Jerry goes off to fight in World bers and are able to catch Nick going! War II only to come home in 1945 (the mentally handicapped one) 612-990-4022 a completely different man. Gone while Connie escapes. Nick is sent are the days when he liked attend- to Rickes Island and is under the WELNA and/or Donate ing dances to swing music; gone care of a psychiatrist (Peter Verby). through GiveMN or are the days when spent time with “Good Time” remains me of Sidney by check to Alley friends. What he sees during the Lumet’s” Dog Day Afternoon” HARDWARE war such as his good friend dying (1975) where Al Pacino’s character Communications, before his eyes, his attack on Utah becomes obsessed with achieving P.O. Box 7006 beach on D-Day and aiding sur- his goal--rightly or wrongly. vivors from a Nazi concentration Connie attempts to yank his Mpls., MN camp are too much to bear. In a brother from the hospital only to psychological mess, to an extent, grab the wrong man, Ray (Buddy Two Harveys he goes on to write his master- Duress). The two men wander • KEYS MADE from facing page piece, “Catcher In the Rye”, pub- into Adventureland and other lished in 1951. First time director places, places they haven’t been • LOCKS RE-KEYED with the profit motive impeding Danny Strong explores Salinger’s before. Cast: Robert Pattinson necessary developments? slide into reclusion. (Connie Nikas), Benny Safdie • 5 GALLON PAINT 5.) How might a “just transi- What I draw from this biop- (Nick Nikas), Jennifer Jason Lee tion” be administered? ic is it at times unduly superfi- (Corey Ellman), Peter Verrby • EXCELLENT PRICES 6.) Will democracy ever fully cial such as wartime scenes scant (Psychiatrist), Barkhad Abdi (Dash blossom beneath the “rule of capi- and a better movie would have Security Guard). Directors: Benny • RUG DOCTOR RENTAL tal?” explored more on the portrayal of Safdie, Josh Safdie. Running time: The other Harvey has endeav- Mr. Salinger. Nicholas Hoult gives 101 minutes. • EXPERT WINDOW/SCREEN REPAIR ored, as well, to deepen the dis- a decent performance in spite of a Howard McQuitter II is a Loring cussion. A carpenter by trade mediocre voiceover. Park Neighborhood Resident • TRAILERS FOR RENT– his knowledge of the “nooks and “Catcher In the Rye” has been CORRECTION: Robert crannies” has made The Alley (and still is) tens of millions of Mitchum Tribute in The Alley OPEN AND ONE ENCLOSED conversation possible. We have people and translated into over 30 Newspaper Sept 2017 Page 10 2201 East Franklin 612-332-4393 Harvey the builder and Harvey languages. (PG-13) Running time: was written by Howard McQuitter 2438 Bloomington 612-729-3526 the destroyer. May it be said that, 106 minutes. Director: Danny II. in a certain sense, both have had Strong. Cast: Sahah Paulson purposeful intentions. The Alley Newspaper • October 2017 AWE of OPINION 11 Frank Reflections Oppressive Rent Increase = 25 Year Old Business CLOSED! White Supremacy is monumental in A Farewell to Sophal and Tevy Nhep scope and statuary BY PETER MOLENAAR BY FRANK ERICKSON Robert E. Lee did: take up arms Best Steaks and Gyros, an White Supremacy is an amazing against the United States govern- original tenant at the Chicago thing! Why was Robert E. Lee a ment on a battlefield, albeit in Crossings mall, due to an free man after the Civil War? Syria, although they never suc- oppressive rent increase, is now He took up arms against the ceeded as did he. CLOSED after 25 years. That United States government and They never got to the battle- the proprietor had achieved iconic killed over 100,000 American, yet field! They never killed anyone! status in the neighborhood, as was he is treated like a rock star and is How, then, do they get decades evidence by the gathered farewell emboldened with statues all over in prison and Robert E, Lee gets throng on Friday September 15th. the South. monuments erected to honor him? One wonders how Sophal and We now have eight Somali- Imagine if Robert E. Lee was Tevy met, given the exodus from American men from Minneapolis black! war torn Cambodia in 1975. Phal who tried to do the exact same Frank Erickson is a would do a stint as an engineer- thing that Confederate General Neighborhood resident. ing student at the University of Minnesota before the couple reared their three children in Confederate General Robert E. Lee Burnsville, MN while Phal was advised no Statuary for fear of war’s working as a production manager at the Bremer Corporation. sores kept open Why the move to this “neck According to historian Jonathan to, the difficulties under which of the woods?” Phal’s answer: “I Horn, Lee was often consulted in the Southern people labour.” wanted to be my own boss!” his lifetime about proposals to Three years later, Lee was As for the farewell, we were erect monuments to Confederate invited to a meeting of Union and numerous nationalities and every Gen. Stonewall Jackson and oth- Confederate officers to mark the skin tone, all bound together by ers. placing of a memorial honoring the presence of Sophal and Tevy. In a 1866 letter to fellow those who took part in the battle Love was in the air. Confederate Gen. Thomas L. of Gettysburg. Rosser, Lee wrote, “I think it wiser not to keep “As regards the erection of open the sores of war but to such a monument as is contem- follow the examples of those plated, my conviction is, that nations who endeavored to oblit- however grateful it would be erate the marks of civil strife, to to the feelings of the South, the commit to oblivion the feelings attempt ... would have the effect engendered,” he wrote in a let- The diverse clientele of Best Steaks and Gyros for 25 years at Franklin of ... continuing, if not adding ter declining the invitation. and Chicago Avenues is evident as they lined up for a meal as a gift from Phal and Tevy Nhep before closing the doors ending the business.

Peter Molenaar Raise Your Voice Two Harveys Among Us

Almost everyone in the Phillips Community knows something about Hurricane Harvey and asso- ciates. Not as many are acquaint- ed with Harvey Winje, editor of the Alley Newspaper. So sad. Truth to tell, Harvey (the hur- ricane) is not a totally bad sort of being. Actually, Mother Earth deploys hurricanes to flush excess heat from her oceans into outer space. As is revealed in great beds of fossils, this was a common prac- tice in olden times. However, it is no longer the methane of dinosaur farts which confines Sun’s rays to our atmosphere, rather it is the burning of fossil fuels. So in the recent teaching moment, H. Harvey posed some questions: 1.) How much energy will it take to create the infrastructure for a post-fossil-fuel economy? 2.) How might we mitigate ongoing damage in the process? 3.) Will the pivot from coal to natural gas slow global warming? 4.) Are market forces combined Two Harveys see facing page I-94

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Cultural Wellness Center Allina BACK PAGE 38th Street BYI AREA Making a BIG difference through small “p” policy changes… ReTHINK Your Drink! Through the efforts of the Backyard Initiative (BYI), implemented by staff members of the BYI Resource Center, the second City of Minneapolis ReTHINK Your Drink campaign is coming to a successful close at the Midtown Global Market. The campaign effectively established a relationship-building model for working with small business owners from ethnically diverse backgrounds to improve their beverage environment. All three MGM vendors interviewed for this article have made practice or policy changes to their beverage offerings as a result of the ReTHINK Your Drink campaign. Pol-i-cy…………definition by Merriam Webster Dictionary 1a: prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs 2a: a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions

BYI Resource Center staff members Rose Lobley, Carl Lobley, and Roberta Barnes

The Backyard Initiative wanted to learn more about the experiences of some of Your Drink Project with the Backyard Initiative? the Midtown Global Market vendors who participated in the ReTHINK Your Drink 2. In spite of your concerns or hesitations, why did you decide to participate? campaign. A BYI Communications Community Health Action Team member and 3. What do you think about your participation now or what changes have you several staff members of the BYI Resource Center conducted the following interviews made, if any? with three MGM vendors and asked the following questions: Following are the results of those interviews. 1. What were your hesitations of concerns about participating in the Rethink SAFARI EXPRESS-Interview with Sharmaarke Hashi, Manager “We want to make money sugar in drinks from a young per- of bottled water. We call the cups but we are also here to be part son like him. of water we provide “Minneapolis of a community and to provide Now we buy cups at our own water” (rather than tap water) so healthy, good food. The relation- expense and provide to people if it has a name just like the bottled ship with Carl Lobley from the they would like to have a cup of water does! Personally, I drink the BYI Resource Center also helped water. By providing the cups, we tap water, it is just as good as the us to think about the idea of pro- were able to track the number of bottled water. great work ethic and we have growing their leadership. Safari viding water in addition to the cups of water we were making Safari Express considers this learned a lot from them about Express will continue to provide other beverages we were serving. available to people. Now, in addi- project to be very successful. The things like infused water. They water to our customers. Water is I appreciated learning about the tion, we also sell different brands young people involved have a are doing great things and are life. “ HOT INDIAN F`OODS-Interview with Janene Holig, Co-Manager & Executive Chef On the other hand, Hot might appreciate learning about impact on our business. Instead, Indian Foods wants to be part of the choices they have in selecting customers felt like they had an “In the beginning, I had a cou- drinking water might significantly the community of vendors here a beverage. option in selecting a beverage. ple of concerns. First, I was wor- cut into our beverage profits. I within Midtown Global Market My concerns disappeared by We hope to switch soda machine ried that by the BYI Resource was also concerned about how and part of the larger geographic about the 3rd or 4th week of vendors and contract with one Center’s ReThink Your Drink folks (from ReThink Your Drink), community. We also very much the project. I think the visuals where water is one of the options folks hosting an educational table not associated with Hot Indian appreciate the connection between of the amount of sugar in soda we can provide to our customers. and display right next to our space Foods, might unintentionally rep- food, health and community and made quite an impact. Lots of I learned a lot!” and actively engaging our custom- resent our business differently want to be supportive of young people stopped by the display and ers in a conversation, the idea of from how we want it to be. people’s participation. Customers it seemed to have no negative THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE- Interview with Kevin Hannigan, Manager “The Produce Exchange has and in our product inventory. We was also a great experience for us. been part of the MGM for 11 years had no hesitation, it was a slam We saw them staff that ReTHINK and rethinking beverage options dunk all the way! People need table every day and interact has been something we try to con- water so we have always sold with MGM visitors. They were tinually offer a good selection of water. extremely dedicated. A mature, healthy and/or organic foods. The Creating a community educa- responsible young women was Backyard Initiative’s ReThink tion project with youth leadership hired by The Produce Exchange. Your Drink project came along was also a good fit for us. Meeting People seem to be moving great for us. We were happy to water sales are tremendous and at a good time for us because The Miss Rose (Lobley), seeing her away from sweetened drinks. sell lots and lots of strawberries will continue to be a consistent Produce Exchange was at a time interactions with the younger The infused water promoted by so people could add them to their part of our merchandising. of transition in both management leaders and meeting some of them ReThink Your Drink was also water carafes for flavoring! Our

MGM Vendors Participating VISIT the BYI Resource Center at the Midtown Global Market to In ReTHINK Your Drink–Thank You! learn more about the Backyard Initiative or • Manny’s Tortas • Hot Indian Foods call 612-353-6211 • Andy’s Garage • Pham’s Rice Bowl The BYI Resource Center hours are • Safari Express • Fresco’s Italian Pasta Bar 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday • The Produce Exchange • Moroccan Flavors