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A Wonderful Life Banker, Arts Advocate, Community-Builder, Andy Boss’S Long Career Has Touched All Corners of the City Winner of the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists’ 2012 Best Issue Award St. Anthony Park Park Falcon Heights Lauderdale Como Park Bang! www.parkbugle.org December 2012 Big name, small Bugle footprint for new brewing company. Page 3 Barley genome? Done U professor makes news as genome-mapping is completed, opening doors to drought- and disease-resistant crops and tastier beer By Judy Woodward down to size, Muehlbauer adds that barley is far from the most complex St. Anthony Park resident was in plant genome. In fact, for plant the news recently for a discovery A science, you could say that that could potentially influence completing the barley genome is things as seemingly unrelated as the something of a warm-up act for the health of the world’s fourth-largest real brass ring of crop sequencing. cereal crop, agriculture’s response to “The barley genome is only global warming and the taste of beer. one-third as big as the wheat Prof. Gary Muehlbauer, 49, genome,” he notes. who holds the Endowed Chair in Why wheat and barley have so Molecular Genetics Research and much more genetic material than Education at the University of humans is a mystery of science. Minnesota, was part of an “There’s more repetitive DNA international team that completed between the genes,” says the sequencing of the barley genome. Muehlbauer. “No one really knows Published results of their research yet what these redundancies mean.” Too many “provide a detailed overview of the Meanwhile, there’s lots of work functional portions of the barley Santas to be done in applying the discoveries genome, the order and structure of of barley sequencing to crop most of its 32,000 genes,” according No matter the improvement. Muehlbauer is the to a university statement. decade(or century), organizer of a large-scale project To put things in perspective, designed to develop wheat and barley Santa has always Muehlbauer says that, although the varieties suited to our changing needed a lot of help. humble barley genome contains climate. There are 55 scientists at 18 about the same number of genes as Page 5 research institutions working on the the human genome, it’s twice as big Triticeae Coordinated Agricultural as ours. And if that isn’t enough to Prof. Gary Muehlbauer was part of an international team that completed the sequencing of the barley genome. Photo by Lori cut our anthropocentric pretensions Barley genome to 6 Hamilton A wonderful life Banker, arts advocate, community-builder, Andy Boss’s long career has touched all corners of the city By Kristal Leebrick the theater’s $4.2 million “Next friends and colleagues in St. Paul, it Anthony Park neighborhood, Boss’s Stage” campaign. was a tribute to a career that touched home for most of his life. hat’s the key to good The event was billed as part of nearly every corner of the city—from Held at Park Midway Bank on Wleadership? “Get to know the last leg of Park Square’s capital public housing, education and the Como Avenue, the event’s guests people,” says Andy Boss. And over campaign, but for many of Boss’s arts to many institutions in the St. included three past St. Paul mayors his long career as a bank president, and the current mayor, Chris arts supporter and community Coleman. During the party, a scroll leader, the 80-year-old Boss insists was unrolled from the bank’s second that it is the relationships built floor that contained the names of between people that gets things done. nearly 60 nonprofits where Boss Boss—the former president of served as a founder, director, officer St. Anthony Park Bank (now Park or funder, and sometimes, all four. Midway Bank), founder of the St. That two-story resume spanned Christmas Bird Anthony Park Community education—Minnesota State Foundation and the guy who in Colleges and Universities, Voyageur Count 1974 initiated the newspaper you are Outward Bound School, Friends of now reading—was honored on Oct. the St. Paul Public Library— 23 at a celebratory event for a It’s the longest- government—St. Paul Public fundraising campaign for Park Housing Agency, St. Paul Port running citizen Square Theatre’s new 200-seat Andy science project. Authority, St. Paul Riverfront Boss Thrust Stage. A longtime Park Corp.—and St. Anthony Park Square subscriber and donor, Boss serves on the steering committee for Andy and Linda Boss in a family photo taken about three years ago. Page 17 Andy Boss to 12 Happy Holidays Turn to page 13 for our annual Holiday Shopping Guide, your map to December happenings in Bugleland. 2 PARK BUGLE n DECEMBER 2012 CITY FILES Hall, 2077 W. Larpenteur Ave. For more information email Station (Green Line) signage. Como Park St. Anthony Park [email protected]. The District 12 Community Council Photos will become the property The District 10 Como Community City Hall has new solar panels of the St. Anthony Park District Council meets at 7 p.m. the third Lauderdale meets on the second Thursday of each Join the City of Falcon Heights in month at 7 p.m. at South St. Anthony Council but any use will include Tuesday of the month at the Como celebrating City Hall’s new solar The Lauderdale City Council meets on Recreation Center (SSA), 890 Cromwell photo credit for the photographer. Streetcar Station, 1224 N. Lexington panel roof on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 9 the second and fourth Tuesday of the Ave. The district’s Land Use Committee Email your photos to Lauren at Parkway. a.m. The ceremony, which will take month at 7:30 p.m. at Lauderdale City meets on the first Thursday of the month [email protected]. place at Falcon Heights City Hall, Hall, 1891 Walnut St. at 7 p.m. at SSA. The Energy Resilience New board members join council 2077 W. Larpenteur Ave., will Group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Snow emergency information Four incumbents and three new include remarks from elected Lions Club Christmas tree sales Thursday of the month. Email The program “Understanding Snow board members were elected to officials, a solar panel demonstration benefit community organizations [email protected] to find out the location Emergency” educates viewers on District 10 on Tuesday, Oct. 16. and refreshments. The Lions Club of Falcon each month. The Environment Commit- what to do with their vehicles when Chris Harkness, an at-large Heights/Lauderdale will celebrate its tee meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednes- a snow emergency is board member, was elected as vice Solar panel workshop 26th year of selling Christmas trees day of the month at SSA. declared. Viewers can learn about the chair of the council. Immediately after the solar panel this year. Visit the club at different rules that the cities of Ted Blank, an at-large board celebration, residents can attend a Community Park at the corner of Get involved Minneapolis and St. Paul have so member, was elected as treasurer. solar panel workshop at City Hall at Roselawn and Cleveland. They are Want to know the latest about St. they can avoid getting their cars Kim Moon, a sub-district 2 10 a.m. open evenings and weekends starting Anthony Park and help clean up our ticketed and towed. board member, was re-elected for his Cooperative Energy Futures Friday, Nov. 23. Proceeds from the air and watershed, plan our The information, provided in position, and Kate Wilinski, a sub- (CEF) works with Applied Energy sale go to supporting many transportation options or bring eight languages, is available at district 3 board member was Innovations (AEI) to provide community organizations. creative enterprises to the http://www.echominnesota.org/libra re-elected to her position. residents with great deals on solar neighborhood? Join one of the St. ry/understanding-snow-emergency. New board members are Jackie electric installations by buying in Park & Community Involvement Anthony Park committees or task To receive the program on Gulbranson, Ted James and Mary bulk. Committee needs new members forces. All you need to do to become DVD, contact Dave Hunt at Michalski. Learn more about the bulk-buy Join the Lauderdale Park and a member is attend three meetings. [email protected]. Board members who stepped savings, financing options and how Community Involvement Find the full list of opportunities down from the council are Panod to reduce the costs and streamline the Committee (PCIC) and help plan at http://sapcc.org/getinvolved. Don’t leave packages in your car Klongtruatroke, vice chair; Penny process at the workshop. city events such as It’s holiday season again, which Spence, treasurer; and Ron Edlund, To attend the workshop, please Snow*Commotion, the city’s winter Photos wanted means gifts galore. Please remember Jody McCardle and Betsy Wehrwein, RSVP your name and number of festival in January, the citywide What images do you think represent to move your packages to the trunk all at-large. people attending with you to garage sale in May, Music Under the St. Anthony Park? when leaving your car on the street [email protected]. Trees in June and July, and more. Send your photos (high to prevent break-ins. The St. Paul Space may be limited. If you The committee meets the first resolution—at least 300 dpi; .jpg, .tif Police Department offers more Falcon Heights have questions regarding the details or the third Monday of the month. or .eps) to be added to a photo library holiday-safety tips on its website, mn- The Falcon Heights City Council meets of the workshop please email Contact City Hall, 651-792-7650, and perhaps selected to help visually stpaul.civicplus.com/index.aspx?NI the second and fourth Wednesday of each [email protected] to find out more.
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