NORTH NEWS November 1, 2019 Serving the neighborhoods of North Minneapolis www.mynorthnews.org Mornings at Milda's Jeff Nelson has been making pasties for the community diner since 1979. Page 12 Jeff Nelson brings a taste of the Iron Range to North Minneapolis. ALSO INSIDE Village Financial team says credit union project will go on Page 6 New leadership for West Broadway Coalition Page 10 A new era for Northside Funders Group Page 22 2 NORTH NEWS November 1, 2019 NEWS Elementary showing up with major style a grant from ReCAST at the City of and big smiles (Page 14). Minneapolis. Six community-based Letter to the Editor Letter from Speaking of school, the year is now groups, including us, pitched projects that months underway, and our student would bring oral histories collected from Re: A Growing Crisis, 9/27/19 the Editor journalists' work reflects their growing Northside elders to life in art projects. Dear Editor, expertise. Their stories are peppered We envisioned a project that published throughout this paper. Kyla Moore these stories in a special edition of North NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center provides services to help Welcome to the November edition of picked up the story on Peyton Russell's News. In the end, the community voted with the growing opioid crisis we North News. After devoting much of last new mural at Wally's (see below). Lexi and four organizations received the up are facing in our North Minneapolis month's paper to a single topic—the Hollmon, Destiny Hooks, and Aryy Taylor to $25K grants. We were unfortunately Community. opioid crisis—we've leapt to the other reported on their new principal Mauri not one of them. That said, fantastic I want to make the community end of the spectrum this month—lots Friestleben's transition into North High projects were selected, including a mural aware that we have a Syringe of shorter stories on the subjects that from her high profile position at Lucy by Charles Caldwell, a media project by Exchange Program at 710 West make up the substance of average daily Laney Elementary School (see Page 8). Al McFarlane, and a collaboration by Broadway right where most of the life here on the Northside. The business For even more stories by our North High Franklin Middle School students. The story focused. We moved these association for our biggest commercial youth (RayRay Melton, Laquita Travis, fourth project—filmmaker D.A. Bullock's services in April 2019 from our corridor has a new leader, who is also Melvina Manciel, Howard Hadley and "Northside Projected"—has offered the campus location at 1313 Penn Ave a former leader of a local neighborhood David Snoddy Jr.) flip to Page 20. North News crew an opportunity to be North because we needed to be organization (Page 10). The group behind Our journalism class at Patrick Henry involved. I'm humbled by this community's more accessible to the community the Village Financial credit union project High School formally begins in November, creative greatness and its spirit of members who need our services. says it will perservere amidst recent but senior Datelle Straub is already hard collaboration. Since January of this year our internal strife (Page 6). The Capri Theater at work. See Page 3 for his summary of a Syringe Exchange program has: expansion project has broken ground, Henry math teacher's top ten placement Until next time, · Exchanged 14,000 syringes potentially positioning a huge chunk of in the Twin Cities Marathon. We're so Kenzie O'Keefe · Distributed 1,200 doses Naloxone West Broadway for community-based proud of our students! Editor/Publisher, North News (Narcan) development (Page 3). Picture day had In other news, as many of you know, [email protected] · Completed 100 rapid HIV tests students from Elizabeth Hall International North News was in the running for 651-245-2647 and 70 rapid Hep C tests. We provide anonymous or confidential services. Our syringe NORTH NEWS 2019 Issue #10 exchange, Narcan kits and training Circulation: 10,000 in North Minneapolis. INSIDE OUR "O" are free. All are welcome to come in Delivered free on a monthly basis to and meet with our Harm Reduction public places & homes in Near North & Camden. 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Center If you want North News on your doorstep NOW, Wally's corner store on Penn Ave. N and Golden Valley Road is in the process of getting all subscribe for $30 per year. Email [email protected] dressed up. Northside graffiti artist Peyton Scott Russell is almost finished painting a mural North News welcomes letters to or call 651-245-2647 to sign up. on the side of the building. The mural says “Northside” in big letters with small pictures of the editor. Please send to kenzieo@ Next issue delivered: November 29, 2019 prominent Northsiders like Houston White, Beverly Cottman , and Prince inside of the letters. pillsburyunited.org or to North North News is an enterprise of: Russell says he is painting the mural for free and donated all the materials. "I wanted to leave News, 125 W Broadway Suite 130, my own personal mark but then also give something back to the community that's been so Minneapolis, MN 55411. They must be important to me," he said. He first painted the building back in the 80s when it was a corner signed, under 300 words, and relevant store called Sam's. A few years ago, he came up with the idea to paint it again, as the corner is to life in North Minneapolis. being developed. He hopes to have it completely finished by spring. By Kyla Moore North High NEWS NORTH NEWS 3 North Minneapolis at a glance Local teacher finishes top 10 in Construction has begun on Capri Twin Cities Marathon Theater expansion Conor Wells, a math teacher at Patrick Ground was broken on Oct. 17 for the Henry High School, finished ninth place nearly $13 million Capri Theater expansion in the Twin Cities Marathon on Oct. project, a transformative investment for the 6 with a time of 2:21:32. Wells’ long site of Prince's first concert and the whole distance running journey began in middle West Broadway corridor. Community school when he joined his school’s track members, leaders, and dignitaries joined team. He continued his running career in the Plymouth Christian Youth Center, high school and then at Drake University. which owns and operates the theater, in Among his running accomplishments celebrating the beginning of construction. is placing second in the 2015 Jim "This is so wonderful," said PCYC Executive Duncan Invitational 5000-meter race. Director Anne Long. "We believe North After college, Wells started running full Minneapolis deserves a beautiful theater marathons and half marathons. This and also a historic theater." PCYC leaders year, he spent three months preparing say construction will be completed and the for the Twin Cities Marathon. By Datelle theater will reopen in fall 2020. By Kenzie Straub O’Keefe Alexis Pennie, left, and Olson Middle School seventh-graders Siah Green and Adyra Fine try to look their cutest Harrison Neighborhood Bangoura releases proposed for the audience during a Halloween costume contest before the start of the Jordan Community Council fall Association fights to keep its parks budget meeting at the Davis Center on Oct. 17. Photo by David Pierini home at recreation center The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) released its Recommended Nichole Buehler, Executive Director of 2020 Budget from Superintendent Al Have you heard about the 48.8-acre the Harrison Neighborhood Association Bangoura. It focuses on four priorities development on the Mississippi River (HNA) sent an email out to supporters adopted by the Board of Commissioners that is up for redevelopment? in October saying the organization is last year that include: investing in youth; at risk of losing its home. For more than being financially stable; protecting the Learn more at an upcoming Learning Table, which two decades, HNA has shared a space offers the “learning water”; a place to ask critical environment; and engaging communities’ Sponosred by: with Minneapolis Public Schools and the questions and develop the “learning glue”; a place to power. The recommended budget reaches Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board at develop relationships, create partnerships, and $126.1 million, which is made up of a make commitments to explore ideas for Harrison Recreation Center after the old general operating fund of $89.2 million, incorporation in the UHT development. Harrison school building was demolished a special revenue fund of $3.2 million, an Each Learning Table theme is directly in 1993. The three organizations entered related to development topics. enterprise operating fund of $13.2 million into a shared use agreement to use and a capital project fund listed at $20.5 • Learn together different parts of the buildings and now • Create shared approach million.