New Bell Will Be Gateway to St. Paul Campus

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By Roger Bergerson vetoed by then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty. chair of the Bell advisory board, been willing to work out a deal: The It was a quest that continued through Then the project was included in the expanded on Hausman’s role, calling university would issue bonds for the three governors, three University of 2013 legislative bonding bill that her “the key.” project if the Legislature paid for the Minnesota presidents and three failed to pass. After that, the “It was her persistence over the debt service with general fund deans of the College of Food, university’s central administration years, particularly during the 2014 dollars. Agricultural and Natural Resource stopped lobbying for the facility. legislative session, that kept the need The new $80 million Bell, Sciences. But advocates didn’t give up and for funding front and center,” projected to become the gateway to So when ground finally was a last-gasp effort finally succeeded in Pfannmuller said. “Had she not done the university’s St. Paul campus, is broken for a new Bell Museum of 2014. that we wouldn’t be where we are. slated to open in late summer 2018 Natural Science and Planetarium That, university Regent Tom Having a champion at the on a five-acre site on the southwest recently, it was a time for celebration, Devine told an Earth Day gathering Legislature was absolutely essential corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland but also reflection on a long journey at the St. Paul campus student center, and Alice is the best one could ask avenues in Falcon Heights. and repeated setbacks along the way. took “one heck of a collaboration and for!” It will have more exhibit space The state Legislature, for the leader of the band was Alice However, Phannmuller than the current museum on the example, twice passed bills funding a Hausman,” the St. Paul DFLer who hastened to add that the project still Minneapolis campus, as well as a new museum, only to have them is the state representative for the area. would have been dead in the water if Bell Museum to 6 Name that Afterward, Lee Pfannmuller, university President Eric Kaler hadn’t business!

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Fourth in the Park adds new events this year Tell us about your favorite

The organizers of St. Anthony Park’s annual Independence Day celebration, close-to-home summer vacation the Fourth in the Park, are cooking up a few new activities for this year. “This will be the 69th anniversary and we’re looking forward to growing Do you have a favorite place you like to visit in the summer the event by adding several new exciting elements to the day,” said Emma that is within a day’s drive of the Twin Cities? Seeley, one of the event’s organizers. We’d like Bugle readers to share their advice on where to go that’s Those new elements include more bands in the parade, free T-shirts to close to home. We want to hear about day trips, long weekends or a Business news be given away on the parade route, new classic cars rolling down Como must-see area that’s no more than an 8- or 10-hour drive from the Avenue, and at Langford Park after the parade, a photo booth, face painting, Twin Cities. Tell us your stories: What makes that place special? How do you New shops and a bouncy castle and obstacle course, an improved sound system and a D.J. Organizers are also planning an Instagram scavenger hunt—stay tuned for get there? Do you camp, stay in a cabin or hotel, or head back home services coming to the details on that. at the end of the day? Bugleland. If you want to get involved in this year’s event, the Fourth in the Park Send a paragraph or two (or three!) by Wednesday, June 8, to [email protected] or Editor, Park Bugle, P.O. Box 8126, St. Paul, Page 15 is holding a volunteer get-together on Tuesday, June 7, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Langford Recreation Center. “We will be grilling out and providing treats MN 55108. We’ll publish our readers’ vacation advice in our July and beverages for new and existing volunteers,” Seeley said. “Come sign up issue, which hits the streets on June 21. for a wide variety of volunteer tasks and get your free volunteer T-shirt.” — Kristal Leebrick 2 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

CITY FILES

Como Park the living space. The landlord open noon-4 p.m. every Sunday The District 10 Como Community workshop will be held Tuesday, June between now and the end of Council meets at 7 p.m. on the third 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. September. A District 10 board Tuesday of each month at the Historic Both workshops will be held at member will be on hand to Streetcar Station, 1224 N. Lexington the Como Park Streetcar Station, at distribute recycling bins, organics Parkway. Contact 651-644-3889 or the northeast corner of Lexington composting bags or just take your www.district10comopark.org. Parkway and Horton Avenue. comments and suggestions. The Streetcar Station is at the northeast Workshops for landlords or 2016 ComoFest will host corner of Lexington Parkway and tenants will be offered in June events every weekend in July Horton Avenue. District 10 is partnering with There will be more to ComoFest in HOME Line to offer tenant and 2016, with family fun and events Get D10 weekly news landlord workshops in June. The every weekend in July. District 10’s To keep up to date on what’s going workshops are free, but registration is annual Ice Cream Social—on Friday on down the block, across the street required. Sign up at July 15—is one of the events. For a and around the corner, sign up for Daffodils bloomed in April in the new median on Raymond Avenue. district10comopark.org/rental_work peek at this year’s calendar, a link to District 10’s free weekly e-newsletter. shops.html. sign up for the 5K Run and Walk, It will be sent to your inbox every The tenant workshop, and a link to register to exhibit at the Friday. donate it to Cycles for Change, council won a grant from the scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 5- Art Fair, go to www.comofest.com. Go to district10comopark.org, where it will be refurbished and given University of Minnesota’s Good 6:30 p.m., will focus on the three then click the sign-up icon in the to someone who will use it. Neighbor Fund to help with the biggest sources of renter complaints: Building better block clubs right column. Cycles for Change planting of the median. The daffodils repairs, evictions and security The District 10 Como Community (cyclesforchange.org) is a nonprofit were the first flowers to come up this deposits. Council is partnering with the Como community bike shop located in the year. Next up: a number of native The landlord workshop is Park Falcon Heights Living at Home Lauderdale and Falcon Heights Frogtown area of St. Paul. Even bikes and pollinator species. designed for property owners and Block Nurse Program to revitalize The Lauderdale City Council meets on beyond repair will be stripped of managers, whether you rent out a block clubs in the neighborhood. To the second and fourth Tuesday of each usable parts and recycled in a single-family home or multiple units. do that, your opinions are needed. month at 7:30 p.m. in Lauderdale City responsible manner. Creative Enterprise Zone Topics will include the application Please take a survey at Hall, 1891 Walnut St. Contact The Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ) process, discrimination and fair- surveymonkey.com/r/blockclubs. www.ci.lauderdale.mn.us or 651-792- St. Anthony Park represents the area bounded by I-94, housing issues, repairs, bedbugs, 7650. The District 12 Community Council Prior Avenue, the railroad tracks by evictions and requirements about Sunday is recycling-bin day The Falcon Heights City Council meets on the second Thursday of each Energy Park Drive and the when a landlord can or cannot enter The Como Park Streetcar Station is meets the second and fourth Wednesdays month at 7 p.m. at Jennings Community Minneapolis border. You can find out of each month at 7 p.m. in Falcon Learning Center, 2455 University Ave. more about the CEZ at Heights City Hall, 2077 W. Larpenteur To find when council committees meet, creativeenterprisezone.org. Ave. Contact 651-792-7600 or go to www.sapcc.org or call 651-649- www.falconheights.org. 5992. The council offices are now located Celebrate the CEZ this summer at 2395 University Ave., Suite 300 E. During the first four months of Farmers market starts in June 2016, the Creative Enterprise Zone Lauderdale’s Farmers Market will be The beauty of traffic calming (CEZ) “We Make It Here” project in held the third Thursday of June- Just in case you missed it, the St. Paul has celebrated and promoted October. Raymond Avenue median just south creative businesses throughout the It will kick off on Thursday, of Energy Park Drive was filled with CEZ. The CEZ will celebrate the the June 16, 4-7 p.m. Other dates are blooming daffodils in late April (see Smallest Museum in St. Paul’s first July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and Oct. photo above). The St. Anthony Park anniversary at a CEZ 20. Do you have garden surplus you Community Council’s #WeMakeItHere Happy Hour would like to sell? There is no charge Transportation Committee Thursday, June 30, 6-8 p.m. at to be a vendor. instigated the three-phase traffic- WORKHORSE Coffee Bar, 2399 Contact Susie at calming project that began two years W. University Ave. [email protected] ago along Raymond Avenue. The The happy hour is part of the om or 651-329-8401 for an median is one of the structures being CEZ Action Committee’s efforts to application. The market is looking put into place to help calm traffic shine a light and support the creative for musicians to play for an hour or along this busy thoroughfare. work that happens in the area. The so at each market. Last year, the community mixers are open to the public. Bike drive is June 11 The Falcon Heights-Lauderdale Lions Club is putting on a bike drive on Saturday, June 11, at the Falcon Millions and billions of pies Heights City Hall parking lot, 10 OK, maybe not that many, but organizers promise there will be plenty a.m.-1 p.m. to choose from at the annual Northern Lights 4-H Club pie and ice If you have an unused bicycle cream social Friday, June 3, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on Luther Seminary’s gathering dust and taking up space lawn at the corner of Como Avenue and Luther Place. The annual club in your garage or storage area, fundraiser will feature a variety of pies and ice cream, and the St. Anthony Park Community Band will be there to serenade the crowd.

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Outings Check out Alchemy Architects’ lightHouse at Northern Spark in June. Through the months of March, April and May, Geoffrey Warner and the folks at Alchemy Architects, 856 Raymond Ave., St. Anthony Park, burrowed into a warehouse at the University of Minnesota’s Reuse Center to build a one-room roving hotel that they had hoped to rent out at festivals in the Twin Cities this summer. The “for rent” part of the project has been put on hold, but you can see Alchemy’s lightHouse at the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis during the dawn-to-dusk arts festival, Northern Spark, in June. Northern A drawing of the lighthouse, courtesy Alchemy Architects. Spark is a free event that features temporary installations and water-filtering plants. and connect to city sewer and water. performances by local and national It was built for Minnesota’s The project may open artists set up in various parts of climate and has triple-glazed discussions on changing urban Minneapolis—all between the hours windows and doors and hydronic in- needs, so stay tuned, Warner said. of 9 p.m. Saturday, June 11, and 5:26 floor heat. The water system is For now, you can get a look at the a.m., Saturday, June 12. self-contained, with a 250-gallon lightHouse at the all-night festival in The lightHouse fits right into water tank, an on-demand water June. You can learn more about the festival’s 2016 theme, Climate heater and a bio-filter for greywater Northern Spark at Chaos, Climate Rising. Alchemy, (wastewater that can be reused). It’s 2016.northernspark.org. — Kristal along with architecture students from “a postcard for sustainability in the Leebrick the U’s College of Design, built the Twin Cities,” Warner said. dwelling out of an 8-by-20-foot The self-contained water system Editor’s note: Is there something going on shipping container and included and the mobility of the lightHouse in the Twin Cities that you’d like to share sustainable amenities such as a bumped up against city permitting with Bugle readers? Send a note with the composting toilet, solar panels and a regulations. Both St. Paul and subject line “Outings” to editor@park - Bryan Carpenter of Alchemy Architects works on the doorframe of the lightHouse at the U of M’s Reuse Center. Photo by Kristal Leebrick porch at the entrance with a sitting Minneapolis require that any place bugle.org. area that will be surrounded by you sleep in has to have a foundation After 30 years, Lauderdale and Falcon Heights police chief retires By Bill Lindeke departments have to match the culture of the community they’re Technically, the City of Lauderdale working for, and our culture is service doesn’t have its own police oriented: Get to know people. Stop department. Most of the time, that by the kids that are playing doesn’t much matter because the basketball. Make sure we’re present at small suburb is the kind of place that city events. Relationships are how we largely polices itself. Everybody get our job done.” seems to recognize everybody, and if When he started school, Ohl you’re not from around there, had initially wanted to be a someone will ask you if you’re lost. conservation officer for the But every so often, the police Department of Natural Resources, must be called. And residents there enforcing the state’s rules governing are about to lose their longtime chief, wildlife. But when those jobs proved John Ohl, who has been patrolling to be few and far between, Ohl the streets of neighboring St. became interested in policing. After Anthony for more than three Chief John Ohl a few years doing odd security jobs, decades. For most of that time, both Ohl got his first job at the St. Lauderdale and Falcon Heights have problem solving. Anthony Police Department. been under the umbrella of the St. “Community is the reason why “I w as j u st a d umb, wet-behind- Anthony Police Department. The we’re a good fit for Lauderdale and the-ears kid,” Ohl said. “I ended up arrangement must be working Falcon Heights,” Ohl said. “It’s why because both towns have some of the our 20-plus-year relationship has highest criminal clearance rates been so successful. Police Police chief to 19 around. “Our clearance rate for Falcon Heights is 54 percent,” Ohl said. “You think a bad guy thinks that’s a good chance to take? It has been as high as 65 percent in Lauderdale. That’s an impossible statistic. I credit that to knowing the community.” As he rose through the department ranks, Ohl grew familiar with the technical terminology popular in today’s law enforcement discussions. For example, one popular phrase is “community- oriented policing,” which focuses on building relationships with the community, crime prevention and 4 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

Park COMMENTARY

Welcome to the Bugle editorial pages, the place where we exchange ideas and opinions. The views reflected in the commentaries and letters printed here each month are the opinions of the individual writers, not the Bugle staff or board of directors. We encourage community Buglewww.parkbugle.org participation on this page, but we do retain the right to edit letters and commentaries for clarity and brevity. Letters should be kept to 400 words P.O. Box 8126 or fewer and commentaries should be 800 words or fewer. Send your commentaries or letters to [email protected] St. Paul, MN 55108 www.parkbugle.org 651-646-5369 Illegal dumping at Kasota Ponds is byproduct Managing Editor Kristal Leebrick of unorganized trash collection in St. Paul 651-646-5369 [email protected]

Production Manager By Steve Yetter the north pond, draws a consistent each filling a bag of garbage. Which dumping in St. Paul was a byproduct stream of metal scrappers hauling they did. When they removed the of the lack of organized trash Stephen D. Parker The Kasota Ponds Wildlife Area is loads they hope to sell for cash. box springs off the pile, I asked that collection and that Minneapolis does 612-839-8397 situated west of Minnesota Highway Scrappers often use the Hunting if Metro Metals rejected them that not have this problem because the 280 on the St. Paul–Minneapolis Valley Road turnaround near the they put them back on the pile and City of Minneapolis provides garbage Obituaries Editor border and extends from the entrance to Metro Metals and not throw them in the pond. collection to its residents . The Mary Mergenthal southern end of Hunting Valley 651-644-1650 overlooking the north Kasota Pond, Twenty minutes later they were Macalester-Groveland community Road to the BNSF rail yards. These [email protected] to sort through their loads. It appears back on the pile. came to a similar conclusion in wetlands are part of the Bridal Veil that some items not accepted for Though the City of St. Paul partnership with the Minnesota Creek sub-watershed and provide Delivery problems? purchase by Metro Metals are spends more than $250,000 per year Pollution Control Agency in their habitat for a surprising amount of [email protected] dumped into the north Kasota cleaning up illegal dumping, this recent report on trash collection, wildlife, including migratory 651-646-5369 Pond. figure does not take into account all “Taking Out the Trash.” waterfowl, turtles, wild turkeys, deer At this year’s cleanup, I of the volunteer labor involved in My own experience as a St. Paul and woodchucks. Subscriptions & billing confronted a couple of guys sitting in cleanups like the annual Kasota resident bears out the observation The Environment Committee Fariba Sanikhatam a truck beside a hill strewn with Ponds event. If volunteers didn’t pull that a lack of organized trash of the St. Anthony Park Community 651-239-0321 garbage leading down to the north the trash from the ponds and put it collection leads to illegal dumping. I Council has sponsored cleanups of [email protected] pond while they waited for Metro into tidy piles for the city to collect, have had two roll-off dumpsters for this area each spring since 1990. In Subscriptions are $30 for one year. Metals to open. They were pretty it may never be cleaned up under the home-remodeling projects over the recent years, illegal garbage dumping Send payment to P.O. Box 8126, sheepish when I asked them if they current system. Despite signs past few years. Soon after the in this area has become a larger St. Paul, MN 55108 knew anything about nearby warning dumpers of a $700 fine, dumpster arrives, it begins to attract nuisance. At this year’s April 16 garbage, but denied having illegally dumping continues in the Kasota a lot of nonconstruction garbage that Calendar submissions cleanup, volunteers pulled more than dumped garbage into the ponds or Ponds. In 2014, other cleanup mysteriously appears when I am not [email protected] 30 car tires, six metal box springs, five having seen others do so. volunteers and I captured cellphone looking. For some, Kasota Ponds has water softeners and more than 40 After a while they started poking video of illegal dumpers in action just become a “free” dumpster, but it is Copyeditor bags of miscellaneous garbage from around the pile of garbage pulled after we had cleaned up the area. We our neighborhood and the resident Ruth Weleczki the north Kasota Pond. In a cleanup from the pond and asked if they called the police, but when an officer wildlife that pay the price. several years ago, Terry and Otto could take the metal box-spring finally arrived, the dumpers were Proofreader Gockman pulled a safe from one of mattresses and try to sell them. First gone and we were told that the video Steve Yetter is a resident of St. Anthony Christine Elsing the ponds that turned out to be from I said, no. Then I said, yes, but only was not sufficient for a prosecution. Park and a longtime volunteer at the an - a burglary. if they helped with the cleanup by The officer told us that illegal nual Kasota Ponds cleanup. Display advertising Metro Metals, a business near Clare Caffrey 651-270-5988 [email protected] LETTERS Bradley Max Wolfe 952-393-6814 Minnesota Reading Corps is a The need for additional economic and language barriers. The Correction [email protected] good state investment resources such as Reading Corps is disparity in educational achievement We want to correct information When our principal heard about very real and immediate. Statewide, for low-income children and children relayed in our letter to the editor Classified advertising Minnesota Reading Corps, I was one in three Minnesota kids is not on of color is a serious challenge that has (Park Bugle, May 2016) regarding 651-239-0321 tasked with vetting the organization track to be proficient in reading at implications for all Minnesotans. the St. Anthony Park Library land. [email protected] to see if it would be a good fit for our third grade, a critical educational It’s time to respond to this At the time the letter was written, we building. As with all things, I benchmark. Reading Corps gives challenge in a way that works. were still researching at the Ramsey Next deadline: approached Reading Corps’ claims kids the tools they need. Minnesota Reading Corps has a County Property Research Library. June 8. The paper with a degree of skepticism, but As the tutoring coordinator at proven 12-year track record of Our letter should have read: will be published June 21. through research and talking with St. Anthony Park Elementary helping teachers bring PreK-grade 3 The first two lots for the library (Lots leaders at current Reading Corps School, I can tell you that when kids students up to grade level in reading 23-24) were purchased by the The Park Bugle is a nonprofit schools in St. Paul, my skepticism reach reading proficiency standards and putting them on a path toward Improvement Association of St. community newspaper serving St. turned to excitement. by the end of third grade, they are academic success. Reading Corps Anthony Park. Lots 21-22 were Anthony Park, Lauderdale, Falcon Heights and Como Park. The Bugle What I found is an organization much more likely to succeed later in works regardless of where a child lives donated by Edward and Grace reports and analyzes community news that is data-driven, student-focused, school. In fact, they are four times or socio-economic background. In Freeman who resided at 2196 Carter and promotes the exchange of ideas and and one that sets its members up to more likely to graduate from high fact, kids with higher risk factors Ave. Dr. Edward Freeman was a opinions in these communities. The be successful in their work with school. And high school graduation make stronger gains. botany and later plant pathology Bugle strives to promote freedom of students. Needless to say, we brought is a key indicator of increased earning Increasing state funding for professor. Freeman later served as expression, enhance the quality of life in Reading Corps into our school. It has potential, better health and a higher Reading Corps is a wise investment the dean of the College of the readership communities and proven to be an excellent quality of life. in our state’s future. Agriculture, University of encourage community participation. opportunity for our students. Unfortunately, many children in Minnesota. Opinions expressed in the Bugle by ReadingCorps fills a crucial role our community are less likely to Becky Kallhoff, the editor, writers and contributors do at St. Anthony Park. Like other achieve academic success and tutoring coordinator, Mary Maguire Lerman, not necessarily represent the opinions of schools around the nation, we face a graduate from high school than other St. Anthony Park Elementary Bill Lerman and Cindy the board of directors, Park Press, Inc. Anderson, St. Anthony Park Copyright 2016, Park Press, Inc. All tight budget, and there is not always Minnesota children due to socio- rights reserved. funding to meet all needs. We have a The Park Bugle is published by high number of students who Park Press, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit struggle with reading and need the organization guided by an elected board benefit of one-on-one guided of directors. practice for them to catch up to their The Bugle seeks board candidates Currently serving on the board are peers. Reading Corps has helped us The Park Bugle is seeking candidates to fill openings on its board of directors. The board consists of residents and Grant Abbott, Ted Blank, Emily meet the needs of our struggling business owners from the communities served by the newspaper. Blodgett, Betsy Currie, Deborah readers and put them on the path to Skills and background desired include organizational or management skills, especially with nonprofits, including Cushman, Elizabeth Danielson, success. board service; fundraising and grant-writing experience; a strong connection to the community and the ability to Michael Griffin, John Landree, Over the course of just one Gabrielle Lawrence, Bob Milligan, P.J. comfortably approach potential donors; advertising experience, specifically sales, to support our sales representatives; Pofahl, Amy Schoch, Glen Skovholt, school year, we’ve gone from asking and legal expertise. Matt Vierling if we should pursue Reading Corps If you want to help shape the strategic direction of your local, award-winning, nonprofit newspaper, send a and Kathy Wellington. to wondering what we would do short note and biography to [email protected], with DIRECTORS in the subject line. Or send a letter to Park without it. Bugle, P.O. 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COMMENTARY Nothing but the truth By Adam Granger and assuring a wife that the barber when nuance comes knocking, example, “That’s great! Nice quality whereas the truth, carefully phrased, didn’t butcher her hair when she things get trickier. As a youth, I strums and good bass notes.” Then is cleaner and better but involves Diogenes goes looking for an honest looks like she’s wearing a helmet studied classical guitar with a man I’ll add, “Now, let’s look a little closer more work. lawyer. A week into his search, he runs made out of kimchi. Quite the who had no tact at all. He was at your solo.” I prioritize the Things get more complicated into a friend, who asks him how the gamut, and I didn’t even dip into the unflinchingly and thoroughly corrective issues—pick my battles— when white lies commingle with lies quest is going. “Not bad,” replies biggest category of all, the lies we tell honest, and the result was mean and to move the student forward in a way of convenience. It’s easy to fend off Diogenes, “I still have my lantern.” ourselves. counterproductive. He was a lousy that satisfies them. They don’t need an unwanted barbecue invitation Obviously, it’s not possible teacher and an unhappy man who to be Eric Clapton to enjoy playing from your insufferable Uncle Charlie This chestnut earned me $100 always to tell the truth, but when is ended up committing suicide (and the guitar, they just need to feel like by claiming a prior commitment. when I sold it to Playboy magazine lying all right? I’ll focus here on two no, it wasn’t because he had me as a him. In short, it’s neither necessary This is part white lie and part lie of 40 years ago. It’s a somewhat oblique of the more interesting classes of student). nor advisable to say everything you’re convenience. I mean, you don’t want way to launch into a piece about prevarication, one clean and simple Fifty years on, as a guitar teacher thinking, and there are nice ways to to hurt Charlie’s feelings, but you’d truth and lying, but I like the joke. and the other more challenging. myself, my students pay a dollar a offer corrective criticism without rather eat krill with penguins than his (And would that tale-telling were There are times when the truth minute for my expertise. I owe them having to lie. ribs with him and this gets you out limited to attorneys, but it’s not, so should go untold, for example to my honesty, but there’s more than More complicated and insidious of the commitment, for now at least. I promise this is the only time I'll avoid needless cruelty. Enter the one way to skin that cat. I learned a is what I call the lie of convenience. This is a fictional scenario—I have mention them in this piece.) white lie. There’s nothing to be lot from my poor ex-teacher about What if a friend calls and says they’ve no doubt that you like Uncle Charlie Lying is not telling the truth. gained by my telling my Alzheimer’s- how not to teach, and thus a lot got an extra ticket to a Beyonce and his ribs are actually pretty good This simple definition covers an plagued stepmother that she’s not in about how to teach. This is stuff any concert? I don’t care for Beyonce, and if you slather enough sauce on awesome amount of turf: making Italy, where she contentedly thinks experienced pedagog knows: it’s easy to say that I’ve got other them—but it points up how easily political promises that cannot be she is, but rather in a nursing home accentuate the positive and, through plans, and, wham, before I know it, motives can get jumbled in this tricky kept, convincing a blind date that in Golden Valley, where she actually patient corrective instruction, I’ve told an outright lie there was no terrain. you’re a thoracic surgeon (unless you is. Here, honesty runs the risk of eliminate the negative. need to tell. I could have said, So, the takeaway is: Try not to actually are), committing Madoff- devastation. This is usually easy; my guitar “Thanks much for the invite but, as hurt people’s feelings, but don’t class hornswoggling, telling kids That example is a no-brainer, students generally get things mostly talented as she is [no lie there], buffalo them. Try to catch yourself there’s a Santa Claus, employing but white lies are often nuanced and right, so I am able honestly to say, for Beyonce is just not my cup of tea,” telling the lazy lie of convenience situational ethics (remember those?) and thus, with a bit more effort and before you tell it. If there’s hard truth care, a lie could have gone untold. to be told, do so lovingly and (And besides, what’s to keep the carefully. Oh, and don’t forget to take friend from calling next year with a look at those lies you tell yourself. St. Anthony Park Foundation another Beyonce ticket?) It’s these pure-bred lies of Adam Granger lives in St. Anthony Park grants more than $43,000 convenience that I try very hard not with his wife and dog, Molly, and is a to tell. They are self-serving and lazy, regular contributor to the Park Bugle. There were many smiling faces at the Anthony Park and match learning said executive director Jon Saint Anthony Park Community providers with interested audiences. Schumacher. “The board has made a Foundation’s Spring Reveal on May Shakespeare also got his due conscious effort to include all of 19 at Lake Monster Brewery, and at with a grant to support a summer District 12 to build our larger least 24 of them belonged to the workshop and performance, and community,” he said. representatives from the 24 causes Known By Heart received support to This was also the third year of supported by the foundation’s create writing workshops for older grants for Transition Town (TT), the $43,000 in 2016 grant awards. adults in our area. organization that won the There were the usual strong According to grants committee foundation’s 15th Anniversary Grant contributions to local schools chair, Bruce Weber, there was a good Challenge. TT has used the $15,000 supporting a variety of programs and mix of awards. “We received requests in total grant money to hold initiatives like music, art, for around $80,000, with a lot of community meetings, create and environmental education, as well first-timers,” he said. “We wanted to maintain a website, put out a regular first-time grants for language, special make sure we took care of critical newsletter, and build consensus education and school community- ongoing asks but with an eye toward around St. Anthony Park’s future building efforts. helping new organizations get off the sustainability. First-time grantees included a ground.” The foundation also awarded locally grown organization, The number of applications the Bugle $2,000 to help expand the Chalkboard Commons, which is coming from the Creative Enterprise monthly newspaper’s business and • Kitchens • Additions planning an event series to showcase Zone continues to grow as that education coverage and update its • Bathrooms • Basements the rich diversity of knowledge in St. community begins to come together, website. • Exteriors Park B4 Dark returns this summer The annual Park B4 Dark series parking lot next door, sponsored by More fun will be added added returns on the third Thursday of each the Saint Anthony Park Community as the events take shape, but you can summer month—June 16, July 21 Foundation and Sunrise Bank. The count on special deals, local and Aug. 18—to the Como Avenue Zone will feature a table filled with musicians and food, as well as the AN ANE CPA, LLC retail district in St. Anthony Park. building links and tubes from CEZ Little Wine Shoppe’s wine-tastings D B This is the event’s sixth year and will toy company YOXO, Joy of the from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at each event. include sidewalk specials, music, People’s inflatable soccer field, kids Mark your calendars, bring the kids, Certified Public food and fun. yoga, a craft corner, and Open Eye have fun and support this unique Accountant Highlights this year include the Figure Theater in August. business district. Bibelot’s 50th anniversary celebration. From 5-8 p.m. each Park Providing Individual & B4 Dark night, the store will offer 20 Business Tax Service. percent off everything in the store. Park Press annual Additionally, everyone who comes into the Como Avenue Bibelot on those evenings will have the meeting set for July Conveniently located in the Baker Ct Bldg opportunity to enter a drawing to The annual meeting of the members the election of directors and other (1 Blk East of 280 at corner of Territorial & Raymond) receive a $50 Bibelot gift card. of Park Press Inc., publisher of the matters that may be raised by at 821 Raymond Ave – Ste 310, St Paul 55114. This year also welcomes a Park Bugle, will be held at 8 a.m. members. All are welcome to attend. number of new businesses in the Monday, July 11, at St. Anthony Park Press Inc., is a 501(c)3 Call for an appointment shopping area and an enhanced 651-999-0123 Park Lutheran Church, 2323 W. nonprofit organization guided by an or visit my website at: www.danbanecpa.com KidZone in the Sunrise Bank Como Ave. The agenda will include elected board of directors. 6 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

Bell Museum from 1 Many of the taxidermy who in 1872 directed that a natural dioramas so familiar to generations science collection be established at of Bell visitors will be moved to the the University of Minnesota. 120-seat theater and planetarium. new facility and incorporated into Afterward, she was asked if the Through the use of interactive the new exhibits. new Bell was evidence that technology, a visit to the new Bell will Given what seems like a stream Minnesota had stayed true to the be more of a hands-on experience of bad news regarding the state of the vision of those pioneers. than in the past, according to George environment, wildlife and the planet “There are dedicated [Bell] staff Weiblen, the museum’s interim in general, is the new museum going who have never lost the vision,” she scientific director and professor of to be an optimistic place? said. “Some at both the state and plant biology. “We aim for a hopeful university level had perhaps a more “The exhibits will interpret experience where visitors can learn limited understanding of and nature and the universe through the from nature how we can live in commitment to the vision and lens of Minnesota,” Weiblen said. equilibrium with the earth to ensure value.” “The themes—why earth is special, opportunity for generations to tree of life, web of life and imagining come,” Weiblen said. Roger Bergerson writes about history and our future—are broadened beyond In her remarks to the student community news regularly in the Park Minnesota natural history to include center audience, Hausman referred Bugle. astronomy.” to the wisdom of legislative leaders

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By Gordon Murdock Access will be easier, too, for the charm, but there is much that Bell Come home to Bell’s friends and neighbors who live staff won’t miss. Poor access to St. Anthony Park... In 2018, I’ll be able to walk to the near the new site. Everyone at the parking (almost none on days of is still my invitation to new Bell Museum at the corner of Bell is looking forward to close home football games), single-glazed Cleveland and Larpenteur from my relationships with new neighbors and windows that are hard to open or you. I have lived and home in St. Anthony Park. Whether neighborhoods. It will be great, too, close, limited air conditioning, too worked in this area for I’m volunteering, dropping by for a being much closer to the Bell’s few electrical outlets and ceilings too 27 years, selling program or to see an exhibition, that academic curators, many other low for many traveling exhibits the hundreds of homes and new easy access will be delightful. faculty staff and students of the St. Bell might host, to name just a few. I’ve been retired from the Bell Paul Campus. It will make for much The time has certainly come for a I will work hard to get Museum for four years after 31 years easier sharing of ideas and broader new building. the results you need. working there, but I still go in and try participation of the St. Paul academic Most of the large, beautiful, to be usef ul. Now the 10 -m inute comm un ity in the public life of the educationally powerful dioramas will walk that has taken me only to the Bell. travel to the new site. There will be campus bus, will take me to the Bell’s The museum’s current art deco new elements of architectural beauty, front door. building is loved for its beauty and sustainable design, much better heating and cooling, and enough electrical outlets. And those who live too far away Tree Trimming / Removals to walk will be able to park right on Stump Grinding / Ash Tree Removal the site. Even on game days. Tree Injections Gordon Murdock was a curator at the Nancy Meeden 35 Years of Professional Service Bell Museum of Natural History for 31 Coldwell Banker Burnet Owner/Operator Cleve Volk years and is an active member of the St. Office: 651-282-9650 We accept Licensed & Insured Anthony Park community. Mobile: 612-790-5053 www.atreeservices.com [email protected] 612-724-6045 JUNE 2016 n PARK BUGL E 7

History: One darn thing after another Let your travel agent do the work! Roger Bergerson chronicles our remarkable past Stop in at our office Browse travel brochures. Ask us about tailoring an itinerary for you. First Midway Stadium was a field Call on our experience creating travel memories. of dreams that never came true ® TRAVEL By Roger Bergerson 2190 Como Avenue • St. Paul • 651-646-8855 Sixty years ago, the City of St. Paul spent $2 million to build a ballpark on north Snelling Avenue in hopes of attracting a major league baseball team. 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Gleaming tracks, 10,000-seat Midway Stadium season. Eventually, the city decided was a modest affair indeed. The The Saints departed to become enough was enough, and in 1981 the Hardwood ballpark had a single deck and the the Omaha Dodgers; the Millers first Midway Stadium was Floors stands extended only slightly beyond were transformed into the Seattle demolished as part of the Energy first and third base. But it was easily Rainiers. Park development. “expandable” to 30,000 or 40,000 Without a full-time tenant, Twelve years later, a new 2095 Commonwealth Ave. - $489,900 seats, news stories emphasized, to Midway Stadium began to lose ballpark, even more spartan than the meet the needs of a major league money and the term “white first, opened on the west side of tenant. elephant” started appearing in print. Snelling as home to a new version of 4 Bedrooms The Saints home opener on All kinds of ideas were floated for the the St. Paul Saints. But that’s another 3 Baths April 25, 1957, was disappointing ballpark, including the addition of a story entirely. . . . Master Suite from a baseball perspective as the Buckminster Fuller dome. For more, see Stew Thornley’s team lost a double-header to the By the mid-1960s, the talk took excellent book, The St. Paul Saints: Updated Wichita Braves. Still, the fans seemed on an air of desperation with the Baseball in the Capital City , Kitchen happy with the sparkling new facility. proposal to spend $22 million to Minnesota Historical Society, 2015. In listing its many up-to-date convert Midway into a giant sports Wonderful features, Saints president Mel Jones Buy said it was “a structure well worth talking about. “Even a trip through the public CATHERINE E. 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Laverne Dehlin Home in St. Paul after a brief and family with whom she maintained a Laverne A. Dehlin, 90, of the courageous battle with cancer. lifelong friendship. Heritage at Lyngblomsten, formerly She is survived by her husband, Diane’s love of teaching of Falcon Heights, died April 20. Gregg; sons, Brandon and Andrew; continued her entire life in Chicago; He was an active member of parents, Gerald and Jean Kallevig; Madison, Wis.; and most recently First Lutheran Church of St. Paul. siblings, Kim (Patricia), Dan (Susan), through ESL creative writing classes Allan (Christine), Julie Nelson and at Fairview Community Center in ALE He spent his career working for the 4-S State of Minnesota. He and his wife, Terri Poole; and mother-in-law, Roseville for 12 years. She also served Jane, enjoyed traveling and square- Patricia Kraemer. on the Falcon Heights Human dancing. A memorial service was held Rights Committee and Environment He was preceded in death by his May 11 at Como Park Lutheran Commission. Diane reached out to parents and brothers, Lloyd and Church. people wherever she lived through her love of other cultures, singing, Maynard. He is survived by his wife, Philip Miller and brothers, Glen (Joyce), Leonard gardening, writing and a genuine (June), Floyd, Eugene (Bobbi) and Philip J. Miller, 93, of Roseville, died interest in others. Dale (Laurain). April 15. She was preceded in death by His funeral service was held He was preceded in death by his her parents, Iris and Harold Gilmore, April 29 at Lyngblomsten Care wife, Henrietta. He is survived by his and husband W. Braxton Ross. She Fantastic newly renovated condo #202 Center Chapel, with interment at sister, May Hutchinson, of Iron is survived by her son, John Ross; 1666 Coffman Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis. River, Mich. daughter, Annie Yetter (Steve); two South facing exposure overlooking the garden terrace Phil was an active member of grandchildren, Kathryn and George 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1166 sq. ft. new appliances, Donald Gabrielli Corpus Christi Catholic Church and Yetter; and her kitty, Misty. Her family expresses heartfelt granite counter tops, new flooring and new carpet. Donald E. Gabrielli, of Como Park, the St. Anthony Park Leisure Center. gratitude to HealthPartners Hospice Active lifestyle 55 plus must be present or former died peacefully surrounded by his He also was a Boy Scout leader and and particularly to friends Hal, Mary, employee of the University of Minnesota loving family on May 1. enjoyed woodcarving and fishing. Russ, Sherrie, Jessica and Paul for Don was deeply committed to Phil loved dancing and traveling with their compassionate care. coaching and volunteering in the his beloved wife, Henrietta. A memorial service will be held northwest Como community, Holy Mass of Christian Burial was Sunday, June 12, at 2 p.m., at Unity DING Childhood Parish and Schola Choir. celebrated April 21 at Corpus PEN Unitarian Church, St. Paul. He enjoyed singing, dancing, bocce, Christi, with interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. golfing and most important, his Elizabeth Willis family, especially being a loving papa Diane Ross to his eight grandchildren. Libby Willis, 85, of St. Anthony He was preceded in death by his Diane Gilmore Ross, 84, of Falcon Park, died April 28. parents, Louis and Theresa, and Heights, died on April 22. She had Elizabeth Frances (Monaghan) sister, Geraldine Lobertman. He is recently been diagnosed with Willis (Libby) was born in Halifax, survived by his wife of 56 years, advanced esophageal cancer. Nova Scotia, on Oct. 24, 1930, to Carmen (née Nelson); sons, Dave Born Oct. 20, 1931, and raised James and Frances (Boyle) (Debra), Dan (Ann) and Doug in Denver, Diane spent every Monaghan. She moved to Boston, 2161 Doswell Mass., in 1957, when she married Warm and wonderful Classic Dutch Colonial. (Julie); eight grandchildren; and summer as a child and young adult Prime Saint Anthony Park location overlooking College Park. siblings, Gene (Donna) Gabrielli and at Geneva Glen, the camp her Ray Willis, who was in graduate 3 bedroom,sauna, 2-story barn garage, private yard with Paula (Ralph) Curella. parents directed in the foothills school at the time. They moved to gorgeous gardens. Gardens featured on Grow with Kare 11 and The family would like to outside of Denver. She met her Minnesota in 1959 and to St. on the St. Anthony Park Garden Club Tour acknowledge Sr. Mary Ann Williams husband, Braxton, at East High Anthony Park in 1964. for her support and companionship. School, and they married in 1954. As She and her husband raised four Mass of Christian Burial was a graduate of Smith College in 1953, sons and after they left home she celebrated May 5 at Holy Childhood she learned that women are as became increasingly interested in gardening. She was one of the OLD Catholic Church, with inurnment at important, as capable and as valuable S Fort Snelling National Cemetery. as men. She returned to Denver to original members of the Ramsey teach high school English. After her County Master Gardeners and was Suzanne Kraemer marriage, she and Braxton moved to active for more than 30 years. Japan, where he served in Army Following this interest she attended a Su zanne Je an Kraemer ( n ée program at 916 Vo-Tech and Kallevig), 49, of Falcon Heights, died counter intelligence and she taught received a certificate as Horticulture May 6 at Our Lady of Peace Hospice ESL and worked as librarian on the base. They lived with a Japanese Aide. She then worked and volunteered in St. Paul Public St. Anthony Park Area Seniors’ Senior Cinema Series Schools, helping with classroom gardening programs. This included St. Anthony Park Elementary and Your house here? “Bridge of Spies” 2 p.m. Frost Lake Elementary. She also used If you are planning to sell Thursday, June 9, at SAP Library to staff the Master Gardeners (MG) During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an information desk at Como I am ready to work for YOU! arrested Soviet spy in court and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Conservatory and the MG phone Powers. Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance line. and Alan Alda. PG-13. 142 min. Her body has been donated to the University of Minnesota Medical St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave. School, Anatomy Bequest Program. 651-642-0411 / www.sppl.org 651-642-9052 www.sapaseniors.org There will be no immediate memorial service but, on Nov. 9, the university will hold a memorial for all the people whose bodies have been donated. Libby is survived by her husband, Raymond; four sons, Peter, Brian, Kevin, and Garth; four Barbara grandchildren; four great- Swadburg grandchildren; and two sisters, Terri Pothier of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Mobile: and Tela Purcell of Lunenburg, Nova Email: 651-271- 8919 Scotia. [email protected] JUNE 2016 n PARK BUGL E 9

Rotten Everything is new at the old Wood? 10,000 square Methodist church on Hillside Ave. Moisturewindow sills, damaged feet of pure casings & trim replaced By Kristal Leebrick awesome! Harmsen & Minnesota’s largest, most Just three days after St. Anthony Park comprehensive selection Oberg United Methodist Church (UMC) of comic books, both Gary 651-698-3156Construction new and back issues, as merges with Centennial UMC of well as trade paperbacks, Since 1975 Roseville on June 1, Pastor Whitney collecting supplies, Sheridan will lead her new statues, toys, posters, and everything else that congregation in its first community- has to do with the service activity: Parishioners will host wonderful world of a diaper-changing station near the comics! porta-potties at the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival, Saturday, June 4. SOURCE COMICS Two weeks later, the church will host a movie-in-the-park at Langford & GAMES Park Saturday, June 18. Frozen will be 651-645-0386 shown at 7:30 p.m. and the evening www.sourcecandg.com will include live characters from the 2057 Snelling Ave. N., Roseville Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-Sat & Disney movie. Noon - 6 p.m. Sunday “I think I have been volunteered to be Elsa (the star of the movie),” Sheridan said. Pastor Whitney Sheridan of Centennial United Methodist Church, St. In January, St. Anthony Park Anthony Park Campus Exceptional UMC’s congregation voted to merge Senior Living with Centennial. The 127-year-old Just across from Como Park church, located at 2200 Hillside Ave., that will continue operating at the been a local church for 63 years, so Heated underground parking will be Centennial UMC, St. church include St. Anthony Park when we started these conversations Two elevators Anthony Park Campus and home to Small pets welcome Area Seniors, the Senior Leisure with St. Anthony Park, there was a - - the church’s contemporary service. Center, Cub Scouts, SAP UMC lot of uncharted territory.” 651 489 3392 The church sanctuary will be Community Nursery School and a Being the new pastor in a new renovated this summer to work with local mothers’ group that meets there campus of a church “is a humble spot such a service, Sheridan said, and that weekly. to be in,” she said, “but I’m just includes replacing the pews with Sheridan was hired as associate jazzed. I love the people I’ve met. removable seating, adding a screen pastor at Centennial in June 2012, Everyone takes such pride in the for song lyrics and outfitting the just after she graduated from neighborhood. It does feel like a space to accommodate a live band. seminary. She grew up in Eden small town. We want to be a church The church is also renovating the Prairie, attended the University of that is really engaged and has the second floor for the children’s Minnesota where she obtained a finger on the pulse of the programming and plans to put in an degree in art, and now lives in St. community.” Serving the elevator that will reach all levels. Paul’s North End neighborhood with To that end, the church “bought Many of the community groups her husband and two miniature a bouncy house that we can whip out housed in the church will remain COMO neighborhood schnauzers, Wally and Jack. whenever. And we’re still trying to BY THE LAKE there , alt houg h “this summer th ings Sh erid a n say s she’s excited about come up with something wildly SENIOR APARTMENTS will move around during the since 1911 the merger. “It’s something that our creative for the [St. Anthony Park] 901 East Como Boulevard renovations,” Sheridan said. Groups church has never done before. We’ve Fourth of July celebration.” St. Paul, MN 55103 Fast, friendly service with prescription delivery available Community Worship Directory 6 days a week Monday through Saturday O LYDIA PLACE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES ELCA O ST. ANTHONY PARK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Rev. Scott Simmons, pastor, 612-859-1134, lydiaplace.com 2129 Commonwealth Ave. (corner of Commonwealth and Chelmsford) Hymntap beer and hymns, first Monday of each month 651-646-7173 www.sapucc.org Locally owned 7 p.m. Dubliner Pub, 2162 W. University Ave. 55114 9:15 a.m. worship (Summer schedule runs through Labor Day.) and operated Sunday Worship, 5 p.m., Dow Art Gallery, Christian tradition / Progressive faith / All are welcome 2242 W. University Ave., St. Paul O CENTENNIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH O MOUNT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH —WELS ST. ANTHONY PARK CAMPUS A Caring Family of Christ-Centered Believers A Reconciling Congregation. All are welcome. www.mount-olive-lutheran-church.org 2200 Hillside Ave. (at Como) Find us on Facebook The building is closed for renovations through early fall. 1460 Almond Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 Watch for information about our grand re-launch in late fall! Schneider 651-645-2575 Sunday Worship 9 a.m. O ST. ANTHONY PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH Drug Bible Study and Sunday School 10:30 a.m. 2323 Como Avenue W. 651-645-0371 Pastor Al Schleusener Staffed nursery available - Handicap-accessible Where people come first Pastor Glenn Berg-Moberg and Pastor Jill Rode O PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH—ELCA Web, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: SAPLC www.schneiderdrugrx.com 1744 Walnut St. (at Ione), Lauderdale, 651-644-5440 Summer Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m. www.peacelauderdale.com Coffee Hour follows Sunday worship: 10 a.m. Art Fair Open House: Saturday, June 4 3400 University Ave. S.E., Reconciling in Christ Congregation VBS: June 20-24Art Fair 2016.pdf Minneapolis, 612-379-7232 All are welcome. Come as you are. O ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Monday - Friday O ST. CECILIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH The Rev. Blair A. Pogue, Rector 2136 Carter at Chelmsford 2357 Bayless Place, 651-644-4502 651-645-3058 www.stmatthewsmn.org 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Website: www.stceciliaspm.org Summer Schedule: One service on Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Saturday Handicapped accessible All are welcome! 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday Mass: 5 p.m. at the church Sunday Masses: 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the church 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 280 across from KSTP To add your church to the directory, contact Bradley Wolfe at 952-393-6814 or [email protected] 10 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016 aV n e Schunte! G R Match each photo to the advertiser in this issue of the Bugle.

Can you find these businesses? Each of the seven photos on this page show a detail of a business along Como or Carter avenue in St. Anthony Park. Match the photo with that business and each business’s advertisement in this issue of the Bugle. Write the name of the business and the page the ad is on below. Bring your completed form to the Bugle booth at the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival on Saturday, June 7, between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The booth will be on the south side of the St. Anthony Park Library with other community nonprofits (see the festival map in the Bugle Arts Festival Guide on page 13). 1 2 We’ll draw two winners from the completed and correct forms that day. Prizes are $50 each. When you complete your contest entry, don’t forget to fill out your name and address at the bottom of the page.

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Meet the featured artists at the festival Chuck Emily Gray Koehler Solberg mily Gray Koehler spent 2015 traversing Minnesota’s natural world in search Eof trespassers, her word for non-native invasive plants that have found their way here’s an entire wall into the state’s forests, fields and waterways. Tof prize ribbons in These interlopers—garlic mustard, Queen Anne’s lace, Amur silver grass and potter Chuck Solberg’s more—will change the state’s landscape if humans don’t act to curb their invasion, tidy studio on University Koehler said. Her new series, “The Trespasser’s Garden,” combines the block colors Avenue. It’s a testament of reduction woodcut prints with the “ethereal nature” of collagraphs made from to his artistic skill and the plants the printmaker gathered as she explored the ecological and environmental accomplishment in impacts of invasive plants on delicate ecosystems in Minnesota. mingled shades of blue, One of the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival’s three featured artists this year, red, gold and green. It’s Koehler will exhibit work from the project on June 4. She received a 2015 Artist also a mildly jarring note Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for “The Trespasser’s Garden,” of bright coloration in a which she hopes will evoke conversations, something she wants to happen when work space otherwise people come into her art fair booth or her studio. “Whether people want to buy a devoted to the subtle piece and hang it on their wall or they hate it,” she said. “I want people to engage natural tones of wood- with it and think a little deeper.” fired clay. In the print Now They Are But Ghosts , Koehler combines a color-reduction South St. Anthony woodcut of a beaver, a Blanding’s turtle and the water bird king rail with a collagraph Park resident Solberg, of purple loosestrife, a whose work can be beautiful but invasive plant found in permanent that pushes out beneficial museum collections An example of Chuck Solberg’s work at Crocker Art plant species and reduces from the Weisman in Museum breeding, nesting and Minneapolis to Japan, foraging habitat for says, “I feel that clay endangered vertebrates should look like clay. There’s no better marriage than wood fire and clay.” such as the animals in the Press Solberg on the vital elements of his work and he’ll talk about rhythm, print. balance and timing. He describes the three- to four-day process it took to turn a In A Story of Sun and 40-pound “pipe of clay” into a 20-inch tall piece of art. “I wanted to take the pot Shadow , Koehler depicts out of round,” he says, explaining why he cut the thrown shape into four sections how the invasive reed held together by visible rough “seams,” added a broken “collar” of clay and then canary grass is slowly paddled the result with a 2-by-4. shading out the seedlings of “I wanted to force the eye up and down. What I’m looking for is balance the cottonwood trees, once between sections, but also a rhythmic break.” abundant along He calls the result “Calyx” and it’s just one of the pieces he’ll have on display at Minnesota’s river banks. the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival, where he will be a featured artist. The name Koehler’s early work The Fruits of Our Labor, Part I Calyx comes from a Classical Greek vase form, but says Solberg drily, “It sounds explored the landscape of more fancy than it needs to.” It also hints where Solberg’s artistic influences lie. her childhood, which she “Even though my work is pretty sculptural,” he explains, “it’s based on ancient spent growing up in a home nestled in the forest of northern lower Michigan and forms. I like the vessel as a form.” on her family’s ancestral fruit farm, where she was introduced to the idea that Solberg, who once served as the assistant to the legendary potter/sculptor Peter humans shape nature, she said. Voulkos, also claims a link between his work and the vocabulary of jazz. And Solberg Her work has evolved to focus on how human actions such as forest succession, should know. An accomplished jazz pianist who spent years touring as a professional the movement of plant and animal ranges, and the introduction of exotic species musician before he ever threw his first pot, Solberg, 68, still performs four nights a have affected the natural processes and habitats of plants and animals. week at Angelina’s Kitchen in Woodbury. “When I was little I imagined this forest where I grew up was wild and “There’s a rhythm to making pottery,” he says. “Both music and pottery are untouched,” she said. “In retrospect, I realize not only was it certainly touched by hard work, physical. You engage eyes, hands and the brain. I improvise in both humans, but it was designed so people could live in it with cleared areas, paths, forms. I go from not knowing to finding a way into a piece.” trails.” He likes what he calls the “directness” of performing for a live audience in both Koehler now lives in White Bear Lake and works out of her studio and gallery, his music and his pottery. Solberg is not one to dismiss the demands of the located at 2168 Third St. in downtown White Bear Lake. You can find Koehler at marketplace. “The perspective is different when you make your living from clay. booth no. 10 at the arts festival Saturday, June 4.— Kristal Leebrick You learn what people need,” he says. He considers himself lucky to have found “a small base of customers who have the same idea of art as me.” That recognition permits him to concentrate on creating art pieces that reflect the jazz values of Ann Ringness “spontaneity and unpredictability.” He credits his wife, Margaret, “who handles the business side” for getting him fter four decades of working in leather, Ann Ringness still hand-cuts and sews where he is today, but he also acknowledges that his current position of relative everything she makes. artistic freedom was built on a solid foundation of “25 years … making useful, A A longtime exhibitor at the American Craft Council’s spring show in St. Paul, serviceable mugs.” Ringness creates leather bags that she crafts herself, a practice that’s unique to many “I will always make mugs,” he adds. “The best compliment I can get is when a leather artists, who hire sewers to help in the construction of their work, she said. customer tells me, ‘I bought a mug from you 20 years ago and I’m still using it.’ ” You can see Solberg’s work in booth no. 50 at the festival, or you can find it at the Grand Hand Gallery in St. Paul, thegrandhand.com. — Judy Woodward Artist profiles to 14 Mixed media Kathleen Withers Leopold & Dina Lisovskis The Artists Kaitlyn Birk Bao Yang Brenda Nesheim-Fuller Helen Bond Sue Peoples Ceramics Emily Donovan Painting & Drawing Candyce Westfield James Bottomley Beth Marcus Russel Dittmar Rebecca Wicklund Robert Briscoe Thomas Miller Dan Mackerman Greg Cheesebro Sharon Miller-Thompson Mark Peterson Printmaking Ann Fendorf William & Linda Sumner Christina Plichta Kendra Baillie Vanessa Greene Kathryn Weese Featured Artist Richard Gruchalla Fiber & Wearables Emily Gray Koehler & Carrin Rosetti Marcia Almquist Photography (featured artist) Peter Jadoonath Patti Berg Rachel Cain Richard Nelson William Kaufmann Sharon Cherney Daron Krueger Wendy Penta Dawnette Davis Dan Leisen Sculpture Chuck Solberg Barbara Geurink Doug Ohman David DeMattia (featured artist) Shawn Glidden Barbara Hanlon Amy Von Bargen Bobbi Hoppman Jewelry Sherrie Stockton Nancy Hovland Mary Anderson Jennifer Wolcott Glass & enamel Anne Johnson Terry Chism Lynn Barnum Laura Lund Nicole Collodoro Wood Steve Claypatch Jean Manrique Margaret Dittrich Bill Brown Mary Ila Duntemann Andrea Martin Gary Rex Erickson Andrew Kringen Cecelia Hoffman Ann Masemore Robert Hale Dave & Kathy Towley Warren Slocum Marlene Meyer Sue Hammes-Knopf Sue Vogen Ann Ringness (featured artist) Julie Johnson S 11:46 AM Page 1 Music on the library lawn 10–10:45 a.m.: Phil Rukavina, Renaissance lute 11–11:45 a.m.: Ted Olsen Jazz Noon–12:45 p.m.: Adam Granger, acoustic guitar/singer 1–1:45 p.m.: Greg Herriges, world music For those who demand the very best of 2–2:45 p.m.: Paul Seeba, folk and pop veterinary care for their dogs, cats and exotic pets 3–3:45 p.m.: Light of the Moon Trio, old-time/Americana 1227 Larpenteur Avenue West, Roseville / 651-645-2808 www.stfrancisanimalandbird.com 4–4:45 p.m.: Miss Becky Kapell, country/folk Hrs: M-F 8-6:30, Sat 8-12:30 Integrative Services By Appointment Only Your arts festival to -do list • Children: Make art at the Kids Art Tent, sponsored by the Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation • Check out the used-book sale in the library’s lower level. • Find a favorite perennial at the St. Anthony Park Garden Club plant sale at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church. • Visit your neighborhood nonprofit groups, including the Park Bugle, on the south and east sides of the library. • Try your hand at the Bugle’s name-that-business contest on page 10 and deliver it to the Bugle booth on the south side of the library. • Listen to music at Speedy Market and on the library lawn. Third Thursdays • Check out the food vendors and the nearby St. Anthony Park restaurants. June 16, July 21, August 18 • Eat, buy art and shop at the wonderful businesses in St. Anthony Park. St. Anthony Park Garden Club Eat • Drink • Shop plant sale is just up the street The St. Anthony Park Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, at the corner of Como Avenue and Luther Place, just west of the arts festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Enter the sale at the Luther Place entrance. The sale will feature a wide selection of perennials, shrubs, trees, vegetables, herbs and fruits. Garden club members donate plants and this year’s sale will also feature special perennial pollinator packs from Glacial Ridge Growers, a sustainable grower. The pollinator packs will consist of perennials aimed at building habitat Featuring C! to assist at-risk pollinators in gathering pollen and nectar each year. 5 - 8 p.m. LIVE MUSI and The bee pollinator packs will contain six perennials, each labeled with Como Avenue KIDS FUN care instructions, including Clematis recta, an herbaceous clematis that grows NE! ZO with thousands of tiny white, vanilla-scented blooms each June. The mix will also include Canada Milkvetch, Prairie Smoke, Foxglove Beardtongue, Wild Blue Indigo and Wild Petunia. The butterfly pollinator pack will include nectar-rich plants that will draw butterflies to your garden, includingWild Blue Lupine and five Liatris species. The monarch pack will include six species of milkweed to plant in sunny locations. These are the plants where your family members can watch the monarch development from egg to adult. Visit the Kid ’s Art Tent for crafts & fun! Sponsored by the Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation

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“I don’t like to give up control,” prefer to do my own work and my own bags. I just want to do what she laughed. I want to do.” Ringness, one of the three featured She describes her work as conservative and functional, but said artists at the St. Anthony Park Arts she works “out of the box” with surface design. She burns images into Festival on June 4, fell into leatherwork the leather to create a positive-negative effect. Her designs include in the 1970s. She had just moved back hands, letters and abstract images. And she is adding embellishments to St. Cloud, her hometown, from Los such as crimped metal, buttons and handmade silver pieces. She is Angeles, where she had been working also moving into creating bags with upholstery fabric, which has with her then-husband, who was a enabled her to make larger tote-size bags. printmaker working with lithographs. “Function is my big thing,” she said, and that’s what sells in “The real story is I like working Minnesota. with my hands,” she said. She had Like most artists, always worked in the arts, but in 1974 Ringness doesn’t work she needed work. a regular 9-to-5 She was hired by a local leather Ann Ringness bags, above, and schedule. “I work all shop, and that began her long career of a detail from one of her pieces, at the time,” she said. “I working in that medium. right work right here in my Ringness describes herself as a house,” and if she finds “Type A person and a hard worker” a good movie on who found herself working for a business that was having trouble paying her for Netflix to watch while her labor. She eventually started her own business, “which I called ‘Leatherworks,’ she’s creating, she will thinking that was a really creative name.” work late into the Ringness went into partnership with a friend and opened a shop. On the side, night. she did alterations for Berman Buckskin, where she learned to construct bags. You’ll find Eventually, she began working on her own out of her home and exhibiting at Ringness in booth no. arts festiva ls an d show s in Minnesota and n eighbo ring stat e s. 33 at the festival. — “I’ve done everything, different custom work, repair,” she said. “Now I just Kristal Leebrick

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Acupuncture and massage have S gone to the dogs (and cats and ...) St. Francis Animal and Bird Hospital offers integrative health care to pets

By Alex Lodner St. Francis Animal and Bird Hospital has been providing veterinary services to pets and their families in Roseville For those who demand the very best of since 1992. A recent expansion into a space between Gold Eagle Dry veterinary care for their dogs, cats and exotic pets 1227 Larpenteur Avenue West, Roseville / 651-645-2808 Cleaning and Fresh Munchiez on Larpenteur Avenue, just west of the www.stfrancisanimalandbird.com original clinic, will allow Dr. Jennifer Hrs: M-F 8-6:30, Sat 8-12:30 Integrative Services By Appointment Only Blair, DVM, CVA, and her team to offer more extensive and unique services to the beloved pets in our community. Blair, who purchased the practice in 2006, saw a need that was not being met. “I see a variety of patients with unique needs and I felt like pieces of the treatment puzzle were missing,” she said. The new clinic will offer acupuncture, laser therapy, massage therapy, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) consultations, and hospice and palliative care, all under the name St. Francis Integrative Services. The new space was needed in order to provide a quieter, more peaceful surrounding for these specialty treatments, according to Dr. Blair. The new clinic will be one of the few in Minnesota to offer such a comprehensive service line. St. Francis Animal and Bird Hospital will continue to operate as usual from its corner location on Larpenteur and Fernwood Street. Blair is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and will perform acupuncture services at St. Francis Integrative Services. Mr. Spud receives acupuncture treatment from Dr. Jennifer Blair at St. Photo by Lori Hamilton “Acupuncture has been Francis Integrative Services. practiced in China in both humans and animals for thousands of years,” acupuncture and the other branches therapy for patients. she said. “It is one of the branches of of TCVM is to restore the balance in “Massage can be a valuable Traditional Chinese Veterinary the body.” component of physical therapy for Christine Severance, CVT, patients. It is beneficial for our athlete Medici ne. It can be usef u l for ailments like arthritis, allergies, CMT, director of integrative services patients for pain, can help with paralysis and long-term chronic at the clinic, recently completed her digestive or neurological issues and conditions like heart disease and Canine Massage Therapy kidney failure. The goal of Certification. She handles massage St. Francis to 17 16 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

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SERVING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH Monday-Sunday 7am-3pm Chocolate shop to open in Park 24 2315 Como Ave. St. Paul 651-797-4027 www.colossalcafe.com By Kristal Leebrick "Like" us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter! Area residents with a sweet tooth rejoice: Hudson, Wis., confectioner Knoke’s Chocolate & Nuts has leased a 1,000-foot retail space in Ned Wesenberg’s Park 24 apartment complex at 2301 Como Ave. and plans to open Sept. 1. Love What You Do! The 16-year-old company specializes in handmade chocolates, Dungarvin is seeking passionate, caring individuals to provide quality roasted nuts and baked goods and care to adults in your community. also sells bulk, wrapped and nostalgic candies and ice cream. Knoke’s has a storefront in downtown Hudson and Now Hiring Direct Support Staff a production facility there. FT/PT direct care professionals throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area The store moving into St. Knoke’s business manager Susan Tierney said the inside of the St. including, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Shoreview, Maplewood, Anthony Park will include 24 flavors Anthony Park shop will be similar to the Hudson shop, shown here. Woodbury and Oakdale. of ice cream. Owner Dave Knoke had looked Whether you have previous experience in this capacity or this just of baked goods, including The store will be hiring. To find sounds like the type of career path you would like to pursue… at opening a store in St. Anthony we want to hear from you! Park five years ago, said business homemade pies. “We will have some out more, email manager Susan Tierney, “but we baked things in the [St. Antony Park] [email protected] or call 715- Paid Training / Competitive wages/Benefits / 401(k) plan weren’t quite ready. Now, it feels store,” Tierney said, “but pies will be 381-9866. special orders.” Brownies, bars and Park 24 will have two retail Please apply at www.dungarvin.com right,” she said. The St. Anthony Park cookies on hand at the new store. spaces when the building is community is similar to Hudson, Initially, Knoke’s plans to be completed, according to Wesenberg. Tierney said. “It feels like a close-knit open Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 A 1,300-square-foot space is still community. We’ve spent enough p.m., Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 available to lease. time in the neighborhood and think p.m., and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. it’s a perfect fit.” “This is how we’ll start, and then see      The Hudson store sells a variety what happens,” Tierney said.  
Blomberg Pharmacy closes after O Avalon School Institute O Chalkboard Commons O Murray Community seven decades on Hamline Ave. O Como High Outreach Big Brothers & Sisters O Murray band By Kristal Leebrick Como High Choir Murray Pilot Tutoring O O After more than 70 years at 1583 N. O Como High English O Murray Wolfridge Hamline Ave. in Falcon Heights, Language Learners O Park Bugle Blomberg Pharmacy’s owners have O Como High Band O St. Anthony Park sold the business to Walgreen’s. O Como High Area Seniors “It was the right business Special Education O St. Anthony Park decision but will never be the right O CEZ Action Committee Elementary heart decision,” co-owner Richard O Keystone Community O Music in the Park Zunker said. “I would have preferred Services Series to have stayed here for the next 20 O Known by Heart O Shakespeare in years.” O Mid-continent St. Anthony Park Zunker and partner Robert Koziol bought Blomberg’s from Julie Oceanographic O Transition Town Johnson and Norma Nisle eight years ago. Zunker and Koziol were the fourth owners of the pharmacy, which opened in 1943. The partners Blomberg’s is open through the end of May to liquidate the store’s also owned Erickson Drug in stock of greeting cards and medical supplies. Lakeville, which they also sold to Walgreen’s. and medical supplies. Zunker and his store and other independents can’t The pharmacy closed on April Koziol do not own the building, but offer. 27, but the store will be open have a lease that runs through It also doesn’t help that large through the end of May to liquidate November. chains have moved in and the www.sapfoundation.org / 651-641-1455 its stock of greeting cards, giftware Koziol is planning to retire but “younger generation doesn’t see the Zunker, who is 48, will be working value in small independents,” at a friend’s pharmacy in Blaine. Zunker said. Closing Blomberg’s wasn’t an Erickson Drug was the last easy decision, Zunker said, but with independent drugstore in Dakota customers being pressured by County, “and that’s a pretty big insurance companies to get their county,” he said. “Sooner or later, all prescriptions filled through mail that will be left are big chains. I guess When you order and the increased paperwork all good things must come to an end. resulting from the federal Affordable “We think everybody for the Care Act, small independent business they have given us over the need it fast drugstores are being squeezed, he years, but it wasn’t enough because of said. Insurance companies are factors out of my control and out of www.carteravenueframeshop.com hours: weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. / saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. offering “zero co-pays,” something the patients’ control,” Zunker said. JUNE 2016 n PARK BUGL E 17

‘Enchantment’ moves into Milton Square

By Kristal Leebrick Enchantment. Romance. Comfort. These are words Katheryn Menaged uses to describe her shop, Scarborough Fair, which is moving Your neighborhood fabric care professionals into the former Micawber’s Books 2234 Carter Ave. space in Milton Square at the end of M-F: 7 a.m .– 7 p.m., Saturday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. May. www.allseasonscleaners.com 651-644-8300 The store—which features romantically inspired women’s clothing, gifts, collectibles, art and unique bridal wear—will have a soft opening on Saturday, June 4, during the St. Anthony Park Arts Festival Katheryn Menaged (right) and Becca Johansson of Scarborough Fair. and a grand opening in September. Photo by Kristal Leebrick Scarborough Fair opened three years ago on West Seventh Street in St. Paul. Menaged’s move to St. “I have gone through a lot of Minnesota milliner HatTrix Anthony Park was perhaps just as change in the last seven years,” she (Menaged hosts the event “Hats, magical as the wares she sells in her said. She had owned three separate Horses and High Tea” each spring to shop. businesses in New York and “the way coincide with the Kentucky Derby), “It was very unexpected,” she I dressed was in a suit, a stylish suit, and it’s the only shop in St. Paul that said. Scarborough Fair is a member but that was not what I wanted my will carry the Eileen Fisher line. of the Metro Independent Business life to be about. I had quit drinking, Menaged features a fine artist Alliance (IBA), as is Milton Square. quit smoking, and I had gained a lot two to three times a year. The store A few weeks ago, Milton Square of weight,” she said. She had will showcase the work of proprietor Heather O’Malley sent contracted Lyme’s disease and didn’t Minneapolis multi-media artist Elle out an email to MetroIBA members exercise. Hettinger in June. Hettinger will be announcing rental space open in the “My body changed. I wanted a at the shop Saturday, June 4, noon-4 square. Menaged’s lease was ending shop that celebrated the feminine p.m.; Monday, June 5, 5-8:30 p.m.; on West Seventh “and it all fell into divine. I started thinking about the and Tuesday, June 7, 5-8:30 p.m. place,” she said. “I had been to things I loved back in high school, Scarborough Fair will be open Muffuletta, but I had forgotten that my belief in fairies, [the book] Mists every day for a while as Menaged this little enchanted shopping area of Avalon .” monitors the traffic. The store was existed.” She decided to open a business closed on Sundays, Mondays and Menaged had worked for more where women “feel lovely and Wednesdays at the previous address. than three decades creating and lovable,” she said. “[Scarborough Fair On days when the store is not open, manufacturing women’s fashion is] about spreading the joy—and Menaged keeps private accessories in New York City. She about customer service.” appointments with clients, such as came to Minnesota seven years ago The store carries sizes from XS brides and mothers of the bride or for what was intended to be a two- to 3X. Clothing includes groom. week trip. She stayed. nontraditional bridal wear, hats by Como Dockside adds outdoor counter service, expanded menu By Alex Lodner “Finally, we will have seating kicky remoulade or a fresh-as-spring lakeside and on the dock for 100- salad with cucumber, mint, bib Como Dockside, the new restaurant plus diners,” Oulman said. lettuce, pickled red onion, radishes in the Como Pavilion, has been Inside the restaurant, the full and a sweet vinaigrette. hugely popular since opening its table and bar service implemented in The pavilion’s Music in the doors a year ago, but don’t expect December will continue, with Parks season kicked off earlier this them to rest on their laurels. Over the seasonal items introduced in April, month and will feature a variety of Clinical Excellence for over 40 years! winter, the crew at Dockside has including buttermilk fried-green entertainment acts throughout the been busy planning new food outlets tomatoes floating in a puddle of summer. that they hope will enhance diners’ Dr. Nate Cogswell, DDS experience. St. Francis from 15 651-644-3685 First, there is the addition of counter service just inside the south can also greatly increase quality of life Chiropractic for Every Body (CFE) gates of the promenade. The new for our geriatric patients by helping provide chiropractic services and Dr. Paul Kirkegaard, DDS walk-up counter will make it more with pain management and other integrative services out of the 651-644-9216 www.pkdds.com convenient to grab a po’ boy and improving overall mobility,” clinic. those addictive fries for lake-view Severance said. Massage therapy can Seefeldt is certified in veterinary Dr. Todd Grossmann, DDS dining, a beverage or two before a be used routinely to help muscles stay spinal manipulative therapy and was show, or a to-go order of beignets for healthy and may help prevent the first board-registered animal a walk around the lake. You wouldn’t injuries in active pets. In addition to chiropractor in Minnesota. We are excited to now provide want to walk that 1.6 miles without massage therapy, Severance is also Chiropractic care has been officially wisdom tooth extractions, implants, pastries, would you? certified as a pet-loss counselor and is available for animals since 2008, root canals, & IV-sedation sleep Thanks to a shiny new grill and involved with palliative and hospice when the Minnesota Legislature a couple of fryers, the lakeside care, as well as bereavement services passed a law allowing only specially dentistry for our patients! concession window now serves for grieving families. trained chiropractors to provide French fries, hush puppies and corn- Severance, along with other services to animals. Your neighbors in St. Anthony Park on-the-cob along with house-made technicians at the facility, also “This expansion of our services sausages, hot dogs, burgers and ice performs laser therapy for pets. Laser really highlights the innovation in cream. Owner Jon Oulman promises therapy is used to reduce pain and caring for pets that St. Francis is so cold-press coffee and other treats will inflammation and increase healing by well-known for,” Blair said. soon be added to the menu. increasing circulation, which leads to St. Francis Integrative Services ST. ANTHONY PARK Sometime before Memorial increased oxygen and nutrient will hold an open house on Sunday, Day, Oulman hopes to christen a delivery. This helps reduce pain, June 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. Families DENTAL CARE new dining dock in his continued stiffness, muscle fatigue, swelling and are invited to tour the facility. There effort to allow visitors to connect inflammation, she said. will be prizes and giveaways, and 2278 Como Avenue / St. Paul more fully with the lake itself. Dr. Annie Seefeldt, DC, Sarah Beth photography will be on (Dramamine not included.) CVSMT and her team at hand, as well. 18 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016 JUNE Events Venue information is listed at the end Paul Campus, Northern Research 651-642-9052 to register. Check-in and registration opens at 30 THURSDAY of the calendar. Send your events to Station, 1992 Folwell Ave., 11:30 8:30 a.m. Walk begins at 10 a.m. Find out more about this fundraiser at Kaleidoscope Kids Series: Dreamland [email protected] by a.m.-12:30 p.m. 7 TUESDAY Arts: Children’s Stories from India, St. Wednesday, June 8, to be included in gillettechildrens.org/WalkRoll. Murray Rock Band’s final performance Live Jazz at the Library from the Twin Anthony Park Library, 10:30- the July issue. of the school year, Murray Middle 11:30. For ages 3 and older. Cities Jazz Festival, Tres Mundos, St. Early Music with the Warwick School, 6:30 p.m. Open to the Anthony Park Library, 6:30-7:30 Consort, Renaissance duets and trios, public. 1 WEDNESDAY p.m. St. Anthony Park Library, 1:30-2:15 Shakespeare in St. Anthony Park English Conversation Circles, every p.m. performs scenes and speeches from Wednesday in June, St. Anthony Park 4 SATURDAY 9 THURSDAY Shakespeare, behind Gullixson Hall on Library, 4-5:30 p.m. the Luther Seminary campus, 7 p.m. St. Anthony Park Garden Club Plant Kaleidoscope Kids Series: Young 20 MONDAY Sale, St. Anthony Park Lutheran St. Anthony Park Book Club, Dance: Dance Together, St. Anthony Community Sing, Olson Campus Church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” by Park Library, 10:30-11:30. For Center, Luther Seminary, 6:30 p.m. SENIOR EXERCISE Maria Semple, St. Anthony Park St. Anthony Park Arts Festival, along children birth-5 with a caregiver. gathering, 7-8:30 p.m. sing. The St. Anthony Park Area Seniors Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Como and Carter avenues, St. event is free, but a hat will be passed Mondays and Thursdays , Anthony Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. St. Anthony Park Area Seniors cinema for our music leaders and to make the Lauderdale City Hall, 2-3 p.m. 2 THURSDAY series, “Bridge of Spies,” St. Anthony sings possible. Co-sponsored by the St. Anthony Park Library used book Park Library, 2-4 p.m. All welcome. District 12 Community Council. Fridays, St. Anthony Park Library, Caregiver Support Group, first sale, St. Anthony Park Library, lower Free. 2:30-3:30 p.m. (No class on June 3) Thursday of each month, St. Anthony level, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Park United Church of Christ, 10- 21 TUESDAY Landscape Revival Native Plant Expo 11:30 a.m. 10 FRIDAY Summer Spark: RADZOO (The Reptile Como Park/Falcon Heights & Market, Cub Foods Community Block Nurse Program Bereavement Support Group, first Pavilion, 1201 W. Larpenteur Ave., 9 Game Day with St. Anthony Park and Amphibian Discovery Zoo), St. Thursday of each month, St. Anthony a.m.-3 p.m. Landscape Revival Area Seniors, City Gables, 10 a.m.- Anthony Park Library, 10:30-11:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays, Falcon Park United Church of Christ, 10- promotes the use of native plants for noon. Free. a.m. and 2-3 p.m. Heights Town Square Senior 11:30 a.m. their beauty and benefits to wildlife, Tablet and Smartphone Clinic, St. Apartments, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and pollinators, beneficial insects and clean Arbor Pointe Senior Apartment, 11 Preschool story time in Mandarin Anthony Park Library, 11:30 a.m.- 23 THURSDAY water. No neonicotinoids or other a.m.-noon Chinese, 10:30-11:30 a.m. During 1:30 p.m. systemic insecticides. Kaleidoscope Kids Series: Voice of June, this story time will take place in Culture: African Drum and Dance, St. the Fireroom at the Commonwealth 13 MONDAY Anthony Park Library, 10:30- FREE SENIOR BLOOD Terrace Community Center, 1250 6 MONDAY 11:30. For family audiences of all Fifield Ave., Falcon Heights 55108. Pippins lunch outing with St. Anthony ages. PRESSURE CLINICS St. Anthony Park Area Seniors, Park Area Seniors, 2905 Snelling Como Park/Falcon Heights Dialoggers Toastmasters meets every creative crafts, St. Anthony Park Ave., 11 a.m. Lunch expense on your Shakespeare in St. Anthony Park Block Nurse Program: Thursday of the month, U of M St. United Methodist Church, 10 a.m.- own. Call 651-642-9052 for more presents “The Two Gentlemen of noon. Cost is $5. Call information. Verona,” behind Gullixson Hall on the Third Thursdays, Arbor Pointe Luther Seminary campus, 7 p.m. Senior Apartments, 10-11 a.m. 14 TUESDAY Fourth Thursdays, Falcon Heights 24 FRIDAY Town Square Senior Apartments, 11 Essential Computer Skills, Part I, St. a.m.-noon Anthony Park Library, 10:30-12:30 Mini-Maker Story Time, St. Anthony p.m. Class size is limited. Call 651- Park Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. For 642-0411 to register. preschool and early elementary-aged children. VENUES Summer Spark: Bill the Juggler, St. Anthony Park library, 10:30-11:30 Shakespeare in St. Anthony Park Arbor Pointe Senior Apartments, a.m. and 2-3 p.m. presents “The Two Gentlemen of 635 Maryland Ave. W. Verona,” St. Anthony Park Library City Gables, 1611 Pleasant St., grounds, noon-1 p.m. and behind Lauderdale 16 THURSDAY Gullixson Hall on the Luther Seminary Kaleidoscope Kids Series: Dreamland campus at 7 p.m. Falcon Heights Town Square Senior Arts: “Elephant Up a Tree,” St. Apartments, 1530 W. Larpenteur Anthony Park Library, 10:30- Co-ed Drum Circle, Women’s Drum Ave. 11:30. For grades preschool-3. Center, 6:30 p.m. $10 at the door. All levels of experience are welcomed Gibbs Farm, 2097 W. Larpenteur Preschool story time in Mandarin and encouraged. Drums provided. Ave., Falcon Heights, 651-646- Chinese, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Find out more at 8629 Fireroom at the Commonwealth www.womensdrumcenter.org. Lauderdale City Hall, 1891 Walnut Terrace Community Center, 1250 St., 651-631-0300 Fifield Ave., Falcon Heights 55108. 25 SATURDAY Micawber’s Books, 2238 Carter Ave. Essential Computer Skills, Part II, St. Gibbs Farm Dakota Day, 10 a.m.- 4 (new store just off the Milton Square Anthony Park Library, 10:30-12:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $7 courtyard), 651-646-5506 p.m. Class size is limited. Call 651- for seniors and $5 for children 3-16. 642-0411 to register. Olson Campus Center, Luther Seminary, 1490 Fulham St. 26 SUNDAY 17 FRIDAY St. Anthony Park Elementary School, Sunday Afternoon Book Club, On 2180 Knapp St., 651-293-8735 Game Day with St. Anthony Park Beauty by Zadie Smith, Micawber’s, Area Seniors, City Gables, 10 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 noon. Free. Como Ave., 651-642-0411 Mini-Maker Story Time, St. Anthony 28 TUESDAY St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, Park Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. For 2323 Como Ave., 651-645-0371 preschool and early elementary-aged Summer Spark: Schieffelly Puppets, St. children. Anthony Park Library, 10:30-11:30 St. Anthony Park United Church of a.m. and 2-3 p.m. Christ, 2129 Commonwealth Ave., 651-646-7173 18 SATURDAY “Behind the Curtain: Calendar Girls” with the Park Square Theatre, St. Women’s Drum Center, 2242 W. Gillette Children’s Specialty Anthony Park Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Healthcare Walk and Roll 3K Family University Ave., Fun Walk, Como Regional Park. www.womensdrumcenter.org JUNE 2016 n PARK BUGL E 19

Neighbors

MNSCU awards local man with mysterious illnesses that afflicted his The 10-week class is free. traditional Irish music instruction ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award body and his spirit Wednesday, May Register in advance by contacting and performance at the ninth annual William Breen, English instructor at 25, at 12:30 p.m. at Roseville Library, Emmaus, [email protected] or 651- Minnesota Irish Music Weekend Anoka-Ramsey Community College 2180 N. Hamline Ave. 489-9426. Find out more online at June 10-12 at the Center for Irish and Como Park resident, was www.emmaus-lutheran-church.org. Music, 836 N. Prior Ave., St. Paul. recognized with an Excellence in Prospect Park Garden Walk The event offers a free Friday Teaching award by the Minnesota and plant sale set for June 25 Pride of New York to perform at night Great Session Experience, a State Colleges and Universities Board The annual Prospect Park Garden Minnesota Irish Music Weekend Saturday-night concert and of Trustees in April. Walk and plant sale will be held U.S.-based band, Pride of New workshops and lectures. Learn more Breen was cited for earning the Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. York, will headline a weekend of at centerforirishmusic.org/mim. respect and admiration of his The Garden Walk is free. students and colleagues at Anoka- This year’s theme is “nourish Ramsey and for the passion, and nurture” and will feature gardens commitment and joy he brings to his Frank Thibault inspired by water, food and/or Community fundraiser work as a writing teacher. Breen healing. holds a master of fine arts degree in of his games purchased and A map of the featured gardens for Gus Smith June 5 creative writing and is actively published by 3M. will be available the week before the engaged in professional walk at the Signature Café, 130 S.E. A benefit for 12-year-old Gus Smith organizations, networks through St. Paul scout volunteers awarded Warwick Ave., and University of Falcon Heights will be held social media and conferences, has A number of area Boy Scout Avenue establishments, Schneider Sunday, June 5, 12-4 p.m., at Joy of served as a visiting writer to a volunteers received awards April 7 at Drugstore, Hub City Café, Textile the People, 890 Cromwell Ave., St. community school in Minneapolis, the Northern Star Council, Boy Center and Dunn Bros. Maps will Anthony Park. and has an ongoing commitment to Scouts of America, annual volunteer also be available the day of the walk Gus has been diagnosed with the Writing in Prison Project, where recognition dinner. The North Star at the plant sale in the parking lot at stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma. All he has served as a visiting writer to District of the Northern Star Council Pratt School, at the corner of Orlin proceeds from the event will go the correctional facility at Lino Lakes. serves the youth of St. Paul. District and Malcolm avenues. toward helping Gus’s family with awards and their recipients include: For more information, visit medical bills and expenses. Ralph Davis Award and District pperr.org/events/garden-walk.html. The fundraiser will include a Award of Merit: Ethan Helmer, lunch of roast pig, brisket, vegan Gus Smith Troop 17, St. Anthony Park Church Living With God class at Emmaus sloppy joes, beverages and sweets, of Christ The Rev. Dr. Thomas Trapp will along with live music and a DJ, and Henri A. Eisenhauer Award: Joan continue his course “Living With a silent auction. www.facebook.com/groups/benefitfo Connolly, Troop 218, Holy God” at Emmaus Lutheran Church, Suggested donation is $10 for rgus. To donate to the silent auction, Childhood Catholic Church 1074 W. Idaho Ave., St. Paul, on adults and $5 for kids. contact Marylou@hidalgo-go- Unsung Hero Award: Dean Thursdays beginning June 2. Times For more information or to go.com. To volunteer, contact Schafer, Troop 17, St. Anthony Park are 1-3 p.m. or 6:30-8:30 p.m. donate to the fundraiser, go to [email protected]. Church of Christ Cubmaster of the Year Award: Greg Schabert, Pack 183, Maternity Police chief from 3 of Mary Catholic Church making the decision to go into law “People think that cops are gun- year veteran of the department, Local alt-country band to host Bill Breen enforcement in a kind of backdoor crazy, shooting nut bags that need to Mangseth was one of the original album release show at Barely Bros. way.” be reeled in,” Ohl said. “I’m already community liaison officers in Falcon With the release of their second For more than 30 years he hearing that schools teaching law Heights. Como author will read from new album, Whiskey Soaked Heart , alt- worked his way up through the enforcement are having declining Meanwhile, Ohl is going to take book at Merriam Park Library country band Footfall will play a free ranks, making detective after six enrollment rates. Bright young a well-earned vacation and is Como author and illustrator Dalyce show Saturday, June 11, 3-5 p.m., at years as a street cop, and eventually people who should be cops are interested in getting involved with Elliott Young will play her violin and Barely Brothers Records, 783 rising to captain and the chief choosing different professions.” small businesses or volunteering in tell her Moonbeam Book award- Raymond Ave. responsible for the three Ohl insists that things are the community. winning story Ellie and the Golden The show will give music lovers jurisdictions. different in quiet St. Anthony Cricket , Tuesday, June 7, at 10:30 a chance to hear original material “Leaving now feels right,” Ohl Village, Lauderdale and Falcon Always on duty a.m. at Merriam Park Library, 1831 from Twin Cities duo Jim said. “I’m not angry. I’m not burned Heights, where the police, the elected Marshall Ave., St. Paul. At the end of our interview, Ohl’s Christiansen and Debbie Cushman, up. I feel good. This job is tough on officials and the community have The book, published by Beaver’s ears seemed to perk up and he six hard-working guitars and a people. It’s tough on the patrol maintained a good relationship. Pond Press in 2015, tells the story of became distracted. mandolin named Honey, along with officer, and tough on the “Our council supports us, and how a young girl learns the secret of “Hold on,” he said. “ We may cover songs showcasing the musicians administration. Everything’s my we are greatly appreciative of that playing the violin. need to cut this short.” who have influenced them the most, fault, and I’m on call 24 hours a citizen and council support,” Ohl Ohl went over to the police including Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, day.” said. “But geez, national news media Murray alum releases new game radio in the corner of his office and Son Volt), Hank Williams Sr. and and local media are making it tough Frank Thibault, a 1942 graduate of adjusted the volume knob. Bob Dylan. Rising tensions to recruit high-quality cops.” Murray High School in St. Anthony Somewhere just over the Bandmates on and off for more Chief Ohl seems slightly Park, recently released his new board These days, it’s almost impossible to Minneapolis border, someone was on than 15 years, in various relieved to be leaving the job this year. game “In Kahoots,” available have a conversation about policing a rooftop acting erratically, and St. incarnations, Footfall crystallized But at the same time, Ohl doesn’t through Amazon. Players think up without discussing racial profiling Anthony Police Officers were on the about five years ago. think there are a systemic problem in winning hints and make guesses to and police shootings, particularly scene. Christiansen is originally from policing, especially in his cities. And phrases saying, “getting in kahoots” around incidents like last year’s “May be ‘excited delirium,’ ” the Falcon Heights and attended thanks to succession plans, he says he to a half-right guesser. Players then officer-involved shooting of Jamar voice on the radio said. Hamline University. Cushman, a is leaving the department in good hope to score with a breakthrough Clark in North Minneapolis. It’s a Ohl paced for a minute, Wisconsin transplant, works her day hands. clue. topic that Ohl does not shy away speaking into the walkie-talkie. A job as a nonprofit administrator just “From 33 years now I’ve been This adult family game can also from. tense moment passed before one of a couple of blocks away from the reflecting on this, and it is the topic be played by “above-average “If it bleeds it leads, that whole the voices on the radio responded vinyl store. of the day,” Ohl said. “But nothing’s children,” Thibault said. thing,” Ohl said. “The media reports back with an “all-clear” message. A Footfall will also play at the significantly broken in law Thibault grew up in the Como on crime, and people think that sigh of relief. Stone Arch Bridge Festival on June enforcement right now. We are better Park neighborhood and graduated crime is out of control, even in years “That’s the job,” Ohl said. 19. You can find out more about trained, better selected, better from Murray High School and the where we can show crime is down “‘Excited delirium’ is something new, them at www.footfallmusic.com. educated, held to more standards, University of Minnesota. He now significantly.” often referring to people who might more accountable, and with better lives in Silicon Valley. Comparing big-picture crime be on drugs like meth. Years ago you Learn about Abraham Lincoln at policies than ever before in U.S. Thibault’s interest in creating stats, Ohl points at the media and would have never had an officer Roseville Library presentation history. We are moving forward games started as a teenager, when he what he calls “white-hot” attention diagnosing medical conditions on What do we really know of Abraham constantly. What more are we created a football board game. Other on a few incidents as key reasons sight. But now we do.” Lincoln? Join presidential historian supposed to do?” games followed, which he gave away why police-community relations It was just another day on pins J.B. Andersen as he talks about Ohl’s successor, Sgt. Jon as Christmas gifts. have become tense. The lack of a and needles in the St. Anthony Police Lincoln’s sometimes ne’er-do-well Mangseth, is set to take the reins of Thibault’s first published board platform for police to tell their stories Department. For Chief John Ohl, it relatives, his financial success as a makes him worry for the future. the department this summer. A 21- was one of his last. game was “Ploy” (1970), one of four striving young lawyer, and the 20 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

CPHS Cougar Sports

Eric Erickson highlights Como Park Senior High School athletics each month in the Bugle. Como “BEASTBot” qualifies for state robotics tournament

Como Park Robotics, branded as Como “BEASTBot 2855” is one of 200 teams in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Robotics Activity. The top 30 teams in various regional competitions advance to the state tournament based on a formula that includes robot and marketing performance. With a strong performance at the 10,000 Lakes Regional, held at Williams Arena in early April, Como’s BEASTBot made it to state for the first time since the program began in 2009. If you didn’t know that there was a high school robotics league, you aren’t alone. But the 24 Como Park students who make up this year’s team are part of a rapidly growing activity that the MSHSL officially sanctions in the same way that it oversees soccer, basketball, track and dozens of other sports. The “game” of robotics is to build a robot that can perform challenges in an elaborate, thematic setting that is the same for all competing teams. This year’s Members of the Como Robotics team and their robot “Sparky” at the 10,000 Lakes Regional Competition April 9. Como qualified for the state challenge was called “Stronghold.” tournament, which was held May 21 at Mariucci Arena, just after the Bugle went to press. For results, check out the Como BEASTBot website, Trying to explain the technical www.beastbot2855.com. details of Stronghold is no easy task. Robots must be built to maneuver the complex activity become more Norberg said. Sophomore Isaac Schneider The Como Robotics team was around a field, lift and propel objects, manageable. In addition to the mentors and won’t be at state with his teammates already inspired. Faced with a new and extend vertically. Task specialization is essential, co-captains, the full BEASTBot due to the devastating injuries he unanticipated challenge, the state There are fortresses, boulders, but the team’s best work comes from roster includes seniors Garret suffered when a bus struck him in a tournament on May 21 was a towers and alliances. The three- collaboration, said senior and co- Yzaguirre, Chrys Sowards, Leo crosswalk on Thursday, May 5. challenge that took on an even higher minute video shown to all competing captain Evan Hulick. “Together we O’Ryan, Drew Seabold and Chris The BEASTBot team was level of meaning for the members of teams in January may be worth a can have all those talents combine Ngo; juniors Theo Axtell-Adams, shocked and saddened to learn of Como BEASTBot. viewing for those who would like a and different ideas and it turns out to Andrew Cardoza, Ethan Helmer, Schneider’s accident, as was the entire “State has already held a great visual. You can find it at be something amazing,” he said. Max Narvaez, Drake Sutta, Jack Como community. While Isaac meaning to our team,” Wulff said. www.youtu.be/VqOKzoHJDjA. Junior and co-captain Marie Swartz, Jade Waldemann and suffered through surgeries in the “With Isaac it means more—him Ingenuity, creativity, Wulff plans to major in engineering Hunter Waldemarsen; sophomores hospital, his comrades were honoring being our team spirit.” cooperation and resourcefulness are in college. A varsity soccer player, Dylan Brady, Lah Htoo, Vincent him by keeping him connected and essential to a successful experience in Wulff said robotics is empowering for Portuese, Thomas Quinn and pursued their plan to stream the state Eric Erickson is a social studies teacher at robotics. So is leadership. That comes her teammates. “It has been a beacon Aurelio Sandoval; and freshmen Ben tournament from Mariucci Arena to Como Park High School and a longtime from a variety of sources. The of light in contributing to the self- Bogie, Hannah Lender and Peter Isaac’s hospital bed so he could see it coach of school and youth sports in St. traditional title of “coach” is used confidence of many,” she said. Schik. all unfold. Paul. interchangeably with “mentor” in the Como BEASTBot members Como robotics world. and mentors are unified and proud During an intensive six-week of their effort this season, and when build season, Como teachers Donna they left Williams Arena on April 9, Norberg and Mike Fischer serve as they were satisfied with their Como Senior’s track stars are mentors to the BEASTBot students performance in the Stronghold as they develop, build and refine their challenge. preparing to set new records machine. Former Como principal They knew they had scored well Dan Mesick volunteers as a third and were going to place higher than As the track and field season Hamline Elite meet and finishing On the girls’ side, senior Mary official mentor. previous years, but point totals are approaches the City Conference and second in the long jump. Clay will Miles has achieved three years of city The mentors plan, coordinate, combined with other elements, so Section 4AA meets, four standout head into the St. Paul City meet as conference places and advise and encourage the team results aren’t immediately clear at the Como athletes have legitimate the favorite in all four of his events. championships in the 1,600-meter during the build stage, but the real end of the competition. opportunities to win titles and Coach Roy Magnuson said Clay and 3,200-meter. She has enjoyed development and implementation of “When we realized that we had achieve personal bests. may scale back to three events (both her years of running cross-country design strategies is all student-driven. gotten in [to state], students were Senior Trey Clay is the hurdles and the long jump) for the and track’s distance events, and aims Additionally, each team member elated and immediately started defending state champion in the Section 4AA meet and the state meet, to finish her high school career back takes leadership of a specific need planning how to fix the robot for its 110-meter hurdles and was also third which will be held at Hamline on the podium at the conference area and specializes in a role to help final competitive appearance,” in the 300-meter intermediate University on June 10 and 11. meet. hurdles at state last season. Clay’s Innocent Murwanashyaka, a Junior Florence Uwajeneza will training has brought new records this junior, has the goal of getting back to be one of the other top competitors NILLES season, including an all-time state for the second time this school in the girls’ distance events. Florence Builders, Inc. Mounds View track record at the year. Innocent finished eighth in the was the city champ in cross-country Dick Stewart Memorial Meet. state cross-country meet last fall. In last fall. A peak performance at the • Additions • Remodeling In total, Clay earned four first- track he’s running the 3200-meter. city track meet could earn a place on • Roofing • Garages place finishes at the Mounds View He will battle a friendly rival from the podium again. • Concrete • Siding meet, winning the long jump, triple Highland Park for the city title in Check next month’s Bugle for jump and both hurdling events. That that event and try to qualify for state these track results and a summary of exceptional performance was backed against a deep pool of talent in all Como and Murray spring sports. 651-222-8701 up by winning the 110 hurdles at the Section 4AA. Lic #4890 www.nillesbuilders.com 525 Ohio Street JUNE 2016 n PARK BUGL E 21

School News

The Bugle welcomes news about students information will be provided to the called “Forest Consequences” from and schools in the area. Send your news community as to opportunities for the Project Learning Tree K-8 to [email protected]. involvement and continued input. Curriculum Guide. This series of middle-school Como Park Senior High PTA helps student groups lessons incorporates critical thinking, 740 Rose Ave., 651-293-8800 As a result of generous donations strategic team planning, technology, www.comosr.spps.org from the PTA, Murray’s Language artistry and persuasive speaking skills. Academy students visited the Science The students all did such a Como student named Museum in downtown St. Paul and phenomenal job that National Big Brother of the Year students with disabilities received Project Learning Tree (plt.org) Como junior Ethimon Lee was funding to learn transition, public highlighted their work in its e- selected as the High School Big transportation and community- newsletter (circulation of 25,000). Brother of the Year by Big Brothers independence skills. Kudos to all five teams of Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities. students for their powerful, creative Over the past two years, Lee has and engaging presentations. devoted an hour each week to being St. Anthony Park Elementary Interested in checking it out? an additional, caring person in the 2180 Knapp St., 651-293-8735 Go to www.plt.org, click on life of his “little brother” Nathan at www.stanthony.spps.org EDUCATOR TIPS and then “Help Como Elementary School. Students Work Out a Land Issue Ethimon helps Nathan with his Fifth-graders’ work highlighted on with Forest Consequences” to view homework and the pair enjoy Project Learning Tree e-newsletter photos, student comments and even playing games and building models In March, the fifth-grade students in video vignettes of their projects and together. Research shows that a Tari Hella-Yelk’s class participated in presentations. mentor has a positive impact on Como junior Ethimon Lee was named High School Big Brother of the a multi-disciplinary pilot program academic performance, avoidance of Year in the Greater Twin Cities. Ethimon is pictured with his “little risky behavior, better relationships brother” from Como Elementary. with family and school attendance. Como’s Big Brother Big Sister Wolters, Tyrin Anderson, Justin and a cookie. All proceeds from the program extends a huge thank you to Rogers and Jackson Kerr. June sales will go to Pilot One-on- the Saint Anthony Park Community In the most recent Minnesota One Tutoring Program. Foundation for awarding grant State High School League money used to purchase materials for competition, the Como Strings History Day results making fleece blankets. Como received a superior grade in the Twenty-seven Murray students students then donated the blankets solo/ensemble category, and the participated in the Minnesota State they made to local Children’s Como Band received an award of History Day competition at the Hospitals. excellence for large group ensemble. University of Minnesota on May 7. Sam Skinner, placed first with his Drama and music news French students place at U contest website, “Discovering the Truth: The Como spring play, “30 Reasons Como French students participated State of Minnesota v. Phillip Morris, Not to Be in a Play,” was held April in the annual “A Vous La Parole” Inc.” and will attend the national 28 and 29. Written by Alan Haehnel, language contest at the University of competition held in June in Como’s performers were directed by Minnesota April 28. Students Washington, D.C. Allison Hartzell. The cast included presented Francophone songs, The following students received Anna Anzaldo, Camryn Borrego, readings, poems and theater skits at honorable mentions at the station Alyssa Clark, Margaret Coyne, Grace the event. Como students earned 47 competition: Amelia Moseman for Fick, Erianna Jiles, Madeline medals at the event. her performance, “The Orphan McPhee, Madison Moody, Nicolas Train”; Nora Thomey for her Otte, Heather Rogers, Lillian Rogers, Help with all-night grad party performance, “The Invisible Ultra Minna Stillwell-Jardin and Norah The Como class of 2016 all-night Bombe Machine”; Fiona Blank and Vitalli. graduation party will be held Anna Gaudio for their performance, The Ordway Honors Concert Thursday, June 9. Hosted by the “Ruth Underhill and the Exploration was held on April 19, with top- Como Park Booster Club, the group of Native American Culture”; performing students from across St. is looking for volunteers and Bridget Lee, Claire Driscoll and Paul joining forces for a fantastic community partners to help. This Fiona Juarez-Sweeney for their night of music. Como choir students event provides Como’s graduating performance, “The Little Rock Nine: Visit Us During Our Summer selected for the concert were Olivia seniors with a safe, fun environment Exploring and Encountering Berven, Rebekah Blesi, Alyssa Clark, Construction Preview to celebrate with friends. Donations Through Integration”; and Kiersten Margaret Coyne, Angel Khang, or questions can be directed to Howatt and Lily Gordon for their Emily LaCroix-Dalluhn, Kou Lee, We've Moved to 668 Transfer Road, [email protected]. website, “Hernan Cortez and the Chimeng Jimmy Lor, Oo Meh, Suite 8, St. Paul ( Just north of University Avenue) Conquest of the Aztecs.” Nicolas Otte, Anthony Phelps, Soren Sackreiter received fifth Justine Sanchez, Granda Sayavong, Summer Hours: Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 12-5 Murray Middle School place for his website, “The Adam Swanson, Patsy Thayieng, Relocation of Hibbing.” Divine Uchegbu, Sara Lee Yang and 2200 Buford Ave., 651-293-8740 Visit us at: tcmrm.org or follow us on Facebook and Yue Pheng Yang. The choir also held www.murray.spps.org Twitter to learn more about our new space! Dialogue builds community its Spring Farewell Concert at the On April 21, the Murray community school May 19. The audience got to Rock on came together to share multiple hear some of the music the choir’s The Murray Rock Band will play its perspectives of parents, community touring students will sing in Carnegie final show of the school year members, teachers and district Hall on May 28. Thursday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. The leadership. Areas that the participants Como orchestra and band public is invited to attend. would like to address at Murray are students who performed in the (1) increase parent partnerships that Ordway Honors Concert included Awards night June 6 reflect the diversity of the school and Mariah Williams, Christian Berger, The Murray Middle School eighth- (2) increase access to physical Vincent Portuese, Peter Schik, grade awards night will be held education, health and recess. Martin-malik Williams, Theodore Monday, June 6, at 6 p.m. Next the Educational Lucy, Henry Hanson, Ellie Leadership Team, Parent Advisory Thorsgaard, Joe McCune-Zierath, Buy coffee and cookies at Sunrise Council and School Climate Bridget Proper, Eva Hanson, Max Bank in June and support Murray Improvement Team will review the Narvaez, Shyann Salverda, Chrys Stop by Sunrise Bank, at the corner input from the meeting and Sowards, Tuomas Sivula, Thomas Como and Doswell avenues, and suggested action items and determine Quinn, Noah Frese, Dominic participate in their Park Perks program by buying a cup of coffee implementation plans. More 22 PARK BUGLE n JUNE 2016

Murray’s New Lens group gifts school with new backboards

By Kristal Leebrick Two shiny new state-of-the-art basketball court backboards hang in the gymnasium at Murray Middle School thanks to 11 young men from the New Lens Urban Mentoring Society. The group of Murray eighth- graders, led by New Lens mentor Roosevelt Mansfield, earned a grant to cover the cost and installation of the backboards, which replaced two worn and dented boards that were more than two decades old. They were the same boards that one New Lens member’s dad played on in the 1990s. The old boards were an eyesore when basketball teams came from other schools to play at Murray, Mansfield said. The New Lens group chose to replace the backboards as a project “to show pride in their school.” “I’m so proud of these young men,” Mansfield said to Murray’s eighth-grade class at a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 6. The New Lens members worked with Minneapolis organization YouthPrize to learn about grant writing and secure the grant. Murray principal Stacy New Lens advisor Roosevelt Mansfield stands with Murray Middle School’s eighth-grade members, from left: William Albert, Jaden Brathwaite, Theien-Collins and the district Ephraim Mau, Demarriean Moore, Amari Carter, Drewjuan White, Ibsa Lolo, Ricardo Willis Jr. and Jalen James. The three on the right are helped them gather the data needed members of the advisory board for YouthPrize and students at Twin Cities Academy, Prentiss Perkins, Robert Edmonds and Rashad Edmonds. to complete the grant. It took a few Photo by Lori Hamilton rounds of submissions before they received the good news that they had “We follow them through high to what’s going on.” circumstances some of these boys come The project was “an impressive won the grant. school, college. We are there for After each monthly movie, the from,” he said. “My goal is instead of accomplishment for anyone, let New Lens is a Twin Cities support and guidance,” Mansfield group has a discussion time. “There’s pushing tests on these young men, we alone a group of middle-schoolers,” organization that works with black said, and fun. The program includes been a lot of violence going on lately,” want to push confidence. The tests just said Theien-Collins. “The school is males, starting in eighth-grade, and weekend activities, such as boxing Mansfield said. His goal is to help the keep repeating, ‘You’re behind, you’re exceptionally proud of the work of aims to help them succeed in school and archery. “We go camping and boys “be aware and appreciate what it behind, you’re behind.’ How will you Mr. Mansfield and the group. They through postsecondary education fishing, and we have a lot of bonding. means to live. be confident to succeed if you’re always are just one more reason that Murray and to help them make an impact on Once a month we go to dinner and “People don’t understand the being told you’re behind?” is the quality school it is.” their community. a movie. The movie is always relevant Murray student scientists dig in to new pollinator garden

Murray Middle School students the Ecology Inquiry Immersion (e2) and the Monarch Lab were recruited pollinator gardens and the fourth is completed on May 24. broke ground on a pollinator garden class, an elective taught by Chase, to help the students dig in. Other hosted at Belwin Outdoor Science The students in the e2 class use on Earth Day, April 22. Led by their which aims to advance students’ skills resources—compost and its delivery, Center in Afton, where the study was project-based learning to choose and teacher, Tim Chase, students and develop a deep interest in sod cutter rental and garden tools— spearheaded. Students will use these develop solutions to real problems researched sites, flowers and soil types science. With support from the MN were donated by the Mulch Store, gardens to study the effects of climate related to the environment and the needed for the garden, proposed it to Green Schools Coalition (a program SPPS, Sunbelt Rentals and the Green change using citizen science to school’s neighborhood. Past projects the administration and community of U.S. Green Building Council, Building Council. understand the importance of native include proposing a rain garden, members, and were awarded a grant MN), volunteers from USGBC, the The garden project is a species to the life cycles and food choosing where to send the harvest for the supplies from the Monarch St. Anthony Park neighborhood, St. collaboration with six other SPPS chains of our ecosystems, the from the school’s vegetable gardens, Lab at the University of Minnesota. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) facilities programs spanning four gardens. differences between urban and rural biodiesel testing and solutions to The students are members of department and board of education, Three schools in the city will host planting, and the ever-varying reduce automobile emissions in the change of seasons. Final planting was city.

Jon Schumacher, chair of St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education, helps students cut and roll up sod to till the soil. JUNE 2016 PARK BUGL E n 2 3

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