Richfield May 5, 2011 • V41.17
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Money will send two teachers to engineering certificate program
BY BILLIE JO RASSAT SUN NEWSPAPERS
STREETS: TO PAGE 23
BY BILLIE JO RASSAT SUN NEWSPAPERS
City of Richfield continues to address aging streets, need for attention on county routes
The Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield has received a $7,800 grant from the Minnesota Independent School Forum to develop their STEM
program. The Holy Angel’s STEM program features a pilot project called “Make the Connection.” The goal of Make the Connection is to enhance the core educational values of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) instruction. The grant will fund an opportunity for two teachers to earn a graduate engineering certificate at the University of St. Thomas. ANGELS: TO PAGE 20
Getting ‘Inside the Issues’ League of Women Voters’ television show educates on numerous topics BY BILLIE JO RASSAT SUN NEWSPAPERS
Vehicles pass over rough terrain on Nicollet Avenue in Richfield. Nicollet Avenue is a Hennepin County road and does not fall under the responsibility of the city of Richfield for maintenance. (Photo by Billie Jo Rassat • Sun Newspapers)
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Academy of Holy Angels receives STEM grant
A bumpy road Richfield Public Works described “the good, the bad and the ugly” during a presentation on city streets in Richfield at the April 26 special workshop session at City Hall. The good refers to the pavement management program the city has in place. The program, set in motion ten years ago, features the city’s rigorous maintenance of city streets, according to Richfield City Manager Steven Devich. “If some one would have told us that the streets would have kept together this long, I would have told them they were crazy,” Devich said. The last of the city’s “permanent street” construction took place in 1976. According to Devich, the lifespan of an average street is only about 30 years and the city of Richfield has not constructed a wholesale replacement since the permanent street construction. The bad is the condition of 76th Street.
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What do you get when a couple of Richfield women use video equipment for educational purposes? “Inside the Issues,” is a Twin Cities Cable Television show created and developed by the Richfield League of Women Voters. Airing at 5 p.m. Saturdays and 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, on Comcast cable channel 15, “Inside the Issues,” is hosted by
Maureen Scaglia and produced by Jeanette Lofstrom. “We talk on everything from education to issues involving the environment,” Lofstrom said. The goal of their cable program is to educate. “We want to get out the message of the league [Richfield League of Women Voters], what it does and what it stands for, but also we focus on our positions,” Scaglia said. LEAGUE: TO PAGE 20
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