Bloomington May 5, 2011 • V41.17
CURRENT minnlocal.com
In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
Online school helps tennis player study from afar BY ROXI REJALI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Erik Nordahl wakes up at the crack of dawn to run sprints and two-mile runs. That’s a warm-up for at least four hours of tennis training and practice every day. It’s part of the 17-year-old’s plan to become a top-ranked college ten-
nis player and then hit the professional circuit. In United States Tennis Association (USTA) competition last year, Nordahl was ranked 25th nationally in the age 16 category. As an Edina high-school sophomore he was runner-up in the 2010 state singles tournament. As a freshman he won the 2009 state doubles championship with teammate Steven
Pjevach. “I’ve always loved tennis. I feel like I’m one of the most competitive people out there,” said Nordahl, currently a junior. Nordahl attended Bloomington schools through seventh grade and later attended and played tennis at Edina through open enrollment. TENNIS: TO PAGE 18
A VIP hair styling
Edward Jones ® MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
Member SIPC
FREE RETIREMENT PLAN REVIEW.
Save up to
40% on your Auto Insurance
75¢
Plymouth woman works so that others can race BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS For the 19th consecutive year, Denise Blumberg-Tendle is not walking in the Race for the Cure. A breast cancer survivor, Blumberg-Tendle has never had the time to participate, she is too busy each year working as a volunteer during the race. That will be no different this year during the 19th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, which begins and ends Sunday morning, May 8, outside Mall of America in Bloomington. Blumberg-Tendle of Plymouth had been a volunteer for the American Cancer Society when the first Race for the Cure was held in 1993. Her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1977, and had successful surgery and treatment, BlumbergTendle recalled. But years later her mother’s cancer returned. Her mother’s second bout with breast cancer ended with her death, a death that preceded Blumberg-Tendle’s own breast canCURE: TO PAGE 23
Emma Whittemore, 8, and Lynda Whittemore, both of Eden Prairie, watch as Johneva Davis, a doll hair stylist at the American Girl store in Mall of America, gives Emma’s doll, Kit, a hairstyling Thursday, April 28, at a VIP party to benefit Fraser, a provider of autism services. More than 100 people attended the event. (Photo by Joseph Palmersheim • Sun Newspapers)
Chad A. Huson, AAMS ® Financial Advisor 952.881.2155
Kennedy connects Page 26
Kite Day is Saturday at Valley View play fields Winter may be hesitant to loosen its grip on spring, but Bloomington’s annual rite of spring – Kite Day – is Saturday. Kite flying commences 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Valley View play fields, at the intersection of 90th Street and Portland Avenue. Kite Day, organized by the Bloomington Sister City Organization, is in celebration of children’s day in Japan. A limited number of free kites will be handed out to youth attending Kite Day as a colorful variety of kites in varying shapes and sizes will take to the skies of Bloomington. Approximately 1,800 people attended Kite Day last year. Kite Day includes entertainment and prize drawings. Info: xr.com/kite.
John & Marie Feidt, Bloomington, MN “Brent Mohlenhoff saved me $357 on my two cars! His office is easy to work with and always has fast service!?
Brent Mohlenhoff Insurance Agency Inc. 220 W. 98th St. Bloomington MN 55420 952-881-0907 www.insurememn.com
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
STATE FARM IS THERE®