B LOOMINGTON ✹ J ANUARY 20, 2011
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Vol. 41, No. 3
In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
Chamber looks at safety preparation for businesses, too BY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Bloomington-based festival begins Jan. 26 BY NICK CLARK • SUN NEWSPAPERS
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Asian New Year celebration Dancing lions entertain spectators during Asian New Year celebrations held at libraries in Bloomington and Richfield Jan. 15. Two-person teams brought several lions to life during the traditional dance, and children were invited to help “wake up” the lions by tapping them on the head during the performance at Augsburg Park Library in Richfield. (Photo by Mike Hanks • Sun Newspapers)
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The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce offered an ounce of prevention to businesses looking to avoid pounds of cure in the event of workplace violence or a natural disaster. Randy Ferris, the senior director of loss prevention for SuperValu, spoke to an audience assembled last week at the chamber’s offices to discuss steps businesses should take prior to and during times of crisis. Ferris led crisis preparation and response for SuperValu-affiliated stores affected by 2005 hurricanes that hit Florida and the Gulf Coast. Ferris provided recommendations for dealing with a variety of workplace violence scenarios. Days after a mass casualty shooting in Tucson, Ariz., the topic was “an issue that’s on everybody’s mind,” he said. In most instances the employees, customers or other bystanders at a shooting will be on their own for 10-15 minutes before law enforcement is available to help, according to Ferris. There are three options for survival. The first is to evacuate, if possible, although the first instinct of most people is to panic and freeze, Ferris said. Some people will inadvertently congregate in the direction of the shooter, he noted. If evacuation is not possible, the second-best option is to take cover in a safe room or hide in a cabinet or other space out of a shooter’s view, Ferris said. SAFETY: TO PAGE 22
FETE: TO PAGE 21
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Winter Fete returning for its ninth year As the ninth-annual Bloomington Winter Fete nears, one of the organizers in charge of putting together the community’s largest gathering of the What: Winter Fete season has an Where: parks intriguing promthroughout ise to accompany Bloomington the newest item When: Wednesday, within this year’s Jan. 26, to Sunday, celebration of Jan. 30 winter. Tickets and And it’s thanks, information: in large part, to xr.com/winter-fete the good deeds of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The DNR stepped in this year to offer an introductory ice fishing set-up on Bush Lake. It will come with a pair of ice houses, each with eight holes cut into the ice and a heated environment to learn in. It also comes with this assurance from Bloomington Recreation Supervisor Mark Morrison:
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Visit our informational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6:30pm at Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington. There are no dues or fees. For more information, call 612-558-3687.