October 2010 Volume 7 Number 10
IN THIS ISSUE... • • • •
On the Road to Fall Fun
SSP welcomes fall with annual On the Road Again celebration, held Sat., Oct. 2 Mary Diedrick Hansen Staff Writer
Education.................................... page 3 Sample St. Paul............................ page 6 River Connections.. ...................... page 8 Back in Time.. ............................ page 12
South St. Paul’s new superintendent to focus on curriculum for a ‘21 st century marketplace’ Page 3
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battered recipe box crammed with the names and phone numbers of people and entertainment options is what Steve Mankowski, owner of Southview 66, has thumbed through over the past 26 years as he coordinates On the Road Again, South St. Paul’s annual autumn gettogether, held this year Sat., Oct. 2. It started as a three-block “thankyou” celebration in 1985, for loyal customers who managed to make their way to businesses along Southview Boulevard when it was dug up during road construction. Everyone was thankful to get “on the road again,” explained Mankowski. Over the years, the celebration has grown to a nearly mile-long event of family friendly activities, and Mankowski’s recipe box has grown more crowded along with it. Amazingly enough, in all the years of festivities, Mother Nature has smiled on the city each autumn weekend the festival has been held, except for one. Mankowski attributed this to diligence early on when researching the best weekend of the year to hold the first celebration. The famously reliable Farmer’s Almanac showed that the first weekend in October had the best weather. A prayer request each year to local churches for
BOOYA CHAMPS - Team Troje holds bragging rights as the 2009 On the Road Again celebration Booya champion. Team members include (left to right) Brian Boehmer, Greg Boehmer, Courtney Boehmer, Mikki Boehmer, Melissa Boehmer, Brenda Boehmer. D.J. Troje is not pictured. heavenly intervention hasn’t hurt either, noted Mankowski. Activities this year include arts and craft booths, a car show, petting zoo, live music, food, the infamous pickle contest and the battle for the best-tasting booya title. Times and locations are valid as of press time, but are subject to change. For more information call Mankowski at 651457-2774.
Arts and Crafts
8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Southview Boulevard, from Fourth Avenue to Seventh Avenue Get a jump on holiday gift-giving with one-of-a kind arts and crafts. Who knows what inexpensive treasures await you at the flea market? With over 100 vendors from across the state displaying their wares, something is bound to catch your eye.
Pickle Contest
Dr. Zenk’s Dental parking lot, 820 Southview Blvd.; Judging begins at 2 p.m. Entrants may choose from three categories — sweet, dill or hot — when entering their prized preserves in the contest. This year’s South St. Paul Queen, Erica Running, and her princesses, Kalen Graf and Laura Wiederich, will taste-test and select the perfect pickle from each group. Entries must be submitted to Steve at Southview 66 by noon the day of judging.
Booya
Dr. Zenk’s Dental parking lot, 820 Southview Blvd.; Judging begins at 3 p.m. Cast your vote for the best-tasting batch of booya. Do it by sampling variations of the savory stew. Many contestants use special ingredients and top secret recipes
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that are passed from one generation to the next. Typically, 700 to 800 gallons of the delicious stew are devoured in two-anda-half hours.
Car Show
9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Southview Boulevard from 12th Avenue to Ninth Avenue Cruise on over and see over 130 vehicles of all makes and models on display. A vintage car and truck display shows how far the industry has come over the last century.
Petting Zoo
11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Central Bank, 835 Southview Blvd. Once again, Rainbow Critters from Roberts, Wisc., will be on hand with their menagerie of animals, including Sally the Camel, chickens, ducks and calves.
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Eighth Avenue and Southview Boulevard. Try your luck at this portable 9-hole mini-golf course. $1 per game.
Live music and food
11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dr. Zenk’s Dental parking lot, 820 Southview Blvd. Bring your dancing shoes to swing along with “High Brows and Shades,” a ’60s and ’70s band. Fair-style food and New Zealand meat pies will once again be available this year. The festival also features Kid’s Stuff inflatables, face painting and the Dakota county MADD automobile.
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Oct. 21 in the Teenscape area. The event inFor more information on the following South St. cludes snacks. • Dakota County Libraries Teen Short Story Paul library events, call 651-554-3240 or visit www. Contest – The deadline to enter original stosouthstpaul.org/library. ries 1,000 words or less is Oct. 31. This contest • Book discussions – October’s title is “The is for teens ages 12-18. For more information, History of Love,” by Nicole Krauss. This tale focuses on lost love and loneliness involving visit www.dakotacounty.us/library<http://www. two families, and a missing manuscript that ties dakotacounty.us/library • Kids book club – Kids in grades 4-6 are init all together. Krauss will be appearing at The vited to join the new and improved Book Bunch, Fitzgerald Theater at 7 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 28. held 4-5 p.m. the first Monday of each month The Wednesday group meets at 1 p.m., Oct. through May. Participants choose a book at their 20, and the Thursday group meets at 7 p.m., level to read and share. Oct. 14. Information packets are available at • After school program – A special program is the library’s front desk. • Computer help – Library staff will be offered to elementary school students 3-4 p.m., available in the library meeting room 2-3 p.m., Wed., Oct. 27. The event features games and Tues., Oct. 12 to answer basic questions about crafts. Registration is required. • “Stubby the Elephant” - Climb Theatre will Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, e-mail and othpresent “Stubby the Elephant” at 10:30 a.m., er basic computer questions. Tues., Oct. 19. Stubby is a little elephant with a • Fall Book Sale – The library is holding a little trunk and a lot of curiosity. book sale Oct. 21-23, featuring children’s books • Read to Caesar or Lulu – Lulu and Caesar, in hardcover and paperback, flannel board stories and more. Funds raised will benefit the li- two reading therapy dogs, will visit the library in October. Caesar will be available 4-5 p.m., Oct. 14 brary. • Banned Books Week is featured through and 28, and Lulu will be available 3-4 p.m., Oct. Oct. 2. Teens are encouraged to check out fre- 23. Contact the library if you are interested in havquently challenged books like “The Chocolate ing your child read to one of these loveable dogs. • Storytimes – Baby storytime for infants age War,” “Catcher in the Rye,” “The Perks of Beone and under is offered at 6:30 p.m., Mon., ing a Wallflower,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Oct. 4 and 25. Toddler storytime for ages 3 and “Twilight.” • Teen Read Week is held Oct. 17-23, featur- younger takes place at 10 a.m., Tues., Oct. 5, 12 and 26. Storytime for preschoolers is offered at ing “Books with Beat!” • Karaoke is offered at 6:30 p.m., Thurs., 10:30 a.m., Oct. 5, 6, 12, 13, 26 and 27.
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“The kids stole the show,” said Dr. David Webb, South St. Paul’s new District 6 School Superintendent about the welcome back, all-school gathering of staff for the new school year. Webb had invited one student representative from each of the district’s schools to attend. After tenured staff were recognized and new teachers and Webb were introduced, Webb, true to his philosophy of focusing on students, asked each student to name three things they liked about school. “Staff from Kaposia and Lincoln, Community Education and the Community Learning Center, as well as the middle and high school heard wonderful things about them-
selves,” said Webb, who officially took over as superintendent on Sept. 1, succeeding former Superintendent Patty Heminover. Webb comes to South St. Paul from Fridley High School, where he was principal for the past seven years. Although he is new to the role of superintendent, Webb is no newcomer to South St. Paul’s school curriculum, staff or facilities. While studying for his master’s and doctorate in educational leadership at the University of St. Thomas he worked as a long-term substitute teacher in South St. Paul for a teacher on temporary leave. The position transitioned into dean of students. But when an assistant principal position opened up at Fridley High School, he applied
for and got the job, and five years later was promoted to principal. Webb and the rest of the Fridley school district were right on the heels of the South St. Paul school district in initiating an International Baccalaureate (IB) program for the entire K-12 system. Fridley was ahead of South St. Paul in its startup of an IB middle school program, but South St. Paul’s senior high IB diploma program had been up and running long before Fridley’s. Staff from Fridley and South St. Paul observed the IB curriculum at each other’s schools and shared ideas on implementation. Fridley was the second in the state to activate a K-12 IB curriculum, right behind South St. Paul. Why IB? “In the 21 st century
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Dr. David Webb, left, reads to a class at Kaposia Education Center. marketplace, students need a global view,” said Webb. “The aspect of being internationally minded is important. In fact, most St. Paul and Minneapolis schools are changing to an IB curriculum.” Worldwide, about 3,000 schools use the IB curriculum, Webb said. A core group of educators review and establish
standards in science, math and teaching. In order to receive reauthorization, schools must send in assessments regularly to ensure that they are teaching to the high standards required by the program. “When people ask, ‘what is IB?,’ I tell them it is about great teaching,” said Webb. “When
students graduate, they will get two diplomas: one from South St. Paul and the other an IB diploma, which is recognized worldwide. In fact, California, Texas and Florida waive the first year of college for students who have graduated in an IB program.” Leading the Way/ page 4
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Leading The Way/ from page 3 A love for education seems to run through Webb’s veins. He comes from a family of educators. His dad was a longtime professor at the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota. His mom worked as a social worker in the public school system. “They were fantastic role models and deeply
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His following college years were spent alternating between summer Spanish camp and college coursework. He was hired as a Spanish teacher in Stillwater upon graduation. During summer break he worked as Dean of the Concordia Spanish Language program, which meant he had to hire 35 staff members from Spanish-speaking countries. He even helped open a school in Madrid, Spain. “It (the Concordia Language program) gave me
amazing leadership opportunities and opened my eyes to the possibility of taking on a leadership role in education,” said Webb, who had discovered that he loved organization and working with people to formulate ideas and bring them to fruition. He will have yet another chance when, as superintendent, he takes on the financial challenge that is facing school districts across the state. State funding has remained flat over the last
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The South St. Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force is hosting the third annual Digital Scavenger Hunt at 1 p.m., Sun., Oct. 3, at Central Square. Participants should bring a digital camera or camera phone to take pictures of their team with the clues that will be provided. All locations are within walking distance of Central Square, 100 Seventh Ave. N. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team. Teams of 3-10 players may register at the Youth Task Force booth at the On the Road Again celebration, or the day of the event at Central Square. Registration fee is a canned food item from each team member or a cash donation for Neighbors, Inc. For more information, contact Deb Griffith at 651-554-3230 or deb. griffith@southstpaul.org.
Read Across South St. Paul
Volunteers are needed the first Friday of each month to read to elementary students in South St. Paul. The Read Across South St. Paul program begins Oct. 1. This program has reached over 60,000 students. For more information, contact Deb Griffith at 651-554-3230 or deb. griffith@southstpaul.org, or visit www.southstpaul. org.
The Great Halloween Get-together
The ninth annual Great Halloween Gettogether will take place 5-7 p.m., Sun., Oct. 31 along Marie Avenue, from Seventh Avenue to Fourth Avenue. Participants are invited to trickor-treat along this route to receive treats from area businesses and event sponsors. Over 1,800 youth and adults participated last year in this safe and friendly Halloween activity. Volunteers are needed to make this year’s event a success. To volunteer or receive more information, contact
Your community news and information source Deb Griffith at 651-5543230 or deb.griffith@ southstpaul.org.
Highground Memorial fundraiser
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 639 of South St. Paul is seeking cash and merchandise donations for its fundraiser, which will be held 2-5:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 16, at Bugg’s Place, 925 N. Concord Exchange. The event will feature food, a silent auction, pull tabs and more. Proceeds will benefit the Highground Memorial, which honors veterans of all wars. For more information, contact John Lynch at 651459-1310 or lynch0319@ gmail.com.
Senior Center activities
The South St. Paul Senior Center, located at the Central Square Community Center, 100 Seventh Ave. N., is offering the following activities for adults age 55 and over. • Dancing and social hour - Offered 1-2:30 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month. This free event includes dancing, music and refreshments. • Penny Bingo - Bring your pennies on the first Monday of each month to the senior center for Penny Bingo. Play begins at 1 p.m.
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SSP Dance Team hosts dance clinic, spaghetti dinner
The South St. Paul Dance Team will host a dance clinic Oct. 9 at the South St Paul High
School. The clinic is for girls in grades K–12. Participants will receive a T-shirt and will perform during half-time at the Oct. 15 high school football game at Ettinger Field. For more information, call 651 323-0790. The dance team will host its seventh annual spaghetti dinner and silent auction noon5 p.m., Sat., Oct. 16,
at the South St. Paul VFW, 11 Concord Exchange S. The silent auction will close at 4:30 p.m. and dinner will be served until 5 p.m. Tickets are available from dance team members and at the door. For more information, contact Lisa Moore at 651-323-0790 or SSPDance@hotmail. com.
Holy Trinity Fall Festival
Holy Trinity Church, 749 Sixth Ave. S., South St. Paul, is hosting a fall festival Oct. 8-10. Events include Bingo Bonanza on Friday, taco dinner and live auction on Saturday, and a family fun day on Sunday, which includes a turkey dinner, children’s games, family bingo, a silent auction and raffle drawings. For more information, call 651-455-1302.
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Your community news and information source The show features grand illusions and favorite Disney characters. Tickets are $18-$56. For more information, visit disneylive.com. Roger Waters, the
co-founder and principal songwriter of Pink Floyd will perform at 8 p.m., Wed., Oct. 27. The tour commemorates the 30 th anniversary of the release of “The Wall.” Tickets are $57-$201. For more information, visit rogerwaters.com. The Xcel Center is located at 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. For more information, visit www.xcelenergycenter. com.
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“Living in Space” is presented through Jan. 2, 2011. This interactive exhibit is inspired by the International Space Station, the largest international aerospace project ever, and teaches participants about the everyday activities of astronauts. Tickets are $8.95. The museum is located at 10 W. Seventh St., St. Paul. For more information, call 651-225-6000.
Ordway Center for Performing Arts
“Evita” is featured through Oct. 31, at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, 35 Washington St., St. Paul. The show details the life of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina, who was a legend in her time. Born in the country, she rose to become the most powerful woman Latin America had ever seen and served as a potent symbol of hope and change. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s opera is the powerhouse telling of her brief and fascinating life. Tickets are $19-$39. For more information, call 651224-4222 or visit www.ordway.org.
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“Chocolate: The Exhibition” is presented Oct. 2-Jan. 2, 2011. From rainforest treasure to luscious treat — immerse yourself in the story of chocolate. Explore the plant, the products and the culture of chocolate through the lenses of science, history and popular culture. The exhibit features experiments and handson activities, as well as Mayan, Aztec and 17thcentury European artifacts. “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: The Depression, The War, The Boom” - This exhibit features more than 6,000 square feet of artifacts, interactive displays and innovative multimedia experiences that reveal the lives and stories of the men and women who came of age during the Depression and World War II, and who went on to create the phenomenal postwar boom. The exhibition features first-person
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narratives in recorded interviews, images, film and audio. “MN 150”- This exhibit features 150 people, places, events and things that sparked significant change within Minnesota and beyond. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students, and $5 for children ages 6-17. The center offers free admission on Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 651259-3000 or visit www. mnhs.org.
Sample Night Live, a sampling of local productions, is featured at the History Theatre at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, except February. The format features 12 acts per night, including theater, film, dance, improv, visual arts, folk and opera. The next performance is Oct. 6. Tickets are $20. The History Theater is located at 30 E. Tenth St., St. Paul. For more information, call 651-292-4323.
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“Geometry Playground” opens Oct. 15. This exhibit will have participants climbing, building, drawing and playing to teach the ways in which mathematical principles affect how we move, see and fit things together in the world around us. “Dead Sea Scrolls: Words That Changed the World.” This exhibit, featured through Oct. 24, offers a rare opportunity to witness one of the greatest archaeological
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“ Dudley: Rigged for Laughter” is presented Oct. 2-24. The performance is a hilarious look at the life of the legendary comedy impresario Dudley Riggs, a fourthgeneration circus kid who grew up to found the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. It’s a madcap sketch comedy show packed with laughs and music. Tickets are $28-$32 for adults and $25-$30 for seniors.
finds of the 20th century. Complementing the exhibit is “Arabia”, showing in the Omnitheater. This film offers a look at Arabia’s culture, history
and religion. Tickets are $28 for adults and $22 for children ages 4-12 and seniors age 60 and older, or $34 and $28 respectively with admission
to the Omnitheater. The museum is located at 120 W. Kellogg Blvd. For more information, visit www.smm.org, or call 651-221-9444.
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Apply now for Thompson Heights, an independent living senior (age 55+) housing development that will be located on Thompson Avenue between 13th and 15th Avenue North in South St. Paul. The building will be completely smoke-free and will feature: • Mix of one- and two-bedroom units • Underground Heated Parking Garage • Secured Entrances • Exercise Room • Laundry Facilities • Community Room with Kitchen • Exercise & Club Rooms • Elevator • Secured Entrances • Screened Porch There will be 60 units, of which 54 will have affordable fixed rents, and six two-bedroom units will have market rate rents. Affordable Fixed-Rent Units: • Income Limits: One person: $45,100; Two people: $51,550 • Rent: 1 bedroom = $550; 2 bedroom = $673 Market Rate Units: • No income limits • Rent: $895 (includes one underground parking space)
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R iver Connections A stroll along the river
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Sam Morgan trail reopens with marked improvements Tim Spitzack Editor
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ome things happen quickly, while some things take a little longer to develop. A maple tree in my front yard illustrates this point vividly. The tree is bushy and green all summer long, but in the fall as the days get shorter and temperatures get smaller, its leaves slowly fade from a verdant green to a yellowish gold, and then finally into a brilliant orange. The change is unrecognizable day by day, but it’s unmistakable once it takes place, and it is beautiful to behold. A similar transformation has occurred with the Sam Morgan Trail, which runs along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. Anyone wishing to enjoy the beauty of the river valley along Downtown St. Paul’s
stretch of riverfront 30 years ago, either on foot or bike, had a vastly different experience than what is available today. What was then a patchwork of access points to the riverfront has slowly evolved into the Sam Morgan Trail, which recently celebrated its latest improvements of a wider path for hikers and cyclists, a new lighting system and more landscaping. The improvements were made along a 1.9-mile section of the trail on its western border, near Highway 5. The trail extends to the east to Highway 61 and offers 10.4 miles of recreational opportunities. Funding for the $1.6 million project included $859,000 in Federal Transportation Enhancement and $450,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds, and $300,000
from the Metropolitan Council. According to Don Varney, landscape architect for St. Paul Parks and Recreation, his department also received a $130,000 grant from the National Scenic Byways Commission to install four interpretive kiosks and 13 or 14 informational panels along the trail. Work on that project is expected to begin next spring. The trail is easily accessible from Shepard Road. There is a parking lot on the eastern portion on Warner Road, just east of Sibley Street in downtown St. Paul, and one on the western portion by the Xcel Energy High Bridge plant, near Shepard Road and Randolph Street.
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The trail is named after Samuel H. Morgan, a
strong supporter of parks and trails in Minnesota. He is best remembered for his efforts in helping create Afton State Park, Fort Snelling State Park, Lilydale Park, and the Minnesota Parks and Trails Council, which resulted in the creation of numerous trails throughout the state. According to the Minnesota Historical Society, Morgan
was born in Duluth on Feb. 21, 1911. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1936 and became a partner at the firm Briggs and Morgan, concentrating on conservation law. Morgan served as chairman of the Minnesota Council of State Parks, 1966-1970, and in 1967 helped organize the Minnesota Parks Foundation. Morgan was one of seven
founders of the foundation, a fundraising arm of the Minnesota Council of State Parks. The two organizations merged in 1987 to form the Minnesota Parks and Trails Council. In 2000 the Minnesota Parks and Trails Council became the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota. Morgan died in St. Paul on Oct. 17, 2000.
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Your community news and information source packs. The task force took over this program from the South St. Paul Community of Promise Task Force two years ago. The program begins on the Night to Unite (National Night Out) each year. Many neighborhoods collect school supplies during their Night to Unite celebration. In addition, churches, local organizations, families and individuals donate to the campaign as well. In the spring, Mizpah Lodge #191 hosts a taco feed at the Croatian Hall to provide funding for the backpacks and some supplies. Task force members assist lodge members by waiting the tables during the taco feed. In addition, the Sportsman’s Guide hosts a Fill the Backpack Campaign at its corporate headquarters in South St. Paul, where they received enough supplies to fill over 50 backpacks. Does it make a difference to the students who receive the backpacks? We asked some school officials and received the following responses:
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n August, members of the South St. Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force spent Tuesday afternoons collecting, sorting, filling and delivering backpacks to the elementary and secondary schools in South St. Paul. This was the tenth anniversary of the campaign, and in those 10 years over 1,500 backpacks have been filled and distributed to South St. Paul students. This year alone, we filled and distributed over 200 back-
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“The backpacks and the supplies that Lincoln Center receives are absolutely invaluable to our families. One day late in the summer, a family came into the office and a mom, with tears in her eyes, said they needed some extra help with school supplies. Her young daughter was with her. She picked out a pink and purple backpack filled with all she would need to start the year. The girl looked at me and squealed, ‘This is perfect! I love it!’ Mom smiled through the tears and said thank you. The simple things we do to touch lives can mean the world. I continue to be so impressed with the members of the community of South St. Paul and all the support we feel for our students. With tears in my eyes, I say thank you as well.” Connie Garling Principal, Lincoln Center IB PYP World School “The parents are very appreciative of the supplies. The kids have a huge smile on their face, just loving a new bag for their supplies. Everyone leaves happy.” Cathy Principal secretary, Lincoln Center IB PYP World School “I can personally share stories of families who have applied for help with school supplies. The joy and excitement the kids have is truly invaluable. They are so excited that someone cared enough to think about them. It is a pleasure for me to help distribute these supplies to families in need. The program allows for the children and the family to maintain their pride
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and dignity and receive the supplies from a familiar face.” Kelly School Secretary, Kaposia Education Center “As students get older, one of the most important things for them is to belong and fit in. The ‘Fill the Backpack Campaign’ makes it possible for all students to blend in as Packers. Not one of our students will be made to look or feel different because they do not have the money to buy notebooks, pens, backpacks, etc. Thanks to the ‘Fill the Backpack Campaign,’ all of our students are able to start the new school year on a positive note.” Butch Moening Principal, Secondary School We also asked the Youth Task Force members how they felt filling the backpacks. Here a just few responses that sum up their feelings: “The ‘Fill the Backpack’ campaign strikes a chord in all the people working on it, especially the Youth Task Force. The process of filling and distributing the backpacks gives them a sense of helping others and a sense of belonging.” Beth A Baumann South St. Paul Mayor “‘Fill the Backpack’ seems like such a simple task that can change so many lives. What a great feeling!” Austin, 11th grade “I like knowing that kids can count on us to help them.” Allison, 9th grade “It felt good filling the backpacks because I knew I was helping someone.” Meg, 7th grade “It made me feel good. I hope they are excited for the school year to begin!” Emma, 5th grade “I felt good filling the backpacks because I knew I was helping people in need.” Melissa, 7th grade “It was fun, and at the same time I knew I was helping people who needed the help.” Paxton, 7th grade Our thanks to everyone who assisted with the tenth annual Fill the Backpack Campaign. Please know that your donation helps so many families in South St. Paul. What a great place to live, work and play!
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Neighbors, Inc. By John Kemp Executive Director of Neighbors, Inc.
The summer of 2010 is one most of us at Neighbors will never forget!
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his spring we began working with School Districts 6 and 197 to organize volunteers to serve meals to children as they attended summer school. We started this program in 2009, when we served breakfast to elementary age children at Kaposia Learning Center in South St. Paul and Mendota Elementary in Mendota Heights. During the summer of 2009 volunteers served over 8,000 breakfasts to these children. The program was so successful that both school districts asked us to expand the effort in 2010. This year we served both breakfast and lunch, and added one more school to the mix. In all, 259 volunteers served
Your community news and information source 22,975 meals to children attending elementary, middle school and high school summer programs. As if that wasn’t enough, in June we were notified of the availability of a special grant to fund programs that provide children with nutritious food during the summer months. Beginning July 1, we began providing Summer Kids’ Packs to families in our area. The first day we served about 20 kids. By the end of the seventh week of the program we had served over 2,200 kids. As I write this, the program is still in full swing and is scheduled to run until the end of September, if the funding holds out. I don’t have an idea of how many meals we will end up having provided to children through this program but I know it will be a big number. The snack packs were filled with a wide variety of kid-friendly, nutritious foods, including cereal, granola bars, energy bars, cans of fruit and soup, pasta, fresh fruit, fruit juice and milk. The mix of food changed on a regular basis, depending on what was available. Two or three times each week several volunteers set up a production line in our conference room and filled bag after bag with all of the items we had been able to acquire for the program. Then they were stacked in a “holding pen” to be used as families came in. There were days I would look at this massive pile of bags and think there was no way we would get rid
of all that food. Then, two days later, the pile would be gone and would need replenishing. I’ve learned over the years not to be surprised at much, but I must admit I am surprised at the number of families in our community who struggle with having enough food for their children. It’s bad enough that we have hunger in our communities, but to have hungry children is intolerable. State-wide statistics indicate that about 50 percent of the people who receive food from food shelves are children. That’s pretty consistent with what we see on a day-by-day basis at the Neighbors food shelf. We at Neighbors are committed to helping families with children who live in the area we serve assure that their kids have their nutritional needs met on a daily basis. It may get a bit hectic at times, but the results are more than worth the effort. We are deeply grateful to all of those people who volunteered in our summer school meal program, and to the Nash Finch Foundation, The Vikings Children’s Fund and Hunger Solutions for funding these programs. We hope we’ll be able to make both programs available again in 2011, and even expand on them. If you’d like to be part of these programs, contact our director of volunteer programs at 651-455-1508. He’ll be glad to talk with you about the possibilities.
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B ack In Time
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t’s been over six years now that I’ve had the privilege of contributing a monthly column about the history of South St. Paul for publication in the South St. Paul Voice newspaper. Every time I sit down to consider a topic or research some details about a story, I’m reminded of how fortu-
nate our community is to be home to the Dakota County Historical Society Research Library and Museum. Located at 130 Third Ave. N., across from City Hall and next to South St. Paul Library, the museum is a treasure house of artifacts and information. Founded in 1939 by South St. Paul High School teacher Fred Lawshe, the Dakota County
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Fred Lawshe, center in the black hat, was often consulted when construction crews or gravel mining operations uncovered a relic or skeletal remains that were thought to be connected to either the original aboriginal inhabitants of South St. Paul or the Mdewankanton Dakota, who lived at Kaposia village from the 1830s until 1854. Lawshe’s personal collection of artifacts was exhibited through his work as founder of the Dakota County Historical Society in 1939. along Concord Street. Today, Lawshe’s methods of digging and cataloging Native American artifacts would be unacceptable in terms of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. That law provides specific methods of collection and requires the return of most artifacts to the tribal organizations most closely aligned to the original creators of the artifact in question. In the 1930s, however, when Lawshe began his digs at the Kaposia village site in South St. Paul, he was ahead of his time in recognizing and documenting the age, use and history of found objects. His collections, as well as objects, photographs and publications from all over Dakota County, were not on exhibit until the Society obtained its first public space in 1954, then located in the West Wing of the South St. Paul High School. The location of the exhibits at the high school led to increased interest on the part of many students who became involved with a student group called The Scribes, organized by teacher Kathryn McAuliff. The students researched and wrote stories about South St. Paul and county history, with the assistance of McAuliff and Lawshe. Three years later, the museum’s collections had grown significantly, and a larger exhibit space was needed. The city of South St. Paul was persuaded to
open an exhibition space in the basement of the Municipal Building on Third Avenue North, across from the current museum location. The new space opened to the public on April 16, 1957,
encourage the County Commissioners to make a new museum part of their own Bicentennial project list. Their work led to the signing of a contract for construction of the current museum in South St.
When Lawshe began his digs at the Kaposia village site in South St. Paul, he was ahead of his time in recognizing and documenting the age, use and history of found objects. and Fred Lawshe retired from teaching the following year to assume fulltime responsibility as the director and curator of the Society. For the next 20 years, the museum continued to expand its space at City Hall, and hundreds of school children and visitors toured the creative exhibits each year. Lawshe never stopped working to obtain a permanent space for the Society’s collections, prevailing upon the Dakota County Commissioners to recognize the need for a true county facility to house the ever expanding holdings. At the time of his death, on his 87 th birthday, Nov. 22, 1971, Lawshe’s long-time colleague, Al Smeby, took over as Curator, and Frances Miller was appointed as his assistant. As the United States prepared to commemorate its 200 th birthday in 1976, extensive efforts were made by the Society to attract new members across the county and to
Paul in May 1977. The museum was dedicated on April 13, 1978, and has developed into one of the most innovative county museums in the country. The mural on the south side of the great hall was created by artists John Acosta and Carlos Menchaca in 1982 and was subsequently enhanced by the floor mural, which continues to delight visiting classes from schools around the county. In more recent years, the Society has grown in terms of outreach, financial stability and visibility through its management of the LeDuc Historic Estate in Hastings. Thanks to the dedication of local shop teacher and self-educated historian and archaeologist Fred Lawshe, South St. Paul is home to an outstanding collection of family information, census records, newspaper archives, photographs and artifacts that continue to inspire a new generation of history lovers.