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In the community for good South Robert Street Business Association celebrates 100 years
The Rev. Jason Bryan-Wegner
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fter seven months of searching for and interviewing candidates, Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul has found its new senior pastor. The Rev. Jason Bryan-Wegner will assume his duties March 28. He succeeds the Rev. Mark Aune, who retired in June. Aune served the church for 32 years and had been senior pastor since 2002. “My first goal is simply to listen and get to know people,” said Bryan-Wegner. “Someone wise once said, ‘People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care,’ so I want to show that I care about the people. I want to learn the stories of their lives and know what’s happening in the community and how Augustana can be a force for good.” In addition to preaching, BryanWenger’s duties include overseeing the mission of the congregation, providing pastoral care and representing the church in the community. He
The recent West St. Paul Winter Fun Fest is just one of many community events that receives funding from the South Robert Street Business Street Association. From left, West St. Paul Mayor Dave Napier, Jim Probst with the association, and West St. Paul City Manager Nate Burkett. Jake Spitzack Staff Writer
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ver the past 100 years, the South Robert Street Business Association (SRSBA), a West St. Paul-based nonprofit, has donated more than $1 million to community organizations, school programs and other causes. As it celebrates its centennial this year, the members of the association reflect on their accomplishments and reaffirm their commitment to the community. “Looking back at all the money donated back into the community gives me a great feeling,” said Dave Motz, president. “These donations help everybody, especially recently with COVID relief. Hearing thanks from the community feels good. Our goal is to increase membership and maybe even add a few more [charitable gambling] sites so that we can raise more money to support
the city and community moving forward.” The association raises funds through meat raffles, pull tabs and bingo at Gallagher’s Bar and the 5-8 Grill & Tap in West St. Paul, and other businesses in the region. It supports Two Rivers High School programs like Dollars for Scholars; the Boy Scouts; YMCA and other youth organizations and community events, including the West St. Paul Winter Fun Fest and the former Celebrate West St. Paul Days. The latter disbanded two years ago as a result of the pandemic but the City of West St. Paul plans to hold a similar celebration this summer and the association has pledged $10,000 toward it and may contribute up to $10,000 more. In the past, the business association annually gave between $10,000 and $15,000 to the festival. “There are five people on our donation committee and they approve applications for SRSBA/ Page 3
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New MH foundation ready to lend a hand Jake Spitzack Staff Writer
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he City of Mendota Heights, like all cities, has a wish list of things it can’t squeeze into the budget. Now members of a new nonprofit are rolling up their sleeves and stepping forward to assist. The goal of the newly formed Mendota Heights Community Foundation is to raise money for one-time installations or events that benefit the community. This could include purchasing artwork or adding equipment to a park. Additionally, the foundation can act as a conduit for other community groups that want to fundraise for a specific need such as raising money for a school choir or band trip. Donations to the foundation are tax deductible. “We’re very excited. This is larger than Mendota Heights and will bring people together,” said Sandra Krebsbach, foundation president and former mayor of Mendota Heights. “For example, we might plan a concert including students from all of the three high schools in our area or organize a 6th grade track and field day between the middle schools. We’ve never really done anything like that here.” The foundation formed in 2019 but didn’t acquire its nonprofit status until this year. Five Mendota Heights residents serve on its board. The foundation expects to host a fundraising kickoff event in May at the Pool and Yacht Club in neighboring Lilydale to provide seed money for the organization. MH foundation / Page 2
Learning Buddies program reaches milestone, adapts to needs Jake Spitzack Staff Writer
Zimmerman spent John his career in the corporate
world but always had a desire to work with students. Now that he’s retired, he’s able to do just that as a volunteer with the DARTS Learning Buddies program, now celebrating its 25th year. Following his retirement in 2005, Zimmerman began volunteering with the West
John Zimmerman St. Paul-based nonprofit, which serves seniors and their families. He has assisted in classrooms every school year since. Before the pandemic he worked primarily one-
on-one with students in the schools, usually the same kids each week, focusing on reading, math and projects. Although he and other volunteers are volunteering remotely now, the goal remains the same: to give students the help they need to succeed educationally. “Typically, I would volunteer one day a week, about four to five hours a day,” Zimmerman said. “Last year, when we got into re-
mote learning, I worked for about an hour each with two groups of three students. “With reading, you can see some improvement when working week to week,” he added. “It’s not like I’m saying, ‘Aha!’ these students are fantastic readers now. It’s all gradual. You see some minor changes in how they’re able to read.” The program was founded in 1997 by Anne Kalb and Rita Younger. At that time, it
was called Reading Buddies and focused primarily on reading. In 2005, DARTS expanded the program to support science and math, and the name was changed to Learning Buddies. The program provides volunteers to area schools, including Garlough Environmental Magnet School, Mendota Elementary, Moreland Arts and Health Sciences School, Somerset Elementary, Pilot Knob Elementary, Kaposia
Education Center and Lincoln Center. The program places approximately 130 volunteers across 47 schools in Dakota, Ramsey, Hennepin and Scott counties. To volunteer or for more information, call 651-455-1560 or visit www. dartsconnects.org. Volunteers must attend an orientation prior to starting. Most volunteers work one to two hours a week. Additional training is available.
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Shown here are founding board members (from left) Steve Norton, Brian Woessner, the late Bert McKasy, Sandra Krebsbach, Liz Petschel and Chip Connelly. Litton Field and Mary Magnuson were absent. Today, Krebsbach is president, Steve Norton vice president, Litton Field treasurer, Mary Magnuson secretary, and Liz Petschel at large.
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St. Paul seeks Parks director The City of St. Paul is looking for someone to succeed Mike Hahm as Parks and Recreation director. Hahm is retiring at the end of February and the City hopes to have a new director on board by April. Hahm is a lifelong St. Paul resident and a long-time employee with the department. He began more than 35 years ago as a recreation center employee while finishing his business degree at the University of St. Thomas. For the past 24 years he has served on the senior man-
agement team holding a variety of positions, including recreation services manager, special services manager and director of Como Park Zoo & Conservatory. In 2008, he was appointed director. During his tenure, Hahm helped expand free youth programming in recreation centers, outdoor programming for St. Paul’s BIPOC community and mobile recreation offerings. He also strengthened public-private partnerships, added culturally relevant amenities to the park system, implemented a
successful management response to the emerald ash borer crisis, and modernized amenities at Como Pool and Highland Park Aquatic Center. Parks and Recreation manages more 180 parks and open spaces, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 26 recreation centers, more than 100 miles of trails, aquatic facilities and a public beach, and a variety of other sports facilities. The department employs about 570 full-time employees.
NY firm to create design for the River Learning Center New York City-based W Architecture & Landscape Architecture has been selected to design the River Learning Center at Crosby Farm Regional Park in St. Paul. A project of the City of St. Paul and the Great River Passage Conservancy, the center will provide year-round environmental learning, outdoor recreational opportunities, and serve as headquarters of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service. The nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry is also expected to operate its Canoemobile from the center. Canoemobile is a floating classroom aboard a 24-foot Voyageur canoe, where students learn about science, history, geography and culture. W Architecture & Landscape Architecture was one of 11 firms to submit a proposal for the center. The firm has begun work on the schematic design and expects to have the final design and
construction estimates completed by October. The City and Great River Passage Conservancy is seeking $20 million in state bonding for the project. The River Learning Center is one of three major projects included in the City’s 2013 Great River Passage Initiative, which aims to connect people to the Mississippi River. The other projects are the River Balcony and the East Side River District. Work on the 1.5-mile river balcony is underway. The promenade will extend from Union Depot to the Science Museum and feature restaurants, retail shops, gathering spaces, sweeping views of the river valley, and connections to the river. In September, James Corner Field Operations, a New York-based urban design and landscape architecture firm, was selected to design the balcony. The final design, cost estimates and construction timeline will be com-
pleted in June. The goal of the East Side River District is to “heal a compromised landscape,” connect people to the river and land, and protect sacred and significant sites. This area of St. Paul currently has a mixture of heavy industrial sites and open spaces, including the largely undeveloped Pig’s Eye Regional Park. Several sites in the area are sacred to the Dakota people.
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he waning of winter’s chill not only warms the soul but signifies that prep sports teams across the state are transitioning from their regular season routines to the hype and “one-anddone” excitement inherent in post-season play. We pause to highlight the high school teams and the athletes in our distribution area who have exhibited championship pedigree and may be on the cusp of living out childhood dreams. Two Rivers/St. Paul Girls Hockey (state tournament: February 23-26). The sudden rise to viability by the Two Rivers/St. Paul Riveters Co-op hockey team is a compelling rag-to-riches story. After compiling a dismal 10-58-2 record in their first four years as a co-op team, the Riveters posted a
13-11-1 record in the 202122 regular season and earned the #3 seed in the Section 4A tournament. Allie Duellman and Tim Blasé are in their fifth season as co-head coaches. For the first time in its existence, the team had a full 30-person roster, with 15 players on the varsity team and 15 players on the JV team. An observer need not look beyond the play of the Riveters’ first line to discover one of the primary reasons for the team’s sudden reversal of fortunes. Seniors Solvei Berg-Messerole, Molly Shetka and Olivia Van Siclen have been with the team since they were ninth graders and all of their hard work is paying dividends. The trio has combined for 56 goals and 53 assists. “All three of them bring it every night and contribute equally on both ends of the ice sheet,” said Duellman.
“Their leadership is as evident in the locker room as it is on the ice.” Assessment: The top three seeds in Section 4A are Simley (18-4-3), South St. Paul (13-10-2) and Two Rivers/ St. Paul (13-11-1). All three teams are members of the Metro East Conference and have played each other twice. The Riveters are not the favorite, but they belong and if that mighty first line gets hot, watch out. St. Thomas Academy (STA) Hockey (state tournament: March 9-12). The Cadets have a first-class hockey facility and a long history of putting quality teams on the ice. STA made four consecutive trips to the Class AA state tournament (2017-20) and are in the hunt to get back there in 2022. Four Cadets have already reached 20-plus points in the scoring column. Junior forward Tommy Cronin
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is the team leader with 32 points on 15 goals and 17 assists. Senior forward Tyler Grahme is next with 29 points on seven goals and a team-leading 22 assists. Junior Zack Howard has 13 goals and 9 assists (22 points) and sophomore defensemen Will Skahan has chipped in 10 goals and 11 assists (21 points). The Cadets utilize three goaltenders. Senior Matt Schoephoerster has carried the bulk of the load with 12 games, and juniors Tyler Magozzi and Quinn Eigner have served between the pipes in seven and four games respectively. The 2021-22 season has been a roller coaster for the Cadets. They defeated #1 ranked Cretin-Derham Hall twice by scores of 4-3 and 5-4. They were outscored 9-1 in their home and away series with Hill-Murray, and in two games against Edina
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S ports Visitation Girls Basketball (state tournament: March 16-19). In her first season as head coach, Faith Johnson Patterson led her team to a 9-8 record. The Blazers opened the 202122 season with six consecutive victories and, with four games remaining on their regular season schedule, are 14-5. Ninth grader Samantha Wills, 6’1”, choreographs the offense from her point guard position. She is averaging a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds per game. Senior Olivia Johanns, 6’2”, patrols the post at both ends of the floor and she, too, is averaging a double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds per game. Senior captains Ellen Slawin and Carolyn Fenlon and junior Catherine Breyen fill out the Blazers starting five. Breyen has contributed seven points and seven rebounds per game. Juniors Alice Nelson, Lauren Sexton, and Meghan Gerend have played significant minutes off the bench. Assessment: The Blazers have made positive strides under Coach Patterson and that momentum is likely to continue as long as she is at the helm. The Blazers are in Section 4AAA and are in line to get the #3 seed behind DeLaSalle and St. Paul Como Park. The Patterson train is on the rails, but DeLaSalle might prove to be too much this time around. St. Croix Lutheran Girls Basketball Team (state tournament: March 16-19). After leading the Crusaders to their first-ever berth in the state tournament in 2021, head coach Dave Mielke
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The Humboldt Hawks wrestling team celebrates after beating Harding 63-18 and securing the St. Paul City Conference championship. The team had a perfect 7-0 conference record. quickly put the Warriors’ 3-15 record on the back burner, put a smile on his face and joyously anticipated the return of basketball fans in the stands. Linton’s positivity must have rubbed off on his players as the Warriors opened the season with four consecutive victories, including a 74-69 victory over highlytouted Holy Angels. After a four-game winning streak in February against Mahtomedi, Hill-Murray, Hastings and Bloomington Kennedy, the Warriors record is now 14-7. Two sophomores, 6’3” roving guard Jaden Morgan and 6’4” center Max Mogelson, have played key roles in the Warriors’ surge to respectability. Morgan is the team’s leading scorer at 15
points per game. Mogelson is averaging 11 points and 9.5 rebounds, and senior point guard Tre Michaels also averages 11 points per game. Assessment: The Warriors are one of eight teams in Section 3AAA. There are three
others from the Metro East Conference: Simley, STA and South St. Paul (ranked #3 in Class 3A), along with three from the St. Paul City Conference: Harding, Central and Highland Park. Finally, there is DeLaSalle,
ranked #4 in Class 3A. South St. Paul and DeLaSalle will get the #1 and #2 seeds. It might not happen for the Warriors this year, but it is clear that Linton has got them going in the right direction.
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and authentic vendors. $5. “Black Sea Odyssey” virtual event is held March 31. Experience the music, dance, language, foods, costumes and arts and craft traditions of several countries hailing from the Black Sea region of Eastern Europe. Produced in partnership with Ethnic Dance Theatre.
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The featured exhibit, “Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails,” is on display through May 8. Travel to the Island of Sodor with Thomas and his friends to solve a variety of challenges, climb into Thomas’ cab, load freight into train cars and fix Percy’s wobbly wheel. Other exhibits and activities include The Scramble, The Studio, Creativity Jam, Sprouts, Backyard, Our World, Forces at Play, Super Awesome Adventures, Imaginopolis and the Tip Top Terrace. The museum is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wed.-Sun. Tickets are $14.95.
Ballet Tuesday is held noon-1 p.m., March 8. Enjoy a free ballet performance and demonstration from the Ballet Co.Laboratory. “Courtroom Concerts” are presented Thursdays at noon. Clea Galhano and Rene Izquierdo perform Feb. 24. Leslie Shank, Merilee Klemp, Trudi Anderson, and Mimi Tung perform March 3. Rie Tanaka, and Jesse Nummelin perform March 10. “Urban Expedition” events are held 1-3 p.m. on Sundays. Learn about Greece on February 27 and Peru on March 20. St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration is held 10 a.m.5 p.m., Thursday March 17. “An Irish Day of Dance” is held 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday March 13. Experience all things Irish at this event feaSPV-FLFeb2022V-Eng.qxp_Layout 1 turing Celtic music, dancing
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The following exhibit is only on view from outside the Pioneer Endicott building, installed in the windows on Robert and 4th streets, and in the Ecolab entrance in the skyway. “Mestizaje: Intermix-Remix” is on display March 19 through June 12. Determining one’s identity has been a constant and evolving concern for immigrants and descendants of Latin American countries living in the United States. Seven Latinx artists seek to engage people and community in conversation about the complexity of defining mixed identities through newly created artworks.
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“The Waitress” is presented March 8-13. Shows are at 7:30 p.m., Tues.-Fri., and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
“International Artist Series:” Isata Kanneh-Mason performs piano at 7:30 p.m., March 8, and 10:30 a.m., March 9.
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Maria Isa will perform a virtual concert at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Mar. 14. Free. A digital concert series is underway. One online presentation will be released each month until June and will be available for replay for one week. There are four concerts left. Cost for a single digital concert is $10. Accordo will be uploaded at 8 a.m., March 24.
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“Dino Dana,” and “Not The Science Type.” Additionally, Omnifest runs through March 6 and includes the following films: “Deep Sea,” “Hubble,” “Galapagos: Nature’s Wonderland,” and “Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar.” Theater tickets are $9.95, with discounts for children and seniors. Museum tickets are $19.95, with discounts for children and seniors.
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The MSHSL Girls State Hockey Tournament is held Feb. 23-26. The MSHSL State Wrestling Tournament is held March 3-5. The MSHSL Boys State Hockey Tournament is held March 9-12. Journey performs at 7:30 p.m., March 14. Tickets start at $45.50. Billie Eilish performs at 7:30 p.m., March 15. Tickets start at $76.50. Elton John performs at 8 p.m., March 22-23. Tickets start at $160.
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Neighbors’ first food share, support from the community helps us to be innovative in our approaches to hunger relief. We offer a variety of ways for our neighbors in need to receive food support. First, we recently started welcoming back clients to shop in person at our traditional food shelf. For the first time, they are experiencing the newly remodeled food shelf, which provides nutritious options, ethnically diverse selections and non-food items, such as hygiene products. It has been nearly two years since in-person shopping last took place and we are so glad to be offering it once again. We will continue to offer flexible ways to access food
support. Food delivery, introduced during the pandemic, will continue to be an important way we are able to bring food to people. We have volunteer drivers that deliver food to those who have no transportation. We also support our Neighbors Express satellite distributions located throughout Northern Dakota County. Through Neighbors Express, we distribute a variety of food and other essential items to high need locations where residents can help themselves to the valuable resources. Finally, our curbside pick-up will continue as a preferred option for many of our clients. We are grateful for the community’s year-round
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Fundraising breakfast DARTS is hosting its 8th Annual Fundraising Breakfast at Mendakota Country Club 7:30-9 a.m., Thursday, April 28. The event includes a complimentary breakfast and presentation by guest speaker Rick King, chairman of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Donations will help DARTS continue to serve area seniors and their families. Register by April 20 at dartsconnects. org/darts-events/breakfast or by calling 651-455-1560. To become an event sponsor or table sponsor, contact Steve Haschig at steve.haschig@ darts1.org or 651-234-2229.
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Out of the Jungle
In my dream, the jungle was thick and dark. There was a river running through it and I was on a small raft, careening down it. The current was flowing fast in the center and I wanted to steer closer to the banks, but the jungle was filled with monsters — prehistoric creatures that roared when they saw my little raft tumbling in the water. I never saw them clearly but could sense their presence. They reared their giant heads as I went by. The branches of the trees thrashed as they moved just out of sight. Then, up ahead, I saw huge stones in the center of the river. I feared I would smash my makeshift raft to bits. I steered closer to the bank until my raft was close to the river’s edge.
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Suddenly, a huge arm reached out of the jungle. It was gray and covered in scales with long claws and I was easily within reach. I woke with a start. Peter was sleeping. I grabbed him. “What’s the matter?” he asked groggily. I tried to explain about the monsters that were like dinosaurs and the river that was flowing too fast for me
to navigate the rickety raft and the rocks ahead. “Wasn’t I there?” he asked. “No!” He wasn’t there. But as he fell back to sleep, I knew he thought he should have been. If he had been there, we would have evaded those monsters. Next time, he would make a point of being on the raft. Being married comes with a lot of responsibilities they don’t tell you about. We are now in Mexico and, after weeks of feeling good, Peter’s back went out again last night. He felt worse than he’d ever felt before. I didn’t know what we
should do. Stay where we were? Continue to our destination? Return home? “I can’t think clearly enough to decide. Let’s do what you think is best,” Peter said. “Let’s go!” I said. We packed up in minutes, caught a shuttle, and headed to our final stop, an hour and a half away. I explained to our driver, Ricardo, in my childlike Spanish that my husband had “terrible pain of the spine,” and he looked on sympathetically. We had almost made it to our destination when Ricardo asked if we would like to
stop at a pharmacy. The only thing that had helped Peter before was a short course of steroids. I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask. So, I launched into my small-child Spanish again, asking the pharmacist if it was “possible to buy prednisona.” “What strength?” she wanted to know. “And how much?” This was beyond my abilities to communicate, so she just brought out the boxes and laid them on the counter. By nightfall Peter was feeling a bit better, and today he is up and cooking beans. He will see another doctor when we get home because he can-
not live like this, always in fear of monsters jumping out of the jungle. But I am so glad he is better today. “I am not very good at taking care of you,” I said, because I’m not. I have no experience caring for people who are ill or in pain. I don’t know what to say or do. I feel helpless and useless and frustrated, none of which makes me much of a Florence Nightingale. But I was able to speak enough Spanish to get some help. I got our raft a little closer to the center of the river and now we are picking up speed. Till next time.
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Southview Animal Hospital is opening Southview Sanctuary Center for Rescue Veterinary Care Clinic in early 2022, located at 32 W. Mendota Road, Inver Grove Heights. Follow along at www.Facebook.com/SouthviewAnimalHospital.