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Lino Lakes provides eateries flexibility BY SHANNON GRANHOLM LEAD EDITOR
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Centennial High School seniors picked up their caps and gowns May 27-28, drive-thru style. Depending on the student’s last name, each senior drove up to a specific location around the high school and was given his or her materials as well as a Class of 2020 yard sign. Centennial staff made sure to wear masks and gloves while handing out materials. See more photos on page 6.
LINO LAKES — To assist local eateries and bars amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council has passed a resolution that temporarily alters its requirements related to outdoor dining/ service and consumption of on-sale alcoholic beverages. Under direction of Gov. Tim Walz, eateries and bars are now able to provide outdoor sit-down service to customers effective June 1. Community Development Director Michael Grochala explained that there are about 19 businesses in town that may wish to do just that. “Some of those businesses either don’t have the lot or the ability to expand consistent with our existing ordinances and may have to rely on the use of a sidewalk or even portions of their parking lot to accommodate outdoor dining,” he said. “In an effort to provide some expediency to the permit process and some flexibility in those SEE LINO LAKES, PAGE 2
State Fair vendors ‘weather pandemic storm’ Although there will not be a State Fair this year, local vendors are trying to stay positive and come back bigger and better for 2021.
Pitchfork Sausage This year would have marked the eighth year Lino Lakes residents Brendan and Melissa Szala have brought Pitchfork Sausage to the fair. When they first heard the news that the big get-together would not happen this year, they were relieved. “We feel that the State Fair is doing a tremendous job of being socially responsible. We don’t know what is going to happen
with this virus; day to day, everything changes. Things that were a fact a week ago are not a fact anymore,” Melissa said. “All we want is everybody to thrive, be safe, be happy and healthy. In our current environment we can’t ensure everyone’s safety, and that is a huge concern.” Brendan added that if the fair did go on as planned, many people would not be able to attend. “That is something that the fair is based on, being accessible for everybody,” he said. “You have the elderly and immune-compromised individuals that wouldn’t have been able to be at the fair.” As a fair vendor, Melissa says they have become adept at being able to predict turnout based
on the weather. COVID-19 is a different story. “We weathered a huge storm in 2013 with the State Fair. That year it was incredibly hot, people didn’t come ... We can look at the weather at an event and come pretty close to telling you if it is going to be a phenomenal weekend or if it doesn’t look good,” Melissa said. “We know how to weather the weather storm, but now we are weathering a pandemic storm, which is something that nobody can forecast.” Brendan and Melissa are thankful that they don’t have any loans taken out for their business and that Brendan is SEE STATE FAIR, PAGE 7
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