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Circle Pines approves ordinance on targeted residential picketing BY SHANNON GRANHOLM LEAD EDITOR
CIRCLE PINES — The city of Circle Pines has joined the growing list of cities to put an ordinance banning targeted residential picketing on its books. In the words of Council Member Matt Percy, he and the other council members have had to do some serious “soul-searching” since the topic was first brought up in May. “I don’t think I have spent more time on a particular issue over the last two to three weeks than I have for this one. There has been a lot of soul-searching going on with this one,” Percy said. Council Member Dean Goldberg said, “I have been on this council about three and a half years, and this was the most difficult topic to discuss that I’ve had. I was really proud of the fact that while people’s opinions differed, everyone listened to one another, everyone weighed what people were saying, and I think we arrived at a good place because of that dialogue.” After the topic was initially brought up at a meeting in May, the council tabled the item to seek more clarity and answers to questions. The topic was discussed again at length during a work session in June with Centennial Lakes Police Department Chief Jim Mork in attendance. The council wanted to make sure that the issue wasn’t already covered by existing city ordinances. The ordinance reads in part, “Targeted residential picketing in front of or about a
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Summertime sweet corn roast Above: Mike and Mark Meyer and Mike Schwartz roast, shuck and butter some of the 60 dozen freshly picked ears of sweet corn served recently at the American Legion Corn Roast in Lino Lakes. At right: Lino Lakes Blue Heron Days Ambassador Kailey Groess and her sisters Kaitlin and Libby took turns face painting each other. After expenses, proceeds from the event will benefit the ambassador program.
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‘Don’t ignore the warning signs’ BY SHANNON GRANHOLM LEAD EDITOR
The main message a local family hopes to get across by sharing their son’s health scare is to never ignore the warning signs. 2017 Centennial High School graduate D.J. Love, son of Susan and D. Love (mayor of Centerville), is currently in the ICU at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center and has a long road of recovery ahead of him.
D.J. is a senior at North Dakota State University and works as a HR process team leader for Target. In early July, D.J. was not feeling well. Susan explained that he was feeling run down, congested and sick to his stomach, and was having a hard time keeping anything down. “He called us and told us how miserable he was. We encouraged him to go to urgent care or the ER, and that he needed to be seen,” she said.
On July 10, D.J. went into urgent care, where they performed a blood panel and chest X-ray to see if he had pneumonia. They noticed his heart was enlarged. Following an ultrasound a few days later, D.J. was immediately sent to the ER. He was having severe chest pains. Upon doing an angiogram, the doctors found a large blood clot. While doctors were trying to remove the blood clot, D.J. went SEE LOVE, PAGE 7
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D.J. Love turns 22 years old while in the ICU. He is pictured with his girlfriend, Sarah.
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