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ELECTION RESULTS: City, county leaders chosen PAGE 9
Familiar face, new role BY SHANNON GRANHOLM EDITOR
LINO LAKES — When Mayor Jeff Reinert decided he was going to run for the Anoka County Commissioner District 6 seat, Councilman Rob Rafferty, who had two years left of his term, decided it was “the appropriate thing to do” to run for mayor. “In talking with my wife and Mr. Reinert about the direction that he was going to be going, my wife and I talked about it and we felt that the appropriate thing to do was to run for mayor because it was clear to me that Mr. Reinert would be best fit running for county commissioner,” Rafferty explained.
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“If Mr. Reinert was still running as mayor, there would be no reason for me to have to run for mayor.” Rafferty has lived in Lino Lakes for 23 years and is a senior technician at Architecture Advantage in St. Paul. He has served on the council for 10 years but has also served on the Lino Lakes Charter Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission and EDA. In the Nov. 5 election, Rafferty received 45.82% of the votes, followed by Tony Cavegn with 39.5%. Pat Davern and Ashley Antus were also running for the seat. SEE ROB RAFFERTY, PAGE 15
45.82%; 1,342 votes 39.5%; 1,157 votes 7.41%; 217 votes 6.69%; 204 votes 0.31%; 9 votes ROB RAFFERTY
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Thousands of Minnesotans flooded sites across the state to observe the moon and participate in hands-on astronomy activities this past weekend. It was all part of the Bell Museum's inaugural Statewide Star Party Nov. 8-11. Parties were held at 30 locations around the state at schools, colleges, museums, parks, organizations and libraries. Centennial Library hosted a party Friday, Nov. 8. “The purpose of the Statewide Star Party is twofold,” said Statewide Star Party Coordinator Nadia Abuisnaineh. “First, it's part of the Bell Museum’s Minnesota’s Astronomy Classroom Initiative in which we want to be a source of astronomy education to our communities, especially since the Bell Museum hosts the only public planetarium in the state. “The second is to bring communities together from across the state to share in skywatching and astronomy activities.” As a continuation of the museum’s yearlong celebration of the Apollo 11 50th anniversary, the theme of this inaugural telescope observing event was “Moon & Beyond.” The Bell Museum developed kits for host sites, which include handson science and astronomy activities for a variety of experience levels, reading lists and other resources. All the parties
Centennial Lakes Fire District (CFD) Assistant Chief David Bruder displays the flag at the front of the Blue Heron Elementary Gymnasium for the annual Veterans Day Program Thursday, Nov.7. See more photos on page 16. SEE MOON AND BEYOND, PAGE 10
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