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Local student pays it forward to Wishes & More BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR
Sometimes the smallest of gestures can make a difference in someone's life. Kayla Chlan was nominated for the Child of the Light award by her fifth grade teacher at St. Odilia School in Shoreview for being an outstanding example of someone who lets their light shine by demonstrating Christ-like leadership, courage and kindness. Each month, St. Odilia draws two names from the students who were nominated for the award and allow them to donate $50 to a charity of their choice. Chlan's name was one of the two names drawn, and she decided to give her $50 award to Wishes & More to help provide services to kids who are battling serious medical conditions. “I picked this charity because I really wanted to help people who wanted wishes, and I thought I could make them come true with some money,” Chlan said. Chlan presented her $50 award check to Wishes
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(Pictured left to right) Jen Leach, the designer of the Taste of Shoreview flyer and member of Shoreview-Einhausen Sister City Association (SESCA), Slice of Shoreview Volunteer Committee Board Chair Jacci Krebsbach, and John Connelly, president of the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce at the Taste of Shoreview fundraiser at the Shoreview Community Center. Krebsbach said the fundraiser was a rousing success and proceeds were significantly higher from the last Taste in 2020. Mark your calendars and plan to attend the Slice of Shoreview July 22-24 at Island Lake County Park.
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Golden girls of Shoreview hit the friendship jackpot There’s an old saying that long friendships are like jewels, polished over time to become beautiful and enduring. This is true for Marilyn Bucher Silver, Carol Bourquin and Eleanor Pearson, who have had a longtime friendship spanning 82 years. The three were 9 years old when they moved with their families to the Rustic Place, Rice and St. Marie Street neighborhood in Shoreview. They met each other at Silver’s birthday party and instantly became fast friends. “When my family moved here in the fall of 1940, the war started a year later,” Bourquin said. “My dad went into the service and my brother-in-law was at Pearl Harbor, and everything changed.” Silver said that even though the neighborhood was small, the neighbors did a lot of socializing.
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“From St. Marie Street to County Road E, there were only three houses at that time,” she said. The girls didn’t have a TV while they were growing up, so they did other things to keep busy and have fun. “We would play with our dolls, sew clothes for our dolls and we cut out furniture from the Monkey Wards catalog,” Silver said. “We would lay them out on a sheet on our Ping-Pong table.” The girls also spent a lot of time walking, riding their bikes and hanging out at Breezy Point Beach on Lake Owasso. “We were usually barefoot, and the pavement almost burned our feet,” Pearson said. “We also had winter fun sliding and skating on Lake Vadnais.” The girls attended elementary school at the oneroom 6 C school and spent eighth grade at the 6 D school on County Road F. SEE GOLDEN GIRLS, PAGE 8
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Carol Bourquin, Marilyn Bucher Silver and Eleanor Pearson still meet for lunch four times a year and here they are at Waverly Gardens in North Oaks.
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