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Mounds View students take action for service dogs and disabled veterans BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR
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For serious anglers in Minnesota, the fishing opener is a sacred holiday and the unofficial beginning of summer—a day that roughly half a million anglers eagerly await each year. Some think of it purely as the walleye opener, but the season opener includes a number of species that reside in Minnesota waters, such as northern pike, trout, and—in some areas of the state— bass. This year’s fishing opener will occur one week later than usual on Saturday, May 14. That’s because Minnesota state statute requires the opener to occur precisely two weeks before the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend.
Mounds View High School students in the Mustangs Business Management class have set out to raise money for Pawsitivity Service Dogs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to taking dogs from shelters to train them to become service dogs for disabled veterans and children with disabilities. The class’s goal is to raise $7,500 through an organized dinner event. The event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Ideal Hall, 1494 Dale St. in North St. Paul. Dinner will be catered and provided by TST Creative Catering, and the night will include a silent auction with prizes and items donated from a wide range of local businesses, a raffle and a speaker from Pawsitivity Service Dogs. SEE PAWSITIVITY, PAGE 9
Deputy retires after serving 26 years with sheriff’s office Deputy Brian Goodspeed has retired from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office. He will be missed. “Brian is a special, unique person and is so well-liked by his co-workers, members of the community and schools,” said Jeff Ramacher, undersheriff of public safety service for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office. “He had an uncanny ability to de-escalate situations on certain calls and was the one who calmed the waters. That’s what he did best.” Goodspeed always wanted a career in law enforcement, but it took him years to get there.
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“My dad was a Minneapolis police officer and I anticipated going into law enforcement, but the year I graduated from high school they required a two-year degree in law enforcement,” Goodspeed said. “I did not like school and I wasn’t a good student, so I went into the printing business.” Goodspeed worked at American Financial Printing in Minneapolis for 17 years. While he was there, he received a grant to attend a college course. “I took a college class called ‘How to Study,’ and it was a great course and I enjoyed it and decided to take more courses,” Goodspeed said. “Then I thought I should go back to what I really wanted to do, which was law enforcement.”
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He was married at the time, and busy raising six children —Rebekah, Ruthann, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Hannah and Brianna. It took him approximately eight years to get his degree. Goodspeeed started working as a deputy for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office on April 15, 1996 and retired last week on May 1. He started his career working in the jail and for human services. Goodspeed then was a school resource officer for approximately 14 years, working at Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 and Mounds View School District. He spent the last four years of his career out on patrol. Goodspeed said working as a school SEE DEPUTY GOODSPEED, PAGE 7
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