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Former state representative receives Citizen of the Year award BY NOELLE OLSON STAFF WRITER

For nearly 25 years, Paul Gardner has been giving back to the community he loves, and he is now the 2021 Shoreview Citizen of the Year. Gardner has a passion for environmental stewardship and helping protect the planet. He served on the city’s Environmental Quality Committee and was instrumental in implementing recycling at the Slice of Shoreview in 2001 and instituting a rain barrel sale for Shoreview residents. “Metaphorically, I like to get my hands dirty recycling at the Slice of Shoreview every year,” he said. “Occasionally there’s a

bag of garbage that gets thrown in the recycling, where I need to fish it out with my little grabber, and once in while I’ll have to jump in there if something is really wrong,” he said. According to Gardner, having a rain barrel provides many benefits for the environment — and your pocketbook. Capturing rainwater helps to reduce the amount of stormwater that flows into local waterways. You can use it later for thirsty lawns and gardens. Gardner’s interest in environmental issues started when he was in middle school in northern Virginia near Washington, D.C. “We lived near Great Falls Park, and I started volunteering.

I spent a lot of time outdoors in the woods, and that spurred my interest,” Gardner said. “I discovered that my skill was not being an activist — like an environmental lawyer – but wanting to solve a problem.” Gardner received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Grinnell College in Iowa and his Master of Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota. He also served as the executive director of the nonprofit Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) to promote recycling. From 2007 to 2010 he served in the House of Representatives in District 53A, representing parts of Shoreview, North Oaks, Lino SEE PAUL GARDNER PAGE 5

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Local dealerships take steps against catalytic converter theft BY JACKIE BUSSJAEGER STAFF WRITER

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Santa is joining the Lake Johanna Fire Department again this holiday season for a Shoreview neighborhood tour 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9. Santa’s elves from Shoreview Parks & Recreation will be collecting food shelf donations for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf and new toys for Toys for Tots. New this year are donation spots located throughout the city. See the donation drop-off locations in the What’s Happening section of the paper on page 7.

The theft of catalytic converters from parked vehicles has skyrocketed in the Twin Cities region, but a new pilot program from the Minnesota Automotive Dealers Association (MADA) aims to put a stop to these unchecked crimes. The MADA received a Minnesota Automobile Theft Prevention Grant from the state of Minnesota. The MADA was able to purchase 10,000 CatEtch labels with this funding. These labels, which are inscribed with the vehicle’s VIN, can be adhered to the underside of the catalytic converter, and are available to anyone who wants to protect their vehicle from theft. White Bear Mitsubishi, Buerkle Honda and Maplewood Toyota are three of nine Twin Cities dealerships that have received these labels. Catalytic converters, located on the underside of a vehicle, are designed to reduce the harmful air emissions produced by a combustion engine. Their construction includes small quantities of several precious metals such as platinum, palladium, rhodium and others. Criminals have learned that crawling under a car and removing the converter can earn them as much as $200 in the value of the metals with almost no repercussions. Catalytic converters are often manufactured three years in advance of the release of a new vehicle. This means that identifiable converters may not be a standardized solution for a few years yet.


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