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Meet the new city manager For the first time in 28 years, Shoreview has a new city manager — Brad Martens.

Martens replaces former City Manager Terry Schwerm, who retired after 28 years of service to the city of Shoreview. Earlier this fall, the Shoreview City Council hired Martens; he started his new job as city manager Dec. 6.

During Martens’ first week, he met with all of the department heads and stopped in to chat with Mayor Sandy Martin. “It’s been great getting to know the team,” he said.

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Martens grew up on a dairy farm in Lafayette and went to New Ulm High School. He got his bachelor’s degree at Minnesota State University Mankato where he majored in recreation parks and leisure services with a minor in urban regional studies.

“I started in the parks field. My first full-time job was for the city of New Brighton working in the parks and recreation department doing teen programming and booking birthday parties at the indoor playground,” Martens said. “Eventually, I became the facilities manager of the community center.”

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Martens wants the community to know that he’s committed to continuing the great success that is Shoreview and plans to be engaged within the community and around as much as possible.

“I plan on being innovative as far as just responding to the day-to-day operations. So it’s the opportunity to get involved in the best parts of the city,” he said. “Being the city manager is a great opportunity, and I still can’t believe I got the job. I’m blessed to be here.”

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During his time there, he led Corcoran through significant growth, including almost $100 million in new construction in 2020 alone. He facilitated strategic goal-setting sessions, completed park master planning and developed a staff plan to accommodate the fast-growing population.

“In Corcoran, it was always managing development nonstop, and basically all I did,” Martens said. “Here in Shoreview, it’s doing the things that are at the next level for the community, and focusing on the community engagement aspect is really important.”

Martens is no stranger to Shoreview.

When he was working in New Brighton, he lived in the Midland Apartments.

“I fell in love with Shoreview right away, and took part in some recreational programs. I’ve always loved the Shoreview community,” he said. “It’s beautiful, the services are excellent and the team is outstanding here. I knew that before just getting a chance to work with a few of them and it’s just an exceptional team from top to bottom.”

Currently, Martens, his wife Laura and 9-year old son, Owen, live in St. Louis Park. They hope to move closer to Shoreview within the next year.

In his spare time, Martens likes to read, hike, fish and go on adventures with his family.

“I got married in September, and my wife has a family cabin on Big Sandy Lake, so we get to spend time up there,”

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The challenges of TikTok

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ur schools and local authorities are being tasked with deciphering and decoding social media posts like never before. As parents, we need to be code breakers, too.

TikTok users – many of whom are teens and young adults - try to become “famous” by seeking likes and views on their seconds-long videos. Posts that go “viral” may be copied by millions of people.

You may have have heard about the TikTok challenges and other challenges posted on social media over the years. Many seems pretty harmless, like the ones that feature dancing, or the ice bucket challenge that raised awareness and funds for charity. The cinnamon challenge, where participants eat a full tablespoon of ground cinnamon, ended with the subject documenting themselves choking and coughing amidst a plume of cinnamon. Participants in the ice cream challenge filmed themselves at grocery stores opening containers of ice cream, licking it and putting it back. Another that stands out is the blackout challenge. Participants starve their brains of oxygen by choking themselves, while capturing it all on film. Another challenge called Devious Licks came on the TikTok scene early in September. Students recorded themselves vandalizing or stealing school-owned property such as paper towel holders, toilets and bathroom mirrors.

Why would anyone do this? The answer Publisher’s is that if it gets likes or views, then the person posting it is buoyed by status and View social recognition – their chance at “15 minutes of fame.”

Carter Johnson Last week, we became aware of a nationwide school shooting challenge on TikTok. In our area, the Mahtomedi and Centennial School Districts emailed parents, outlining actions they have in place to ensure students safety. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported 29 threats to schools last Friday. None of them were deemed credible, and so far I’m not aware that any threats occurred in schools in our circulation area.

If the other harmful and destructive challenges on social media didn’t get the attention of kids, parents, school administrators and the community, the school shooter challenge did.

Action needs to be taken against companies like TikTok who evidently have little to no public safety measures in place or lack what one might call corporate ethics or integrity.

They operate like many other social media platforms in what should still be called the wild west on the internet, and so far, there has been little recourse against them.

Schools and local law enforcement have their hands full with everyday challenges - why should they have to spend time and resources mobilizing a response to a situation a company should have shut down before it ever started?

Parents need to be aware of what their kids are doing on social media. With the proliferation of smart phones, kids have access to the internet and social media apps like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram from a very young age. Pre-teens and teens have always done stupid things, and now they can do them in front of an audience on social media. When our kids were young, we tried to limit screen time, monitored the apps they used, and didn’t allow certain apps and video games and we wish we would of done more by delaying social media access and smart phones. As kids get older and more independent, it becomes more difficult for parents to monitor their online activity. We need to continually talk to kids about internet safety and appropriate use of social media. They also need to know it’s OK to tattle about threatening situations at school or online, whether it’s a concern for a friends mental health or a threat of violence, or a bullying situation that could result in irreparable harm.

Warning stickers are on everything from car visors, lawnmowers and every pharmaceutical product. Yet there are very few rules as to what can be posted on to the internet and no one seems to be guiding the social media that our kids are addicted to. These social media companies are using powerful techniques and algorithms to send a steady stream of content geared to our kids that plays towards emotions and weakness. Their only motive is to sell goods and services for their advertisers, and they simply don’t care about the harm they are causing. Kids are especially vulnerable, but people of all ages are also being manipulated.

Carter Johnson is publisher of Press Publications.

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FTC asked to investigate allegations Facebook misled customers, public U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wrote Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to urge the FTC to investigate allegations Meta/ Facebook misled its advertising customers and the public in its claims about ensuring brand safety and the reach of its advertisements, in violation of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce. Here is a copy of the letter:

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ear Chair Khan: I am writing regarding allegations that Meta (f/k/a Facebook, hereinafter “Facebook”) may have violated the Federal Trade Commission Act’s prohibition against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce, and to urge the FTC to commence an investigation into these matters.

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Facebook’s representations to advertisers take on even greater importance given Facebook’s large share of the digital advertising space.

As the Senate Commerce Committee detailed in a 2020 report, Facebook reportedly controlled approximately 74% of the social media market and now reportedly controls 24.1% of all of U.S. digital advertising spending; Facebook’s dominant position in the ad marketplace means that advertisers and publishers, including struggling local news outlets all over the country, may have faced unfair competition by Facebook, impacting their revenues and ability to compete online.

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about the safety of its product for brands, and even more importantly, about the safety of its product for Facebook users. Facebook’s Community Standards Enforcement Report states that its algorithms remove 97% of the content it eventually takes down for hate speech before the content is posted.

But this metric could significantly misrepresent the effectiveness of Facebook’s algorithms, as whistleblower documents show that Facebook believes that its processes miss more than 90% of hate speech content despite being 97% effective at catching the hate speech Facebook eventually takes down. Facebook may thus have made material misrepresentations or omissions to advertisers regarding the effectiveness of its brand safety controls, including its ability to remove criminal content.

Until quite recently, Facebook offered prospective advertisers two key measures of an ad’s potential success — (1) Potential Reach; and (2) Estimated Daily Reach.

Potential Reach (which is an element of Estimated Daily Reach) approximates the number of people in a particular area who may view a business’ ad and, according to Facebook, is “arguably the single most important number in our ads creation interfaces.” Understandably then, advertisers of all sizes plan and budget for campaigns that maximize their ads’ Potential Reach, as estimated by Facebook. However, public reporting as well as Facebook’s own statements and documents seem to indicate that Facebook may have known that Potential Reach metrics may have been inaccurate. Public analyses from as far back as 2017 show how Facebook claimed that its ads could have a Potential Reach that exceeded the population of 18- to 34-year-olds counted in each of the 50 states by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Commission may allege deception under Section 5 of the FTC Act prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices in or affecting commerce, “if there is a representation, omission or practice that is likely to mislead the consumer acting reasonably in the circumstances, to the consumer’s detriment.” Thus, because evidence

suggests that Facebook may have deceived its advertising customers about its brand safety and advertising metrics, Facebook may have engaged in deceptive practices in violation of the FTC Act. In addition, the public information suggests that Facebook’s potential misrepresentations about brand safety and advertising metrics may be unfair, as well as deceptive. In evaluating whether the conduct is unfair, the Commission may consider (1) that the advertising purchased by brands due to Facebook’s brand safety and advertising representations are “significant,”; (2) the absence of material countervailing benefits to competition and consumers from any misrepresentations of advertising metrics; and (3) that, given that Facebook employs a walled garden system, advertisers could not have independently verified Facebook’s reported brand safety activities, ad metrics, or reasonably avoided advertising on Facebook, much less given Facebook’s market dominance.

A thorough investigation by the Commission and other enforcement agencies is paramount, not only because Facebook and its executives may have violated federal law, but because members of the public and businesses are entitled to know the facts regarding Facebook’s conduct as they make their decisions about using the platform.

I urge the FTC to immediately commence an investigation into Facebook’s representations with respect to brand safety, Potential Reach, and similar metrics with respect to its advertising business and, if that investigation reveals that the company has in fact violated the law, to pursue all available sanctions as appropriate. Such actions could include action under Section 19 of the FTC Act or partnering with state attorneys general in an appropriate court to pursue monetary relief for Facebook’s advertisers and disgorgement of Facebook’s ill-gotten gains, a strategy the Commission has pursued in other recent cases.

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Holiday dreams and Christmas hope I was finally able to take that “COVID delayed trip” with my daughter out to California. As we were rushing to make our connecting flight in the Denver airport, I was hyper focused on working our way around and between slowmoving fellow travelers. And as we bobbed and weaved ourselves through the crowds of people, I remember Pastor laughing to when I Ponderings myself finally noticed the holiday Renee music streaming Patterson over the PA system. And I do mean holiday music. We weren’t treated to hymns but to tunes from popular culture that generally have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus.

You know the sort of songs I mean. “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” or “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree.” The oldie that finally caught my attention was “It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Christmas” but it was midNovember, and I was not feeling

Christmas…yet. We hadn’t even started Advent for Heaven’s sake (sigh). Yet stores, television, radio, and the internet play songs and share memes and run ads designed to prepare us for Christmas, sometimes beginning in September! Only, they’re not preparing us for Christmas as I understand it. They are preparing us for a season of spending and consuming for the holiday season.

When I finally noticed the holiday music, I also noticed a sign in one window that said “These Are What Holiday Dreams Are Made Of” placed prominently alongside some cozy Christmas slippers. And while they did look dreamy it reminded me that, as Christians, we have something better than holiday dreams, we have Christmas hope.

In these days of pandemic and cultural division, Christmas hope is exactly what we need!

Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad about wanting nice stuff for the holidays. We all know that getting what you’ve wanted can be satisfying, at least briefly. However, if our dreams consist only of clothes and jewelry and slippers, our dreams are awfully low.

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This Christmas hope that we speak of brings about a very different kind of dream. God’s dream for us, for a life connected to something deeper and far more life-giving than any cozy pair of slippers. I suspect that one of the things we have (re)discovered in this pandemic time is that a connection to something deeper is important and gives meaning to our lives. Christmas is the time when God comes down from Heaven to directly connect with the ones God loves, bringing a God-sized dream to us! God’s dream for the people God loves is this — that every child of God is loved (period). No one goes hungry. No one has to flee from violence. No one suffers want or deprivation, exploitation or oppression. And that ALL people will know that there is hope.

Now that is the stuff dreams are made of.

May you and yours experience the hope that the birth of our Savior brings.

In One Peace, Pastor Renee Patterson Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

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I am writing regarding a proposed development on the northeast corner of Snail Lake. This development would sit on a pristine 18-acre piece of land on top of a steep bluff of Snail Lake. The land has been owned and managed by the Union Gospel Mission since 1930. The Union Gospel Mission operated a residential treatment center for addicts and ran day camps for underprivileged children. Developer Max Segler, of Tycon Companies, plans to build a six-story, 268-unit apartment building, 22 villas and seven lakeshore homes.

The development is clearly intended to maximize Segler’s profits with zero regard for the environment, birds and animals who live here. I do not live on the lake, but I am strongly opposed to this development.

Segler intends to clear-cut dozens of 100-150-year-old landmark native trees along with hundreds of others.

Precious habitat utilized by pileated woodpeckers, owls, osprey, eagles, trumpeter swans, loons, egrets, sandhill cranes and several types of herons will disappear. Foxes, muskrats, mink, river otters, turtles, frogs, toads and fish will be adversely affected by the destruction of this fragile ecosystem. The site will be leveled, wetlands will be fi lled in and impervious surfaces will greatly increase.

City residents who live on the lake, and even more who do not, are overwhelmingly opposed to this development. Traffic will increase considerably. Air, light and noise pollution will increase. This development is too big and too dense and will completely destroy this unique and sensitive piece of land.

A small grassroots group of neighbors have created a website (ShoreviewLakesPreservation.com) to inform Shoreview residents about this proposed development. City Council members and Mayor Martin, do the right thing for the residents, birds and animals who will be adversely impacted. Vote NO on rezoning and do not allow this development to be built.

The latest school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, shows that even with COVID-19, gun violence in America continues unabated. While we don’t know all the details yet from the Michigan case, we are back to asking what can be done. One policy solution that has been proven to reduce violence is an extreme risk protection order, sometimes known as a red flag law.

When someone can show that a person may do harm to others or themselves with a firearm, a red flag law allows law enforcement to seek a court order to seize the fi rearm temporarily. Further legal proceedings would determine if the court order would be permanent.

Our state representative, Kelly Moller, was the chief author of a red flag bill in the Minnesota House of Representatives this year (HF 1654).

She and the House have passed such a bill before, but the Senate Republican majority refused to give the bill a hearing.

It is frustrating that even this most common sense of policies to reduce gun violence is being held up through special interest politics. I’m glad that Kelly Moller is on the right side of this issue to protect public safety, and I hope after the next election, we can be successful.

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RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office reported the following selected incidents in Shoreview: • The Shoreview Target in the 3800 block of Lexington Avenue N. on Nov. 26 reported two Minneapolis women, 33 and 27, for theft by using burglary tools to defeat security devices. Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies entered a Keep Our Kops Safe (KOPS) alert for possession and use of burglary tools.

• A license plate registered to a person in Woodbury was reported found Nov. 27 in the 400 block of Harbor Court.

• Collins Electrical Construction Co. and Skyline Fire Protection Inc. reported burglary of a construction site sometime between Nov. 25 and 28.

• A school bus on the way to drop off students at Chippewa Middle School was reported for sideswiping a parked vehicle in the 500 block of Arner Avenue at 7:29 a.m. Nov. 30, after the driver attempted to make a right turn from Mackubin Street to Arner Avenue. In a tangle of drivers making deliveries, the owner of the parked vehicle was delivering newspapers, while the school bus driver was delivering 46 children to school. As the collision happened at less than 10 mph, no injuries were sustained by anyone involved. As happens with school bus accidents, deputies followed the bus to school to gather names of all the students on board, the State Patrol commercial vehicle inspector was notified and the bus driver submitted to substance control testing. Both drivers held valid licenses and presented valid proof of insurance.

• Two cases of vulnerable adult fi nancial abuse were reported to the Minnesota Adult Abuse

Reporting Center this week. An adult protection caseworker was notified of a Nov. 29 incident in the 4100 block of Sylvia Lane S., and investigation of a Nov. 30 case in the 1000 block of Nelson Drive has begun.

• A Shoreview man reported a large scratch appearing along the driver side door of his vehicle Dec. 1 after he returned to his parked vehicle at the Shoreview Community Center pavilion in the 4500 block of Victoria Street N. The complainant said he thought the damage may have been caused by someone keying his vehicle.

• A Shoreview woman, 47, was cited for misdemeanor letting an animal roam at large Dec. 3 in the 700 block of Cottage Place after she did nothing in response to multiple complaints about letting her dog run around on school grounds and charge after the schoolchildren.

• A pair of fi ghting eagles was reported Dec. 4 in the 4400 block of Cumberland Court after a homeowner found them entangled in the yard. Deputies assisted in separating the birds before they flew away.

• A Shoreview man, 26, was arrested Dec. 7 in the 3500 block of Owasso Street after deputies were dispatched out on a Dec. 4 domestic family relationship call.

Following the issuance of a KOPS alert, the subject was located and arrested.

• A St. Paul woman, 31, was cited Dec. 5 in the area of County Road E and Lexington Avenue for failure to present a valid Minnesota driver’s license or proof of insurance following a traffic stop. A friend picked up the subject at the scene, and the vehicle was towed.

• A Shoreview woman, 32, was cited Dec. 6 in the 3500 block of Lexington Avenue N. for driving after revocation and for driving without a valid Minnesota driver’s license or proof of insurance.

• A Grand Marais man reported the catalytic converter stolen from his Subaru Outback parked overnight Dec. 6-7 in an apartment lot in the 1000 block of Gramsie Road. At 4:25 a.m., the victim heard a cutting noise and saw a silver sedan leave the area at a high rate of speed on County Road F. That was all the suspect information the complainant was able to supply.

• A Roseville woman reported her motor vehicle stolen overnight Dec. 6-7 from the 1000 block of Gramsie Road after she left the keys inside. Maple Grove police recovered the vehicle on Dec. 10.

• A delivery man from Clear Lake, Wisconsin, reported a bag containing his cell phone, thermos and miscellaneous papers stolen from his truck Dec. 7, which he left unlocked while he was inside a building for 30 minutes because he thought he was in a safe neighborhood.

A Shoreview man, 63, was arrested on an active warrant Dec. 8 in the 1000 block of Ingerson Road following a traffic stop for violating an order for protection (OFP). He was also cited at the scene for misdemeanor domestic abuse no-contact order (DANCO) violation.

• An injured owl was reported found Dec. 8 in the area of Lexington Avenue N. and Royal Oaks Drive. After the complainant couldn’t get an answer from the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office deputies came to the rescue to transport

the bird there.

• A wallet with driver’s license and debit card inside was reported stolen overnight Dec. 8-9 from the center console of a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 5900 block of Ridge Creek Road after the front passenger window was broken in for access. A backpack containing a computer and school books was also taken. The debit card was used in St. Paul prior to being deactivated by the bank.

• A bag containing CO2 cartridges and an unopened bottle of cough medicine was reported found on a school sidewalk in the 900 block of County Road D at the start of the school day Dec. 9. The bag and its contents were collected for destruction.

• A Mounds View man reported that upon hearing a pop, the rear window of his vehicle shattered Dec. 10 as he was driving past the railroad tracks on North Owasso Blvd. When he stopped to check his surroundings, he noticed a large hole in the rear window with shatttered glass on the inside of the vehicle.

• A St. Paul man, 41, was arrested on an active Ramsey County warrant Dec. 10 in the area of County Road J and Hodgson Road after deputies assisted Lino Lakes Police.

• A Howard Lake man reported the rear license plate stolen from a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 5500 block of Shutta Road while he was visiting his parents Dec. 12. The plate has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database as stolen. Deputies advised the victim to remove the front plate.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Salvation Army announces match for donations Anonymous donors have donated $1 million in matching funds to challenge the Twin Cities community in support of the Salvation Army. Any donation made to the Salvation Army now through Dec. 31 will have it's impact doubled as a result of this match.

The Salvation Army reports that the holiday giving season generates 60% of its annual revenue, which assists people in need all year round. In the fi scal year ending September 30, 2021, The Salvation Army Northern Division assisted 735,000 people, an increase of 136% from 2019. The social services organization distributed more than 5.2 million meals in 2021, and provided 222,500 nights of safe shelter. The Salvation Army also anticipates a significant spike in requests for rent and utility assistance in the weeks to come.

Those who would like to support the Salvation Army and have their donation matched can give online

at SalvationArmyNorth.org or by calling 651-746-3494; donate at any Red Kettle with cash, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, PayPal or QR code; or text MATCH to 24365 and follow the prompts.

Kiwanis Club invites new members The Kiwanis Northeast Metro Golden K Club (formerly North Suburban Golden K) celebrated 40 years of service to northeast metro communities this month.

Since 1981, club members have made lasting impact in the lives of children and youth, and on community food support, through fi nancial contributions, volunteerism, and ongoing work with community organizations.

Club members regularly log around 5,000 volunteer hours annually, while raising funds to support community causes. The club works with area schools, tutoring students in reading and math in elementary and middle schools, and also awarding three to five scholarships annually to graduates of area high schools.

The club is actively seeking new members from throughout the Northeast metro area. They meet every Tuesday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Roseville Skating Center Banquet Facility. All are welcome to attend to socialize and enjoy weekly presentations on various topics.

For more information about how to participate in the Northeast Metro Golden K Club, visit thegoldenkayer. org.

Free online support groups offered by NAMI NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) offers a variety of free online peer support groups for adults and young adults living with a mental illness, their families, friends, spouses/partners, as well as parents of children and teens. African-American, GLBTQ and BIPOC community focused groups are also offered.

Led by trained peer facilitators, the support groups help individuals and families learn coping skills and fi nd strength through sharing

their experiences. Find a complete listing of group meetings and how to join in by going to namimn.org and clicking on “Support Groups.”

Angus Meat owner celebrates retirement After 57 years at Angus Meat in Maplewood, Rick Atzmiller is passing on his family-owned store to his son, Eric. Atzmiller began working at Angus Meat in 1963 when he was 10 years old. He worked alongside his grandfather, Bill Sommerfeldt, who taught him everything he knows about being a butcher.

The fourth-generation operation has survived throughout the years because of its willingness to keep up with technology and new business practices. “We’re a local store, and we give people the best service (we) possibly can. Good customer service is hard to fi nd, but we’re here to give good prices and service,” he said.

As for what’s next for Angus Meat, Atzmiller says he is just happy to see his grandfather’s legacy continue.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Special holiday hours at the Shoreview Community Center Friday, Dec. 24:

• Gym & fitness center: 5 a.m. to noon • Drop-in pickleball: closed • Playground: 8 a.m. - noon • Lap swim & whirlpool: 5 to 11:45 a.m.

• Shipwreck beach: 8 to 11:45 a.m.

• Tropics: closed • Bamboo Bay: 9 to11:30 a.m.

• Kids care: closed Saturday, Dec. 25:

• Community center closed.

Thursday, Dec. 30:

• Fitness center, track and gym: 5 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Playground: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Pickleball: 8 to 11 a.m.

• Volleyball: noon to 1 p.m.

• Shipwreck beach: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Tropics: noon to 3 p.m.

• Bamboo Bay: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 31:

• Fitness center, track and gym: 5 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Playground: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Pickleball: closed • Volleyball: closed • Shipwreck beach: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Tropics: noon to 3 p.m.

• Bamboo Bay: closed

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• Fitness center, track and gym: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

• Playground: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Pickleball: closed • Volleyball: closed • Shipwreck beach: noon to 7 p.m.

• Tropics: noon to 7 p.m.

• Bamboo Bay: noon to 7 p.m.

Details: White Bear Lake native, composer and

The Shoreview Community Center is located at 4580 Victoria St. N. in Shoreview. To view hours go to www.shoreviewmn.gov/parks-rec/community-center/general-information/hours.

Red Cross Blood Drive When: 1-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27.

Where: St. John in the Wilderness, 2175 1st St. in

Indoor Farmers Market When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21.

Where: Shoreview Community Center in the Fire-

side lounge (upper level) at 4580 Victoria St. N. in Shoreview.

Tonic Sol-Fa: The Shake it Up Christmas Tour When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21.

Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long

pianist Michael Djupstrom, along with violinist Luosha Fang, perform a concert series with a special focus on exploring Romanian chamber music alongside other traditional and contemporary classical works. Tickets $12 general admission.

Contact: lakeshoreplayers.org.

White Bear Lake.

Details: The American Red Cross continues to

experience a historic blood shortage and donors of all blood types are needed. Make an appointment online or by phone.

Contact: 1-800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org.

“Clue” When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan 13; 7:30 p.m. Fridays

and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 14-30.

Where: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long

Ave. in White Bear Lake.

Ave. in White Bear Lake.

Details: Holiday music performed by the

Details: Lakeshore Players perform a comedic mur-

ground-breaking a cappella group from Minnesota.

Tickets $28-$38.

Contact: lakeshoreplayers.org.

Tickets: $25-$30.

Michael Djupstrom’s Lakeshore Chamber Series When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22.

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School board recognizes departing school board member

BY NOELLE OLSON STAFF WRITER

Mounds View School Board Chair Jonathan Weinhagen was in elementary school at Valentine Hills when Marre Jo Sager began her 28-year run on the Mounds View School Board.

“You handed me my diploma 20 years ago,” Weinhagen said. “You’ve seen it all. You’ve done it all. This district is better because of you. This board is better because of you. And personally, I’m a better leader because of you.”

Sager announced her retirement earlier this year. Past and present board members recognized her longterm commitment to public service, education, students and families at the Dec. 7 school board meeting.

Weinhagan presented highlights of Sager’s achievements while on the school board. She started a hockey girls co-op with Mounds View and Irondale students which resulted in one of the fi rst girls hockey teams in the state, with Sager at the helm. She was instrumental in creating flexibility in administrative staffing at schools. She championed the creation of school board liaisons at individual schools to ensure that each board member has the capacity to connect to the community in an important and meaningful way.

Sager has also served on the Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District School Board for 25 years.

Board Member Sandra Westerman said when she first joined the board, Sager became a guide and a mentor.

“After I was elected to the school board, Marre Jo called me up and invited me to breakfast and told me everything about 916,” Westerman said. “I didn’t know very much about the intermediate school district and how it serves our community. Marre Jo was then, and continues to be, a real champion for 916 and ensuring that we are all up to speed on with what’s happening in 916 and how it serves our community.”

Board Treasurer Shauna Bock researched some numbers that tell the tale of Sager’s experience on the board over the years and shared them with the board. Sager

• was elected in 1994.

• has worked with four different superintendents.

• has worked with approximately 25 school board members.

• helped the district with eight bonds and levies— seven of which were successful.

• attended approximately 621 school board meetings (not including Northeast Metro 916 District Board meetings).

• has seen 23,421 students graduate during her time on the school board.

Board Member Heidi Danielson has worked alongside Sager for two years. Her three children attended Mounds View schools and graduated from Irondale High School.

“It dawned on me that during that entire tenure, you were on this MOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS | CONTRIBUTED board and influencing the education The Mounds View School Board will be without Marre Jo Sager at the next Mounds View School that they all received in this district. Board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 9. Pictured (from left) are Diane Glasheen, Heidi Danielson, That’s admirable, and I think we are Jonathan Weinhagen, Sandra Westerman, Marre Jo Sager, Shauna Bock and Jim DeMay. better for it,” Danielson said.

Board Member Diane Glasheen thanked Sager for her passion and school year. The total levy amount worked with over the years, the one dedication to students throughout the is approximately $63.56 million. years. “I honestly do not know anyone thing I always think about is every• The board adopted a resolution body has their own point of view, but that has done so much public service that the district remain closed for their passion for Mounds View stuthat you have,” she said. non-resident enrollment options dents — even if we don’t agree, which Board Member Jim DeMay reflectfor the 2022-23 school year. The doesn’t happen too often — we work ed on Sager’s commitment to kids. current capacities of school buildtogether to fi nd a common ground.

“That’s why we're all here. You sure ings, return to in-person learning, I know that everybody brings their have gone above and beyond throughpandemic enrollment changes passion, and that’s what has made out years. I enjoy your wisdom and were factors in this decision. these 28 years so worthwhile and so knowledge,” he said.

• Bock read the list of gifts the enjoyable.”

Superintendent Chris Lennox district received this period. There She went on to say, “There were thanked Sager on behalf of himself were seven gifts for school provery few things that happened when I and the leadership team for her 28 grams totaling $2,422.78, and 52 didn’t look forward to coming to meetyears of service. gifts received for the Ralph Reedings to figure out how to solve issues “It’s a tremendous accomplishment, er Food Shelf adding to a total of working with the board and superinand we extend our deepest gratitude $71,713.28. tendents to make sure that Mounds for all that you’ve done for us over that time,” Lennox said. “We wish you View students, their parents and the The next Mounds View School community felt heard and were given all the best as you move forward.”

Board meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the best chance for their future.”

Sager expressed gratitude and Jan. 11, at the District Center, 4570 In other school board action: thanked everyone for their kind • The board approved a resolution to Victoria St. N. in Shoreview. words. certify the district’s 2022 property “Thank you, as an aside, to the militax levy. The fi nal certification tary for all of their service; including Noelle Olson is a staff writer for will be forwarded to Ramsey Counthe Greatest Generation of World War Press Publications. She can be reached ty for processing of the final propII. We appreciate your service,” Sager at shoreviewnews@presspubs.com or erty tax statement. Tax statements said.

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Local private school purchases vacant school building

BY NOELLE OLSON STAFF WRITER

Liberty Classical Academy in White Bear Lake has purchased the empty Withrow Elementary School building in Hugo.

The building has been vacant since 2017, when the Stillwater School District closed the school. At a recent Stillwater School Board meeting, the board voted to sell the property to Liberty Classical Academy, a private school with a commitment to Christian faith.

“We purchased the building on 9 acres in Hugo thanks to a super-generous anonymous donor, and we were able to pay cash for the building. It’s truly astounding,” Headmaster Rebekah Hagstrom said. “In addition to that, we have exclusive rights for up to 65 acres adjacent to the property.

Our vision is that this will be the future home of Liberty Classical Academy.”

The goal is to open a permanent campus in three to five years for preschool to 12th grade. The sale of 30-65 additional acres abutting the Hugo property to Liberty is contingent on the city of Hugo’s approval.

Preliminary meetings are already un-

derway and, according to Hagstrom, look favorable.

Hagstrom said Liberty Classical Academy has reached maximum capacity at its White Bear Lake campus and is currently unable to accommodate existing demand for a Liberty Classical Academy education.

In order to continue to grow, they need an immediate short-term solution for space.

“The purchase of the school building provides a solution to both short- and longterm facility needs. Until the permanent campus is built, the existing building on the Hugo property will serve as a temporary campus that allows Liberty to continue enrollment growth without having to turn students away,” Hagstrom said.

Since last February, Hagstrom said they’ve been actively seeking both shortand long-term solutions to capitalize on the school’s current growth.

“We don’t want to limit this outstanding education just for the people who are here now, because people are desperate in our culture right now to receive this type of education for their children that Liberty provides,” she said.

According to Hagstrom, the need for a

CITY OF SHOREVIEW ORDINANCE NO. 997 AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING A UTILITY FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Law, and the Shoreview City Code, and upon review and analysis of City Enterprise Funds, a fee schedule for City Utility Services is hereby adopted.

2022 Utility Fee Schedule (a) The Code of the City of Shoreview establishes that certain fees be set from time to time by the Shoreview City Council. (b) City staff has reviewed the current Utility Fee Schedule for the City of Shoreview and is hereby recommending that the 2022 Utility Fee Schedule, hereto attached as Exhibit A, be adopted. (c) Upon consideration and review of the Shoreview City Council, the 2022 Utility Fee Schedule, hereto attached as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted and becomes effective January 1, 2022.

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Winter consumption is divided by units for multiple-unit buildings.

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Bear Lake campus to the Hugo campus in the morning, with the bus returning from the Hugo campus to the White Bear Lake campus in the afternoon. In addition, we will help facilitate carpool options for interested families,” she said.

“Growth is vital. We can’t lose momentum,” Hagstrom said. “In order to maintain and support a permanent location, we have to grow Liberty to a level that can sustain a permanent location for the long haul and long-term health of the school.”

The Hugo campus is located at 10158 122nd Street N. in Hugo. Families who have questions about the Hugo campus can email them to HugoCampus@libertyclassicalacademy.org.

For updates on the Hugo campus and more information on Liberty Classical Academy, visit https://libertyclassicalacademy.org/.

Noelle Olson is a staff writer for Press Publications. She can be reached at shoreviewnews@presspubs.com or 651-407-1229.

Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective one day after publication.

Sandra C. Martin, Mayor Adopted December 20, 2021 Effective January 1, 2022 Published one time in the Shoreview Press on December 21, 2021.

CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 984 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7.03, SUBDIVISION 1 OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CHARTER PERTAINING 72 7+( &,7<·6 6<67(0 2) 7$;$7,21 THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. %DFNJURXQG ÀQGLQJV DXWKRULW\.

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short-term solution was imminent this year because the upper school and middle school are compressed into a small part of the building. The school no longer has room to accommodate all of its current preschool families within its kindergarten program.

Moving the preschool through second grade programs to the Hugo campus gives middle and upper school programs the space they need to grow, and will reduce congestion at the White Bear Lake campus.

Hagstrom said that having access to the Hugo campus will provide much needed additional space. She noted that a split campus is not an ideal solution, but it’s only temporary.

Initially, Liberty Classical Academy will be moving its preschool through second grade programs into the existing Hugo school at the beginning of the 2022 school year, which will allow the school to add a third section of kindergarten, first and second grade.

According to Hagstrom, the plan is to have before and after school care available at both sites beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. “We plan to have a bus provide transportation from the White

MOUNDS VIEW SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SUMMARY NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Meetings take place at the District Center in Shoreview (4570 Victoria Street N). Complete minutes available upon request at the District Center.

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Boys hockey: Mustangs have won 3 of last 5 Mounds View has won three of its last five games after starting the season 0-2-1.

Led by Grant Dean, the Mustangs defeated Irondale 7-0 last Thursday at their home rink, TCO Sports Garden in Vadnais Heights. Dean got the hat track, three goals, while assisting on two others.

Mitch Olson, Johnny Conlin, Wyatt Witham and Mathias Durant also scored, and Aidan Petrich made 18 saves in the shutout.

The Mustangs beat Spring Lake Park 5-2 and Forest Lake 5-3 before losing to Roseville 6-3, beating Irondale, and losing to a strong Centennial team 7-1 on Saturday. They have a 3-4-1 record through last weekend.

Dean leads with seven goals. Overall points leaders are Witham (six goals, eight assists, 14 points) Conlin (4-9-13), Dean (7-5-12) and Durant (3-6-9). Petrich has a .914 save percentage.

Girls hockey: Mounds View tops Woodbury, Jefferson, Stillwater Mounds View girls hockey won three of four games in a busy eight-day stretch Dec. 11-18, lifting their record to 7-5.

The Mustangs defeated Woodbury 7-2 on Saturday, Dec. 11, with Lauren McAlpine, Lindsey Berggren and Lauren Ballinger notching two goals each.

They lost to Cretin-Derham Hall 2-1 on Tuesday, then beat Bloomington Jefferson 6-5 on Thursday with Lauren Ballinger notching two goals and two assists, including the game-winner with 2:09 left.

On Saturday, the Mustangs edged Stillwater 2-1 on goals by Maddie Tinkle and Kyra Chervaney, with Abby Norlinger making 37 saves.

Mustang points leaders are Ballinger (eight goals, seven assists, 15 points), Ava Bullert (4-11-15), Berggren (6-7-13) and McAlpine (6-5-11). Norlinger has an .900 save percentage.

Wrestling: Mustangs are 10-0, finish 2nd in Monticello tourney The Mounds View wrestlers improved to 10-0 in dual meets last week and placed second among 15 teams at the Monticello Invitational, with 13 of 14 wrestlers placing.

Last Thursday, the Mustangs beat North St. Paul 72-3 and Roseville Area 71-0 to stay unbeaten.

At Monticello on Saturday, they had six finalists, with just one winning, finishing a close second behind Faribault, 229.5 to 219.5, with Coon Rapids third with 125.

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Brady Alquist was Mounds View’s lone champion at 182 pounds. Placing second were Colton Loween at 132, Brady Swenson at 138, Joseph Muhlstein at 160, Quin Morgan at 170, and Jacob Solheim at 195.

Placing third were Brett Swenson at 106, Apollo Ashby at 145 and Luke Eggert at 220. Placing fourth were Caden Grenier at 120, Ben Sparks at 126 and James Walker at 152. Jack Hatten was fi fth at 113.

Swimming: Mustangs lose to Ponies Mounds View lost to perennial conference champion Stillwater 99-84 on Thursday evening. Winning events for the Mustangs were Justin Wang (50 free, 22.67) and Steven Zhou (breaststroke,1:02.92).

Placing second were Zhou in butterfly, Matthew Shen in second in 200 and 500 free, Tyler Quattrin in individual medley.

Cross county: Mustang honors listed Elliott McArthur was named MVP of the Mounds View cross country team that placed third in the state meet and captured conference and section championships. Mounds View’s all-state runners were McArthur and senior William Skelly. Making all-conference were those two and Owen Kalmes, Cayden Stoner and J.C. Otto. Honorable mentions were Max Gregory, Canton Francisco and Levi Hammerbeck. Other team awards went to Kalmes and August Arnold (most improved), Stoner (top rookie), Gregory (coaches’ award) and Hammerbeck (most dedicated).

Nordic Ski: Mustang girls 3rd in opener The Mounds View Nordic team opened on Tuesday, Dec. 14, with a conference meet at Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Mustang girls placed third and the boys seventh among seven teams, with the Forest Lake boys and Stillwater girls winning. Leading the Mustang girls were Brynn Mills in 12th place, Bria Mills 19th, Claire Sabby 21st, Margot Derosier in 26th. Leading the Mustangs boys was Levi Hammerbeck in 19th place.

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MOUNDS VIEW BASKETBALL Maddie Hanson pumped in 25 points to lead the Mounds View basketball team in a 60-49 win over Irondale on Dec. 14. The 5-foot-8 senior point guard is a threat from all over, averaging 17.4 points for the Mustangs (3-3). That’s a big jump from 6.4 ppg last year, when she broke a finger, missed a third of the season and was limited by the injury. She averaged 7.7 points as a sophomore. “Maddie’s a great player, and has been for years,” coach Dave Bratland said. “She shoots the three, has a great mid-range game and can finish at the rim. Great passer as well, with a really high basketball IQ. She has the ability to make everyone around her better.”

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Elliott McArthur broke Mounds View’s 10-yearold school record for 5,000 meters while running in a national meet on Dec. 4 in Alabama. Taylor Isabel, meanwhile, broke her own team girls record.

McArthur’s time of 14:57 at the Garmin Running Lane Cross Country Nationals was 28 seconds under the record of 15:24 set by Zach Roozen at the conference meet in 2011. Roozen’s record stood for 10 years in a program with several all-staters since then.

McArthur placed 67th overall and fourth in his heat at this gathering of the nation’s top distance runners.

“We also had two girls run there, and both broke the school record,” said Jimmy McArthur, Elliott’s father, who coaches the Mustang girls team.

Isabel, also a junior, took seventh in her heat with 17:58, which was 30 seconds under her own school record of 18:28 which she set this season.

In addition, Emily Mehta, a new student at MVHS, recently arrived from Thailand, ran a 17:55, also under the previous record.

McArthur placed eighth in the state meet with 15:42 at St. Olaf on Nov. 7. Isabel placed 10th in 18:42.

Mounds View girls basketball had a 3-3 record through last weekend. The Mustangs defeated Irondale 60-49 on Tuesday with Maddie Hanson sinking 25 points and Rachel Kluz 17. They lost to Forest Lake 65-48 on Friday as Greta Krieger pumped in 31 points for the Rangers. Kluz and Bria Stenstrom had 13 points each and Hanson 12 for the Mustangs.

Hanson is averaging 17.4 points, Stenstrom 11.7 and Kluz 8.8.

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Mounds View won three of four games in a busy eight-day stretch from Dec. 11-18, bringing their season record to 6-2.

The Mustangs, ranked No. 13 last week, beat Eden Prairie 61-45 at the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic in Hopkins, with Kobe Kirk hitting 17 points and Jacob Becher 15. Then they clipped Irondale 49-37 as Dylan Wheeler logged 20 points and Becher 10.

Forest Lake topped the Mustangs 65-57 last Friday with Owen Waldoch sinking 22 points and Nolan Dumonceaux 20. Wheeler hit 16 and Becher 14 for the Mustangs.

On Saturday, the Mustangs downed Big Lake 76-54 as 10 players scored, paced by Kirk with 16 points, Deluce with 14 and Becher with 10.

The Mustangs lost to No. 10 ranked Spring Lake Park (4-0) there 66-40 on Dec. 9 with the Panthers holding every Mustang to single digits.

Scoring leaders are seniors Wheeler (14.8 points per game) and Kirk (13.6), and juniors Deluce (8.5) and Becher (8.4).

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Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus.

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept.

21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or as a whole in dozens of languages in books, movies and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

Papa says, “If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.”

Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

VIRGINIA O’HANLON. 115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS.

There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fi lls the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus!

You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world Virginia O’Hanlon are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain

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and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Lyngblomsten launches Memory Collective Lyngblomsten is launching a new educational enrichment class called the Memory Collective for adults who are living at home and experiencing memory loss. The online class, which will begin in February, offers participants a supportive community where they will discover ways to keep living their best life possible.

There will be four Memory Collective classes in 2022, each one lasting eight weeks. For the fi rst seven weeks, the participant and one optional guest (friend, family member, spouse) will gather virtually with others for a 90-minute online Zoom session facilitated

by Lyngblomsten staff. Each session will feature a variety of educational topics and activities,

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The fi rst eight-week Memory Collective class begins the week of Feb. 1 and its theme will be Minnesota Fun Facts. Three additional eight-week classes of the Memory Collective are planned for 2022. For more information about Lyngblomsten’s Memory Collective, contact Carolyn Klaver, community dementia care specialist, at cklaver@ lyngblomsten.org or 651-414- 5292, or visit www.lyngblomsten.org/ MemoryCollective.

CITY COUNCIL SNIPPETS • Council Member Cory Springhorn expressed condolences on the death of Arden Hills Council Member Dave McClung. “He seemed like a really good guy and a dedicated public servant, and we will miss him.” Springhorn congratulated Mounds View alumna Sunny Chen of Shoreview for being a Snow Queen candidate for the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Chen is a 2016 Mounds View graduate and was a member of the Shoreview Human Rights Commission when she was in high school.

• City Attorney Joe Kelly swore in new City Manager Brad Martens at the Dec. 6 City Council meeting.

• Emy Johnson gave a public safety announcement reminding residents to be vigilant and call the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office with any suspicious activity. She also encourages residents who are looking for something to do with their kids during the winter break to visit the Shoreview Community Center water park.

• A public hearing was held on the proposed 2022 budget and tax levy. Finance Director Fred Espe gave a presentation on the proposed tax levy, which is increasing by 4.54% over the 2021 levy. No one spoke during the public hearing.

The City Council plans to take fi nal action on the budget at the Dec. 20 City Council meeting, after press deadlines.

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Moe’s ice house opens in Fogerty Arena Moe’s American Grill, located in Mounds View since 2006, is expanding its food and beverage service to Fogerty Arena and the Four Seasons Curling Club with a new location, called Moe’s Ice House. Doors opened last week.

Moe’s Ice House will introduce a new system to order and pay at the table, with a streamlined menu and full-service bar featuring 16 beers on tap. Moe’s Ice House information can be found at MoesAmericanGrill.com or by calling 763-233-0699. For information on event space rental and catering, contact Rachel Kuester at 763-780-3328 ext. 18. Moe’s Ice House is located at 9250 Lincoln St. NE, Blaine.

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Open enrollment at Oak Hill Montessori Community School Open enrollment at Oak Hill Montessori Community School (OHMCS) will take place Jan. 3-31 for the 2022-23 academic year. It’s the second year as a public charter school option in Shoreview.

After opening its doors to full classrooms this past fall, OHMCS will continue sharing the news of its tuition-free Montessori education for students in grades K-8, and encourage all who are interested to apply. A public lottery, if needed, will be held Feb. 8. Applications for any remaining openings will continue to be accepted after the open enrollment period has closed. The new school will continue to also offer tuition-based Montessori programming for children ages 16 months through pre-K. For families interested in visiting the school, scheduled tours will be held Tuesday, Jan. 11, and Saturday, Jan. 22. To sign up, please visit the school’s website at www.ohmcs.org. Families may apply at www.ohmcs.org beginning Jan. 3.

If applying online is a barrier, please contact the school for assistance at 651-484-8242.

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Mounds View School students win awards Two Chippewa Middle School students, Lexi Surface and Gwen Gruman, won awards in the Brooker-Edmond VFW Post 724 Veterans of Foreign Wars “Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.” The theme for the contest was “How Can I Be a Good American?” The contest was open to all public, private and home-schooled students in grades 6-8.

Surface won fi rst place and Gruman second place. Surface's essay was submitted to the 4th District VFW and received honorable mention.

Three Mounds View High School students, Anna Grace, Bhuvi Jain and Allison Yu, won awards in the Brooker-Edmond VFW Post 724 Veterans of Foreign Wars “Voice of Democracy Contest.” The theme for the contest was “America — Where Do We Go From Here?”

The contest was open to all public, private and home-schooled students in grades 9-12. Students competed by writing and recording a broadcast script of three to five minutes in length. The fi rst-place award at the national level is a $30,000 scholarship. Grace took fi rst place, Jain second place, and Yu placed third. Grace's entry was submitted to the 4th District VFW and received second place.

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Survivor, fire officials warn of holiday dangers

BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR

By now, ornaments are likely on the tree, a garland is draped over the fi replace and lights are strewn about, both indoors and outdoors.

The single most hazardous week for fi re is between Christmas Eve and New Year’s morning.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that more than 14,800 fi res occurred over the holidays in 2019, killing 500 people and injuring 2,000. Of those holiday fi res, 35% of those were the result of lit candles.

“This is a great time of year for families to celebrate,” explained Lino Lakes Public Safety Director John Swenson. “We want to make sure that we are being very proactive about getting the message out there about safety, and making sure that this holiday season doesn’t turn into a tragedy for any family in Minnesota.”

The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) and the State Fire Marshal Division warn families of the dangers holiday displays can pose.

‘Nothing is worth almost losing your life’ That’s a danger survivor Steve Mosborg knows all too well. Mosborg has long had a tradition of traveling to Denmark, Wisconsin, for Thanksgiving and bringing home a real Christmas tree and garland.

On Christmas Day in 2000, Mosborg was enjoying his fi replace in his living room right before dinner. “I was feeding the fi re with the wrapping paper not thinking twice about it … All of a sudden I (put) a small box into the fi re and the box just had enough pocket of air where it caught the live garland on the fi replace. I looked at my wife and I looked at my (18-month-old) daughter and I said, ‘Oh my goodness, what do we do now?’”

Instincts took over and Mosborg quickly got his daughter and wife out of the house to safety, but then he made his fi rst mistake — in what he described as a series of mistakes — and decided to go back into the house.

“I had worked so hard to renovate my home that I was going to go back in and save my house,” he said. “I always thought I was going to lose my life falling off of a mountain or getting hit by a truck on one of my bicycle trips. It never even dawned on me that I might actually have this experience and maybe lose my life in a house fi re.”

Mosborg didn’t have a fi re extinguisher, but he ran to the kitchen to fi ll a large pot with water. By the time he got back to the living room, the fi re had spread from the garland to the drapes and to the top of the Christmas tree. He then thought if he could just get the tree outside of the house, he might save their home. He dragged the tree to the front of the home, but due to the change in pressure, he wasn’t able to open the door.

“The only thing that really saved me is that (my wife) was at the side door holding my daughter and she said, ‘Steve, follow my voice.’ So, I walked over the Christmas tree, burned the bottoms of my feet and went out the side door to safety,” he recalled. “I knew I was in a little bit of trouble because I was having a hard time breathing. I inhaled so much smoke, and then I was leaving a trail of blood in the snow from the bottoms of my feet.”

Mosborg was transported to HCMC where he spent 6 1/2 weeks in an induced coma. He was

burned over 63% of his body and had to have 11 skin graft surgeries and pins put in each of his fi ngers. Mosborg estimated that his medical bills amounted to $1.2 million. Thankfully, he had good insurance.

“It was a long, long, journey,” he said. “But the key is you have to get to the other side. Would it have been a nice to have a fi re extinguisher? Yes. Could I maybe have smothered the fi re? Maybe.

But the key is when I got my wife and daughter to the side door, I should have just walked out the door. Nothing is worth almost losing your life,” Mosborg explained.

Fire marshal division shares tips for safe holidays Bob Reif, deputy state fi re marshal, reminds people of a few things they should do this holiday season, or “house-eating season,” as he calls it, to keep themselves, their friends and families, and their homes safe.

When using extension cords, it’s important to purchase high-quality cords and not place anything over the cords, including area rugs. Perhaps most importantly, don’t string a bunch of cords together.

“Those wires carrying that amount of wattage can heat up, and when you’ve got a number of those things strung together, they can actually get hot enough to ignite a fi re — particularly if they are around Christmas trees, bows or garlands,” Reif explained.

In terms of trees, both real and artificial trees can be dangerous. It is important to always keep any fl ame source at least 3 feet away from the tree. Real trees should be disposed of in a timely fashion, as they dry out quickly and can become explosive, Reif said.

Another danger is space heaters. Space heaters should always be plugged directly into a wall outlet instead of an extension cord, and should never be used while you are sleeping.

When preparing a holiday meal, or a meal anytime, it’s important to never leave the kitchen. Unattended cooking accounts for about 80% of residential fi res within the U.S. If a fi re does break out, either on the stove or in the oven, it is important to not throw things on it, like a pot of water.

“Simply remove the heat source by turning off the burner (or turning off the oven) and slide the cover over the pan (don’t open the oven). I always advise people to keep a cookie sheet or a pizza pan handy when you are cooking something on the stovetop, because even if the particular pan or skillet you are using doesn’t come with a lid, a cookie sheet or a pizza pan is usually large enough to cover virtually anything you have on the stovetop. Then leave it covered for a good 20 to 30 minutes,” Reif said.

It’s also an important time of year to make sure that all smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms are working.

“It’s one of those things that people say happens to other people. They have a tough time imagining that it can happen to them,” said NFSA State Coordinator Tom Brace. “We want it to be a safe and prosperous holiday season.”

Managing Editor Shannon Granholm can be reached at 651-407-1227 or citizennews@presspubs. com.

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A demonstration put on by the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) and the State Fire Marshal Division shows the difference between a fire in a home with sprinklers versus no sprinklers.

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NFSA State Coordinator Tom Brace explains that this teddy bear likely could be dried out and saved thanks to the sprinklers in the home. The single most hazardous week for fire is between Christmas Eve and New Year’s morning.

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Willow Lane Elementary’s ‘Minnow Tank’ project meets the sharks of White Bear Lake

BY CORINNE STREMMEL STAFF WRITER

The fourth graders of Willow Lane Elementary School in White Bear Lake are taking the premise of reality show “Shark Tank” and making it bite-sized.

Willow Lane reading teacher Leigh Anderson and her students are preparing to pitch a charity of their choice to five “sharks” in the hope that a $2,000 donation will be awarded to their winning charity.

Anderson decided to start the Minnow Tank project with her fourth graders after getting inspiration from Willow Lane’s partnership with

Donatelli’s Italian restaurant in White Bear Lake.

Every year the fifth graders from Willow Lane have an opportunity to gain some real-world experience building resumes, practicing interviews and working side by side with the staff at Donatelli’s restaurant. The tips collected from the night go to Hopekids, an organization that works with children and their families who are affected with life-threatening illnesses.

Anderson wanted to provide a similar charitable, leadership-based project with the fourth graders where they could conduct research on a cause they care about under

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the mentorship of adults from the community. They would then pitch the existing charity to a group of donors, who will serve as the judges, or “sharks.”

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total of $2,000, donated by the community, which will be awarded to the group with the best pitch and donated to the students’ charity of choice.

The Minnow Tank’s pilot began in 2018 and various iterations of the project followed in 2019 and 2020, but 2021 is the first year Anderson has officially had the project down pat with her fourth graders.

Willow Lane Elementary is particularly unique because of its diverse student population.

According to Anderson, 70% of students at Willow Lane are students of color.

Anderson wanted to give these students a chance to feel empowered while looking for an opportunity to close the

achievement gap that students of color face.

“We want to empower kids, not enable them. And if we’re truly going to break that cycle, we need to show them that their presence in the world matters,” says Anderson.

Anderson hopes to instill the idea that her students could make a difference in their community, so she began to show her students examples of kids just like them who have chosen to donate to charities in their own community.

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end there. Anderson’s vision is to have members of Rotary continue to mentor the students of Willow Lane over the span of three years.

Rotary coaches will be paired up with a group of third graders and stay with that group until fifth grade, mentoring them along the way as the kids learn more about charities and acts of service.

“I think, hopefully, we’ll watch them mature as they learn more about giving back and gratitude and service.

The Rotary is all about service,” said Reis.

And while the fourth graders work toward that goal of gratitude and service, they’ll get a chance to face off with the sharks of White Bear Lake for the coveted $2,000 donation.

community. Given given the percentage of students of color at Willow Lane, Rotary members wanted to reach out and see how they could break some of the cycles that affect students of color by mentoring students through the Minnow Tank project.

“It’s got to be so mutually beneficial, because the students and adults are both learning from each other,” said Reis. “The students can see the adults care about them, and the adults see what today’s young people are like.”

The coaches began working with students Nov. 29, and will see their assigned group a total of six times for half an hour each Monday and Tuesday until Dec. 14. The students will present to the sharks on Dec. 20.

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ic Cancer Center of Minnesota, White Bear Lake Humane Society, Muscular Dystrophy, Wounded Warriors, Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue, and Pacer, a children’s mental health resource.

After the fourth graders selected their charities, they were paired with coaches provided by the White Bear Rotary to guide the students in their research and help them with their final presentations.

Jackie Reis of the White Bear Lake Rotary, a service organization, became connected with the Minnow Tank project after the club made a goal to recommit to its diversity, equity and inclusion goals following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.

Rotary set a goal to understand how systemic racism affects the White Bear

sign to practice our research skills.”

The fourth graders were assigned to go home to their families and have a discussion about their personal values. When the students reported back the next day, several themes began to emerge.

The students valued causes like animals, veterans, childhood diseases, cancer, climate change, eliminating hunger, and keeping the ocean clean.

From there, Anderson matched the kids with charities that fit their interests.

This year, the fourth graders selected 11 charities: White Bear Lake Food Shelf, Environmental Protection Agency, Hopekids, Ocean Conservancy, The Jane Goodall Institute, Mason-

RATE INCREASE NOTICE XCEL ENERGY MINNESOTA ELECTRIC PRICES Interim Change in Electric Rates Starting January 1, 2022 XCEL ENERGY’S RATE INCREASE REQUEST

PROPOSED CHANGES FOR MONTHLY ELECTRICITY BASE RATES

Xcel Energy has asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for an increase in electric rates to be phased in over a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The requested increase for 2022 is about 12.2% or $396.0 million. Xcel Energy requested an additional 4.8% or $150.2 million for 2023, and an additional 4.2% or $131.2 million for 2024. The total increase requested for the threeyear period is 21.2% or $677.3 million.

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The Interim Rate Adjustment for residential customers is billed as an 8.92% increase, or $5.54 per month, for a typical residential customer using 601 kWh. The Interim Rate Adjustment for all other customers is billed as a 13.52% increase.

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The MPUC will likely make its decision on the overall rate request in 2023. If final rates are lower than interim rates, Xcel Energy will refund the difference with interest. If final rates are higher than interim rates, Xcel Energy will not charge customers the difference.

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Notice of public hearing dates and locations will be published in local newspapers and included in monthly bills.

TO LEARN MORE Xcel Energy’s current and proposed rate schedules are available at: Xcel Energy Online: xcelenergy.com/2022MNRates Phone: 800-895-4999 U.S. Mail: 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401 Minnesota Department of Commerce Online: https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/search.jsp.

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• Operating power plants efficiently.

• Using a variety of fuel sources to manage costs and protect the environment.

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1. Reach Phone: 651-539-1500 or 800-657-3782 U.S. Mail: 85 Seventh Place East, Suite 280 St. Paul, MN 55101 Citizens with hearing or speech disabilities may call through their preferred Telecommunications Relay Service.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is asking customers to comment on Xcel Energy’s request for a rate increase.

Send comments to: Phone: 651-296-0406 or 800-657-3782 Email: consumer.puc@state.mn.us Online: https://mn.gov/puc/consumers/public-comments/ See section “How to Submit a Comment” to find a list of ways to comment.

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MONTHLY CUSTOMER CHARGES Customer type

Current

Proposed

Overhead line

$8.00

$9.50

Overhead line – Electric heating

$10.00

$11.50

Underground line

$10.00

$11.50

Underground line – Electric heating

$12.00

$13.50

2. Results 3. Quality

Residential

4. Targeted 5. Flexibility 6. Immediate

Small Commercial Small General

$10.00

$11.50

Small General Time-of-Day

$12.00

$13.50

7. Relied upon 8. Cost Effective

Commercial and Industrial General

$25.64

$25.98

General Time-of-Day

$29.64

$29.98

Peak-Controlled

$55.00

$60.00

Peak-Controlled Time-of-Day

$55.00

$60.00

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Xcel Energy’s last request for a rate increase was in 2015, when it received approval for its current multiyear rate plan. Under that plan, Xcel Energy’s base electric rates increased in 2016, 2017 and 2019. During this time, Xcel Energy has continually invested in strengthening the energy grid and enhancing the reliability of the service our customers count on while expanding clean energy.

These projects are key to meeting our customers’ needs today and in the future, as we build toward our vision of providing 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. A three-year rate plan provides Xcel Energy and our customers with more predictable rates for a longer period.

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