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LAKE VADNAIS TRAGEDY: Murder-suicide, triple homicide being investigated PAGE 5A

Marijuana, mental health challenges lead to suicide BY JOE RUFF THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT

Heather and Randy Bacchus have been grieving since their 21-year-old son, Randy Michael Bacchus III, took his own life one year ago in Colorado while suffering from cannabisinduced psychosis. But the parishioners of St. Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake, parents also of three daughters, are determined to share their story to help others understand the dangerous impact of high-potency marijuana that is replacing the less potent “weed” of the 1970s and beyond. All this even as a bill before the Minnesota Legislature, passed by the House last year and moribund in the Senate this year, would make recreational marijuana legal and set up a framework to grow, package and sell the drug. (Editor’s note: The Minnesota Legislature passed a bill that went into effect July 1 making it legal for adults over 21 to purchase up to 5 milligrams per serving or packages up to 50 milligrams of edible THC derived from hemp. Marijuana-derived THC is still illegal in Minnesota.)

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Regatta ready sailing community Dozens of sailors round a course buoy during one of the races that were conducted during the recent Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) MC invitational regatta hosted in partnership with the White Bear Lake Yacht Club (WBLYC). Dozens of MC sailors from around the region participated in the event, which is among the several local and invitational races conducted throughout the season by members of the local sailing community. The next ILYA race will be held in mid-august in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Donatelli’s passes torch after 46 years After 46 years of ownership, Donatelli’s Italian restaurant will be making an ownership change. Current owners Steve Donatelli and Trish Appleby say they have reached a time in their lives where they feel they can no longer give the time and effort it takes to keep Donatelli’s moving in the right direction. The two stand firm that they have made the right decision to bring in new ownership of Donatelli’s. This week, they are passing the torch. Donatelli’s opened its doors in September 1976. The White Bear community staple started out as a little hole-in-the-wall pizza joint where friends and family gathered to enjoy pizza and conversation. Although the menu has grown, not a lot has changed. After almost half a century, Donatelli’s is still that local place where family and friends gather to share meals,

celebrate milestones and have a good time. Appleby and Donatelli stopped seeing themselves as the only owners of the restaurant long ago. To them, Donatelli’s staff, customers and the community that embraces Donatelli’s are entitled to that recognition as well. “Over the years, especially, the past 15 or so, Steve and I have viewed ourselves as stewards of Donatelli’s, a community institution where people go to laugh, love, share stories, celebrate, grieve and enjoy great food,” Appleby said. The two say their customers have specifically requested that the diner stay the same. New owner Colin Myers says almost everything in the restaurant will stay the same and that his aim is to simply continue what Appleby and Donatelli have already created. “Typically, most of the locations that are bought are a total remodel … this is one where that’s not the

case at all. All the pieces are in place,” Myers said. Myers and his family live in Woodbury and have been loyal customers of Donatelli’s for 15 years. When Myers heard his business partners were looking at a restaurant in White Bear called Donatelli’s, Myers had no reservations about getting in on working with them. Appleby says the decision was heart-wrenching and bittersweet, but the second she met with Myers, she knew. “He just gets it,” she said. One of the things that most impressed Donatelli and Appleby was Myers’s understanding of the commitment Donatelli’s owners have made to the community and their belief in Donatelli’s mission — “to make everyone’s day better and brighter.” Myers has had the opportunity to become acclimated to the

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