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South Shore design nearing final turn BY DEBRA NEUTKENS STAFF WRITER
RAMSEY COUNTY — When South Shore Boulevard and its parallel trail are constructed, flooded yards should be a thing of the past. "If there’s one unifying theme of concern from property owners, it’s drainage," noted Greg Brown, a Kimley-Horn civil engineer hired by the county to help design the project. "The new roadway is designed to be a drainage/gutter system," Brown explained. "It isn’t like that today. Much of the roadway runoff goes into adjacent yards." At the county’s last open house on the 1.5-mile project late last month, Brown and Project Manager Joey Lundquist presented the latest refinements to the road and trail design and answered questions from the community. As reported in the past, plans for South Shore include a two-way road with a multiuse trail from White Bear Avenue to McKnight Road, and a one-way with a trail from McKnight to County Road F. The trail, separated from the road by a boulevard, connects White Bear Avenue in the city to East County Line Road in the township as part of the Lake Links Trail system around the lake. Both the new road
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Royal homecoming wave White Bear Lake Area High School Homecoming Queen Addie Bachmeier and King Gavin Rogers wave from atop an SUV to the crowd of spectators lining the streets in downtown White Bear Lake during the annual parade that was part of homecoming festivities last week. Find more photos online at presspubs.com.
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The Grasshoppers reunite after 50-plus years Press about the get-together. "Reflecting back, we all agreed those were interesting experiences and our time together musically was gratifying and rewarding." The band formed in 1965 as The Escorts, according to Acheson. In 1966, they became associated with Marsh Productions, a local talent booking agency. Owner Marshall Edelstein suggested they change their name to The Grasshoppers. "It was thought at the time, since the Beatles were so successful, to stick with a bug theme," he recalled. The band appeared at local teen "night clubs," high school and college dances, armories, ballrooms, arenas, churches,
synagogues, fundraisers, county fairs and VFWs. The venues were scattered across Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. "There was no GPS or Google Maps back then, so finding and navigating to many of these venues was often a challenge," Acheson said. He remembers opening for The Young Rascals at the Minneapolis Armory in September 1968, then racing across town to appear at The Prison in Burnsville. One claim to fame is when The Grasshoppers became "backup orchestra"
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No, the band isn’t back together, but members of The Grasshoppers did gather for a reunion last month in White Bear Lake. Some are retired, one has moved out of state, and some are still rocking. All happily reminisced about the late ‘60s and their musical time together. The teenage band included Greg (Jiggs) Lees, lead singer; Ben Hamar, lead guitar; Tim Black, bass guitar; Phil Scollard, drums; and Tom Acheson, rhythm guitar. All are White Bear Lake High School graduates. "It was an opportunity to learn about each other’s lives and experiences over the past 52 years," said Acheson, who told the