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Bears Hall of Fame adds football coach, volleyball star
Rush Line team promises fresh look at downtown station sites BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
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The White Bear Lake Sports Hall of Fame recently added a Bears volleyball star who went on to play in two Final Fours with the Gophers, and a football coach with the most wins in Bear football history. Lisa Reinhart and the late Bob Jackson were inducted in a halftime ceremony at the Bears football game Oct. 17 with family members representing them. Jackson passed away on March 31 at age 64. Reinhart lives in South Carolina. Jackson logged 123 wins, most of any football coach in school history, in 19 seasons from 1993 to 2011, with four state tournament teams and two conference champions. Also the activities director for 35 years, Jackson initiated several hallmarks of the football program including the booster club, the youth football association, summer camps, weight-lifting programs and post-game meals that connected families to the team. Reinhart led the Bears to a state runner-up fi nish in volleyball in 1999. She was team defensive MVP four times and offensive MVP twice. She was also a hurdler and jumper in track, qualifying for state in the 300 hurdles. With the Gophers, Reinhart was a defensive specialist on teams that reached the NCAA Final Four her last two seasons, 2003 and 2004. The SEE HALL OF FAME, PAGE 8A
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Zipping through fall Joy Ibish takes a ride down the new zip line at Lakewood Hills while her father John and brother James watch from a raised platform Saturday, Oct. 13. The ride was added when the playground equipment at the park was recently updated.
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WHITE BEAR LAKE — When it comes to location of a downtown bus station, know this: The City Council has final say. Mayor Joe Emerson made that clear at the Oct. 23 council meeting, attended by Clark Avenue-area residents anxious about a rapid transit location they believe will alter the character of their neighborhood. To the dismay of many, the US Bank site at Clark and Second Street was singled out as a preferred location for a downtown bus terminus, complete with parking ramp, by a Rush Line Corridor working group. The volunteer group liked the fact buses could loop around the US Bank block unimpeded seven days a week from early morning to late at night. The bank would still occupy space at street level, along with other possible commercial/office tenants, and the site could easily serve as a terminus, or anchor, at the end of the 14-mile route. Not everyone is on board with the recommended location, however. The mayor, for one, is against the Clark Avenue station. “It won’t work there,” Emerson said. “We have to find another site. I hope wiser heads will prevail.” People attending the meeting weren’t allowed to address council; it wasn’t a public hearing after all. But they were encouraged to post comments online at rushline. org. Rush Line Planning Team member Beth Bartz, with SRF Consulting Group, a firm assisting the county in the project’s development, provided council an overview of the process and its purpose.
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The corridor eventually will extend from Union Depot in St. Paul to Hinckley, 80 miles north. It has been identified by the Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit, MnDOT, the Rush Line Corridor Task Force and counties along the route as needed transportation based on population, employment and travel needs. “We have heard of the high level of interest in the downtown station,” said Bartz, who explained that a terminus station is unique from the others. “Planners desire a strong location at the end of the line with easy bus movement and a place where the bus operator can take a break and possibly charge the bus,” Bartz said. “We are looking for an under-utilized parcel that offers vibrant retail and
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Jay Shelago hoisted a poster to express her view at the council meeting. She lives near the proposed downtown station site and fears the congestion would be unsafe for her daughter, who likes to bike to the library.
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