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THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS: Recipes page PAGE 2
HOW IS
a turkey made? The White Bear Press and Vadnais Heights Press visited Tami Jahnke’s preschool class at Lakeaires Elementary to ask students, “How do you cook a turkey?” in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Here are the responses.
Alaia, 4
Isla, 4
“It looks like this. Make a mouth. Make a ears and make a eyes. Make her body. And make her nose and make her arms and make her clothes.”
“In the oven.”
Adeline, 4
Leroy, 4
“Jacket, pants, shirt and a hat.”
“Like just build it with 2 eyeballs and put it behind the body. The finger and the feet and the shoes and the sweater and the shirt. And the pants, too.”
Amina, 5
Olive, 4
“Well, with a head, a mouth, a nose, feet, a body. Oh, and a hair and a head and a happy face.”
“You have to get a real turkey. Put it on the stove and cook it.”
Cimmilee, 4
Shayla, 5
“I just made a turkey.”
“You make his body first, then his wings and his head and his eyes and his mouth. And his feet.”
Cullen, 4
Skylar, 4
“I don’t know.”
“I don’t know.”
School District sets 2024-25 calendar, course changes BY NOELLE OLSON EDITOR
Next fall, the White Bear Lake Area School District will offer new secondary courses and will have a different beginning to the 2024-25 school year. According to Dr. Alison Gillespie, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, the first day of school will be Tuesday, Sept. 3, for sixth and 12th graders. The first day for grades one through five will be Wednesday, Sept. 4. Thursday, Sept. 5, will be the first day for kindergartners, sophomores and juniors. “We are excited to have the 9-12 high school open and on the first day of school, Principal Reetz would like to have the seniors in the building solely just for next year to set the culture in the building,” said Gillespie. “He’s working with our current juniors to decide what that will look like, and more information is to come.” SEE SCHOOL BOARD, PAGE 13
New Christmas tree farm makes plans for 2024 season BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
Elijah, 4 “With cheese bites. You put the cheese in there and make it into real cheese.”
Tre, 4 “Put it in the oven and eat it.”
Haven, 4 “With an oven. First take it out and then eat the turkey.”
Not this year, but next, families will have another opportunity to create a holiday tradition a bit closer to home. Steve Kavan, of North Oaks, plans to open Kavan Christmas Tree Farm in time for the 2024 holiday season. He purchased the 40-acre property in 2018. “I like the outdoors,” he said. “I’m big on the outdoors and Christmas … (My SEE TREE FARM, PAGE 8
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The Kavan family plans to open Kavan Christmas Tree Farm in 2024. The farm is located on Ash Street in Lino Lakes.
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