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NEW SCHOOL: District sets sights on Hugo PAGE 11A
Christmas at the Moon BY TED FIELD SPECIAL TO THE PRESS
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The iconic “Earthrise” photo was taken by astronaut Bill Anders as the Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited the moon for the first time on Dec. 24, 1968. He captured the stark contrast between the monochrome and desolate lunar surface and the Earth’s vibrant color using a Hasselblad camera equipped with a telephoto lens. The image has been cited as one of the most influential photographs ever taken.
Sometimes we look up to the sky to be entertained. Or to be inspired. We marvel at celestial events like rainbows, Northern Lights and shooting stars. At the edges of the day the rising or setting of the sun can paint the sky in bright, dazzling colors. And when the Earth inserts itself between the sun and moon, we watch in awe as our shadow moves across the lunar surface. These are just a few things we see without a telescope. We might call these events heavenly, and for good reason. Ancient cultures would read divine messages in sightings like these. Our fascination with the sky started when we were children. We learned that the stars were so far away their light took years to get here, and that we could connect them into the shapes of animals and other figures. At Christmas, our parents told us to look up and find Santa’s sleigh. They would point to a satellite and say, “Look. There he is. Right on time. Now it’s time for bed.” In Sunday School, we learned there had been a star above Bethlehem to mark Jesus’s birthplace. After that, we never lost our interest in the night sky at Christmas. There is something about Christmas Eve that makes us want to look up in SEE CHRISTMAS EVE, PAGE 9A
2018 grand finale for holiday light display BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — This time, they mean it. The spectacular holiday light display on Bald Eagle Lake is in its final year. After 35 years and considerable time and expense, John Cretzmeyer and wife Barb Jacobson announced that 2018 is the last. The display's final year was supposed to be 2014, but the couple changed their mind after a surprising outpouring of cards, emails and even presents from people urging them to continue the tradition.
“People were dropping off bottles of wine,” recalled Cretzmeyer, whose favorite story was the note with $5 from a college student. “He said it was his beer money and that we couldn't quit. He'd been coming since he was 3. So we kept it going.” The light display was his “gift back to the community he loves,” Cretzmeyer had said four years ago in a Press story. But the Fridley dentist, who turned 70 this month, decided this was the year to call it quits. “There's fine print on your birth SEE GRAND FINALE, PAGE 9A
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The decorated century-old house on the western side of Bald Eagle was once the summer Norwegian consulate.
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