August 2012 Technology in the schools - Left: LaVonne Francis, kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Center, uses a Smartboard to enhance her lesson. Right: Billy Marlow uses an iPad in his 10th grade humanities class. Relay for Life / Page 8 Mary Diedrick Hansen Staff Writer Mary Diedrick Hansen Staff Writer SSP Schools / Page 2 A scene from the 2011 Relay for Life at the track at Lincoln Center Elementary School. John Ahlstrom Staff Writer Number 8 Volume 9 Photo by December Orpen
August 2012 Volume 9 Number 8 Visit www.stpaulpublishing.com for expanded area coverage! Photos courtesy of South St. Paul Schools. Technology in the schools - Left: LaVonne Francis, kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Center, uses a Smartboard to enhance her lesson. Right: Billy Marlow uses an iPad in his 10th grade humanities class. Over 500 expected to show their support Mary Diedrick Hansen Staff Writer I t’s not your typical track meet, although team names like “e Fight Club” and “e Believers” might lead you to think so. Looking closely at these in- tergenerational teams, it be- comes clear that this track meet isn’t about breaking state records. It’s bigger than that. It’s about stomp- ing out a deadly disease: cancer. It’s a relay for life. South St. Paul, West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights have joined forces to battle the disease. is year’s event will be held Aug. 3 at Lincoln Cen- ter Elementary School in South St. Paul. More than five hundred participants who are passionate about eliminating cancer will be on hand to shower cancer survivors with support, re- member those who have passed and raise funds for cancer research. Co-chairs Shelly For- ester and Jaime Ross, with Lincoln Center track is site of annual cancer-fighting event Relay for Life / Page 8 SSP Schools / Page 2 SSP begins school year with increase in student enrollment, more parking and one new concern Mary Diedrick Hansen Staff Writer I n a recent interview about the state of Special School District 6, Superinten- dent Dave Webb said he is thrilled with recent techno- logical advancements in the district and with the new parking made possible from the acquisition of adjacent property, but he is also con- cerned about an achieve- ment gap among some stu- dents at Lincoln Center, as well as continued strains on the budget. Budget e rise in enrollment of 95 new students this past year added $650,000 in state funding to district coffers. However, funding has remained flat from the state, and inflation, health- care and upkeep of aging buildings continue to affect the budget. Built in 1911, South St. Paul High School is in need of repair, but it does not meet requirements to receive state funding for infrastructure improve- Photo by December Orpen A scene from the 2011 Relay for Life at the track at Lincoln Center Elementary School. Athletic Hall of Fame to induct Glewwe, Grannis and Glazier John Ahlstrom Staff Writer O n Friday, Sept. 14, the South St. Paul High School Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome three new members. Rollie Glewwe (Class of 1951), Dave Gran- nis III (Class of 1958) and Coach Dave Glazier will join an elite fraternity that now numbers 30 members. e induction ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the high school. Rollie Glewwe was born and raised in South St. Paul. As the 212-pound center and nose guard on the 1949 undefeated Packer football team, he anchored a line that produced 186 points on offense and yielded just 64. “We featured the single wing,” he said. “Harold Pawlik was a very talented fullback and it was our job to cre- ate space for him and the other running backs. We were pretty good at it.” eir biggest win of the year, according to Glewwe, was against a Hastings team that featured Bob and Pinky McNamara, who later starred at the University of Min- nesota. ere were no post-season playoffs in those days, but the 1949 South St. Paul football team was awarded the Dr. Litkenhous Trophy, annually presented to the state’s best football team. Glewwe suffered a career ending concussion less than half way through his senior season in 1950. He spent six weeks in the hospital as doctors worked feverishly to sta- bilize his condition. Eventually, they discovered several blood clots on the left side of his brain and successfully Hall of Fame / Page 3
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August 2012
Volume 9
Number 8
Visit www.stpaulpublishing.com for expanded area coverage!
Photos courtesy of South St. Paul Schools.
Technology in the schools - Left: LaVonne Francis, kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Center, uses a Smartboard to enhance her lesson. Right: Billy Marlow uses an iPad in his 10th grade humanities class.
Over 500 expected to show their supportMary Diedrick Hansen
Staff Writer
It’s not your typical track meet, although team
names like “The Fight Club” and “The Believers” might lead you to think so. Looking closely at these in-tergenerational teams, it be-comes clear that this track meet isn’t about breaking state records. It’s bigger than that. It’s about stomp-
ing out a deadly disease: cancer. It’s a relay for life.
South St. Paul, West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights have joined forces to battle the disease. This year’s event will be held Aug. 3 at Lincoln Cen-ter Elementary School in South St. Paul. More than five hundred participants
who are passionate about eliminating cancer will be on hand to shower cancer survivors with support, re-member those who have passed and raise funds for cancer research.
Co-chairs Shelly For-ester and Jaime Ross, with
Lincoln Center track is site ofannual cancer-fighting event
Relay for Life / Page 8
SSP Schools / Page 2
SSP begins school year with increase in student enrollment, more parking and one new concern
Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer
In a recent interview about the state of Special School
District 6, Superinten-dent Dave Webb said he is thrilled with recent techno-logical advancements in the district and with the new parking made possible from the acquisition of adjacent property, but he is also con-cerned about an achieve-ment gap among some stu-dents at Lincoln Center, as well as continued strains on the budget.
BudgetThe rise in enrollment
of 95 new students this past year added $650,000 in state funding to district coffers. However, funding has remained flat from the state, and inflation, health-care and upkeep of aging buildings continue to affect the budget. Built in 1911, South St. Paul High School is in need of repair, but it does not meet requirements to receive state funding for infrastructure improve-
Photo by December OrpenA scene from the 2011 Relay for Life at the track at Lincoln Center Elementary School.
Athletic Hall of Fame to induct Glewwe, Grannis and Glazier
John Ahlstrom Staff Writer
On Friday, Sept. 14, the South St. Paul High School Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome three new
members. Rollie Glewwe (Class of 1951), Dave Gran-nis III (Class of 1958) and Coach Dave Glazier will join an elite fraternity that now numbers 30 members. The induction ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the high school.
Rollie Glewwe was born and raised in South St. Paul. As the 212-pound center and nose guard on the 1949 undefeated Packer football team, he anchored a line that produced 186 points on offense and yielded just 64.
“We featured the single wing,” he said. “Harold Pawlik was a very talented fullback and it was our job to cre-ate space for him and the other running backs. We were pretty good at it.”
Their biggest win of the year, according to Glewwe, was against a Hastings team that featured Bob and Pinky McNamara, who later starred at the University of Min-nesota. There were no post-season playoffs in those days, but the 1949 South St. Paul football team was awarded the Dr. Litkenhous Trophy, annually presented to the state’s best football team.
Glewwe suffered a career ending concussion less than half way through his senior season in 1950. He spent six weeks in the hospital as doctors worked feverishly to sta-bilize his condition. Eventually, they discovered several blood clots on the left side of his brain and successfully
Hall of Fame / Page 3
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ments. Special School Dis-trict 6 will soon begin an extensive review of building and facility needs. Depend-ing on its findings, it may have to request a levy to ad-dress its needs.
TechnologyLast year the district took
a tremendous leap forward in educational technology thanks to generous dona-tions from the community. All classrooms in the dis-trict are now equipped with SMART Boards (interactive white boards) that enhance teaching.
The call went out last year for help in funding 97 SMART Boards — cost-ing $1,500 each — so that all classrooms would have the latest educational tech-nology at their fingertips. Webb reported that the
97th SMART Board was purchased last May. Donors included local businesses and clubs, individuals and other organizations. Last year the district provided 900 iPads (tablet comput-ers) to students. Those iPads are able to link to SMART Boards for student-teacher interaction.
“We’ve made tremendous strides in a short period of time,” said Webb. “In a nutshell, we had an out-standing year: great kids, an incredible staff, supportive community.”
Special District 6 is the first school district in Min-nesota to have the rigorous International Baccalaure-ate (IB) curriculum taught from kindergarten through twelfth grade. At South St. Paul Secondary School, 71 percent participate in IB. Total enrollment is 1,490, with 26 percent made up of minority students, and 33
percent economically disad-vantaged.
ParkingThe city of South St.
Paul’s Housing and Rede-velopment Agency (HRA) helped the district purchase the Seventh Day Adventist Church property, which abutted the high school parking lot. The church was torn down for much-need-ed school parking. The Sev-enth Day Adventists in the meantime purchased the First Methodist Church, which was for sale just across the street. The Meth-odists were in the process of merging with a church in Mendota Heights. Before packing their bags and leav-ing the church, First Meth-odist left a $40,000 High School scholarship endow-ment for their longtime neighbors.
“It was a win, win, win, win for the city, the district, and the two churches,” said
Webb, and an example of community collaboration that is taking place within the city.
Lincoln CenterThe district is not without
its problems. Lincoln Cen-ter Elementary School has landed on the state’s new Multiple Measurement Rat-ings (MMR) accountabil-ity focus list. That means that Lincoln Center has an achievement gap problem among some of its students. This past May the Minne-sota Department of Edu-cation introduced MMR as a way to provide clearer and more accurate account-ability for Title 1 schools, which make up 10 percent of all schools in the state. Lincoln Center qualifies be-cause more than 40 percent of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The main goal of MMR is to try to close the “academic per-formance gap” or “achieve-
ment gap” and by zeroing in on the proficiency and growth of at-risk minority students, English Language Learners, Special Education students and those qualify-ing for free and reduced lunches, and then com-paring how they are doing with students who are not of the same group. Federal supplemental funding is provided to school districts to meet the needs of at-risk and low-income students in their schools.
The average MMR fo-cused rating for all Title 1 schools in the state is around 50 percent, which means half of the at-risk students have closed the achievement gap. Lincoln Center’s is at 29.7 percent. Webb said the district is looking at how to accelerate growth among those stu-dents, specifically through its after-school programs and summer school.
Early ChildhoodEarly childhood program-
ming is offered at Lincoln Center Elementary School and at the District’s Fam-ily Connections site. Webb said the district would like to relocate the Family Con-nections site to Kaposia Elementary School. The current location has a nine-month lease. Kaposia has no space at this point but the district is looking at the possibility of reconfiguring the school to support future educational needs.
“We do know that we would like to have an Early Learning Center located at elementary schools. It helps in aligning curriculum with the earliest elementary lev-el,” said Webb. “We have more students that we can reach and connect with. We want to support early learn-ers.”
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removed them.Money was short and his
hospital bills were enor-mous.
“Typical of South St. Paul, folks in the city got to-gether and raised the money to pay my bills,” he said. “For several years after that, a portion of every football ticket sold went into a fund to defray costs for students with medical bills.”
Glewwe recovered to the point that he was offered a football scholarship to the University of Minnesota.
“Just as I was preparing to draw my equipment the trainers obtained my medi-cal records and told me I couldn’t play,” said Glewwe. Nevertheless, the school honored his scholarship for the two years he remained in school.
At the age of 20 in 1953, Glewwe married his high school sweetheart, Joan Brossoit. He has enjoyed a successful business career and has served his com-munity with distinction in numerous capacities, including three terms as a Minnesota State Senator (1966-72). He is currently president of Roadware, Inc., headquartered in South St. Paul. The com-pany sells concrete mend-ing material all over the world. He summed up his life this way: “I have been very blessed.”
Dave Grannis III is also a South St. Paul native. He was the starting quarterback on the South St. Paul foot-ball team in the fall of 1957.
“That sounds a little bit more glamorous than it was,” he said. “In the single wing system, the quarter-back is mostly a pulling guard attempting to open holes for the running backs. I got more nose bleeds than touchdown passes.”
Grannis’ first love was hockey. He was the captain and an all-conference selec-tion as a senior when the Packers placed third in the 1958 state tournament.
“He was a natural leader and was tough as nails, on the ice or on the football field,” said his teammate Dudley Otto. “He led by example, and the bigger the moment the more you could expect from him.”
The legendary Charles “Lefty” Smith’s first season as the Packer hockey coach was in 1957 and Gran-nis gives him credit for his eventual enrollment at Har-vard University.
“Lefty always encouraged his players to expand their horizons and experience all that life has to offer,” said Grannis. “He knew a lot of
college coaches out east and would encourage them to take a look at his players.”
When Harvard came to Minnesota to play the Go-phers in the winter of 1958, Coach Cooney Weiland at-tended a game at the out-door oval in South St. Paul and apparently liked what he saw. Grannis played hockey for four years at Har-vard and led the Crimson to two Ivy League titles and was team captain as a senior.
“The Bean Pot Holiday Tournament was the high-light of the season,” he said. “It included Boston Col-lege, Boston University and Northeastern and we were lucky enough to win that a couple of times.”
During his years in Bos-ton, Grannis stayed in close contact with Joyce Ander-
son, who was a year behind him at South St. Paul High School. They were mar-ried in Zurich, Switzerland in 1962 when they were there visiting a foreign ex-change student. In 1963, Grannis enrolled in the U. S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quan-tico, Virginia. He served in Vietnam for 13 months and was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He graduated from the Denver Law School in 1968. His decade-long odyssey away from home ended when he was admitted to the Min-nesota State Bar and joined his father’s law practice in South St. Paul in 1969.
The late Dave Glazier grew up in New York. He moved west in 1957 to at-tend Winona State Col-
lege, where he was an out-standing football player. He served as a teacher and coach at St. Paul Park High School from 1961-1966.
“I was looking for a new track coach and heard great things about Dave Glazier,” said Pete Veldman, South St. Paul athletic director from 1964-1993. “It was one of the best hires I ever made.”
Glazier coached the boys track team at South St. Paul from 1966-1990. He also coached football and served a brief tenure as head coach from 1984-1987. In an era when records seem to be broken on a routine basis, it is remarkable that 16 of the 18 South St. Paul High School track and field re-cords were established dur-ing Glazier’s time as head coach; 13 of those records go back more than 30 years.
“I have never met a man with more energy,” said Veldman. “You could walk into his math class dur-ing first hour and he was already fired up, inspiring and challenging his stu-dents. And he would stay
in that gear until he left the track at sunset.”
Bo Johnson (Class of 1971), a member of the track team and an assis-tant coach under Glazier, echoed those sentiments.
“He was a great motiva-tor,” he said. “He provided the positive reinforcement that enabled his athletes to perform beyond their ex-pectations.”
Glazier retired as head coach after the 1990 season but continued to work as a starter for track meets well into the 2000s. His commit-ment and attachment to the sport he loved lasted more than five decades. Glazier died on March 1, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Judy and their three children: Craig, Ross and Darin.
In addition to the three inductees, the 2012 Hall of Fame festivities will also honor the 1961-62 boys basketball team that fin-ished runner-up in the 1962 state tournament. For more information, call 651-457-9462 or visit www.sspps.org.
Hall of Famefrom page 1 2012 SSP Hall of Fame Inductees
Rollie GlewweDave Grannis III Dave Glazier
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Your community news and information sourceN ews BriefsNight to Unite
The city of South St. Paul encourages residents to at-tend one of several block parties, held 5-9 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7 during the Night to Unite, a na-tionwide crime prevention awareness campaign. Some parties will include a visit from members of the Police and Fire departments, Mc-Gruff, the Crime Fighting Dog, and a coloring contest and more.
In celebration of the City’s 125th birthday, an online cookbook is being developed with some of the favorite food items served at Night to Unite parties. In addition, there will be a contest for the food item that best depicts the City’s 125th Birthday, such as a cake with the 125th logo on it or ethnic food that re-flects the diversity of South St. Paul. A crew of judges will determine the winning entries.
The South St. Paul May-or’s Youth Task Force will kick off the 12th Annual “Fill the Backpack” cam-paign during the Night to Unite. Last year, over 200 backpacks were filled for
students at Lincoln Center and Kaposia elementary schools and the South St. Paul junior and senior high schools.
If you are interested in hosting a block party, con-tact Deb Griffith, commu-nity affairs liaison, at 651-554-3230 or [email protected].
Classic CarCruise
Classic Car Cruises will be held 2-8 p.m., Aug. 4 and 18 on Bridgepoint Drive, between Grand and Armour avenues in South St. Paul. The events include classic cars, trucks, motor-cycles and low riders, food vendors, children’s rides, music and more.
Lion’s Club hosts fundraiser
The South St. Paul Lion’s Club will host a golf tour-nament at noon, Monday, Aug. 6 at River Oaks Coun-try Club in Cottage Grove. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. The format is shotgun start, 4-person scramble. Cost is $90 for golf, cart, bucket of range balls, door
prizes and dinner. A silent auction and social hour be-gins at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and a pro-gram at 6:45 p.m. For more information, contact Greg Niederkorn at 651-451-1333 or [email protected].
Sounds of South St. Paul
Sounds of South St. Paul free outdoor concerts are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Wednesday at Central Square through Aug. 15. Biljan Tamburitzan Orke-star will perform Aug. 1 and Los Alegres Bailidores will perform Aug. 15. For more information, visit www.southstpaul.org and click on the community events calendar, or contact Deb Griffith, community affairs liaison, at 651-554-3230 or [email protected].
Library happenings
For more information on library events, call 651-554-3240 or visit www.southst-paul.org/library.
• Book discussions - “My Losing Season” by Pat Conroy is the title discussed in August. In this book, Conroy takes readers back to 1966-67, when he was shooting hoops as a Citadel Bulldog, finding refuge in his teammates from a tough home life, and beginning to feel the stirrings of the writer within him. Discus-sions are held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8, and 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9, in the library’s meeting room. Author information packets are available at the library’s front desk and at www.southstpaul.org/library, un-der adult book discussions.
• eBook Basics - Infor-mation sessions are offered Aug. 6 to learn more about downloading free library eBooks onto an eReader. Session 1: iPad, 5:30-6:15 p.m.; Session 2: Kindle, 6:15-7 p.m.; Session 3: Nook, Kobo, Sony and oth-ers, 7-7:45 p.m. If you are unsure about which session is right for you, call Honora at 651-554-3243.
• Internet Basics - An in-formational session on how to use the internet is offered at 6:30 p.m, Monday, Aug.
20. This class provides in-struction on navigating a web browser, exploring the library’s website, finding information and printing web pages. Registration is required.
• Job Resources @ the Library - An informational session is offered at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 16 to highlight the job-seeking tools that are available at the library.
• Olympic Fever - 10:30 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, Aug. 1. Children age 6-12 are invited to test their skills at the South St. Paul Olym-pic Games. Registration is required.
• Goodnight Moon Party - 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 6. All ages are invited to participate in games, activities and a read-ing of “Goodnight, Moon.”
• Kids’ Summer Read-ing Club Party - 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8. This event features a special show by magician Magical Mia! Participants of the South St. Paul reading clubs receive a ticket at the door for grand prize drawings, including a bike donated by Paster En-terprises. This party is held
at the Dakota County His-torical Museum.
• Make and Takes Owl Plushies - 1-3 p.m., Thurs-day, Aug. 2. Teens age 12-18 will use basic sewing skills to turn a few pieces of fabric and buttons into stuffed owls. Registration is required.
• Zombies! - 1-3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10. Teens age 12-18 are invited to a Zom-bie party, featuring games, activities, food and more, all will a zombie twist. Reg-istration is required.
• Teen Summer Read-ing Club Party - 7:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 17 at the Splash Pool in Lor-raine Park. This event fea-tures swimming and snacks. Teens who were part of the summer Teen Reading Club or who served as a Volun-teen this summer have the chance to win door prizes.
Student NotesJacob Eppen of South
St. Paul was named to the dean’s list at Dunwoody College of Technology.
Ryan Patet of South St. Paul was named to the aca-demic honors list at at Pur-due University.
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Your community news and information sourceN ews BriefsWomen’s locker room project completed at Central Square
The renovation of the women’s locker room at Central Square Community Center has been completed. The room facilitates women who use the center’s many programs, including its fit-ness room with state-of-the-art cardio and strength equipment, indoor pool, fit-ness/wellness classes, gym-nastics and more. For more information on the Central Square Community Center, visit www.southstpaul.org.
Parks and Rec programs
The South St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department is offering a large variety of programs this fall, includ-ing fitness/wellness classes, indoor swimming lessons, karate, gymnastics and more. An electronic version of the Parks and Recreation Fall Program Brochure will be available in mid August at www.southstpaul.org, featuring online registra-tion. Brochures will also be available at the Parks and Recreation office at Central Square Community Center, 100-7th Ave. N., South St. Paul.
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Fare for All Express will be held 4-6 p.m., Tues., Aug. 7, at Central Square Community Center, 100 7th Ave. N. Fare for All Express is a program of the Emergency Foodshelf Network that partners with organizations around the Twin Cities metro area. It is a cooperative food buying program that buys food in bulk directly from whole-salers and passes the sav-ings on to participants. The program can result in a 40 percent savings on monthly groceries by purchasing “ex-press packages.” No advance payment or pre-registration is needed to purchase pack-ages and there is no limit to the number of packages that can be purchased each month. Fare For All is open to everyone. There are no income-based requirements for participation. Participa-tion does not affect eligi-bility to receive assistance from a food shelf. For more information, call 651-306-3690 or visit www.southst-paul.org.
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A support group for fam-ily members and caregivers of adults with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia
meets the third Wednesday of each month at Cerenity Senior Care-South St, Paul, 744-19th Ave. N. The next meeting is Aug. 15. For more information, call 651-326-6502.
Highground Memorial fundraiser
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 639 of South St. Paul is seeking cash and merchandise do-nations for its fundraiser, which will be held 2-5:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, at Buggs’ Place, 925 N. Con-cord Exchange. The event will feature food, games, a bake sale and silent auction, door prizes, pull tabs and more. Proceeds will benefit the Highground Memorial, which honors veterans of all wars.
The Chapter is also host-ing a 140-mile Poker Run Ride through the St. Croix Valley to raise funds for the memorial. The ride begins at noon, Saturday, Aug. 25 at Buggs’ Place. The event will feature three stops, pok-er, raffles and other specials.
For more information on either event, contact John Lynch at 651-459-1310 or [email protected].
Summer Playhouse
Actors, puppets and in-teractive play are all part of the Summer Playhouse en-tertainment. Dates are:
• 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 31 at Miracle Center, 125-21st Ave. S., and 1:30 p.m. at Veterans Field, Third Street and 13th Avenue North.
• 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 1 at the South St. Paul Library, Marie Avenue and Third Avenue South, 1 p.m. at Lorraine Park, Third Av-enue and Seventh Street South, and 2:30 p.m. at Ka-posia Center, First Avenue South and Dale Street.
• 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 2 at Lincoln Center, Fourth Street parking lot, 1 p.m. at Summit Park, 15th Avenue North and Pleas-ant Ave., and 2:30 p.m. at Northview Park, 19th Av-enue North and Thompson Avenue.
Night to Unite to feature online cookbook recipesMary Diedrick Hansen
Staff Writer
South St. Paul has been recognized for its whole-hearted participation in Night to Unite, formerly called National Night Out. This year’s event will take place Tuesday, Aug. 7. Get ready for the scrumptious scents from countless BBQ grills as they waft through the city and for the friendly chat-ter that will fill the streets as neighbors take to the outdoors for their neigh-borhood block parties.
In honor of the 125th celebration of South St. Paul, an online cook-book is being compiled, filled with recipes created by outdoor grill masters, salad queens and des-sert divas from across the city. To be included in this cookbook, send your prized recipes to [email protected], or mail it to her at South St. Paul City Hall, 125 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul, MN 55075.
Here’s a recipe from Mayor Beth Baumann: Mediterranean Salsa4 medium plum tomatoes1 can chopped chiles
1 can chopped black olives2 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons red wine vinegarSalt and pepper to tasteChop tomatoes, mix with rest of ingredients in bowl. Cover and refriger-ate for 2- 24 hours. Serve at room temperature with tortilla chips or pita chips.
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The Artists’ Quarter offers live entertainment throughout the month, including jazz bands and poetry nights.
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Jac Klatt will present a program of roots music on Friday, Aug. 17, Wil-lie Murphy will perform blues on the piano on Friday, Aug. 24, and Carl Franzen will play the pi-ano and sing on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
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“Cyberchase” is pre-sented through Septem-ber. Based on the Em-my-winning PBS KIDS GO! math mystery “Cy-berchase,” this exhibit presents math in a fun, kid-friendly environ-ment, allowing children to make use of their criti-cal thinking skills and approach math with an investigative, positive at-titude.
“Curious George: Let’s Get Curious!” is presented through Oct. 7. This exhibit allows visitors to explore famil-iar buildings and locales
from the Curious George book series and televi-sion show while learning concepts in science, math and engineering. Tickets are $9.50. Explore the museum free of charge 9 a.m.-5 p.m. the third Sunday of each month.
History Center345 W. Kellogg Blvd.St. Paul651-259-3000www.mnhs.org
“1934: A New Deal for Artists” is present-ed through Sept. 30. In 1934, against the back-drop of the Great Depres-sion, the U.S. govern-ment created the Public Works of Art Project — the first federal govern-ment program to support the arts nationally. A se-
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“The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862” - This ex-hibit features documents, images and artifacts relat-ing to the war.
The Depression, The War, The Boom,” “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk” and “Weath-er Permitting.”
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Nine Nights of Mu-sic – Free concerts are held 6:30-8 p.m. every Tuesday in August at the Minnesota History Cen-ter Plaza. The schedule includes:
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Your community news and information sourceS ample St. Paul• Aug. 14 - Voices of
Sepharad, Jewish music of the Mediterranean
• Aug. 21 - Paul Metsa and Cats Under the Stars, rock ’n’ roll, New Or-leans, country and blues
• Aug. 28 - Ross Sut-ter and Friends, Swedish; The Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund, blue-grass.
In case of rain, per-formances will be held indoors in the 3M Audi-torium. For more infor-mation, visit www.min-nesotahistorycenter.org/events-programs/nine-nights-of-music or call 651-259-3000.
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Yolande Bruce, best known as a member of the award-winning vo-cal jazz group Moore by Four, will perform at 5 p.m., Sun., Aug. 12 at PipJazz Sundays. The event is hosted by singer
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Ordway’s Summer Dance Series offers free dancing and live music in Landmark Plaza, 5th and Market Street in down-town St. Paul, on Thurs-day nights. On Aug. 2, tango/waltz dance in-struction is offered by Cinema Ballroom; mu-sic by Café Accordion Orchestra. On Aug. 9, swing dance instruction is provided by Arthur Murray; music by River-side Swing Band.
“Chicago,” winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, is presented Aug. 7-12. Tickets are $27-$100.
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“Into the Woods” by Mu Performing Arts is presented through Aug. 5. A baker and his wife seek to break a witch’s evil curse, sending them on a raucous journey through the woods where they cross paths with Cinder-ella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and his beanstalk. But in this story happily ever af-ter is not always what it seems. Tickets are $30-$40 with discounts for seniors and students.
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“Real Pirates: The Un-told Story of the Whyd-ah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship” is presented through Sept. 3. Don your pirate hat and climb
aboard a recreation of a pirate ship. Learn to tie knots and hoist a pirate flag. Explore what life was like on a real pirate ship and see more than 200 artifacts from North America’s only authenti-cated pirate shipwreck. Tickets are $29 for adults and $26 for children and seniors.
“Under the Sea” Om-nitheatre film is pre-sented through Sept. 27 - Take a giant screen journey to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including South Australia, the Great Bar-rier Reef, and the Coral Triangle islands of Papua New Guinea and Indo-nesia. You’ll come face-to-face with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea.
“The Living Sea” Om-nitheatre film is present-ed through September. The film is narrated by Meryl Streep and features the music of Sting. View-ers will discover how
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Museum tickets are $11 for adults and $8.50 for children and seniors. Omnitheater tickets are $8 and $7 respectively.
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Los Conocidos will offer a Tex-Mex perfor-mance at 7 p.m., Butch Thompson and Friends will perform at 5:30 p.m., McNally Smith Showcase at 4 p.m., and The Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund at 2:30 p.m. All concerts are free.
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the help of 36 Relay for Life teams, hope to raise $80,000 this year. Jaime is part of the “Ross Relayers” team, named in memory of her uncle who, after suc-cumbing to cancer, left the Ross family feeling com-pelled to stand up and fight. Relay for Life allows them to join a powerful group of individuals driven to find a cure.
Robin Ross, Jaime’s mother, was a Relay for Life leader when it started eight years ago in South St. Paul.
“A girlfriend in White Bear Lake was in a Relay for Life,” recalled Robin. “She was later diagnosed with stage four cancer and died 18 months later in October. January was when it (Relay for Life) was first started and I needed to be involved. I remember the first year
we had a goal of $20,000 and we made $98,000. We broke the record for the tri-state area. Cancer touches so many people. I want to see the day when no one has to hear, ‘you have cancer.’”
“It’s about giving hope to those who are survivors,” said Forester, “and you are a survivor the moment you are diagnosed.”
The event takes place at night because, as Forester said, “cancer never sleeps.”
It symbolizes the dark-ness that can overcome an individual when they learn that they or a loved one have been diagnosed with the disease. The event ends at dawn with the rising of the sun. It’s symbolic of how cancer patients feel as they move out of the dark-ness and into the light when their treatment ends and “the worst is over.”
Crowds will congregate throughout the day for the
food and entertainment. The event is made possible through the help of many volunteers and donations. Hamburgers, hot dogs and chips are provided by the Lions Club, with all pro-ceeds going to Relay for Life. Culligan supplies wa-ter. Angelo’s provides pizzas at a discount. Volunteers come from many organi-zations, including the Boy Scouts, local businesses, the South St. Paul School Dis-trict and the South St. Paul Police Reserves.
Around 5 p.m., the Relay starts with a survivor walk around the track. Those who have up to two years under their belt lead the way. At the end of their trek they stop, turn around and see hundreds of faces of survivors walking behind them, with five…15 …25 ….and even 45 years of life lived after being diagnosed with cancer. It gives them hope.
Angie Maruna from “The Believers” is one of the sur-vivors who will be taking
the lap for the first time. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer five years ago. A hys-terectomy and 28 rounds of radiation treatment put the cancer in remission.
“I was just 31 and was at the point of writing letters to everyone,” Maruno said, recalling her dark days with the disease. “I had to stay positive or else everyone would crumble around me. I will probably cry through the entire (survivor) lap. I better bring lots of Kleen-ex!”
The 2012 Adult Honor-ary Survivor is LaVonne Francis, who was diagnosed 11 years ago, and the Juve-nile Honorary Survivor is Reed Doud, who was diag-nosed with leukemia a year ago.
The lighting ceremony begins at dusk. Starting
at the main stage, glow sticks are snapped and lit in memory of relatives and friends who have passed on. White bags with the names of loved ones inscribed on them line the track. In the bag are glowing candles. Then the mournful sound of bagpipes fills the air as the silent lap begins, led by the bagpiper.
The fight back ceremony takes place at dawn. Fund-raising totals are announced and participants are asked to think about what they can do in their life to help in the fight against cancer.
“It’s all about hope and cure,” said Forester. “Years ago it was a death sentence. Not anymore. Look at the survivors!”
The local Relay for Life organization has come up with some creative ways to be visible all year long. At Kaposia Days they handed out “Hope” stones to survi-vors to remind them that as a stone is tossed into water, it sends ripples out farther and farther into the water, and that they can send out ripples of hope to those
newly diagnosed with can-cer. In December, at the South St. Paul tree light-ing ceremony, Relay for Life provides its own tree for residents who can place a star on it for survivors in their lives and moons for those who have passed. A survivor breakfast is held in June. This past July, if you happened to notice a purple toilet sitting prominently in your neighbor’s front yard, it was Relay for Life at work with its “flush away cancer” campaign. For $10, your neighbor could have the toilet removed and for an extra $15 they could have it placed in someone else’s yard. Here’s a tip for next year: you can purchase $20 worth of toilet protection insurance to keep your yard toilet-free.
Forester wants everyone to experience Relay for Life on Aug. 3. She invites sur-vivors to take the lap. Golf carts are provided for those who can’t walk the entire way. It’s all about giving hope to new survivors and letting them know that they are not alone.
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Lois GlewweContributor
All 50 states and six for-eign countries were
represented among the 20,000 people who took part in the All-City Re-union weekend in South St. Paul Aug. 21-23, 1987, as part of the city’s centennial celebration. There were 38 class reunions held across the city that Friday night, with locations ranging from private homes to Fury Mo-tors to a big tent at Dick Clubb’s in Inver Grove Heights.
Saturday morning be-gan with breakfast for 980 people at the high school commons. There, a message board helped old friends find each other, and retired and current teachers greeted former students. Over 800 people climbed aboard school buses throughout the day to take the His-tory Town Tour. Buses were staffed by volunteers who played a pre-recorded his-tory narration for each stop. Participants also received a commemorative issue of the former South St. Paul Reporter, featuring a photo and story about each loca-tion on the tour. At noon, 1,200 people gathered near the Central Square sculp-ture for a catered barbeque lunch.
After lunch, Charles “Lefty” Smith, former hockey coach at South St.
Paul High School and the University of Notre Dame, Anita Pampusch, former president of St. Catherine’s University and a South St. Paul High School gradu-ate, and then-South St. Paul School Superintendent Dave Metzen addressed a gathering of over 2,000 at the high school football field for a Pep Rally. The Centennial Sales store, set up in a vacant storefront at 6th and Marie, was open all day, and visitors could stop by the South St. Paul Post Office to buy a special Hook ‘Em Cow Station cancellation on a commem-orative envelope.
That night, the All-Class dinner was held at Wakota Arena, which had been transformed with drapes, flowers and decorations into a huge banquet hall. Entertainment included the South St. Paul Male Chorus, The South St. Paul Choralettes and Sonny Zar-ich on the organ. Radio per-sonality and South St. Paul graduate Chuck Follmer was emcee, and Gertrude Kramer Glewwe and Peter Maurer were honored as the oldest graduates in atten-dance. South St. Paul’s first foreign exchange student, Gunther Baumgarten, was there as well as long-time high school history teacher Kathryn McAuliff. Dinner was served to over 1,100 people as a slide show dis-played hundreds of images
of classes and class reunions over the past century.
Following dinner, thou-sands of local residents joined the party at the Cen-tennial Street Dance in the parking lot at the former Northwest Bank on Grand and Concord Exchange. Deuce and George Borda-nea alternated performanc-es while people danced the night away.
Sunday morning dawned bright and beautiful as over 300 families lined up to take part in the All-Family Parade. Eighteen Century Families, those who could trace their residence to 1887 or before, were honored, and other families joined in and creatively marked the day as floats, trucks, cars and convertibles pro-claimed the pride and joy of South St. Paul residents. Among the more famous participants in the parade were actor Mike Farrell of M.A.S.H. fame and his wife, actress Shelli Fabares. Farrell was born in South St. Paul. They were march-ing with the Cosgrove clan.
Following the parade, everyone poured onto the football field where photog-rapher Dave Petek captured an aerial image of over 2,000 people, many show-ing their family names on banners and posters. That night the Centennial Com-mission presented a stage show and fireworks. The fireworks display was a re-
scheduling of the Kaposia Days exhibit that was can-celed due to the damaging 100-year storm.
As South St. Paul contin-ues to celebrate its 125th birthday this year, it’s been both exciting and poignant to realize that the strength of civic participation and volunteer efforts have re-mained strong, while rec-ognizing that so many of the people who were such a vital part of 1987 are no longer with us, except in the spirit of community pride.
The All-Class, All-City, All-Family Reunion of 1987
Over 2,000 people gathered at South St. Paul High School on Satur-day, Aug. 22, 1987 for the All-Class, All-City, All-Family Pep Rally. Band members, choirs and cheerleaders from past classes were recruited to be part of the celebration. In this photo, former cheerleaders from de-cades of high school classes wait for their chance to perform. The rally was one of dozens of events that were part of the reunion weekend.
Significant events since the Centennial celebration in 1987
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The 2012 Sounds of Minnesota Drum and Bu-gle competition will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 17 at Ettinger Field in South St. Paul. The event features top all-age drum corps from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Each unit will perform a 15 minute field show and will be evaluated by a panel of judges.
Spectators will see over 400 musicians and color guard units performing musical compositions and marching precise drill rou-tines. Drum and Bugle Corps has been called the “Major League,” of march-ing band. The membership of the units represent the best performers from doz-ens of high school and col-lege marching bands across
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2011 DCA World Cham-pion Minnesota Brass, Inc. from St. Paul. The 150-member unit was es-tablished in 1947. The Sounds of Minnesota show will be the last chance to see Minnesota Brass perform in the Twin Cities before they
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Tickets are available at www.soundsofminnesota.com. Premium seats are $10 online or $12 at the gate For more information, call 651-717-4382. Proceeds from the show help support the South St. Paul Band Backers.
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I’m a member of Rotary International and have been involved with Rotary since the early 1980s. I currently belong to the South St. Paul/Inver Grove Heights club. One of the things I have always appreciated about Rotary is the oppor-tunity to be with a great bunch of men and women who are attracted to Ro-tary’s motto: “Service above Self.”
By far the biggest service
project Rotary has under-taken is its effort to elimi-nate polio from the world. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Rotary International has raised billions of dollars to inoculate children in ev-ery country in the world. This effort continues today. There are only four coun-tries where polio exists so we are hopeful that we will accomplish the goal in the near future. It is this pro-gram that makes me most
proud to be a Rotarian.Each year Rotary Inter-
national elects a new presi-dent. It is usually someone at or beyond normal re-tirement age who has been a Rotarian for a long time and who has been involved at the international level with Rotary. The man who took office on July 1, 2012 is Sakuji Tanaka from Ja-pan. In an editorial he wrote for the July issue of Rotary International’s magazine, Mr. Tanaka wrote about his experience being in the first generation of Japanese people to grow up in Japan after “a terrible war.” He wrote about how that ex-perience shaped him and many of his generation and how it led him to under-stand the value of putting the needs of others before his own.
He went on to write, “By
making service our priority, we put the needs of others above our own. We empa-thize more deeply with the difficulties of other people; we become more generous with our time and resourc-es, and more open to new ways of thinking. Instead of trying to change others, we recognize that everyone and everything has something to teach us.
“Through service, we be-come more tolerant of our differences and more grate-ful for the people in our lives. Our sense of gratitude drives us to understand oth-ers better and to see the good in everyone. Through better understanding, we learn to respect others.”
As I read this I was amazed. Mr. Tanaka could have been writing about the volunteer experience, especially here at Neigh-
bors. Each year over 1,000 people come to Neighbors to volunteer in service to others, to put “service above self.” They do this willingly, often with great joy, and for no other compensation that the emotional rewards that they get from the experi-ence.
I think Mr. Tanaka has done a wonderful job of capturing the effect that volunteering has on people. By and large, volunteers are more empathetic, more generous and are open to new ideas and ways of thinking. Volunteers learn from everyone and every-thing around them, and thus become more tolerant and more grateful. They look for the good in every-one rather than focusing on the bad, and through this understanding they learn to respect others.
I was recently asked to talk about the programs we offer at Neighbors, so I ran down the usual litany of programs and mentioned at least 13 or 14 that came to mind. Although our vol-unteer involvement oppor-tunities aren’t defined as a program, it really is because it provides thousands of people with the opportuni-ty to serve others in a selfless fashion and to gain the re-wards Mr. Tanaka enumer-ated in his editorial.
And that’s a wonderful thing.
It makes me very proud and humble to be part of an organization that serves so many people with so many needed programs every day. But it makes me even more proud to know that to a very large extent all of this work is being done by volunteers, the best people I know.
By John Kemp Executive Director of
Neighbors, Inc.
Neighbors, Inc.
Jennifer L. Gale, president
Bridging education and the business community
The business communities of the River Heights Cham-ber of Commerce and Dakota County Chambers of Com-merce are opening up their communities to a hands-on business experience with educators on Aug. 2 by hosting a principal bus tour.
The workforce continues to change rapidly and this partnership is a continued effort to work directly with our educators to talk about the future skills needed to remain competitive. The goal of the tour is to show the impact and outcome of education on businesses and to allow prin-cipals to interact and understand the needs of businesses,
jobs of the future, and skills needed to perform these jobs. Partners involved include the River Heights Chamber of Commerce, Dakota County Regional Chamber of Com-merce and Independent School Districts 917, 196, 199 and Special District 6. Businesses scheduled to be featured on the tour include Waterous Company in South St. Paul, Thomson Reuters in Eagan, Flint Hills/Koch Companies in Inver Grove Heights and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Min-nesota in Eagan.
Some of the expected outcomes are:• Create a task force to develop strong, sustainable men-
torships with regional businesses.• Develop a strategy to leverage the assets in Dakota
County, the Workforce Investment Board, chambers of commerce and businesses to create/expand a program to bridge the achievement gap, i.e. work being done by Unit-ed Way, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, DEED etc.
• Create a scalable program to shift curriculum to address the issue of “Ready to Work” and achievement gap.
• Expand IDS 196 Strategy Four: Develop and imple-ment sustainable strategies to increase collaboration be-tween the district and community partners.
We hope this is the first of many opportunities to share experiences to strengthen our future business community.
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Fill the Backpack campaign kicks off on August 7
On Aug. 7, the South St. Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force will kick off its 12th Annual Fill the Backpack campaign to fill backpacks with school supplies for students in need at South St. Paul schools.
How does it work? - Many of the neighborhoods cel-ebrating Night to Unite on Aug. 7 will bring school sup-plies to the neighborhood get-togethers. These supplies are
brought to City Hall, where task force members sort them and fill the backpacks and deliver them to the schools. Hundreds of notebooks, pencils, markers and crayons are donated through the block parties. Churches, businesses, organizations, families and individuals also collect and do-nate school supplies and monetary donations.
The task force has the privilege to once again work with Mizpah Lodge #191 and Sportsman’s Guide on the cam-paign. This past spring, the Mizpah Lodge hosted a taco feed to raise funds to purchase backpacks. This donation enables the task force to purchase new backpacks for every student in need. Additionally, Sportsman’s Guide will once again host an internal Fill the Backpack drive to collect supplies. In the past few years, they have collected supplies to fill several backpacks. The task force would like to thank the Mizpah Lodge #191 and Sportsman’s Guide for their assistance in this important campaign.
How many backpacks are filled each year? - On av-erage, the task force fills about 200 backpacks with basic school supplies each year. These backpacks are distributed to the elementary and secondary schools in South St. Paul. With these hard economic times, the task force is gearing up for another 200-plus backpacks this year as well.
How can a family get a backpack if they are in need? - If you are in need of a backpack for your child, contact your school office in late August. The schools distribute the backpacks to families at their school.
What if only school supplies are needed? - If only school supplies are needed or if only some school supplies are needed, extra supplies are also delivered to the schools. The extra supplies are distributed through the schools as well.
What school supplies are needed? - For a list of school supplies needed, visit www.southstpaul.org and click on
Mayor’s Youth Task Force and Fill the Backpack Cam-paign. The task force would like to thank everyone in ad-vance for their donation to this campaign. It takes everyone to make it successful. Every donation helps get all South St. Paul students the supplies that they need to start the school year off right.
What else is happening? August is another busy month for the task force. Here is
what is happening: • Swimming Under the Stars Pool Parties - Swimming
Under the Stars Pool Parties take place 8-10 p.m., Wednes-day Aug. 1, 8 and 15 at Northview Pool, 635 – 18th Ave. N. The events feature music, games, prizes and lots of fun. Entrance fee is a suggested donation of $2 per person; parents get in for free. Seasonal pool passes are not valid for these private parties.
• FYI - For Youth Information TV show - The task force will be working with Town Square TV to produce a new episode of FYI. If you are a youth interested in work-ing behind or in front of the camera, this is a great oppor-tunity for you. The task force covers a variety of topics for the show.
• Water Balloon Dodge Ball Tournament - Final details are underway for this new event. Get your teams together now and watch the city’s website for more information.
The task force is also working on a fall schedule of events and activities, including Recycling Pumpkins – the Task Force Way, and new episodes of FYI – For Youth Informa-tion. If you are interested in helping plan these events or are interested in joining the task force, contact Deb Griffith, community affairs liaison, at [email protected] or 651-554-3230.
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