St. Anthony Park, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale & Northwest Como Park Volume 34, Number 3, September 2007

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Dismal science to 8

Music in the Park Series’(MPS) new season, a

welcome event for local chambermusic lovers, will have an addedtwist this year. During theinaugural concert of the 2007-08season, Julie Himmelstrup, MPSartistic director, will accept the2007 CMAcclaim Award fromChamber Music America (CMA).

The award recognizes“individuals or organizationswhose achievements in theensemble music field have had asignificant and lasting impact ontheir community or region.” Alsobeing recognized by CMA thisyear is Da Camera of Houston.

Himmelstrup started MPSin 1979. The series has grownfrom five concerts that firstseason to eight chamber musicconcerts a year, plus three familyconcerts that incorporate avariety of musical styles andaudience-participation activities.

“Some people think thatclassical music is on the decline,”said Himmelstrup, “but from allindications, chamber music isstronger than ever. The awardfrom CMA is an honor for theentire community. I feel like St. Anthony Park as a whole willbe receiving this award.”

The 29th season of MPSgets underway on September 23with a concert by David Finckel(cello) and Wu Han (piano).Partners in music and marriage,Finckel and Han will be makingtheir third MPS appearance.They will play works by Strauss,Grieg and Franck.

Subsequent concerts willfeature the Parker String Quartet

with Soyeon Lee, piano (October21); Kim Kashkashian, viola, andLydia Artymiw, piano(November 11); PhilharmoniaQuartett Berlin (January 20); theBrentano String Quartet(February 24); the SkampaQuartet (April 6); and theClaremont Trio (April 27).

The annual Gus DonhoweMemorial Concert will take placeDecember 2, at 4 p.m. PianistButch Thompson will be joined

by cellist Laura Sewell in aprogram of jazz classics, as well asa jazz version of Tchaikovsky’s“Nutcracker Suite.”

All MPS concerts are held atSt. Anthony Park United Churchof Christ. Individual concert andseason tickets are available (musicinthepark@sihope.com,645-5699). For more informa-tion about the series, visitwww.musicintheparkseries.org.

Music in the Park Series garners awardby Dave Healy

Bringing some cheer to the dismal scienceby Judy Woodward

David Finckel and Wu Han will inaugurate the 29th season of Musicin the Park Series on September 23 at St. Anthony Park UnitedChurch of Christ. This will be their third appearance in the series.

Executive chef J.D. Fratzke has been at Muffuletta since 2003.

Setting splendid tables for30 years in Milton Square by Dave Healy

How do you start a restaurant that’s going to last for 30 years?If you’re Pete Mihajlov and Phil Roberts, you do it by accident.

The two men, who met in college and worked together ina shoe store, founded Muffuletta in 1977 after making a light-hearted bid on the property at 2260 Como Ave.

“Our worst fears were realized,” said Mihajlov. “The guytook our offer.”

Thirty years later, he and Roberts are still pinchingthemselves while putting the finishing touches on a new leasethat will keep them at the corner of Como and Carter for atleast another 20 years.

Much has changed since Mihajlov and Roberts bought theLamplighter Inn in May 1977. They started by installing a newkitchen and updating the rest of the building. Two rooms havebeen added over the years, as well as a front deck that hasbecome more popular than indoor seating during the summer.

What began as a hobby for two guys with full-time jobsoutside the restaurant business eventually became whatMihajlov calls “a lifestyle.” And what started with a singleestablishment became a company called Parasole RestaurantHoldings, which operates seven other restaurants in the TwinCities and will open a new one in Maple Grove this month.

As with any business, there have been a few bumps alongthe way. Mihajlov and Roberts decided early on that theywanted to serve wine at Muffuletta. That meant getting a liquorlicense, which meant a complicated application processculminating in a public hearing.

“Phil and I showed up at City Hall for what we thoughtwould be a routine meeting,” said Mihajlov. “It was standingroom only and people were not happy. Apparently, a rumorhad been circulating that we also owned the Payne Reliever andwere planning to turn Muffuletta into a nightclub.”

After mending fences and working with City CouncilMember Ann Wynia, the two men got their license. They hadlearned an important lesson: Go to the neighbors first.

It was a lesson they would have to relearn a few years later,Mihajlov said.

Muffuletta to 14

When economist and self-confessed dumpster diver EdLotterman spotted the giant viseresting unceremoniously amidthe trash at a local college, his“inner scavenger” switched intooverdrive. Within minutesLotterman had rescued the 160-pound vise and, after spending afew bucks and several hours inhis home workshop, he hadrestored it to working order.

Sure, Lotterman, a hands-ontype who lives in St. AnthonyPark, was pleased to refurbishwhat he describes as a “sterlingexample of the American forge

master’s art.” But what reallyfascinated him was the chance todraw some economicconnections between the hugehunk of metal and a society thatwould rather throw it away thanspend a little time and money torepair it.

Lotterman decided thatdumping the vise was actually arational economic decision for anAmerican college bureaucrat witha budget that easily coveredreplacement costs but requiredspecialized knowledge torequisition repairs. A Nigerianmechanic or a Peruvian

craftsman, on the other hand,might make a different — andequally rational — decision torepair it.

To toss or to repair is notjust an idle choice, he realized,but an economic event withconsequences for a nation’s grossdomestic product, its definitionof profitability, and itscomparative costs of goods andservices.

By this time, the weight ofeconomic speculation probablyequaled the heft of the vise itself,

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C I T Y F I L E S

Como ParkThe St. Paul City Council at itsJuly 18 meeting unanimouslyadopted a summary of theDistrict 10/Como Plan as part ofthe city’s comprehensive plan.However, the version adopted didnot include moving the horsestables for the St. Paul mountedpolice from Stillwater to an as-yet-undetermined location in theComo area, a proposal theDistrict 10 council had backedand the St. Paul PlanningCommission had approved June 18.

Falcon HeightsThis year’s citywide garage salewill be September 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a neighborhoodcleanup on September 22.Deadline to sign up for inclusionon the garage sale list is 9 a.m.,September 7. Maps will beavailable by 4 p.m., September 13.Sign up by contacting City Hall:www.falconheights.org or 792-7600. Maps will not includeaddresses outside the city limits.

LauderdaleThe primary election for District#623 School Board will beSeptember 11. Polls at City Hallwill be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

St. Anthony ParkThe St. Anthony ParkCommunity Council has hired

Renée Lepreau as the newcommunity organizer. A St. Paulresident for five years, Renéemoved here from Salt Lake City,Utah, to attend MacalesterCollege. Her previouscommunity and organizingactivities include a seat on thecommunity council in MerriamPark (where she lives), andvarious political and issuecampaigns. She spent the last yearas an Americorps member at theDayton’s Bluff Library helpingchildren with homework.

The first meeting of the Rock-Tenn Community Advisory Paneltook place August 23, withintroductions and goal-setting.Meetings are open to the public.To join the Rock-Tenn panel e-mail group, send an e-mail toRTADVISORY-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

At its August meeting, thecouncil reviewed requestedchanges to a site plan for the BPstation at Como and Raymond,which include changes tolandscaping and to the frontisland. In addition, the councilapproved a contract with the PortAuthority to facilitate outreachfor the Rock-Tenn CommunityAdvisory Panel.

The St. Anthony Park HomeTour has been scheduled forSaturday, October 27. Ticketswill be available October 1.Contact amy@sapcc.org for moreinformation.

St. Paul Senior Chore Service is aprogram of the St. Anthony ParkCommunity Council providinghome maintenance chores forolder adults (60+) and disabledresidents by matching them withneighborhood youth workersand/or volunteers.

If you are an older adult ordisabled resident and have achore request, call the counciloffice (649-5984) or visitwww.sapcc.org. If you areinterested in providing choreservices as either a paid worker ora volunteer, contact the office.

The annual neighborhoodcleanup at the State Fairgroundswill be Saturday, September 22.Residents of St. Anthony Park,Como, Merriam Park, Hamline-Midway and Falcon Heights willreceive a mailing at the end ofAugust, which must be broughtto the cleanup. It will containinformation about what isaccepted, cost, location and time,and will serve as an entrancevoucher.

After the State Fair, MnDOT willresume work on Hwy 280,adding lighting, traffic camerasand noise-reduction measures.

The Hennepin/Larpenteur/280 interchange will be modified,and temporary stoplights will beinstalled and the median will beremoved on the Larpenteur/Hennepin Avenue bridge over280.

The Broadway, Roselawn,Walnut and County Road B2access to 280 will remain closeduntil the 35W bridge iscompleted.

At that time, MnDOT plansto make more extensive changesto the Larpenteur/Hennepin/280interchange. The bridge will beclosed and traffic rerouted duringthat construction.

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Marlo Thomas has compiled abook, “The Right Words at theRight Time,” in which well-known people tell how their liveswere changed in a moment byjust the right advice at a criticaltime. Photographer JamesO’Neal could have written oneof the entries in that book.

Growing up in the 1960s inPhiladelphia, and Greenville,South Carolina, O’Neal had fewblack role models.

“Bill Cosby on television wasabout the only black face I saw inthe media,” he says.

But during the course of acivil rights demonstration he metphotographer Gordon Parks,who told him to “throw images,not bricks.” Parks also gave him acopy of his book, “A Choice ofWeapons,” which told how Parksused his camera as a tool forsocial change. O’Neal wasinspired to make photographyhis profession.

Susan Boecher, aphotography teacher at AugsburgCollege, Minneapolis College ofArt and Design, and Metro StateUniversity, also came to believethat photographic images can beused to “enlighten, educate andengage the public to pressingsocial issues.” She developedcurricula for community-basedphotography classes, usuallyconnected with a social theme(AIDS, immigrant and refugeecommunities, homeless shelterresidents) and culminating inpublic exhibitions or communityforums.

Because she saw the need fora permanent organization, in2005 Boecher foundedOverExposure, the first TwinCities media arts organizationwhose primary mission is to usephotography to buildcommunity. In April 2006 theIRS granted OverExposureofficial tax-exempt status.

This July, OverExposurelaunched its first independentproject, “What’s New?” a three-year undertaking that sendsphotographers into 10 TwinCities neighborhoods todocument the diversity, changesand challenges of urban life.

O’Neal, meanwhile, hadestablished a career as a freelance

photojournalist working for suchnewspapers as the PhiladelphiaInquirer and the New Observer,and making documentary trips toJamaica, Britain and West Africa.In Ghana he collaborated withhis wife, Hamline Universityanthropology professor KathrynLinn Geurts, taking photos forher book, “Culture and theSenses: Bodily Ways of Knowingin an African Community.”

Boecher announced herproject on the UniversityNeighborhood Network, heldtwo informational sessions andsecured participation from 10Twin City neighborhoods,including St. Anthony Park,where O’Neal was assigned.

In the initial phase of theproject, photographers, helped byneighborhood organizations —such as the St. Anthony ParkCommunity Council — willdocument “changes andchallenges created by growingdiversity.”

Augsburg College will hostan exhibition of the photos at thestudent center gallery fromNovember 5 to December 5, andthe work will also be shown atWest Photo and the McKnightFoundation in 2008. Boecher isalso in talks with the MinneapolisPublic Library about a showing.

O’Neal applied to be one ofthe photographers and waschosen on the quality of hisprevious work, the depth of hisexperience and his interest in theproject. He wanted to getinvolved with the neighborhoodon a grass-roots level, explore hisadopted city (he has lived here forfour years) and continue hiscommitment to using his camerain the cause of social justice.

The St. Anthony ParkCommunity Council, in returnfor its donation to OverExposure,will receive copies of thephotographs to use for a year.Executive Director Amy Sparkssays the council will have to seethe pictures before it decides howthey will be displayed and usedfor discussion.

The council suggested thatO’Neal concentrate more onsouth St. Anthony Park because itis less well-known. “There ismore hidden activity in this area

than most people know,” Sparkssays.

Council members tookO’Neal on a tour of thecommunity and continue to talkwith him, but they want to givehim a wide range of artisticlicense to capture the images hefeels are important.

“I can see that there are clearlines of differentiation in thisneighborhood,” says O’Neal, “butit is hard to get a visual image ofthose differences. It’s a residentialcommunity, yet it has the largestindustrial concentration in thecity. There are old houses andnew lofts, resident and transientgroups, professionals and blue-collar workers, but it’s difficult toshow these contrasts in aphotograph.”

O’Neal is also working onanother project documenting thechanging forms of faith inMinnesota, with photos of theEthiopian Coptic Church onMinnehaha, some snake

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C O M M E N T A R Y

O Sleepless as the river under thee,Vaulting the sea, the prairies’ dreaming sod,Unto us lowliest sometime sweep, descendAnd of the curveship lend a myth to God.

— Hart Crane, “To Brooklyn Bridge”

Anyone looking for an apt symbol of civilization would do well toconsider the bridge. It’s easy to imagine that a bridge — maybe a treeextended across a stream — was one of our human ancestors’ firstconstruction projects. The famed Roman arch was turned to manyarchitectural projects, including bridges, some of which were built asearly as the first century A.D.

After basic shelter, a bridge represents perhaps humankind’s mostelemental effort to contend with nature. Streams and rivers formnatural boundaries, and human nature chafes at boundaries. We mightclimb a mountain simply because it’s there, but we cross a river becausewe don’t like being hemmed in.

The history of civilization is bound up with rivers, whichconstitute a natural form of transportation and convenient source ofirrigation. It’s unsurprising that many settlements were built next torivers and equally unsurprising that early settlers would immediatelybegin scheming about how to cross the river they lived next to. Thebridge is a tribute to the human spirit.

A bridge, like any architecture, marries form and function. Webuild bridges to get from here to there, so they are first of all utilitarianstructures. But as with most fabrications, we often concern ourselveswith how they look, so bridge design is both a practical and anaesthetic enterprise.

A bridge can be beautiful and a source of inspiration for artists.Joseph Stella, Albert Bleizes, George Grosz, John Marin, Georgia

O’Keefe and Karl Zerbe all painted the Brooklyn Bridge, and HartCrane’s book “The Bridge” begins with “Poem: To Brooklyn Bridge.”The bridge was a continuing source of inspiration for Crane, and heowned different apartments specifically to have different views of it.

The prosaic and poetic potential of bridges is captured in theirnames. In Minnesota, unless a bridge acquires a particular name, it’sofficially known by its MnDOT bridge number. For example, a 30-foot masonry arch bridge over Stewart Creek in Duluth, built in 1925,is known only as Bridge No. L-6007, while in Lac qui Parle County, an1893 structure that would have been simply Bridge No. L-7744 wasrescued from the ranks of mere numeracy by the melodious local nameYellow Bank Church Campground Bridge.

Bridges, perhaps because of their iconic status, have been the sceneof many suicides and suicide attempts. In 1972, the poet JohnBerryman leapt to his death from the Washington Avenue bridge.More than 1200 people have jumped from San Francisco’s GoldenGate Bridge.

Modern bridges, built for vehicular traffic, have rendered tame themomentous experience of crossing a large river. It’s only when walkingover a bridge and peering at the chasm below that one has a sense ofwhat it means to surmount an obstacle that constrained humanmigration for millennia. And it’s only when a bridge falls or is wipedout in a flood that we appreciate the ease of transportation we havecome to depend on.

Actual bridges are convenient as a means of conveyance.Metaphorical bridges are convenient for expressing truths about thehuman condition. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it, andwe’ll decide which bridges to burn behind us. Mostly, though, if we’rewise, we’ll study the art of bridge building.

L E T T E R S

The storm of ’07On August 11, a devastatingwindstorm played havoc with ourhouse and yard. Three 100-plus-year-old oak trees were totallydestroyed, and several others wereseverely damaged, along with anevergreen that was droppedacross the alley.

The spirit of St. AnthonyPark manifested itself beforebreakfast. People startedappearing with names of roofingcontractors and arborists. Thanksto them, we had a patch on theroof by 10:30 a.m. and anarborist in a tree by 11 a.m.

Friends and neighborsstarted arriving, some with chainsaws and others armed with

gloves and rakes. They organizedthemselves and stayed with thecleanup job until it was done.

Ned Wesenberg and a crewfrom Park Service removed a treethat had been blocking ComoAvenue and cleared up manyother streets and alleys blockedby downed trees.

At least 30 people wereworking in our yard thatSaturday morning. The youngestwas 11, and there were severalwith snow-white hair. Arla and Iwant to say thanks to all whohelped and the many others whobrought refreshments and lunch.

Paul SavageSt. Anthony Park

An August 15 Star Tribuneeditorial suggested permanentlyupgrading trunk Hwy. 280 tointerstate status once the I-35Wbridge is replaced.

Most of us in the neighbor-hoods adjacent to 280 support thedevelopment described in theeditorial, such as the proposedbiotech corridor and UniversityAvenue light rail, but we believethat higher-density developmentpresents the opportunity to reducetraffic on highways like 280, notincrease it.

First, upgrading highways toaccommodate more auto trafficfrom the suburbs looks backward,not forward. The end of oil is athand. Global warming threatensour civilization and the naturalworld that sustains us.

As a society, we need to movewith all possible haste towardhigher-density urban developmentand clean, efficient mass transit,instead of enabling continuedsuburban sprawl and itsunsustainable automobile culture.More roads or “improved” roadsdon’t just accommodate increasedauto traffic, they create it, therebyburning more oil and creatingmore greenhouse gases. If youbuild it, they will come.

A more forward-lookingsolution than upgrading 280might be to enlarge the park-and-ride lots in the northern suburbsand replace one automobile lanein each direction with a dedicatedbus lane that connects to the newlight rail at the Westgate stop onUniversity Avenue. This would becheaper, have a positive impact onneighborhoods, reduce auto trafficand downtown congestion, andadd riders to the Central Corridorrail line.

Second, highways cut cityneighborhoods in pieces, dividingneighbors and institutions fromone another, making walking andbiking more difficult andreducing the quality of urban life.Like most central city neighbor-hoods, we are working to increaselocal connectivity within ourcommunity, which is alreadyintersected by 280, I-94,University Avenue and theBurlington Northern railroadyards.

The developmenthighlighted in the Star Tribuneeditorial lies both east and west of280. Increasing the capacity ofthis north-south automobileroute would almost certainlycreate pressure to increase thecapacity of east-west connectionsas well, slicing local communitiesin yet another direction.

This familiar issue facesevery city neighborhood whensuburban sprawl spawns morecommuter highways. High-volume highways work againstthe very things we need topromote: more compactdevelopment with greater densitythat still retains a livableneighborhood feel.

Third, although most TwinCities residents are unaware of it,remnants of the old Bridal VeilCreek wetlands still existimmediately adjacent to Hwy.280. These ponds and wetlandsare habitat for dozens of speciesof resident and migratorywaterfowl, as well as turtles andother aquatic animals and plants.

The surroundingcommunities have invested agreat deal of time, money andenergy in preserving andreclaiming these threatened

wetlands, which are practicallyunique in the urban core of alarge metropolitan area.Expansion of 280 into “I-435W”would probably finish them offfor good.

The tragedy of the I-35Wbridge collapse has touched usall, not just in Minnesota butthroughout the United States,leading many of us to questionhow committed we are as asociety to responsibledevelopment of our socialinfrastructure: transportation,energy, health care, the works. Ifanything positive is to come fromthis tragedy, it should be theopportunity to seek outinnovative approaches to ourcontinued urban development.We no longer have any excuse tokeep recycling unsustainable

solutions that should have beenobsolete a generation ago.

It would be highly ironic ifone of the legacies of the bridgecollapse was the diversion ofhighway funds to building yetanother counterproductivefreeway, rather than repairingdilapidated and dangerousinfrastructure or planning for amore rational urban future.

Gregg Richardson is a member ofthe St. Anthony Park CommunityCouncil and co-chairman of itsEnvironment Committee. JonSchumacher is the executivedirector of the St. Anthony ParkCommunity Foundation.

Opinions expressed are theirown and do not represent officialpositions of their organizations.

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The August 11th storm brought destruction and loss; our neighborhood responded by working togetherto help each other through.

In keeping with this latest example of the “Spirit of the Park,”the Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation is raising money to help purchase and plant new trees for our boulevards and parks.

If you’d like to help keep the Park green, send a check made out to:

The Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation Keep it Green Fund

Thanks to everyone for making this a truly great community.

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On August 11, a storm blew down many trees andbranches in Como Park, Falcon Heights,Lauderdale and St. Anthony Park. Ned Wesenberg(l.), owner of Park Service, and St. Anthony Parkresident Henry Retka (r.) were among many peoplewho helped clean up after the storm.

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Most of us know to thank afarmer for what we eat. But wemight be less likely to pay tributeto plant pathologists for theircontribution to what’s on ourtable.

That’s a shame because plantpathology has had an enormouseffect on our food supply, andone of the leading forces in thateffort is right in our own backyard. The University ofMinnesota’s Plant PathologyDepartment, located on the St. Paul campus, will mark itscentennial this month, andthere’s much to celebrate.

The department was formedin 1907 in response to a 1904epidemic of wheat stem rust. Atthat time, 70 percent of allMinnesota cropland was devotedto wheat and small grains, so theepidemic was devastating to the

state’s economy, including notonly farmers but also grainmilling and rail transportoperations.

The new department quicklybecame recognized locally,nationally and internationally forits research on controlling plantdiseases. And some of thedepartment’s leading lights wereresidents of St. Anthony Park andFalcon Heights, includingEdward Freeman and ElvinStakman.

Over the years, many otherinfluential faculty members havecalled this area home, includingNeil Anderson, ClydeChristensen, Carl Eide andRichard Zeyen.

Currently, the list of localresidents who work in the PlantPathology Department includesRuth Dill-Macky, Dirk

Hoffmeister, Benham Lockhart,Thor Kommendahl and NevenYoung.

Plant Pathology’s alumnihave been honored for their workin creating high-yield, disease-resistant plants as part of an effortto alleviate world hunger andrural poverty and to protect thegenetic resources on whichmodern crop plants depend.

Perhaps the department’smost famous alum is NormanBorlaug, who won the 1970Nobel Peace Prize and wasrecently honored with aCongressional Gold Medal.

Borlaug and other alumniand friends will gather onSeptember 19 and 20 on the St. Paul campus to celebrate thedepartment’s centennial.September 19 events will be atthe Continuing Education andConference Center, and theSeptember 20 sessions, whichinclude a reception and tour ofdepartmental facilities, will beheld at the Cargill Building(Microbial and Plant Genomics).

The public is invited to allevents. Reservations are requestedat 612-625-8200. For moreinformation about the centennialcelebration and the Departmentof Plant Pathology, visithttp://plpa.cfans.umn.edu/.

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Como Park recreational facilities avoidelimination — at least for nowby Lisa Steinmann

What looked like bad news forthe Como Park neighborhood islooking better, thanks to theefforts of local residents.

Earlier this summer, tworecreational facilities appeared tobe on the chopping block: theNorthwest Como RecreationCenter and the Como Park pool.Now it looks like both are safe, atleast for the time being.

St. Paul’s 2008 budget callsfor significant cuts. Inanticipation of St. Paul MayorChris Coleman’s August 14budget address, city departmentsbegan making plans this summer.Parks and Recreation anticipatedthe need to close severalrecreation centers, and an earlyplan included Northwest Comoon the list.

Some neighborhoodresidents who heard about theplan launched a letter-writingcampaign. One of those was PamKottke, who plays basketball at

the rec center with a group ofwomen every Sunday evening.She sees the center as aneighborhood hub that helpsbuild a sense of community.

“We absolutely want the reccenter open — and not just forsports,” said Kottke.

Sue McCall, communityorganizer for the District 10Community Council, said thatneighbors worked hard and longto establish the NW Como RecCenter. Eight to ten houses weredemolished in the mid-1970s tomake way for its construction.

She described the rec centeras a place where young familiesgather. “It is a walkable, bikableneighborhood amenity,” she said.

The city’s preliminary plansalso mentioned closing the ComoPark pool, which is badly in needof renovation. McCall describedthe pool, which is almost 50 yearsold, as “basically held togetherwith bubblegum.”

One set of long-range planswould turn the Como pool intoan aquatic center, perhaps alongthe lines of what was done to theHighland Park pool, which re-opened in June.

According to Bob Bierscheid,director of Parks and Recreation,there are no immediate plans instore for the Como pool. Heacknowledged that the pool needsrenovation but said, “Right nowthere is no funding for that.”

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but Lotterman was undaunted. Asthe author of a twice-weeklyPioneer Press column called “RealWorld Economics,” Lottermanhas a unique talent for translatingarcane economic concepts intothe language of ordinary choicesmade by regular people.

“Many people write aboutmacro issues like Wall Street orwhat stocks are hot,” he says.“But no one else applies eco-nomics to everyday life like I do.”

Lotterman, an adjunctprofessor of economics atAugsburg College and a formerregional economist with theFederal Reserve Bank, says he was48 years old before he realizedthat to “write a column was whatI wanted to do in life.”

With a disarming confessionthat his attention span is too shortfor good academic research,Lotterman says he set himself adifferent goal: “I want to helppeople see how economicbehavior is manifest in daily life.”

From the economic effects ofthe impending retirement of theBaby Boom generation (not assevere as you may have thought)to the best way to reduce fossilfuel consumption (you spell it T-A-X), Lotterman has taken acommon-sense approach to thedismal science in the over 800columns he’s written since 1999.

This fall he hopes to bringhis work to a new audience with aseries of lectures on high-profileeconomic issues. The talks will beheld at the History Theatre indowntown St. Paul, andLotterman plans to invite theaudience to join in a free-wheeling discussion.

Like the Chautauquaspeakers of a century ago,Lotterman is hoping to entertainhis audiences as well as educatethem. The prospective title of oneof his talks sets the tone for theseries: “Weak dollar? Strong

dollar? Trade deficit? Who cares?Who should?”

It’s a breezy approach to aserious subject, but Lotterman isbanking that his casuallyknowledgeable style will be justthe thing to help listeners unravelthe mysteries of such worthy, butnot noticeably sexy, topics as thenational debt, the U.S. tradedeficit and the future of SocialSecurity and the Baby Boomers.

In an ever-more polarizedmarketplace of ideas, wherescreaming radio talk show hostscompete to produce virtuallycontent-free sound bites,Lotterman presents himself as adeliberately old-fashioned fellow.He believes in old-time rationaldiscourse and he finds merit inboth left and right.

Maybe that’s because of hisupbringing in a farming commu-nity in southwest Minnesota,where he was born in 1950.

“My mother was aDepression-era Democrat in avery Republican community,” hesays. “I grew up very much aDemocrat, but I knew lots ofRepublicans and I respected thesincerity of their views.”

As a writer on economicissues, he thinks of himself as arare centrist among a field ofpartisan political advocates.

“It seemed there was a spacefor somebody in the middle,” hesays, “trying to bridge the gapbetween left and right —someone evenhanded, who’swilling to point out errors onboth sides.”

Lotterman’s own journey tothe ideological center began in afairly exotic setting. When he wasbarely out of his teens, he enlistedin the military. The Army senthim to Brazil in the late 1960s aspart of an aid mission. There hesaw for the first time the starkshortcomings of governmentpolicies that pursued social justice

at the expense of economicefficiency.

Lotterman wasn’ttransformed overnight into a free-market purist, but he did developa healthy wariness of some of themore exuberant expressions ofdoctrinaire liberalism.

“Brazil is not poor because oflack of resources,” he says. “Theymade terrible mistakes because ofstate-centered, government-owned enterprises. It’s better tohave economic growth thanredistribution. People don’t getbetter off without growth.”

If there is one economiclesson that Lotterman hopes willstick with his readers andlisteners, it’s this: “There is alwaysa trade-off economically.”

Take the call for banningprepayment penalties onmortgages, which some activistsregard as a measure of simplesocial justice. Lottermanresponds, “You can banprepayment penalties but it’sgoing to make the cost of othermortgages a little higher. In acompetitive market economy,there’s no way that banningprepayment penalties is going tomake less money for the lenders.”

Lotterman takes mosteconomic dogma with a generousgrain of salt, but there’s one wayin which he remains a truebeliever.

“We live in a democracy,” hesays, “a very bad system but onethat’s better than all thealternatives. People ought to tryto change society for the better.”

That’s what he’s attempting,one 800-word column at a time.

The Real World EconomicsLecture Series will take placeSeptember 10, October 15 andNovember 5, at 7:30 p.m., at St.Paul’s History Theatre, located inthe former Science Museum. Formore information, call 292-4323or visit www.edlotterman.com.

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by Clay Christensen

The Birdmanof Lauderdale

Our neighbor, Bill, has a largeyard filled with gorgeous plants,trees and shrubs. There’s a smallgoldfish pond in the midst of itall, next to a screen house. It’s alovely spot to sit and reflect, dosome reading, some journaling.

And, apparently, somefishing.

Bill looked out his door earlyone morning to see what wasgoing on in the world and therestood a great blue heron next tothe pond.

It was startled, leapt into theair and did a tight, floppy circlebetween the flowering crabappleand maple trees before clearingthem and flying away.

Somehow the heron hadspotted that six-foot oval of waterfrom overhead and dropped in tofeast on the six goldfish that livedin it. Bill hasn’t replenished the“food supply.” He figures itwould be a losing battle.

Birds are attracted to water.Most books about feeding birdsinclude a section on providingthem with water in birdbaths orother water sources. Birds canusually find enough food to meettheir needs, but water issometimes another matter.

The fish pond that attractedthe great blue heron wouldn’tnecessarily be attractive to other,smaller birds. They prefer accessto edges, shallow places, orpossibly where a waterfall dropsinto the pond.

One water feature being usedmore often these days is a smallstream or waterfall. A sloping areais cleared and lined with plasticand rock. Then a pump isinstalled to lift the water to thetop of the slope.

Many people report successattracting birds to a miniaturestream such as this. In fact, MarkAlt, past president of theMinnesota Ornithologists’Union, was entertained by anoriole family bodysurfing downthe waterfall in his BrooklynCenter yard this July.

A less expensive and morecommon alternative is thebirdbath. These are mosteffective if placed close to treesor shrubs so the birds can dodgeout of the way of stray cats andhave a place to groom theirfeathers. A shady location willslow the growth of algae.

Sally Roth’s “The BackyardBird Feeder’s Bible” lists threeimportant things to considerwhen providing water for birds:keep it shallow for the birds’safety; provide a rough surfaceon the bottom for sure footing;and, if possible, make it moreattractive to birds with the sightand sound of running water.

One way to provide sound,and make surface ripples thathelp birds spot the water, is toput a water drip over thebirdbath. This can be as simpleas hanging a plastic jug above thebath and poking a small hole inthe side of the jug. If the hole isa bit above the bottom, it willreduce clogging from debris.

There are also water-dripdevices available at wild birdstores and in catalogs. Some ofthese are self-circulating. Othersrequire a hookup to your gardenhose. In the latter case, you’llneed to situate the bath so it canoverflow or drain into anunobtrusive place. This maywork best with a bath placed onthe ground.

Supplying water to birds inthe winter is a challenge here inMinnesota. At our house, we’refortunate to have an outdoorelectrical outlet near where we’veplaced our birdbath, which has aheating element built into it.

There are also immersionheaters available that can beplaced in birdbaths. Somedesigns have an electric lightbulb in the stand under the bathto keep the water warm. But thatmay pose some hazards if waterleaks down onto the bulb.

If you can’t run an electricalcord to your birdbath, you could

try putting warm water into itand let the birds have a chanceto use it before it begins tofreeze. You’d probably have to beretired like me to have time towatch water freeze.

Birdbaths aren’t always usedjust for drinking or bathing.Several of my neighbors haveoccasionally found dead babybirds, or parts thereof, in theirbird baths. I think the culpritsare usually crows.

Some birds wade into water,soak their chest feathers, andthen fly back to the nest and letthe babies slurp it off. But crowsapparently don’t do that. Theysoak their food in water andbring back a soppy mixture offood and water to theirfledglings.

So that’s one unexpected,perhaps undesirable, side effectof having a bird bath — deadbaby birds and body partssoaking, especially in spring andearly summer, when crow babiesare being fed.

My neighbor Bill said thatearlier this spring he had noticeda school of perhaps a hundredgoldfish in Walsh Lake, in thenortheast corner of Lauderdale.He saw them from time to timeon his walks around the village.

Then suddenly they weregone. I’ll bet that same great blueheron polished off a bunch ofthem either before or aftervisiting Bill’s pond for anappetizer, or maybe for dessert.

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by Kristi Curry Rogers

No bones about it

I greet you this month, NoBones readers, from Montana,where my family and I have beentraversing the state in search ofnew fossil sites and revisitingsome of those most important toour work.

We’ve taken a circuitousroute through the state,beginning in south-centralMontana near the town ofLivingston. Last summer weidentified some rocks there thatwe thought might have dinosaurbones in them, and we wanted toreally scour them this summer.

The rocks we searched werelate Jurassic and Cretaceous inage — 150 million and 75–65million years old, respectively.They are exposed on the flanksof some amazing mountainranges; it’s hard to imaginefinding dinosaurs in morebeautiful places.

The really exciting thingabout this portion of the trip forus was realizing that the rocksexposed did have fossils inside.We found bones as well as plants.

Perhaps even more exciting,we found that there are a lotmore rocks than we initiallythought. Some of them span thetime that dinosaurs went extinct,a crisis in the history of life onearth known as the K-Textinction — an abbreviation forthe Cretaceous-Tertiary eventthat wiped out many large- andsmall-bodied animals 65 millionyears ago.

The second part of ourroute took us into familiarterritory: the rough and wildMissouri Breaks of centralMontana. This time, we wereaccompanied by two colleaguesfrom Macalester College, bothphysics professors. They’d neverbeen out on a fossil hunt before,and this was one amazingexperience for all of us.

The Missouri Breaks is anincredibly harsh place, filled withcactus, rattlesnakes, steep slopesand dangerous sinkholes, andcarved over millions of years bythe Missouri River. It’s also oneof the best places in the world tofind the fossilized remains ofmany parts of an ancientecosystem.

This year, for the first timein my six years of work in theBreaks, we paddled a canoe

upstream to a brand-new fieldarea and found amazing fossils,including bits of the tank-likearmored dinosaurs calledankylosaurs, huge theropodteeth, bird bones, and remains ofall the rest of the animals livingalongside those dinosaurs:crocodiles, champsosaurs, lizards,fish, amphibians. It was great!

The Breaks area is steeped inhistory. Lewis and Clark passedthrough the territory in muchthe same way that Ray, Lucy andour friends did: dragging boatsup the shallow stream. TheBreaks was the first place thatbody fossils (the actual fossilizedskeletal remains, not trace fossilslike tracks and nests) were foundin North America.

Charlie Russell, a famouswestern artist, immortalized theBreaks and its environs in someof his artwork from the 1880s,and the Nez Percé tribe ran forfreedom to Canada right over theisland where we landed our boatthis summer.

Now we’re out of the fieldand on our way home with all ofour fossil treasures and a newunderstanding of an ancientlandscape. Until next time,readers.

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VolunteeringMatters by Lisa Steinmann

“Beautiful” is the word Dr. FritzMorlock uses most often todescribe the abandoned childrenof Cochabamba, Bolivia. Heencountered them last Marchwhen he and his wife, Lynda,traveled to Bolivia as members ofan annual humanitarian andeducational expedition thatprovides dental care in clinicsserving homeless and orphanedchildren in Cochabamba.

During a two-week period,they worked in clinics that arepart of Amanecer, a program runby the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul that offersshelter, education, and medicaland dental services. Foreignvolunteers like the Morlockswork alongside Bolivian doctors,dentists and nurses.

Fritz Morlock learned aboutthe program through the work ofDr. David Crane, of ChippewaFalls, Wisconsin. Crane runs aseminar program, DentalSeminars & Symposia, thatincludes international continuingeducation and humanitarianendeavors for dental professionals.

The program works with theInternational Smile PowerFoundation and supports itsmission to restore and sustaindental health around the world.

When he retired a year and ahalf ago, after over 20 years aschief of dental services atHealthPartners’ St. Paul clinic,Morlock found himself withsome dental supplies he no longerneeded. Crane’s internationalprogram came to mind.

When Morlock contactedCrane and mentioned thedonation he wanted to make,Crane said he wasn’t interested insimply taking the supplies. Hesaid to Morlock, “You need tocome down [to Bolivia] and be apart of the program.”

“It took us a little time todecide,” says Morlock. Neither henor his wife speak Spanish.Although retired, they are activein the community and stay busyhelping care for parents andgrandchildren. Ultimately, theydecided they “could and should”travel to Bolivia.

Morlock describes theAmanecer facilities as“orphanages” but explains thatsince most of these children haveparents, they will never qualifyfor adoption. Because of povertyand related problems — alcohol-ism and domestic abuse —children are often abandoned orrun away from home. Some fallinto drug abuse, delinquency orprostitution.

Children as young as two,three and four years old are foundwandering in bus stations and atpublic markets. Staff or the policebring the children to Amanecer,where they are placed accordingto their ages and needs.

Morlock spent time fillingcavities and performing rootcanals for teenage boys who came

for one of Amanecer’s dayprograms. The boys are providedwith meals and a place to cleanup and do homework. If theystay off drugs, they can moveinto a residential facility andstudy vocational skills.

Some of the boys Morlocktreated would arrive “high” fortheir dental exam. Morlock saysthat “huffing glue” is a bigproblem. He saw kids sitting onthe streets of Cochabamba withtheir T-shirts pulled over theirfaces as they breathed in gluevapors.

Lynda Morlock worked at aresidence for girls and womenwith children who are extremelypoor and striving to make abetter life for themselves. Herskills as a St. Anthony Park blocknurse came in handy as shehelped in this program thatoffers assistance with health,education and employment.

The Morlocks brought

along tubs of supplies donated byMarcus Dental Supply andHealthPartners.

They also brought quiltscreated by Wisconsin studentswho learned about the children ofCochabamba through aneducational program designed bya U.S. artist who volunteers withthe Bolivia program.

Students draw pictures onscraps of fabric that are sewntogether into quilts to send to theAmanecer homes. The Morlockswere honored to bring the2,000th quilt with them toCochabamba.

“The children were beautiful,friendly, easy to work with,” saysMorlock. “They loved attention.They climbed all over us.”

So much for retirement. TheMorlocks are planning anothertrip to Bolivia. It’s the kind ofvolunteering that Fritz Morlocksays is a case where “we gainedmore than we gave.”

Retired St. Anthony Park dentist Fritz Morlock recently spent twoweeks in Cochabamba, Bolivia, volunteering at Amanecer, aprogram run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

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RecreationRegistration for Langford Parkhockey will be October 4 from6 to 8:30 p.m. at Langford RecCenter.

Falcon Heights Parks andRecreation offers two classesthis fall:

Mom and Me craft classes, forchildren ages 2–5 and theirparents, will take place on fourFridays, each with a differentholiday theme: September 14,October 26, November 9 andDecember 14.

Classes will run from 1 to2 p.m. at City Hall. Cost is $25for residents and $30 fornonresidents. Registration isrequired: 792-7616 orwww.falconheights.org.

Youth fall soccer classes willtake place Saturday mornings,September 15 to October 20.The 60-minute sessions willinclude skill development and ascrimmage.

Cost is $27 for residentsand $32 for nonresidents. Toregister, call 792-7616 or visitwww.falconheights.org.

Garden ClubThe St. Anthony Park GardenClub will present “TouringEnglish Gardens,” by MaryMontagne, a Ramsey Countymaster gardener, on September 4at the St. Anthony Park Library.The business meeting starts at6:30 p.m. and the program at7:15 p.m. All are welcome.

MOMS ClubOn September 14 at 10 a.m.,the St. Anthony Park/ComoWest chapter of MOMS Club

will hold an open house at TildenPark — Arona Avenue betweenAlmond and Albany. In case ofrain the event will be held atComo Park Lutheran Church.

MOMS Club is aninternational nonprofitorganization that offers daytimeactivities and support for motherswho are home during the daywith their children. For moreinformation, call Julie Fortier at645-7557.

Raptor CenterThe Raptor Center, located onthe U of M’s St. Paul campus, willhold a Senior Learning Seriesfrom 1 to 2 p.m. on threeWednesdays this fall. September 19is Raptor 101: Introduction toRaptors. For more information,contact Abby De Hoop: 612-625-2756, deho006@umn.edu.

Model RailroadsThe Twin City Model RailroadMuseum at Bandana Square willpresent Ore Railroads of Minne-sota on Sunday, September 9,from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is$4, free for children under 5. Formore information, call 647-9628or visit www.tcmrm.org.

On September 22, from 9 a.m. to3 p.m., the museum will sponsora Model Railroad and HobbySale in the Education Building atthe State Fairgrounds. Admissionis $5, free for children under 5.

Benefit“It Takes a Village,” an Africandinner, will take place Saturday,September 22, at St. Matthew’sEpiscopal Church, 2136 CarterAvenue. There will be seatings at4:30 and 7:30 p.m., with

entertainment at 6 p.m. by theMessiah Men’s Gospel Choir andEvelyn Mash, a gospel singerfrom Liberia.

The event will benefit BlueHouse, a home in Uganda forchildren orphaned by AIDS,which was started by the lateBeatrice Garubanda, a St. Anthony Park resident.Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children. Call 429-3798to reserve tickets. For moreinformation, visitwww.hopemultipurpose.org.

St. Anthony Park Neighbors forPeace will hold a fundraisingconcert at 7 p.m. on Sunday,September 30, at St. AnthonyPark Lutheran Church, 2323Como Avenue. For moreinformation, call 644-3927 orvisit www.ParkPeace.org.

Block PartyThe first annual St. PaulCampus Community BlockParty will take place Thursday,September 20, from 6 to 10 p.m.on Cleveland Avenue betweenCarter and Commonwealth. Everyone is welcome to this freeevent, which will feature food,prizes and music by BluestoneMoon and Jug.

VolunteersThe St. Paul Public LibraryHomework Centers are seekingvolunteers to assist students of allages with homework. Commit-ment is two hours a week for atleast four months. Training isprovided.

For more information,contact Emily Lechner(emily.lechner@ci.stpaul.mn.us,266-7433) or visitwww.sppl.org/homework.

Project for Pride in Living seeksvolunteers to tutor and mentorlow-income youth. Programsmeet Mondays or Tuesdays,4:30–6:30 p.m., October–May.

For more information,contact Joan Bennett: 612-455-5108, joan.bennett@ppl-inc.org.

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Freshman orientation will takeplace on August 30 from 5:30 to8 p.m. Parents and freshman arewelcome to visit the school, meetstaff, try out their lockercombination and locateclassrooms. Refreshments will beprovided.

The 2007–08 school year beginsSeptember 4 at 7:30 a.m.Breakfast is served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. in the cafeteria.Students should report to theirfirst-period class when they arrive.Bus information is available at theschool office.

The Site Council will meetSeptember 10 at 6 p.m. to discussthe school’s budget, academicschedule, election of new SiteCouncil representatives andcommunication strategies. TheComo Park High Schoolcommunity is welcome to attend.

A parent forum, “Surviving andThriving at Como Park SeniorHigh,” is scheduled forSeptember 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The forum will focuson how parents can supportstudents at home and at school.

Presenters will discuss theimportance of parent involvementduring the high school years anddescribe resources to help allstudents be successful in school.Parents, teachers and staff willpresent valuable ideas followed bya question-and-answer session. Allare welcome.

Picture day will be September 25.Please bring a smile!

Football, cross country and soccerare starting in the fall. For a list ofSeptember athletic events, visitwww.parkbugle.org.

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Murray will host orientationsessions on August 30. Eighthgrade is from 1 to 2:30 p.m.,seventh grade 3 to 5:30 p.m. Astudent, parent and staff BBQwill go from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

On September 10 at 7 p.m.,parents and guardians are invitedto the Murray Parent Associationforum, “Surviving and Thrivingin Junior High School.”

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Students in grades 1–6 willinaugurate the first day of the2007–08 school year onSeptember 4. Kindergartners willjoin them on September 6. Theschool day is from 9:15 a.m. to3:45 p.m. All students should beequipped with items on theirclassroom supply list. Lists arepublished on the school Web site.

Jennings Community LearningCenter2455 University Ave., 649-5403www.jehs.org

The former Jennings ExperientialHigh School has a new nameand location. The name changereflects the nine-year-old school'sphilosophy that all learnersshould have a customizedpersonal learning plan.

Students create their ownprojects, tasks and schedules. Inaddition, they may participate inproject-based learning, onlinecourses, travel, internships andseminars.

The school’s new 10,000-square-foot space will have fiveadvisory areas, a science/art

room, library, lunch/break room,a large classroom and smallerspaces for small-group projects.

Jennings students have takentrips to Canada, New Orleans,Ghana, Costa Rica, Florida andWashington, D.C. This year’stravel options include northernMinnesota, New York, RhodeIsland, Tennessee and Japan.

Applications for the2007–08 school year are beingaccepted. The public is invited tosee the new school space andmeet the staff on August 31 from11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Twin Cities German ImmersionSchool1399 Eustis St., 492-7106www.germanschool-mn.org

The immersion program atTCGIS received an $80,000Foreign Language AssistanceProgram grant from the U.S.Department of Education.

These grants help schoolsand school districts promote earlylanguage learning and continuouslanguage learning as childrenmove to higher grade levels.

With this grant, the schoolwill continue to improve theelementary program throughcurriculum development,professional development of staff,a strong fine arts program andnative-speaking interns.

On August 26, staff attended abeginning-of-school festival atthe Germanic-AmericanInstitute. A board meeting will beheld at the school on August 30at 6:30 p.m.

TCGIS had a successfulenrollment season and is fullwith waiting lists at all gradelevels. Enrollment for 2008–2009begins in November.

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“We went out to Californiaand met Wolfgang Puck,” he said.“We got all excited about what hewas doing with food, and wecame back and changed ourmenu. Our business fell off byabout 30 percent. We were a littleahead of the curve and a littleahead of our own customers.”

The key to success in therestaurant business, said Mihajlov,is an artful blend of continuityand flexibility.

At Muffuletta, continuity isevident in the longevity of some

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key employees and in thesacrosanct status of therestaurant’s beer cheese soup andsignature sandwich, acombination of ham, sausage,salami, provolone and oliverelish.

Flexibility shows up incurrent executive chef J.D.Fratzke’s commitment to usinglocal ingredients, which meansbuying and preparing what’s inseason. Fratzke, who’s been atMuffuletta since 2003, said hewants people who eat there to

think “home.”“We try to use ingredients

from this region wheneverpossible,” he said, “and to reflectthe fact that people who call thisarea home represent increasingethnic diversity. So it might meanbuying pork that was locallyraised and rubbing it withChinese spices, then serving itwith bok choy.”

Muffuletta began as a localrestaurant and has retained thatcharacter, said Mihajlov, even asit has become a destination fordiners from all over the metroarea.

“I think the people who livein this neighborhood feel like thisis their restaurant,” he said. “Andwe in turn feel a responsibility tothis community, to keep makingMuffuletta a place they want tocome to.”

Cooking for the locals is achallenge Fratzke findsinvigorating.

“People in thisneighborhood have had so manyinteresting culinary experiences,”he said. “They’re always stoppingme to talk about a great dish theyhad on a recent trip.”

Fratzke said these areexciting times to be working inan eclectic neighborhood cafewhere the owners give thekitchen staff freedom to becreative.

“People’s tastes keepexpanding,” he said. “My three-year-old daughter will grow upwith coconut curry as comfortfood.”

And despite the fact that thelifespan of most eating establish-ments is not measured indecades, Mihajlov is upbeatabout the restaurant business.

“This business is unique,” hesaid. “We take in raw materialsand create a product. Then wesell that product to customers,and they consume it right here.So we have production, retail andconsumption under one roof.That gives us a tremendousopportunity to influence theexperience our guests have and toget their feedback on what kindof job we’re doing.”

A successful neighborhoodrestaurant depends on regularcustomers. Some of the bestprospects are people who work inthe area. Dr. Paul Kirkegaard, ofSt. Anthony Park Dental Care,just a half-block west ofMuffuletta, has lunch thereregularly.

“When I describe Muffulettato someone who hasn’t beenthere, I always find myself talkingabout the people,” he said. “Theyhave great food, of course, but it’smore than that. They create sucha friendly and inviting environ-ment. Over the years, throughoutchanges in personnel, that qualityhas stayed the same.”

For reservations atMuffuletta, call 644-9116. Formore information about therestaurant, visitwww.muffuletta.com.

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ReadingsWednesday, September 5, 7 p.m.St. Anthony Park Library.Retired Army Lt. Col. DeannaGermain (“Reaching Past theWire”).

Tueday, September 11, 7 p.m.Micawber’s. Poet WilliamReichard (“This Brightness”).

Saturday, September 15, 11 a.m.and 2:30 p.m. Lady Elegant’s TeaRoom. Kim Wilson (“Tea withJane Austen”). Reservationsrequired (645-6676). Cost: $32.

Thursday, September 20, 7 p.m.Micawber’s. Poet John Minczesk.

GroupsWednesday, September 5, 6:30 p.m. St. Anthony ParkLibrary. St. Anthony ParkWriters Group. All welcome.

Sunday, September 9, 2:30 p.m.Micawber’s. Sunday AfternoonBook Club. “Three Cups ofTea,” by Greg Mortenson. Formore information, call Joy at 319-2630.

Monday, September 10, 7 p.m.Micawber’s. Probers’ BookGroup. “The Floor of the Sky,”by Pamela Carter Joern.

Wednesday, September 12, 7 p.m. St. Anthony Park LibraryBook Club. “Dial M: TheMurder of Carol Thompson,” byWilliam Swanson. All welcome.Call Carla at 642-0411 for moreinformation.

Tuesday, September 18, 7 p.m.Falcon Heights United Church ofChrist. Monthly Book Group.“Three Cups of Tea,” by GregMortenson. All welcome. Forinformation, call 646-2681.

St. Anthony Park LibraryEventsPreschool storytime. Fall sessionstarts Friday, September 14, at10:30 a.m. Weekly sessions are forages 3–5, with stories, flannelboards, puppet shows and more.No registration needed. Free.

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SeptemberArtsMusicCoffee Grounds 1579 Hamline Ave.644-9959, 373-2600

Real Book JazzEvery Monday, 7:30pm

Bill Cagley's Roots Music ShowcaseEvery other Thursday, 7pm

Open mike with host Bill HammondEvery other Sunday, 6pm

John Skoy And Beth KindermanSeptember 1, 7:30pm

Kinder MelodiesSeptember 4, 11am

Bill And Kate IslesSeptember 7, 8pm

Noah UptownSeptember 8, 8pm

Tim FastSeptember 14, 8pm

T. M. I. JazzSeptember 15, 8pm

Kinder Melodies September 18, 11am

Gigi NauerSeptember 21, 8pm

B. L. T. (Burke, Lidell, Tate)September 22, 8pm

Lonnie KnightSeptember 28, 8pm

Inish MohrSeptember 29, 7:30pm

Ginkgo Coffeehouse 721 N. Snelling Ave., 645-2647www.ginkgocoffee.com

Bluegrass and Oldtime Jam SessionSeptember 26, 7pm

Open StageFirst and third Wednesdays6pm sign-up

Music in the Park SeriesSt. Anthony Park UCC2129 Commonwealth Ave.645-5699www.musicintheparkseries.org

David Finckel, cello, & Wu Han, piano

September 23, 4pm

Visual ArtsAnodyne Artist Company 825 Carleton St., 642-1684

Art … what is it?Each third Thursday

Doors at 7pmPerformance starts 7:30pm

Goldstein Museum of Design240 McNeal Hall1985 Buford Ave.St. Paul Campus612-624-7434

“Products of Our Time”Through September 30

Larson Art GalleryU of M Student Center612-625-0214

Works by Rachel Vogt and Randy Walker

An exhibition involving light, repetition, and movement through three-dimensional design

August 30-October 4

Reception with refreshmentsSeptember 20, 6-9pm

St. Anthony Park LutheranChurch 2323 Como Ave., 645-0371

Minnesota By-ways Photography by Doug Ohman,September 16- October 21

Ohman will speak at an adult forumSeptember 23 at 9:45am

Gallery space is open Monday-Friday9 a.m. to 5pm and Sundays 8am tonoon

Undercroft GallerySt. Matthew’s Episcopal Church2136 Carter Ave., 645-3058

Works by Marion MoultonSeptember 9-October 19Reception: September 9, 11am

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Tuesday, September 18 7:00pm, St. Anthony Park Elementary SchoolWhat: Saint Anthony ParkCommunity Foundation AnnualMeeting

Topic: Greening OurCommunity

Featured Speaker: CarlNelson, Community EnergyProgram Director for the GreenInstitute

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Saturday October 6th 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.❖ Free horse drawn carriage rides ❖ Bag Pipers ❖ Musical Entertainment❖ Food and Beverage Vendors ❖ Kids activities ❖ Neighborhood Artisans

Wine tasting and sale from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. in the Milton Square courtyard sponsored by The Little Wine Shoppe and the St. Anthony Park Community Foundation. $25 donation and percentage of proceeds from the wine tasting and sale to benefit local non-profits with this years recipient being the St. Anthony Park School Association (SAPSA). Also featuring Chocolate sampling by Chocolat Celeste and lite appetizers from the Muffuletta Cafe and others.

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SeptemberCalendar1 Saturday• Nocturnal Bowling (612-625-5246),10:30 p.m.-5 a.m. at theGopher Spot, St. Paul StudentCenter, 2017 Buford Ave., St. PaulCampus. Every Saturday.

3 Monday• AA, St. Anthony Park LutheranChurch (644-0809), 8 p.m. EveryMonday.

• Boy Scouts, St. Anthony ParkUnited Church of Christ, 7 p.m.Every Monday.

• Chair exercise classes at Seal Hi-Rise, 825 Seal St. Every Mondayand Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Theseclasses are free to all area seniors, butpre-registration is necessary. Call642-9052 to preregister.

• Como Park recycling. EveryMonday.

4 Tuesday• First day of school for St. Paulpublic schools.

• Red Cross Blood Drive at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church,3-8 p.m. Call Joy at 644-8833 forappointments.

• SAPSA-sponsored coffee anddonuts for parents, 9-10, a.m at St. Anthony Park Elementary School.

• Tot Time (for 5-year-olds andyounger), Langford Park Rec Center(298-5765), 10 a.m.-noon. EveryTuesday.

• Toastmasters (645-6675), trainingin effective speaking, HewlettPackard, Broadway & 280, 7:35-8:35 a.m. Every Tuesday.

• St. Anthony Park Garden Club.St. Anthony Park Library, 6:30 p.m.

• Lauderdale recycling.

5 Wednesday• Neighbors for Peace planning meeting, 7 p.m. Karen Lilley's home,2079 Dudley Avenue, 644-3927(all are welcome).

• Free in-store wine sampling at TheLittle Wine Shoppe (2236 CarterAve.), 645-5178. Stop by between4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Must be 21years of age or older to attend. Allfeatured wines are 10 percent offduring the tasting.

• Leisure Center for Seniors (603-8946), St. Anthony ParkUnited Methodist Church, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch reservations byMonday. Every Wednesday. Freeblood pressure clinic by the St. Anthony Park Block NurseProgram 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at11 a.m.

• St. Anthony Park recycling. EveryWednesday.

6 Thursday• First day of Kindergarten at St. Anthony Park Elementary School.SAPSA-sponsored coffee and donuts,9-10 a.m., for kindergarten parents.

• Tot Time (for 5-year-olds andyounger), South St. Anthony RecCenter (298-5765), 10 a.m.-noon.Every Thursday.

• Toastmasters (649-5162), U.S. Forest Service, 1992 FolwellAve., St. Paul Campus, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Every Thursday.

• Chair exercise classes at Seal Hi-Rise, 825 Seal St. Every Mondayand Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Theseclasses are free to all area seniors,but pre-registration is necessary. Call642-9052 to preregister.

• St. Anthony Park CommunityCouncil Land Use Committee, SouthSt. Anthony Rec Center, 890Cromwell, 7 p.m.

7 Friday• Senior Citizen Fun Group (gym,bowling and darts), South St.Anthony Rec Center, 890 Cromwell,9:30-11:30 a.m. Every Friday.

10 Monday• Como Park High School SiteCouncil meeting, 6 p.m., at theschool.

• Murray Parent Association Forum:“Surviving and Thriving in JuniorHigh School.” Murray Jr. High bandroom, 7 p.m.

• St. Anthony Park Block NurseProgram board of directors meeting,St. Anthony Park United MethodistChurch library, 7 p.m.

• Park Press, Inc., Park Bugle Boardmeeting, St. Anthony Park Bank community room, 7 a.m.

• Join the Falconers for 500 andcribbage at 1 p.m. at Falcon HeightsCity Hall.

11 Tuesday• Lauderdale City Council, City Hall,1891 Walnut St., 7:30 p.m.

12 Wednesday• Falcon Heights City Council, CityHall, 2077 Larpenteur Ave., 7 p.m.

13 Thursday• Full Council Meeting, St. AnthonyPark Community Council, South St.Anthony Rec Center, 890 Cromwell,7 p.m.

14 Friday• Falcon Heights recycling.

• MOMS Club open house. TildenPlayground, 10 a.m.

17 Monday• Lauderdale recycling.

18 Tuesday• Free in-store wine sampling at TheLittle Wine Shoppe (2236 CarterAve.), 645-5178. Stop by between4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Must be 21years of age or older to attend. Allfeatured wines are 10 percent offduring the tasting.

• District 10 board meeting. Call644-3889 for details.

19 Wednesday• Langford Booster Club, LangfordPark, 7 p.m.

24 Monday• Life Coaching Informational OpenHouse, free, 7:30 p.m at 2252Commonwealth Ave. Refreshments willbe served. Call Beth Freschi at 645-0355 to reserve a space.

• Join the Falconers for 500 andcribbage at 1 p.m. at Falcon HeightsCity Hall.

25 Tuesday• School Picture Day all day andparent forum, "Surviving and Thrivingat Como Park Senior High,” 7-8:30 p.m. at the school.

• Lauderdale City Council, City Hall,1891 Walnut St., 7:30 p.m.

26 Wednesday• Falcon Heights City Council, CityHall, 2077 Larpenteur Ave., 7 p.m.

• St. Anthony Park CommunityCouncil Environment Committee, So. St. Anthony Rec Center, 890Cromwell, 7 p.m.

28 Friday• Falcon Heights recycling.

29 Saturday• Pratt Booth Rummage Sale. 8 a.m.-noon. 66 Malcolm Ave. SE.Minneapolis. Call 612-668-1122for more information.

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L I V E S L I V E D

Lives Lived to 20

LeRoy ChristensonLeRoy P. Christenson, age 83, ofLauderdale, died July 21, 2007.

He was a veteran of WWII,1st Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps 8thAir Force, and was retired fromthe University of Minnesota.

He is survived by his wife,Audrey; daughters, Laura (Don)Kilberg and Gail (Lee) Nystrom;three grandchildren; and twobrothers. Another brother and asister preceded him in death.

LeRoy’s memorial service washeld July 30, 2007, at UniversityLutheran Church of Hope inMinneapolis, with interment atFort Snelling National Cemetery.

Kathleen DeNucciKathleen L. DeNucci, age 85, ofSt. Anthony Park, died July 22,2007.

She is survived by herdaughters, Carol (Richard)Longen, Deborah and SharonDeNucci (of St. Anthony Park);seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister,Winnifred Ludwig. She waspreceded in death by herhusband, Dominick; great-granddaughter, Alasha; and sixsiblings.

Kathleen’s funeral service washeld July 26, 2007, at Holcomb-Henry-Boom Funeral Home,with interment at Fort SnellingNational Cemetery.

David DingmanDavid C. Dingman, age 71, ofFalcon Heights, diedunexpectedly July 30, 2007,while hiking in the Grand Tetons.He was fond of photography,woodworking, hiking and visitingnational parks.

He is survived by his wife,Shirley; sons, Dan (Stacie) andDave (Kristin) Dingman; fourgrandchildren; and a brother,Douglas (Heather) Dingman.

His funeral was held on

August 4, 2007, at Como ParkLutheran Church, with intermentat Roselawn Cemetery.

Bernice ElliottBernice “Bee” Elliott (néeJohnson), age 96, died July 28,2007, at Lyngblomsten CareCenter.

She was preceded in death byher husband, Earl, three sistersand two brothers. She is survivedby a sister, Katherine (Lynchburg,Va.) and brother, Stanley(Roseville).

Bee was born May 28, 1911,in Glenwood City, Wis. She grewup on a farm near GlenwoodCity and moved to St. Paul afterhigh school. She worked formany years at the Federal LandBank of St. Paul before she retiredin 1967. Bee was a member ofComo Park Lutheran Church.

Her memorial service washeld August 4, 2007, inLyngblomsten Chapel.

Gerald McKayGerald Raymond McKay of St. Anthony Park died August 20,2007, two months short of his99th birthday.

Gerald was born in SouthDakota on October 23, 1908. Hegrew up in Rush City,Minnesota, where he worked onhis father’s farm and in the familytrucking business.

He graduated from theUniversity of Minnesota Schoolof Agriculture and taught inIsanti, Minnesota, where he metand married Mary Eileen Doylein 1939. He and Mary moved toBrainerd, where he taughtagriculture and directed the highschool band.

In 1945 Gerald joined thefaculty at the University ofMinnesota and moved to St. Paul. He retired as professor ofaudio/visual communications.

Gerald was a strong

supporter of the University ofMinnesota, especially themarching band. He was amember of the U of M marchingband as a student and an activemember of the alumni band since1937.

He worked energetically toraise funds for an endowed chairfor the School of Agriculture. Inrecognition of his long service tothe University of Minnesota, hewas awarded the university’sOutstanding Achievement Award.

Gerald was active incommunity affairs and helpedfound many local organizations:the St. Anthony Park Association,St. Anthony Park Library Board,St. Anthony Park CommunityBand and the Park Bugle.

In June, he and two otherlongtime neighborhood residents,Gale Frost and Fred Morlock,received the first annual Spirit ofthe Park Award from the St. Anthony Park CommunityFoundation.

Gerald believed that publiceducation was the backbone ofdemocracy and devoted a greatdeal of time and energy toimproving St. Paul schools. Hewas particularly fond of musicand continued to entertain the“old folks” with his violin atseveral nursing homes in St. Pauluntil a few months before hisdeath.

He was preceded in death byMary, his wife of 62 years. Heleaves behind his sisters, HarrietMoulton and Georgia Gaustad,and his five children, Susan(Clayton) Kjeer, Marguerite(Norman) Uphoff, CarolynMcKay, Gerald (Sandy) McKay,Kathleen (Kenn) Lanfear, andtheir families, including 14grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

A celebration of his life tookplace August 25, 2007, at the St. Anthony Park UnitedMethodist Church.

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C L A S S I F I E D S

Classified deadline: September 21, 6 p.m.Next issue: October 3

■ Type or write down your ad,and which section your adshould appear in. Usually weput the first few words incapital letters.

■ Count the words. A “word” isnumbers or letters with a spaceon each side. A phone numberwith area code is one word.

■ Figure cost: $1 x number ofwords ($10 minimum).

■ Mail your ad & check to:Bugle ClassifiedsP.O. Box 8126 St. Paul, MN 55108

or deliver to the Park Bugledrop box at the side entrance to2190 Como Ave. (on theKnapp Place side of building)by 6 p.m. on the deadline day.We cannot bill you for your ad.

■ Classifieds cannot be e-mailed,faxed, or taken over the phone.

■ Call us at 651-646-5369, voicemailbox #3, with questions.

InstructionORCHARD MUSIK TIME. Earlychildhood music and movementclasses for children birth to six in the Park this fall! Classes begin Sept. 14th. Call 651-230-5552 for abrochure or online:www.musikgarten.org/orchardmusiktime.

PIANO LESSONS offered byprofessional pianist and experiencedteacher. Local. Call VickyMackerman, 651-645-7753.

Child CareAFTER SCHOOL DAYCARE -Cromwell and Bayless Place. 25 years experience. Have two olderdogs. 651-642-1927.

PARK ANGELS CHILD CARE -651-644-5516. Licensed 13 yrs., 6 wks. to 12 years. Part-time afterschool available.

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GENEALOGY - Will research yourfamily history or show you how.Services range from preparingfamily trees to documentation(census sheets, death certificates,boat manifests, etc.) and otherresearch. Initial consultation andwork proposal are free. Fees:$15/hour plus expenses. ContactNick, 651-249-5785 ordzwiprosze@yahoo.com.

JENNIFER’S PET SITTING -Don’t put your pet in a cold andexpensive kennel! I will give them awarm, loving place to stay whetheryou’re gone for a while or the day. Ihave over 30 years exp. loving andcaring for pets, and a beautifulfenced-in yard for them to play.Must be a smaller animal and getalong with other pets. Low rates, freeconsultation, and great deals forlong-term care. References available.Call Jennifer at 612-729-6481today!

CONCRETE AND RETAININGWALLS. Call GoodmansonConstruction 651-636-4996.Serving your neighborhood for 36years.

Home ServicesLARRY’S WINDOW WASHING,651-635-9228 or 763-780-0907.$10 off with ad.

GUTTERS CLEANED, repaired,installed. Insured, bonded, license#20126373. Burton’s Rain GutterService, 1864 Grand Avenue, 651-699-8900.

MS. GREENJEANS - help for yourhome since 1992. Painting - interior& exterior, general householdrepairs, fences, and decks. Wespecialize in major wall repair, skimcoating & drywall finishing. Laurie651-641-8661.

CARLSON WOODWORKING -custom cabinets, built-ins, shelves,furniture repair/refinishing. 651-429-0894.

WE SATISFY ALL YOURPAINTING NEEDS. Professionalpainting, interior, paperhanging,patching, taping, staining, ceilingspray texturing, water damage repair,and more. Family business in thePark - 50 years. Jim Larson, 651-644-5188.

TUCKPOINTING & REPAIRS ofchimneys, wet foundations, walls,steps, fireplaces, plaster and taping.Gutter repairs. Roof repairs. 28 years exp. Curt, 651-698-4743.

APPLIANCE REPAIR - Reasonablerates, friendly service. Neighbor-hood references. Ron Wagner, 612-840-3598.

TREE TRIMMING/REMOVALFree estimates. Reasonable prices.Call Jonathan 651-497-6893.

HousingAVAILABLE NOW - nice 1 bedroom apt. in 6-plex.$475/month, heat paid, off-streetparking. Call Gene at 651-402-9729.

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT inSaint Anthony Park. Several sizesavailable. Lakes & Plains OfficeBuilding, 842 Raymond Avenue,651-647-6250. Ask for Shirley orFerdinand.

MIDWAY OFFICE SPACE - officesuites from 200 to 2500 sq. ft., idealfor businesses or nonprofit. Freeconference room, free parking.sandy@updatecompany.com, 651-641-0208.

WantedLOOKING TO CREATE a playgroup on Mondays or Wednesdaysfor toddler born April 20, 2006. Ifinterested, please call Susan at 651-644-1508.

For SaleDRESSER WITH MIRROR-$65;armoire-$100; Pottery Barn sofawith slipcover-$150. 651-647-5632.

EmploymentPART TIME PIANO TEACHERfor warm and vibrant Rosevillemusic studio. Deb, 651-488-4102.

SalesRUMMAGE SALE - Univ. Luth.Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave. SE,Dinkytown, Sept. 13-15. Thu-Fri9am-8pm. Sat. is Bag Day - fill abag for $1 from 9am-noon.

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Lives Lived from 18

Michael YoungMichael V. Young, age 63, ofComo Park, died August 2,2007. He liked to read andenjoyed his family.

He is survived by wife, Meri;daughter, Karragh (Travis) Arndtand grandson, Kolbjorn, ofJuneau, Alaska; son, RykkenYoung of St. Paul; sisters, Carole(Richard) Cutshall of Greeley,Colo., Karen Young, ChristineHoffman and Cathy Young(Steve Kramer); and brother,John (Joanne) Young of St. Paul.He was preceded in death by hisbrother, Orville “Bucky” Young,and grandson, Orion.

His memorial service washeld August 8, 2007, at ComoPark Lutheran Church.

There is no charge for Bugleobituaries. Please alert the Bugleabout the death of current orformer residents of the area. Sendmore complete information if youhave it. Obituaries are compiledby Mary Mergenthal, 644-1650,mary.mergenthal@comcast.net.

The friendly neighborhooddrug store is not a thing of

the past

Our present administration isdamaging the essence of whowe are as a nation. Do not let

them define who we ought to be.

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civil society.

Fight for a government thatappeals to the nobility of

our character, not our fears or prejudices.

Don’t let President Bush repeal the estate tax

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Repeal would only help 13,000rich families in the USA

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“No poor boy from HopeArkansas will ever dream ofbecoming President again.”

Visitwww.mncn.org/estatetax.htm

or call 651-642-1904 for more info.

3400 University Ave. S.E., Mpls612--379-7232

M - F 8:30 - 7, Sat 8:30 - 6

1/4 mile west of Hwy 280across from KSTP

❖ BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCHSkillman at Cleveland S., Roseville. 651-631-0211Fall Schedule starting September 9th:

9:30 a.m. Sunday School10:45 a.m. Worship, Dr. Bruce PetersenWednesday night kids programs for ages 4 years through high school starts onSeptember 19th at 6:30 p.m.

❖ COMO PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA1376 Hoyt Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55108-2300 651-646-7127Handicapped Accessibleoffice@comoparklutheran.org CPLContact ministry 651-644-1897www.comoparklutheran.orgSunday Fall Worship Schedule & Sunday School Start-Up: Begins September 9

8:00, 9:00, and 11:00 a.m. Worship (nursery care provided from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.)10:00 a.m. Adult Education and Sunday SchoolHoly Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays Rides available for 11:00 a.m. worship- call the church office before noon on Friday.

Wednesday Evening Activities: Begins September 127th & 8th grade confirmation, adult and children’s choirs, bell choir, children’s chime choir, senior high youth group, and adult education (varies during the year.) Meal provided 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Adults $5, Children $3, Family maximum $18.

Pastors: Martin Ericson and Mary Kaye AshleyDirector of Music Ministry: Thomas Ferry

❖ FALCON HEIGHTS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST1795 Holton St. at Garden, 651-646-2681www.falconheightsucc.orgSundays: 10:30 a.m. worship

9:15 a.m. education (beginning Sept. 23)Nursery care available 9:15-11:45 a.m.Sept. 9 Homecoming SundaySept. 16 Rally Day

All are welcome at these special events:Sept. 8, 7-8 p.m. Ice cream socialSept. 16, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Garden Party on Garden AvenueSept. 18, 7 p.m. Book discussion, Three Cups of Tea

An open and affirming, Just Peace church; handicap accessible

❖ NORTH COMO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH965 Larpenteur Avenue W., Roseville651-488-5581, ncpc@northcomochurch.orgwww.northcomochurch.org

Sunday Services: Worship 9:45 a.m., Education for all ages 11:00 a.m.We are welcoming and accessible to all.

❖ PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA1744 Walnut (at Ione) Lauderdale. 651-644-5440www.peacelauderdale.com

Sundays: Education at 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m.Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. Bible StudyCall Church office at 644-5440 for further info and directions to Peace.

All are welcome - Come as you are

❖ ST. CECILIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH2357 Bayless Place. 651-644-4502Website: www.stceciliaspm.orgHandicap accessible

Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m. at the churchSunday Masses: 8:15 a.m and 10:00 am at the church

❖ ST. ANTHONY PARK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST2129 Commonwealth at Chelmsford. 651-646-7173Website: www.sapucc.orgHandicapped Accessible and an Open and Affirming Congregation.Rev. Philip J. Ramstad, Sustaining Minister – Joanne Sylvander, Child & Youth Coordinator Adult Ed. 8:50 a.m. – Begins Sept. 9Sept. 2 – Worship/Holy Communion 9:30 a.m., Fellowship: 10:30 a.m.

Nursery care provided – 9:30 a.m.Sept. 9 – RALLY SUNDAY New Worship Time begins -

Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Fellowship: 11 a.m. Nursery Care & Sunday School provided – 10:15 a.m.

❖ ST. ANTHONY PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCHwww.sapumc.org All are welcome!2200 Hillside Ave (at Como) 651-646-4859Pastor Donna MartinsonSundays:

10:00 a.m. Worship Celebration10:20 a.m. Sunday School for 3 years to 6th grade. 11:00 a.m. Fellowship & Refreshments

More to choose (call us for details): Faithfully Fit Forever – Mondays, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Choir - Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

❖ ST. ANTHONY PARK LUTHERAN CHURCHWe are a community of believers called to joyfully serve God, one another, and the world.www.saplc.org2323 Como Ave. W., 651-645-0371 Staffed nursery available - Handicap-accessible Pastors Glenn Berg-Moberg and Amy Thoren Email: office@saplc.org

Worship Schedule: 8:30 & 11 a.m. with Rally Day, Sept. 9Education hour for all: 9:45 a.m. Minnesota Byways, a photo exhibit by Doug Ohman – Sept. 16 – Oct. 21 with Artist Forum, Sunday, Sept. 23, 9:45 a.m.Exhibit open: Mon. – Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday morning.

Minnesota Faith Chinese Lutheran Church 1:30 p.m.

❖ ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHThe Rev. Blair Pogue, Rector2136 Carter at Chelmsford. 651-645-3058Website: www.stmatthewsmn.orgRegular Schedule begins September 9:

Sundays - 8:00a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) & 10:30a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) Sunday School at 9:15a.m. begins September 16Mondays - 7:00p.m. Night PrayerWednesdays - 10:00a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I)

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