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November 2010

Volume 44

Number 11

The St. Paul

Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer

West St. Paul Candidates

As economic struggles continue at the state and local level, city officials are facing the enormous task of keeping their cit-ies running while reve-nue continues to decline. Since most of West St. Paul’s budget is allocated to public safety, how will balancing the budget af-fect other aspects of city life? Is raising taxes the only way to bring revenue into the city? The Voice asked the candidates for mayor and city council these questions, and their responses follow.

In Ward 1, Coun-cilmember Aaron Van Moorlehem has stepped down after six years of service. Ed Iago, Ward 2 Councilmember, and David Wright, Ward 3 Councilmember are run-ning unopposed. For information on polling sites, visit www.cityof-wsp.org, or call 651-552-4100.

Mayoral candidates

John ZanmillerIncumbent, seeking a fourth term

Education: Bachelor of Arts from St. Cloud State University

Occupation: Proba-tion/Parole officer, Hen-nepin County Correc-tions

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Charter Commission (2001-2003); Council-member (2004-2005); Mayor (2005-Present); Vice President, St. Paul Regional Water Services Board of Commissioners (2002-Present)

Since most of the city budget goes to-ward public safe-ty (police and fire), what steps could be taken to tighten up that portion of the budget without jeopardizing the safety of West St. Paul resi-dents?

“Containing labor and equipment costs is the most immediate ap-proach to holding the line on budget. Reorga-nization and examina-

tion of service delivery models could also be helpful but would re-quire more discussion.” What other meth-ods could be used to bring income into the city besides raising taxes?

“Other methods for the city include coopera-tive advertising and fee increases. However, the entire city, its residents and businesses, are facing challenges, (so) this is not our preferred approach to closing the budget short-fall.”

Mary Jane Duchene Running for mayor

Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Min-neapolis College of Art

and DesignOccupation: Owner,

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city budget goes to-ward public safe-ty (police and fire), what steps could be taken to tighten up that portion of the budget without jeopardizing the safety of West St. Paul resi-dents?

“Make better use of re-sources, including parks and recreation, and keep our children and com-munity safe by providing creative and supportive outlets for entertainment and personal develop-

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ment for our children, thereby discouraging gangs and negative be-haviors.”

What other methods could be used to bring income into the city be-sides raising taxes?

“Minimizing red tape and expanding small businesses can increase wealth in the city. Creat-ing a multi-purpose city charitable foundation that offers tax relief for contributions made, that assist homeowners who have fallen on hard times with repairs needed and with other help rather than spending that mon-ey in litigation. Continu-ing to spend big on city litigation as ‘the solu-tion’ for quality housing is a mistake economically and also creates a hostile

Since most of the city budget goes to-ward public safe-ty (police and fire), what steps could be taken to tighten up that portion of the budget without jeopardizing the safety of West St. Paul resi-dents?

“The feasibility of more partnerships with neighboring commu-nities could be further explored to assist in re-ductions in cost, but not service. The city should also consider consulting with health profession-als, EMTs and fire pro-fessionals to streamline providing the level of appropriate service and equipment necessary to respond to different types of calls. Finally, steps could be taken to get as

much use as possible out of police cars, fire trucks, and equipment before they are replaced.”


“Applying for more grants to bring revenue into the city could be ex-plored. Using qualified interns to write the ap-plications could be con-sidered so the city would not have to pay for ad-ditional staff. The city could measure selling ad-vertising on its mailings, and if possible, website. If elected, I would cer-tainly welcome the ideas of local, civic-orientated groups and citizens, as well. Beyond that, the city has allowed the con-struction of cell phone towers and a digital sign to bring in income. If more towers and another sign have broad appeal, and are more tolerable to the public than taxes,

further towers or signs could continue to be considered.”

Ed HansenEducation: Inver Hills

Community College for two years. Graduated Da-kota County Technical College with a photogra-phy major

Occupation: Owner/operator of Rocco’s Pizza in Little Canada since 2000

Since most of the city budget goes to-ward public safety (police and fire) , what steps could be taken to tighten up that portion of the budget without jeopardizing the safety of West St. Paul resi-dents?

“I have no problem balancing my business and personal budgets and would like to help the city of West St. Paul get back in black by cutting red

tape. Labor is the greatest expense in the city bud-get, and I think there are other things that could be cut and am open to suggestions. We are liv-ing in times where we all need to cut back, and the government should not be asking the taxpayers to sacrifice any more tax dollars.”


“I have a great idea to improve the city: cut off the welfare, i.e., Section 8. Stop rewarding bad behavior. We need more people with something vested in the city, like homeowners, not free-loading parasites. Vote for me, because I will do the will of the taxpaying majority. I believe the Constitution is the rule book for good limited government. Power to the people.”

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Smith. Running for two spots on the city council are Liz Petschel, Sally Lorberbaum, and current council-member Ultan Duggan, whose 4-year term is expir-ing. Councilmember Mary Jeanne Schneeman’s term is also up, but she has opted not to run. If Krebsbach wins the mayor’s race, the city council will decide in

January how to fill her council seat.The main areas of concern for nearly all candidates

include airport noise, increased traffic brought on by development in neighboring communities, financial stability, and maintaining the city’s vitality.

Jill SmithEducation: Master of Science in Business (Real Es-

tate Appraisal and Investment Analysis) from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison; Master of Corporate Real Estate, Bachelor of Arts in Education, San Diego State University

Occupation: 3M employee for 19 years; corporate real estate specialist until retiring in 2009. Responsi-ble for buying, selling and leasing corporate real estate in the United States and Latin America

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Agenda: “I will work to retain the special charac-ter of Mendota Heights, which has one of the low-est tax rates for municipalities across the Twin Cities. Because the city is almost fully developed, it cannot depend on additional revenue from new development, so we must find better and more creative ways to con-trol costs. My business training and experience will enable me to examine methods of service delivery to

Mayoral candidates provide better value to taxpayers. “A major issue that needs attention is a safe pedes-

trian crossing at Highway 110 (and Dodd Road). No option has been selected, or financial commitment made at this time. I will identify a solution and work to obtain funding to construct the preferred crossing.

“Continued vigilance of airport operations can en-sure Mendota Heights an equitable distribution of noise across communities adjacent to the airport, that we will receive our fair share of funding from sound-attenuation programs and that noise impacts will be reduced for all.

“Another transportation issue is the anticipated increase in traffic from new commercial, industrial and residential development in Inver Grove Heights, Eagan and other growing communities. I am part of a core group working with Dakota County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation on a solu-tion that would have the least impact on Mendota Heights.”

Sandra KrebsbachEducation: Ph.D. from the University of Minne-

sota, Bachelor of Arts from Creighton UniversityOccupation: 17-year career in higher education,

with a director position at the University of Minne-sota; Dean of St. Paul College

Relevant Experience: Member, Mendota Heights City Council, 18 years; member, High Performance Partnership in Dakota County, Airport Zoning Board Noise Oversight Committee-first alternate, Associa-tion of Metropolitan Municipalities Board

Agenda: “It is important to note that Mendota Heights is not facing a financial challenge. As mayor I will continue to provide consistent, thoughtful leader-ship, which has kept the levy increases to 4 percent for the past 18 years. During this time, Mendota Heights has had excellent staff, police department and vol-unteer fire department. There have been no layoffs. There have been reasonable raises, purchase of needed equipment and continued quality service and main-tenance.

“A challenge going forward is to assure residential quality. I have asked for rental housing permits with code enforcement inspections, and limited hours of operation of commercial businesses. I took a strong stand against the Delaware-I-494 Interchange, which was removed from the list of recommendations. I will continue to speak and act on behalf of the city on transportation corridors. As mayor, I will look for ways to realize greater value from the industrial and commercial. Dakota County Chamber of Commerce and business owners will be part of that discussion. There are great opportunities.”



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State Rep., District 65BDFL-endorsed incumbent Carlos Mariani is be-

ing challenged by Jamie Delton. Mariani holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Ma-calaster College and works in nonprofit manage-ment. He is serving his tenth term in office and is chair of the following committees: K-12 Ed-ucation Policy and Oversight; Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division; K-12 Education Fi-nance Division; Ways and Means.

Republican endorsed Delton has an Electronic Technology Certificate from St. Paul Technical College and a University of Minnesota Unix C++ Software Certificate. He worked at iqmarketing.com for 12 years. His positon was eliminated in September. He is most concerned about bringing business to St. Paul specifically to employ people and help the underprivileged, phasing out corpo-rate income tax and requiring law enforcement officers to record the country of citizenship, im-migration status and suspected immigration vio-lations of felon arrestees.

Sally LorberbaumEducation: Master of Business Administration,

University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Manage-ment; Master of Arts, Mathematics Education, Uni-versity of Minnesota, Mendota Heights/West St. Paul Citizen’s Police Education 2009 graduate

Occupation: Assistant Vice President at Wells Far-go Bank, with over 30 years as a learning and devel-opment consultant

Relevant Experience: Member, Mendota Heights Planning Commission, 13 years; member, Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission, 4 years; co-chair, “Vote Yes” Par 3 Special Referendum; vice-chair, Dakota County Special Board of Equalization & Tax Appeal; past state co-chair/curriculum design-er of “A World of Difference” K-12 diversity training program; Mendota Heights’ representative with the Dakota County High Performance Project; member, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Manage-ment’s Leadership Council, 5 years

Agenda: “I would like to see Mendota Heights build stronger relationships with our neighbor cit-ies, our schools and civic leaders. Because Mendota Heights is almost a fully developed city — no longer

Liz PetschelEducation: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, College

of St. Catherine; graduate studies in nursing educa-tion, Marquette University; Advanced Critical Care certified

Occupation: Former Nursing Instructor, Dakota County Technical College and nurse in Twin Cities and Duluth hospitals

Relevant Experience: Member, Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission for 11 years, chair since 2006; Parish nurse, Church of St. Joseph, School; ath-letic association volunteer

Agenda: “Mendota Heights residents have ongoing concerns about the level of airplane noise and fre-quency of overflights. I have worked successfully with many local, state and federal agencies to minimize the airport’s adverse effects to our community, and worked with the Minnesota Legislature to get our Metropoli-

Ultan DugganEducation: Bachelor of Liberal Arts, National Uni-

versity of Ireland Occupation: Certified Pedorthist (specializing in

the use of footwear and supportive devices to address conditions affecting the feet and lower limbs), for-mer business owner, Dr. Scholls, Midway, St. Paul, 25 years; part-time auctioneer

Relevant experience: Current member of the Mendota Height City Council; served on a variety of commissions whose responsibilities included up-dating comprehensive plans, examining zoning ordi-nances and fire and police departments joint-powers agreements; coordinated Henry Sibley 50th Anniver-sary, bringing it in under budget.

Agenda: “Careful yearly planning and budgeting have resulted in excellent essential services at a low cost to residents. Our largest budget item is person-nel. To cover shortfalls, we need to hold employee pay at current levels and defer major capital/mainte-nance expenditures for a year. We should use attrition and/or limited city reserves, always delivering excel-lent essential services. I’ve been a city booster since 1984 and am dedicated and concerned about helping citizens. I have been a fundraiser for eight organiza-tions, and a member and volunteer at St. Peter’s since 1977.”

a new town with lots of open space — we need to en-gage in long-range planning. We need to re-examine our sources and use of funds to ensure we retain our high quality of life and services, and our low tax rate. We should be proactive in keeping businesses in our community while welcoming new businesses and op-portunities.

“We must take a leadership role with federal and state officials to ensure that MSP Airport officials are held accountable for promises made about enforce-ment of regulated flight paths, and encourage the airlines’ use of state-of-the-art noise-reducing tech-niques. Many residents have objected to multiple gar-bage trucks traveling by their homes, multiple times a week. A citywide garbage service should be considered as a greener solution, resulting in possible cost savings to residents and less wear on our streets.

“While 78 percent of city-owned golf courses lost money in 2008, Mendota Heights’ Par 3 is a self-supporting enterprise with net revenue continuing to grow in 2009. Finally, we must ensure that when resi-dents need assistance, government will be accessible, helpful and resident-friendly.”

tan Airports Commission (MAC) to allow city input into the appointment of our MAC commissioner, and hold one meeting each year away from the airport so citizens may more easily attend a face-to-face meeting between affected cities and MAC leadership.

“We need a comprehensive city program to address the potential emerald ash borer problem. Concerned residents and the Parks and Recreation Commission need to be involved in giving input on possible solu-tions to this issue. Likewise, I would like residents to have input on the kind of businesses, restaurants and retail operations in The Village and Mendota Plaza. There are amenities residents want that don’t appear to be on the horizon. Finally, as areas in Eagan and Inver Grove Heights begin to develop regional trans-portation, a great deal of vigilance will be required to assure that changes on roadways have minimal effects on the city and residents.”

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Dakota County Commissioner District 2Communities include West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake and Inver Grove Heights Precincts 8-10.

Incumbent Commissioner Kathleen Gaylord, who has served on the County Board of Commissioners

State Senator, District 39Incumbent DFL-endorsed Jim Metzen is being

challenged by Robb Soleim Jr. Metzen is serving his seventh term as District 39 State Senator. Before that he served as State Representative for 10 years. His spe-cial legislative concerns include finance, employment, education, taxes and economic development. Metzen is chair of the Business, Industry and Jobs Commit-tee, and a member of the following committees: Capi-tal Investment, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Finance, and Rules and Administration.

Soleim, a small business owner specializing in early stage business financing along with long-range college and retirement planning, holds a master’s degree in business adminstration. He interned with U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, volunteered on several Congressio-nal and gubernatorial campaigns, and has served as president, Board of Directors of The Children’s Safety Centers and as a volunteer firefighter with the Mendo-ta Heights Fire Department. His legislative concerns are increased taxes and fees. Soleim Jr. has taken the Taxpayer’s Pledge to not raise taxes. If elected, he will vote in favor of policies that cut government spending to fix the budget deficit, and would author an amend-ment that would limit the growth of government to no more than 1 percent over the rate of inflation.

State Rep., District 39AIncumbent, DFL-endorsed Rick Hansen is being

challenged by Republican-endorsed Don Lee. Hansen is serving his third term in office after being elected in 2004. Previously he served as a board member on the Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District. His House Committee assignments include: Capital Investment Finance Division; Environment and Nat-ural Resources Finance Division, Environment Policy and Oversight; Game, Fish and Forestry Division. Hansen’s greatest legislative concerns are energy con-servation and transportation infrastructure. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Upper Iowa University and a Master of Science in soil man-agement from Iowa State University.

Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Minnesota and has held vari-ous positions in engineering and management at Cray Research, Adaptec, Instrumental, Inc., and others. He has also run a small Internet Service Provider (ISP) company and is currently building a startup business in software consulting. In 2008, he was a delegate to the Basic Political Operating Unit (BPOU) 39A con-vention, Congressional District 2, and the Republican State Convention. In 2009, he became deputy chair-man of BPOU 39A.

His legislative concerns are that government has become too big, intrusive and expensive. His agenda will be to reduce the size, scope and power of the state government, and return power, money and prestige to the people and local levels of government.

since 2003, is being challenged by former Sunfish Lake Mayor Molly Park. The challenge facing all elected officials is balancing budgets. It’s been sug-gested that duplication of services between state and counties could be eliminated if some of the programs were merged, thus reducing costs. The two candidates were asked this question and their responses are be-low.

Kathleen GaylordEducation: Juris Doctor, William Mitchell College

of Law; Bachelor of Arts in economics, magna cum laude, University of Minnesota; post graduate work in Public Administration and Business Taxation; South St. Paul High School graduate with honors.

Experience/Occupation: County Commissioner since 2003; South St. Paul mayor; National Associa-tion of Counties; National League of Cities; attorney, partner, Weinblatt & Gaylord; senior corporate coun-sel, Northwest Airlines; executive director, Minnesota Tax Study Commission; president/chair of multiple regional, state and national policy organizations.

Selected committee Appointments (edited for space): Association of Minnesota Counties Board of Directors, General Government Policy Committee, Legislative Steering Committee (alternate); Dakota County Community Development Agency Board, Law Library Board (Chair), Regional Railroad Au-thority; Facility Operations Committee for Thomp-son Park Center (Chair); Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, Executive Committee (Chair); Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board; Wakota Bridge Coalition; Vice Chair, National Association of Counties Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee; member of three subcommittees

Should the County merge programs with the

State to cut costs and bureaucracy?“If a merger would cut costs and bureaucracy, we

would certainly consider it. Unfortunately, with huge deficits looming over the state, even good ideas to consolidate service delivery are on hold. The state does not have the staff or resources to directly assume the work being done by counties.

“Rather than a state merger, Dakota County has built a network of cooperative agreements throughout the organization with cities, counties, regional orga-nizations, faith communities, schools and others to provide high-quality, cost-effective services. We share detox and training facilities, workforce and commu-nications centers, water and solid waste management, broadband, emergency services, snowplowing…and many other programs and services with other entities.

“Our response to today’s economic challenges will shape the Dakota County of tomorrow and our strat-egy will address how the county delivers services, which services are needed, re-evaluate internal county systems to improve administration, and reform the state and local tax system. Working together, we can provide essential services in a way that is efficient, ef-fective and responsive, but also fair to taxpayers, em-ployees, and all Dakota County residents who need and use county services.”

Molly ParkEducation: Master’s in education, speech pathology

and audiology, Boston University; Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa) speech and drama, College of St. Catherine

Occupation: Retired Speech Pathologist, Clinical Faculty - University of Minnesota Hospitals

Relevant experience: Mayor of Sunfish Lake, 8 years; Dakota County High Performance Partner-ship (co-chair); Employee Healthcare and Wellness Committee (co-chair); Pandemic Flu Coordinated Response Team (co-chair); Dakota County Region-al Roadway Visioning Study Steering Committee; Northern Dakota County Cable Commission Board of Directors; Catholic Community Foundation Board of Directors, Grants Committee (vice chair); League of Minnesota Cities Board of Directors, Public Rela-tions Committee

Should the County merge programs with the state to cut costs and bureaucracy?

“The county and the state, as well as the county and its cities, and the county and its neighbors such as

Scott or Ramsey County, should begin to explore ar-eas of collaboration. This must be undertaken with a thoughtful, systematic approach and must include all members of interest at the table. Cost analysis, quality of services, and respect for the unique characteristics of each government entity are key components of this endeavor. Elimination of duplication of services and enhancing the economics of service delivery should help guide the process. The county and the state should look at other examples of merger to maximize success. The Dakota Communications Center (DCC) that joined all of the public safety dispatch entities in the county using 800 mega Hz technology is a prime success story. Developed by the Dakota County High Performance Partnership (HiPP), the DCC will save taxpayers approximately $8 million in the next five-years. Through the HiPP, which I currently co-chair, we are beginning to discuss cooperation opportunities with Scott County. Already, the two counties share a workforce center, so collaboration isn’t a strange pro-cess. Government today faces new challenges which demand broader thinking for better solutions.”



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Ramsey County Commissioner race - District 5

Ramsey County District 5 includes downtown St. Paul and the West Side. DFL-endorsed incumbent Rafael Ortega is being challenged by Republican-endorsed Andy Noble. The question facing the two candidates is whether services should be trimmed and cuts made to balance the county budget, or whether taxes should be increased to continue the current level of services. Or should there be some of both?

Andy NobleRepublican-endorsed

candidate and endorsed candidate of Minnesotans for Limited Government

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Master’s degree in Busi-ness Adminstration from Indiana University

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“I believe in our democracy, our ability to gov-ern responsibly and openly to the public and me-dia, and to effectively legislate policy and decisions based upon constituency direct input and involve-ment. Lately, there has been a lack of public input, board accountability, and transparency of all board decisions (including) ongoing spending decisions, pay raises (for commissioners), and an overall lack of

responsible governance and accountability to voters. Ramsey County has the highest property taxes of all seven metro counties and increasing user fees. To re-duce taxes, the focus needs to be on creating needed jobs and attracting businesses to the county and St. Paul. Lack of economic development planning has re-sulted in only government jobs being created in (and by) the county. We need to prepare for the coming state budget cuts via a known $6 billion+ Minnesota state budget deficit. Creating real jobs and fixing the real estate economy and markets by lowering property taxes are the priorities. Finally, the transportation fo-cus should be on roads and bridges.”

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Profession: Social worker for a number of years before becoming an

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Achievements while in office that affect down-town St. Paul and the West Side:

• Renovation of the Union Depot should be com-pleted by 2012, making it a state-of-the-art transit hub for Minnesota and employing 2,500 to build it.

• The merger of Ramsey County 800 Mhz Emer-gency Dispatch Center with the city of St. Paul has saved taxpayers over $6 million.

• City and County Public Health and jail facilities have been merged.

• Ramsey County remains one of only 39 counties in the United States to maintain a AAA bond rating.

What are your top funding priorities and why? “During tough times, people need county services

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Living Longer and Stronger in West St. PaulWest St. Paul on board with Dakota County program for aging residents

Bill KnightContributor

You can take your choice of catchy

buzzwords, such as the “silver tsunami” or the “age wave,” but they all lead to the same conclu-sion: in the next 20 years the number of people age 65 and older in Minne-sota will more than dou-

ble. In Dakota County, numbers for the same age group will almost triple, going from just under 35,500 to nearly 97,000.

These statistics, from the Wilder Institute in St. Paul, are driving city and county officials to deal with this population shift and learn what re-sources will be necessary to meet their needs.

“(If you) imagine that our resources are limited right now, so how much more are the resources going to be limited if you triple the number of people aging?” asked Deb Tompkins. Formerly with Dakota County, she now works for the West St. paul-based nonprofit DARTS and is charged with implementing a program called Living Longer & Stronger in Dakota County.

In 2007 Dakota Coun-ty approved a three-year project to plan for “this age wave that is ap-proaching,” she said. “The county decided to partner with DARTS and have a communitywide implementation, and then they hired me.” She is the community initia-tive director.

Tompkins said the county contracted with DARTS because of its ex-perience in working with

older people and dealing with the issues of aging. Funded at $100,000 a year, the contract will end this year.

“We are trying to con-nect people and organiza-tions in West St. Paul to each other so that if peo-ple have a need in West St. Paul they can find out who in the city can help meet that need,” she said.

Areas of concern in-clude finances, health and wellness, housing, services, transportation, work and community.

“These are areas that the plan said would af-fect people as they age, so we formed volunteer teams around each one of these themes…. We call them our ‘theme teams,’” she said.

Working on these teams are staffers from West St. Paul and volunteers from 30 other groups includ-ing faith communities, social service providers, businesses and residents.

“What is unique about the overall initiative...is that we have brought to-gether people who typi-cally don’t meet together, but who need to meet together to solve some of these issues,” Tompkins said.

Why West St. Paul?“We have about 19

percent of our popula-tion over 65 and this is the highest percent-age in Dakota County,” said Sherri Le, assistant city administrator. With about 19,000 people liv-ing in West St. Paul, Le said that means some 3,610 people are age 65 and older.

Added Tompkins, “The idea is the percentage.

The state average of peo-ple over 65 is 12 percent,” she said. “So West St. Paul is more than that,” which means that West St. Paul’s older popula-tion is increasing faster than the state average.

Statistics from the Wilder Institute shine a bright light on the changes in the Dakota County population for two groups: people 18 to 64 and those 65 and older. In 1950 there were about 28,600 people in the first group, and just over 3,400 in the second. In 2030 those numbers are projected to increase, respectively, to 277,800 and 96,900.

“Looking at that trend in Dakota County, going from about 12 percent to a projected 35 percent (in 2030), that’s a huge difference for the way we are organized as a com-munity, to have that kind of a demographic shift underway,” said Susan Brower, a Wilder research associate.

How do the numbers for the two groups in Da-kota County compare to the rest of the state?

“Some (ratios for the two groups) are much higher in Greater Min-nesota than in Dakota County because it is in the metro area, which is still having people mov-ing in here. But that’s not the case for some coun-ties in Greater Minneso-ta,” she said.

Brower added that Da-kota is a younger county, which means it is attract-ing more people in the 18 to 64 age range compared to some other counties in Greater Minnesota.

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WSCO names Gaarder as its new executive director Mary Diedrick Hansen

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Elena Gaarder has spent the bulk of her ca-reer working for and run-ning citizen participation organizations. She also has a strong background in fundraising and finan-cial management, and is using her skills and expe-rience to benefit the West Side. She was recently named executive director of the West Side Citizens Organization (WSCO). She succeeds Carlos Gar-cia-Velasco.

A native of St. Cloud, Minn., she graduated from St. Cloud State University in 1997 with a degree in urban plan-ning. Her first job took her to the Phillips neigh-borhood of South Min-neapolis where, as a com-munity organizer, she focused on housing.

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substandard. I worked on tenants’ rights and in try-ing to create safe and de-cent housing.”

In 2000, she took her housing expertise to the Powderhorn Park neigh-borhood of South Minne-apolis, where she worked as a community organiz-er. In 2004 she became that organization’s ex-ecutive director. Her new responsibilities included involvement in the Re-storative Justice program, the Powderhorn Park Art Fair, the Midtown Com-munity Safety Center, and various youth and economic development initiatives. She was there until 2007 when she took on the role of director of projects for the Council of Crime and Justice, a nonprofit that involves research, public policy and advocacy.

During this time she was also working on a master’s degree program in science and communi-

ty economic development at Southern New Hamp-shire University. She flew to New Hampshire once a month to meet with like-minded community de-velopment professionals from across the nation, and to learn from prac-titioners in community economic development.

She was also doing long-distance consult-ing for a troubled neigh-borhood in Mansfield, Ohio. She helped design

a plan for neighborhood improvement, includ-ing housing strategies to get the large number of blighted properties in the neighborhood under control. Finally, in 2009, she moved to Mansfield for one year to work as a housing and community development specialist. Part of her job entailed meeting with state repre-sentatives to secure fund-ing for this neighbor-hood.

Now that she’s back in the Twin Cities, she is looking forward to work-ing with the West Side neighborhood.

“What’s great about WSCO is its strong re-lationship with the West Side’s Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA), a strong hous-ing developer, and the Riverview Economic De-velopment Association (REDA), a community development corpora-tion,” she said. “To cre-ate sustainable commu-nities, there must be the marriage of community development and eco-nomic development. We have the building block for this through our col-

laborative (with) NeDA and REDA.”

Gaarder said she hopes to move WSCO forward by taking the lead in up-dating the 1997 West Side Strategic Neighbor-hood Plan.

“We will be revision-ing the West Side Plan. WSCO is launching that effort at the annual meeting on November 10 at the Neighborhood House,” said Gaarder. “I believe we have an oppor-tunity for genuine com-munity engagement.”

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“Living in Space” is presented through Jan. 2, 2011. This interactive exhibit is inspired by the International Space Sta-tion, the largest interna-tional aerospace project ever, and teaches partici-pants about the everyday activities of astronauts.

“Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons” is presented through Jan. 23, 2011. This exhibit shows the similarities and differences of each season of the year in Japan and Minnesota. Tickets are $8.95. The museum is located at 10 W. Seventh St., St. Paul. For more in-formation, call 651-225-6000.

Ordway Center for Performing Arts

“Evita” is featured through Oct. 31, at the Ordway Center for Per-forming Arts, 35 Wash-ington St., St. Paul. This performance details the life of First Lady of Ar-gentina Eva Perón, who was a legend in her time.

She rose to become the most powerful woman Latin America had ever seen and served as a sym-bol of hope and change. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s opera is the powerhouse telling of her brief and fascinating life. Tickets are $19-$39.

Contra-Tiempo, a so-cial activist dance compa-ny, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 19. The group takes Latin social dancing to new heights by infusing elements of Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop and contemporary dance-theater in physi-cally intense and energiz-ing performances.

Tiempo Libre will per-form at 7:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 20. Hot off its third Grammy Award nomina-tion, Tiempo Libre will present a concert of tim-ba music, a combination of Latin jazz and tradi-tional Cuban son. Tick-ets are $15-$25.

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History Center“Chocolate: The Ex-

hibition” is presented through Jan. 2, 2011. From rainforest treasure to luscious treat — im-merse yourself in the sto-ry of chocolate. Explore the plant, the products and the culture of choco-late through the lenses of science, history and pop-ular culture. The exhibit features experiments and hands-on activities, as well as Mayan, Aztec and 17th-century European artifacts, including items to find, make and sell this tasty treat.

“Minnesota’s Great-est Generation: The Depression, The War, The Boom” - This ex-hibit features more than 6,000-square-feet of arti-facts, interactive displays and innovative multime-dia experiences that re-veal the lives and stories of the men and women who came of age dur-ing the Depression and World War II, and who went on to create the phe-nomenal postwar boom.

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“The Christmas Schooner,” a holiday musical, is presented Nov. 20-Dec. 19 at the History Theatre, located at 30 E. 10th St., St. Paul.

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Your community news and information sourceS ample St. Pauldance, improv, visual arts, folk and opera. The next performance is Nov. 3. Tickets are $20. The History Theater is locat-ed at 30 E. Tenth St., St. Paul. For more informa-tion, call the box office at 651-292-4323.

Science Museum“Geometry Play-

ground” is presented through Jan. 9, 2011. This exhibit will have participants climbing, building, drawing and playing to teach the ways in which mathematical principles affect how we move, see and fit things together in the world around us.

“Hubble” opens Nov. 5 in the Omnitheater. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, “Hubble” of-fers a tour of the uni-verse through 20 years of astounding images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The film also shows what it’s like to repair and upgrade Hubble as the Atlantis STS-125 crew performs

some of the most diffi-cult spacewalks ever at-tempted at 17,500 mph and 350 miles above the Earth. The 45-minute film is rated G.

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“Gee’s Bend” is pre-sented through Nov. 7. The performance fol-lows the Pettway women of Gee’s Bend, Ala., avid quilters who persevere through segregation, family turmoil and civil rights. When a museum exhibits their quilts as modern art, their deeply personal stories become a celebration.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” by Wil-liam Shakespeare, is pre-sented Nov. 18, 20, 27 and 28. Weekday mati-nees are offered Nov. 16-Dec. 17. Enchant-ment and farce abound when four young lovers become the unwitting pawns of the Fairy King and Queen.

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Talecris celebrates grand openingWest St. Paul Mayor John Zanmiller (center) attended the grand open-ing and ribbon-cutting ceremony at Talecris Plasma Resources on Robert Street in West St. Paul. The ceremony signifies that the donor center has been certified by the FDA to begin full operations. Talecris spokesperson Anne Rogers said one in 500 Americans has an immune-deficiency disorder, many of which are life-threatening. Plasma is essential in treating these disorders. Rogers also said the donor center has been responsible for creating approximately 40 new jobs and has generated an annual payroll of more than $1 million.

Brian Gioielli, market-ing manager for the West Side’s Riverview Eco-nomic Development Al-liance (REDA), said his organizaton is launching a “Buy Local” marketing campaign this month. Scheduled to kick off in time for Thanksgiving and run through Christ-mas, the idea behind the campaign is to encourage local consumers to pur-chase their holiday gifts and other holiday neces-sities at local businesses.

“We want to push our neighborhood pride and encourage residents to shop locally” instead of at chain stores, said Gioi-elli. “There is a great cus-tomer base in the West Side and the surrounding neighborhoods.”

During these tough economic times Gioielli wants residents and peo-ple working in the neigh-borhood to know that a dollar spent locally goes a lot farther in the neigh-borhood than one spent at a big box corporate business.

Volunteers from the REDA marketing com-mittee decided to focus their attention on lo-cal businesses, and have taken on the challenge of driving more buyers to the local business com-munity. Each year, Cinco de Mayo has proven to be a great marketing event that introduces thou-sands of people to the District del Sol area of the West Side and what it has to offer. The expecta-

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Cerenity Senior Care is hosting a kick-off event for local businesses on Nov. 30. A “how-to” kit of five easy steps to at-tract customers will be among the items distrib-uted.

“We want consumers to know that you can get everything you need for the holidays on the West Side. You can get your gifts for gift-giving, get your car tuned up for the trip to Grandma’s, buy the food you need for en-tertaining, and get your hair done so you look your best,” said Gioielli.

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Your community news and information sourceN ews BriefsVeterans Day program at St. Croix Lutheran

St. Croix Lutheran High School, 1200 Oak-dale Ave., West St. Paul, is hosting a Veterans Day program Thurs., Nov. 11. The event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and a coffee social, fol-lowed by a service in the chapel at 9:45 a.m., and the ceremony at 10:15 a.m. in the gymnasium. Keynote speaker is Jason Meszaros, a former Army intelligence officer. The band and choir from St. Croix Lutheran will also perform. All are wel-come. For more informa-tion, call 651-455-1521, ext.101.

ISD 197 to have referendum on Nov. 2 ballot

Independent School District (ISD) 197, which serves families in West St. Paul, Mendota Heights and Eagan, will have a referendum ques-tion on the Nov. 2 bal-lot to seek voter approval for more funding to meet its long-term operational needs. Currently, a levy approved in 2002 is pro-viding $347 per pupil annually, but that levy is set to expire in 2012. The district is asking vot-ers to revoke that levy and replace it with a new 10-year levy that will provide $709 per pupil annually. The tax impact on a $200,000 valued home would be $64 over what taxpayers are pay-ing for the existing levy. Two other levies are also in place: one, which pro-vides operational fund-ing, expires in 2018; the other, which provides funds for technology and equipment, expires in 2014.

According to district officials, ISD 197 has ex-perienced flat state fund-ing for several years and expects that trend to con-tinue, resulting in a $1.4 million deficit annually. If approved, the money will be used to preserve courses, programs and staff, as well as upgrade technology and create new innovative programs that will prepare students for the 21st century mar-

ketplace. If the levy fails, the district will face a projected $3.1 million shortfall by the time the existing levy expires in 2012 and will likely have to reduce or eliminate courses and staff. For more information, visit www.isd197.org.

New ECFE site on the West Side

St. Paul Public Schools’ Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) pro-gram recently opened a new site in the former Humboldt Junior High School building at 30 E. Baker St., St. Paul. With the larger space, ECFE offers more classes for children age 5 and young-er, including classes in Spanish and English, a new class called Toddler Lunch Bunch, and a class for Spanish speaking par-ents of infants. ECFE serves about 185 parents and 220 children at the site. Parents pay what they can afford and no one is turned away for an inability to pay. For more information, call 651-293-5302 or visit www.ecfe.spps.org.

Free workplace English classes

South Suburban Adult Basic Education (ABE) offers Workplace English classes to adults ages 18 and older who want to enter the workforce and wish to improve their English language and job search skills. The class-es are free and open to residents of Independent School District 197. To enroll or receive more in-formation, call 651-457-9441.

Warrior Day 5K raises $15,000 for ISD 197 Education Foundation

Over 200 participated in the first annual War-rior Day 5K Run/Walk and Family Mile, held in late September, The event was organized in collaboration with the Henry Sibley Student Council and raised nearly $15,000 for the District 197 Education Founda-tion. Proceeds will ben-efit each school in the district.

Scholarship infor-mation sessions

Minnesota Minority Education Partnership is offering a free infor-mational session 5-8:30 p.m., Nov. 16, at Neigh-borhood House, 179 E. Robie St., St. Paul, to help parents learn how to finance their stu-dent’s college education. Participants will receive useful information from college admission and fi-nancial aid professionals. For more information, call Amanda at 651-645-7400, ext 204.

Free programs at Baker Community Center

Free programs for youth and adults are of-fered through Nov. 8 at Baker Community Cen-ter, 209 W. Page St., St. Paul. Entitled “Baker Mondays,” these pro-grams were created to help West Siders engage in community learning opportunities and share food, talents, interests and cultures. Programs run 6-8 p.m. every Mon-day. Dinner is offered to anyone who attends class-

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• Optimist Club - The Optimist Club of West St. Paul meets 4:30-5:30 p.m., the first and third Thursday of the month, at the West St. Paul Ar-mory, 1346 South Robert St. The meeting is open to the public. The Opti-mist Club sponsors youth activities in West St. Paul. For more informa-tion, call 651-457-0917.

• Veterans’ meet-ings - The Riverview-West St. Paul VFW Post 4462 hosts monthly meetings at 7 p.m., the first Wednesday of each month, at the West St. Paul Armory. For more information, call 651-437-4481. American Le-gion Post 521 also hosts monthly meetings at the Armory. Meeting times are 7 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of each month.

• Rotary Club - The West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Rotary Club

hosts a weekly meeting at 7:30 a.m., Wednesdays, at Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendota Road, West St. Paul. Each meeting features break-fast and a guest speaker. For more information, visit www.rotarywspmh.org.

• Kiwanis Club - The Kiwanis Club of West St. Paul hosts a weekly meet-ing at noon, Tuesdays, at Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendota Road, West St. Paul. Each meeting features lunch and a guest speaker.

• Chamber of Com-merce - The Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce, which serves West St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Eagan, Rosemount and Farm-ington, hosts a monthly meeting called “The Buzz,” at 7:30 a.m., the first Thursday of each month, at the Northern Dakota County Service Center in West St. Paul.

Each meeting features networking, a guest speaker and refreshments. For more information, call 651-452-9872 or vis-it www.dcrchamber.com.

Volunteer opportunities

• Ramsey County Community Human Services has volunteer opportunities for peo-ple age 18 and older. For more information, contact 651-266-4090 or [email protected].

• Minnesota Literacy Council - Volunteers are needed to tutor adult learners, assist in an adult classroom and teach basic English and GED classes. For more information, contact Allison at 651-645-2277, ext 219, or [email protected].

• St. Paul Public Schools - Volunteers are needed to tutor elemen-tary students in the St. Paul Public schools in reading and math. Under the guidance of a class-room teacher, volunteers

assist students one-on-one or in small groups. For more information, contact Connie at 612-617-7807 or e-mail [email protected]. Vol-unteers age 55 and older are eligible to receive free supplemental insur-ance, mileage reimburse-ment and other benefits through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro-gram (RSVP), sponsored by Volunteers of America of Minnesota.

• The Minnesota Reading Corps is seek-ing reading tutors for the 2010/2011 school year. The program pro-vides free, one-on-one tutoring to children age three through third grade. Minnesota Read-ing Corps members re-ceive a living stipend, reimbursement for col-lege (up to $5,350) and health insurance (for full-time members). For more information or to apply online, visit www.Minne-sotaReadingCorps.org or call 1-866-859-2825.

• Neighbors, Inc., a social service agency serving Northern Dakota County, has a number of volunteer opportuni-ties to assist local resi-dents. For more informa-tion, contact [email protected] or call 651-306-2145.

• Volunteers of Amer-ica is looking for volun-teers age 55 and over to assist children who are struggling with home-work and reading. Time commitment ranges from 3 to 12 hours a week. To volunteer or receive more informa-tion, contact Gil Zamo-ra at 651-470-7416.

Mississippi Valley Montessori celebrates Welcome NightJeremy Tilsen and his son Isaac enjoyed the garden area at Mississippi Valley Montessori during its Welcome Night. The event featured refreshments and the chance for families to meet and socialize. For more information, call 651-450-6693 or visit [email protected].

Area athlete named as alternate to Special Olympics World Games

John Conway, 20, of Mendota Heights has been selected as an alternate for Team USA at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, held June 25-July 4, 2011. Conway, an alter-nate on the tennis team, has participated with Special Olympics for twelve years in tennis, adaptive floor hockey and soccer. He has also been an instructor at the Mendota Heights summer tennis program the last five years.

Eight athletes from Minnesota were selected to par-ticipate in the World Summer Games, and Conway is one of seven selected alternates. Nearly 300 athletes from all 50 states will compete in the games.

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HHW collection Ramsey County’s

household hazardous waste collection site at Bay West, located near the State Capitol at 5 Empire Dr. in St. Paul, is

open year-round. Drop-off is free for residents of Ramsey, Washington, Dakota, Hennepin, Ano-ka and Carver counties with a photo I.D. For hours of operation and

more information, call the Ramsey County Re-cycling & Disposal Ho-tline at 651-633-EASY (3279) or visit www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph.

Flag disposalAmerican Legion Chal-

lenger Post 521 has a collection box in the vestibule at the West St. Paul Municipal Center, 1616 Humboldt Ave., for American flags that are torn, frayed or discol-ored. For more informa-tion on flag disposal or on the Challenger Post, call John Ertel at 651-457-5597.

CNHS offers homeimprovement loans

Loan of up to $15,000 are available through West Side-based Com-munity Neighborhood Housing Services for a variety of energy effi-cient home improvement projects, including in-sulation, windows, and furnace and water heater replacement. The proper-ty must be a single fami-

ly, owner occupied home. Funds are available on a first come, first served basis. For more infor-mation, contact Denise Gathman at 651-292-8710, ext. 214, or [email protected].

Meeting scheduled for new St. Paul Parks and Rec system

St. Paul Parks and Rec-reation is hosting an open house 7-9 p.m., Tues., Nov. 9 at the Wellstone Community Center/El Rio Vista Recreation Center, 179 Robie St. E., to discuss the future of recreational facilities in the city. At the event, res-idents may speak with de-partment staff, landscape architects and architects about a draft plan that addresses changes in the Parks and Recreation system. A final Park and Recreation System Plan will be presented to the St. Paul City Council for approval by the end of the year.

Mano a Mano program selected as Top Program by U.S. Center for Citi-zen Diplomacy

The citizen diplomacy program of Mano a Mano International Partners, a Mendota Heights-based citizen diplomacy organi-zation, has been selected as a Top Program by the Global Health Task Force and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy and will be highlighted as a key component of the upcoming U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplo-

macy, to be held Nov. 16-19, in Washington, D.C. The goal of the summit is to encourage more Amer-icans to participate in global citizen diplomacy. The Summit will be the first such meeting since President Eisenhower’s People-to-People confer-ence on the same subject 54 years ago, and will serve as the launch for a “Decade of Citizen Di-plomacy” with the goal of doubling the number of American citizen dip-lomats by 2020.

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Indoor Farmers’ Market opens

Between 25 and 30 growers are expected to set up shop for the win-ter at Golden’s Deli, 275 E. Fourth St. The market is open 8-11 a.m., Sat-urdays, beginning Nov. 7, until the end of April, when the outdoor market reopens across the street. The indoor market fea-tures chocolates, jams, honey, salsa, organic dairy products, trout and breads. Meat will be sold

on the sidewalk outside the deli.

Renovations at Park Square Theatre

Park Square Theatre has replaced the 340 seats in its auditorium because they lacked cushion sup-port and were difficult to get out of, according to Development Director Teresa Evans. In the tech department, improve-ments have been made to the sound and lights

booths. The stage has been remodeled to permit larger productions. In addition, the theater cre-ated booths for audio de-scriptions for patrons in need of this service. The theater plans to build a second space seating 142 for experimental works. When complete, Park Square will be able to produce up to 18 shows annually, which is double its current capacity.

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

The Bruce Vento Na-tura Sanctuary near Low-ertown will be open dur-ing the winter months for hiking, snow shoe-ing, cross-country skiing and bird watching. An audiovisual tour of the sanctuary is expected to be complete some time next year. Support for the project comes from the Lower Phalen Creek Project and the Legacy funds created by the re-cent sales tax increase.

Ice rink opens this month

The Wells Fargo ice skating rink at Landmark Plaza will open at 4 p.m., Sat., Nov. 27. At 5 p.m.,

the Christmas tree across the street in Rice Park will be lit. Sue Gonsior of Capital City partnership said the event is patterned after the tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The lights are already strung in Rice and Mears Parks and the Kellogg Mall Park. The project is a partnership between the city and Capital City partnership, with sup-port from Wells Fargo and Xcel Energy.

New at the FitzStand at Seventh and

Wabasha looking north toward the State Capitol and you’ll see a new mu-ral of F. Scott Fitzgerald on the side of the Fitzger-ald Theatre. Painted by Forrest Wosniak and Phil Vandervaart, the mural is a likeness of the author taken from a 1921 photo at the White Bear Yacht Club. .

The theater, which is on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places and is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, will feature an original work Nov. 26-28 by lo-cal performer Kevin Kling called, “Scarecrow

on Fire,” which tells the story of The Wizard of Oz from the Scarecrow’s point of view.

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will host the Theatre Unbound production of “Ten Virgins,” by Laura Jacqmin, Nov. 6-21. Per-formances will be at 7:30 p.m., Thurs.-Sat., and at 2 p.m., Sun. For details visit www.theatreun-bound.com.

Live jazz at FacesFaces bar and res-

taurant, located on the ground floor of Cray Pla-za at Fifth and Sibley, is hosting jazz concerts at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, in the atrium of the plaza. Faces is the former LoTo res-taurant.

Meritage to add oyster bar

Meritage French res-taurant, located at 410 St. Peter St. on the first floor of the Historic Hamm Building, plans to expand its facilities and build an oyster bar. It will take over the space of a former ice cream and espresso shop that was lo-cated next door.

Fitzgerald Park Gifts closes

Fitzgerald Park Gifts, located in the Rossmor Building at Ninth and Robert, has closed due to lack of business. The shop, which was oper-ated by Keys Restaurant located next door, will be used for overflow seating for the restaurant.

City Passport events

City Passport senior citizen center, located on the mezzanine level of the Alliance Bank Building at Fifth and Minnesota, is offering the following activities in November: Collector’s Road Show, 1 p.m., Fri., Nov. 5; happy birthday party, 2 p.m., Mon., Nov. 8; hymn sing, 2 p.m., Mon., Nov. 15; current events discussion, 11 a.m., Fri., Nov. 19; ice cream float social, 1:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 19; la-dies tea, 2:30 p.m., Mon. Nov. 29; free blood pres-sure checks, Mondays at 10 a.m.; healing sounds of songs at 10:45 a.m. the second and fourth Friday. Movies shown at 1 p.m. on Thursdays in-clude: “Dick Van Dyke Show” on Nov. 4, “Jim-my Buffet in Concert” on Nov. 11 and “Bonanza” on Nov. 18.

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Tracing their footstepsWSP resident, archeologist unveils another glimpse of the Native American culture of the Mississippi River Valley

Tim SpitzackEditor

There’s a broken piece of pottery in a store-

room in the heart of the Science Museum of Min-nesota that to the casual observer is a nondescript, drab relic. However, to West St. Paul resident Ed Fleming, curator of ar-cheology at the museum, it’s so much more. When he views this fragment, he can envision it as a bowl filled with corn. He can see a Dakota woman grinding that corn with a

pestle made of bone. He sees her surrounded by a flurry of activity: young men returning from a hunting expedition with deer on their backs, chil-dren scurrying between dome-shaped wigwams, and wood smoke hanging in the air of a temporary village on the bank of the Mississippi River that is serving as a fall residence for her tribe.

Discovering the history of the Native Americans of the Upper Missis-sippi Valley has become a passion for Fleming,

who this summer led a team of archeologists on a dig of the Ranelius site in Spring Lake Park Reserve, located west of Hastings. It’s a site the museum first became fa-miliar with in the 1950s when archeologists were shown pottery, arrow-heads and tools that were discovered by Ken Klink, who then lived in the area as a teenager. For the past five decades, the Sci-ence Museum has stored some of those artifacts in a room in the down-town St. Paul museum.

Fleming took a keen in-terest in the collection because it helps him better understand other research he has done on Native American life in the region. Since 2002, he has been studying the remains of Native Ameri-can village sites near Red Wing, which held one of the largest populations in the upper Midwest be-tween the years 1050 and 1300.

In the 1950s, the Rane-lius site was one of five major excavation projects in the Spring Lake Park Reserve area. However, little documentation was done on it. Researchers recorded their findings in journals, but the in-

formation was sketchy at best. They simply collect-ed and cataloged the arti-facts and put them away in storage. Fleming ob-tained a Legacy Amend-ment grant this year to re-visit the site and look for more evidence that pro-vides a glimpse into the lifestyle of this region’s earliest inhabitants. He assembled a team, which included a geophysicist, a research assistant and five volunteers, and began re-search in June. In July, they used state-of-the-art equipment to locate and

dig for artifacts and other signs of human activ-ity, such as fire pits and house basins.

“We were looking for evidence of human occu-pation and for pieces that put the puzzle together,” said Fleming. “It’s just a small pilot project but is part of a broader effort to understand settlement in the Spring Lake Park and Upper Mississippi areas.”

The team discovered hundreds of artifacts, including arrowheads, stone fragments and the location of a fire pit, which indicates that the area was likely a tem-porary campsite rather than a permanent village. Fleming plans to publish

a report of his findings in a local archeological jour-nal and hopes to receive more funding to revisit the site in the future.

The area around the ex-cavation site is much dif-ferent today than when Native Americans in-habited it because of the effects of the Hastings Dam, which was built in the 1930s. By study-ing maps created by the

Mississippi River Com-mission in the 1890s, the team was able to see the landscape and vegetation of the river valley prior to the construction of the dam. At that time, Spring Lake was a small lake sur-rounded by marshland. The fact that the dam caused such damage to the landscape made the area that much more at-tractive for the team to

study. Fleming holds a Ph.D.

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Fleming’s team spent three weeks this summer looking for Native American artifacts at the Ranelius site at Spring Lake Park Reserve.

‘We were looking for evidence of human occupation and for pieces that put the puzzle together,’ said Fleming.

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In reading a newspaper article earlier this fall, I learned that the overall poverty rate in the United States is at its highest rate since 1994; one in seven residents live in poverty, one in five children live in poverty, and the median family income is lower than in 1998. These unfortunate trends are reflected in the unprecedented increase in demand at the Neighbor-hood House Food Shelf. Since 2003, food distribu-tion increased by 163 percent, creating a challenge to keep up with the increased use.

At the Neighborhood House Food Shelf, we don’t just give people a bag of food and send them on their way. Most visits are by appointment so we can provide families with unrushed individual attention. At each visit, a Neighborhood House staff member discusses each participant’s needs and connects families with resources, such as health care, housing assistance, fur-niture referrals and education programs.

However, the increase in demand, accompanied by an increase in participants with inconsistent job schedules, unreliable transportation and difficulty in finding child care, called for something to supplement the appointment-only policy. A dedicated group of Neighborhood House staff studied the issue and, on July 30, the food shelf held the first “Walk-in Friday.”

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WSCO is accepting nominations for West Sider of the Year. Do you know someone who exemplifies the spirit of the West Side community? The recipient of the West Sider of the Year award is a resident who has helped improve or advance our community life and made valuable contribu-tions to the West Side, such as time, energy, awareness, or-ganization, cooperation and communication. Nomination forms can be downloaded at www.wsco.org, or picked up at the WSCO office. Nominations will be ac-cepted until 4 p.m., Fri., Oct. 29.

Please join us in honoring this year’s West Sider of the Year at the WSCO annual meeting on Nov. 10 at Neighborhood House. A light dinner will be served, courtesy of Captain Ken’s Firehouse Chili. WSCO will elect new board members and share its newly defined strategic plan to the West Side. Also, WSCO will be introducing our new executive director, Elena Gaarder, to our community. Please join us in welcoming Elena to her new position and find out more about her and her plans to lead and implement WSCO’s next three-year cycle of com-munity work.

Is your organization looking for ways to spread your message to West Siders? There is still time to reserve a free table at the WSCO annual meeting. Please contact WSCO at 651-293-1708 to reserve table space. We hope to include all of our com-munity partners in this wonderful annual event. WSCO would like to encourage all of our annual meeting attendees to stop by the Great River Park Master Plan Public Input and Review Session be-ing held at the same time at Neighborhood House. Attend two important West Side events all in one night!

The historic Canto Al Pueblo mural installation is in the planning stages. REDA, Youth Farm and Market Project and WSCO will organize an event celebrating the installation of this West Side mu-ral. Please sign up on the WSCO website to receive emails notifying you of this and other important West Side happenings.

WSCO has scheduled another Home Energy Workshop at WSCO at 6:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 19. Join your neighbors who have already signed up to save $190 per year on their energy bill. Learn more about different ways to reduce energy costs in your home and receive information on energy-saving re-bates provided by Xcel energy. WSCO will work with the Neighborhood Energy Connection, the Green Institute and the city of St. Paul until next spring to help West Side residents benefit from this unique program. Please contact WSCO to find out more.

West Side residents are invited to attend a work-shop entitled “Telling Your Community’s Story,” at Oxford Community Center, 1-3 p.m., Sat., Nov. 13. . Learn about different ways to develop and tell our community story. The event will feature a pan-el of media specialists that will share information and answer questions.

For more information about WSCO activities, visit us at the WSCO office at 127 W. Winifred St., call us at 651-293-1708, or visit www.wsco.org.

On Walk-in Friday, a visit to the food shelf requires no appointment but staff can still give attention to participants’ needs besides food.

“The food shelf appointment model that we now use Monday to Thursday serves most participants ex-tremely well,” says Kao Yang, basic needs manager. “Participants don’t have to wait, and they can get in-dividual attention for their situation. However, with demand being so high, some people had trouble find-ing a time that fit with their work and personal sched-ules. Walk-in Friday addresses that concern.”

On the first Walk-in Friday, the food shelf served more than 90 households in six hours — more than double the number of people served on an average day — and gave out over 6,000 pounds of food.

On Walk-in Friday, a SNAP (Supplemental Nutri-tional Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps) outreach worker and a Ramsey County so-cial worker are present to ensure that participants are aware of resources they can use to help their families during challenging times. About 75 percent of SNAP recipients live in households with children. Nearly one-third live in households with seniors or people with disabilities.

If your family is struggling to put food on the table and you live in the 55107 zip code, we encourage you to call our food shelf at 651-789-3630 to learn more. If you live outside the 55107 zip code, we can direct you to your local food shelf.

Walk-in Friday and the increased demand do require increased staff and monetary support. You can help in many ways, including volunteering. We need people to stock produce, pick up food at grocery stores and clean. Other volunteer opportunities are also avail-able. Visit www.neighb.org or call 651-789-2503 for more details.

You may also join us at the Walk to End Hunger at the Mall of America on Thanksgiving, or start your own team and des-ignate Neighborhood House as recipient of the funds you raise. For more information, visit www.walktoendhunger.org or call 651-789-2514.

Of course, you can do-nate to Neighborhood House. Food donations are accepted at our loca-tion at 179 E. Robie St., St. Paul, 7 a.m.- 10 p.m., Mon.- Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.; and noon-4 p.m., Sun. You may also send a check to the above address or donate by credit card at www.neighb.org, or by calling 651-789-2572.

Whether you need help or want to start getting in the holiday spirit by vol-unteering or donating, please stop by or give us a call.

Thank you for your support, and have a Hap-py Thanksgiving!

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