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Thursday, March 30, 2017

f o r e s Tl a k e T i M e s . c o M

Vol. 114No. 45

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ack

teams get spring

season underway.

Creative

expressionStudent

inventors

solve unique

problems.

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sport s

Index

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community ............. 5-7

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Vitals.....................

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Business of theWeek ..16Linwood’s B

oard of Appeals

and Equalization will b

e

holding itsmeeting on

taxable property April

11.

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ther

public notices on page

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CountyBoardapprove

s

Islamiccemetery

Legal counsel

says county

likely would have

lost in court

DerrickKnutson

ECM Post Review

On advice of its legal

counsel,the Chisago

CountyBoard of Com-

missionersduring a spe-

cial meeting March 15

approveda conditio

nal

use permit that allows

the establishment of

an Islamic cemetery on

a parcel of land in the

20000 block of Lofton

Avenue in south Chisago

Lake Township.

The decisionwas a

reconsideration

of the

Cemetery see page 3

Maranatha’s

annual passion

play to perform

shows

Ryan Howard

News Editor

After a decade and a

half of captivating au-

diencesin the Easter

season, 2017 will be the

year of Marana-

tha Assembly of God

Church’s“Witness Mes-

siah” performances. Th

e

performance, anintense

dramatizationof the bib

-

lical Easter story (often

called a “passionplay”),

will run the weekendsof

March 31 throughApril

2 and April 7 through9,

and then no longer.

“It’s in its prime, and

I don’t want this minis-

try to go past its prime,”

RobertHeadley,

Ma-

ranathapastor, s

aid.

Theperformances go

t

their start 14 years ago,

shortlyafter Headley

arrivedat the church.

He’d dabbledin drama

while working in youth

ministry in East Bethel,

and theyear Ma-

ranathaput on a show,

it was called “Witness

Martyrs.”That year, 37

people from the church

got together to put on a

series ofvignettes

about

differentChristian

s who

had been killed because

of their faith. The next

year, thechurch transi-

tioned to “Witness Mes-

siah,” which has grown

every year since into a

bigger,more affecting

production, drawing

communitymembers

and peoplefrom all

around the metro to the

church.“This year, we have

almost 200 people in the

cast andcrew,” H

eadley

said.The

phenomenon

surrounding the per-

formance, Headleybe-

lieves, islinked with its

feeling of reality.

“It’s not a typical,

quote unquote, passion

play,” hesaid. “‘W

itness

Messiah’ has a little bit

Witnessingthe

curtain

Submitted photo

The upcoming two weekendsmark the

performances of Maranatha

Assembly of God Church’s“Witness M

essiah,”a dramatization

of the Easter

story.

Witness see page 2

Photos by Jason DeMoe

Left: Police Chief Ri

ck Petersontook a pie

to the face and earned $686 in the process.

The money will go toward the cost of the

Forest Lake Fourthof July festivitie

s.

More than $3,400 was raisedin all.

Above: Ian Lexvold

of MasquersTheatre

put his game face on moments before

co-worker Trish Swinarskynailed him

with a pie. Check forestlak

etimes.com

for more pie in the face photos.

Eyes on the pies

Sexual conduct,

theft tools among

other recent

court cases

Ryan Howard

News Editor

The owner of Flaw-

less Massage in Forest

Lake has been charged

with two countsof

prostitution in a public

place after being arrest-

ed last week following

an investigation and an

undercover operatio

n

conducted by the Forest

Lake Police Department

and Washington County

Drug Task Force.

According to police

reportsand court re-

cords, Wei Lu, 53

, of St.

Paul, allegedlyoffered

sexual acts on March 20

to an undercover law en-

forcement ofduring

a session at the massage

parlor,located

at 808

Broadway Ave. W.

The Forest Lake City

Councilapproved

the

revocation of the par-

lor’s massage license at

its March 27 meeting.

The other massage ther-

apist at the location

has

not been chargedwith

a crime but would need

to employment else-

where before she could

continuepracticin

g.

According to court

records,calls about

potential prostitut

ion

activityat the business

date back to April 2015

(internetsearches

for

the parlor under its cur-

rent name and former

name, Pampering Palms

Massage,yield results

for websitesthat sug-

gest theparlor m

ay have

a sexualcomponent).

On March 20 around

3:30 p.m., a task force

of (not one of the

offrom the Forest

Lake Police Depa

rtment)

Photo by Ryan Howard

Around70 people gathered

the eveningApril 27

on the edge of U.S. Highway 61, at th

e entrance

to the Forest Lake City Center p

arking lot, to protest the city’s req

uest fora proposa

l for contract

law enforcement from

theWashington County S

heriff’s Of During th

e subsequent City

Council

meeting inside the center, well over

100 people attended, with many, som

e angrily,asking the

council to halt the

processand stick with the Forest La

ke Police Department (one

resident, Ron

Shafer, encourag

ed the council to continue

the requestprocess)

. Nothing related to the request

was on the council’sagenda,

and the council did not com

ment on the issue.

Massage

parlorbusted for

prostitution

Council protests conti

nue

Prostitution see page 3

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