Lakeside—Lester Park

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June/July 2019

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The Morans are

opening Lakeside

Liquor in the former

location of Falk’s

Pharmacy at 4507 E.

Superior St. They have

a walk-in beer cave,

tasting counter, and

rows of shelves with

craft beer, spirits and

wine from around the

world. Non-alcoholic

beverages will also be

for sale.

6 Things to Do this Summer

1. Spend time on or on the shore of awesome Lake Superior

2. Garden - Rutabagas are the One Vegetable, One Community pick this year

3. Have a garage sale

4. Shop at garage sales

5. Have a BBQ / picnic and invite neighbors

6. Pick up litter / pick up your pet’s waste

IN THIS ISSUE

Learning German, Fun & Recipe Changes-Biz buzz Meet a Neighbor will resume next issue Organ Tour Community Events

& More

Dawn Moran (co-owner with her husband Mark) and Melina Lind,

manager, have put in long hours setting up the 4,000 sq. ft store

space. Over ten staff with run the store that will be open every day.

Continued on Page 5

New Shops Ahead—1st Liquor Store

Playing an organ with hands and feet Youth and adults attended the annual Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza event this spring. The

tour had a stop at First United Methodist Church for a hands-on opportunity with

their organ and an introduction to

the assorted pipe sizes and sounds

of a pipe organ. The second tour

stop was to The Lutheran Church of

the Good Shepherd in Lakeside

where there was an opportunity to

squeeze into the space where the

pipes are, tryout pedal boards, learn

organ terminology, be introduced

to the history of organs, and listen

to a student recital. Early organs

were for adding sound to battles

and had no connection to churches.

A scholarship fund has been

established to encourage

Scholarships are awarded annually to music

students age 12 to 18 years old by the

Arrowhead Chapter of the American Guild of

Organists. Over the last seven years,

21 scholarships have been awarded.

Duluth’s short summer is ahead filled with

opportunities. My oh my the winter didn’t want to leave.

Snow in May—twice?!! Warmer days and summer

events are ahead. Grandma’s Marathon, garage

sales, movies in the park, outdoor concerts,

summertime birds, outdoor

sports, and gardening. Maybe

a wandering bear will visit. Some people will head to cabins, have out of town

visitors, spend time on our waterways, mow lawns, have

a campfire, and watch the colors of the sky change in

LOOK AT LAKESIDE

a bi-monthly newsletter on people, places, happenings

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the early morning or at our late-night sunset. Why not stop at a Little Free Library for a new summer read. So much to do.

Or, why not take a nap?

The rhubarb season is upon us. The rhubarb in our yard seems to have larger leaves each year. In the past, I’ve

been Rhubarbara (go to the Chum Rhubarb Fest to

meet ‘her’ and enjoy rhubarb made into many

food items).

This spring I went on the Pedals, Pipes and Pizza Tour.

Learn more about it on the front page and page 5. I’ve

also been learning clogging.

A day without laughter

is a day wasted.

-Charlie Chaplin

Some people learn languages on their own for fun or preparation to travel. Plenty of Duluth students

are learning German you can read about that here. We are planning

to host a delegate from Japan with the Sister Cities exchange but I don’t know how far we will

get learning Japanese! Your neighbor, Wendy

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New in Lakeside Shoreline Chapel, an

extension of Northstar Baptist

Church, has services at

Portman Community Center

Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Stokke’s Liquor Store opens

at 5631 E. Superior St.

A Dozen Excuses 44th Ave. E. and Superior St.

A store with CBD products is coming to the

former Lakeside Gallery location.

A new Day Care will open on 4801 Cooke St.

A new church will move (name of church not

yet revealed) into the Faith building where

Gloria Dei has been holding their services for 3

years during the rebuilding of their church

Homestead Gatherings has relocated to within

Hannah Johnson Fabric

Spirt of the Lake Community School is busy

renovating the former Lester Park United

Methodist Church building.

Lakeside Presbyterian Church 4430 McCulloch Street, Duluth, MN 55804

218-525-1967

10:00 a.m. Summer Sunday Worship

Summer Sunday Worship begins May 26, 2019

VBS - June 17-21, 9:00 a.m.- noon Piano Camp - June 23-29

www.lakesidepreschurch.org

4507 East Superior St 218-464-0168

Neighborhood garage sale weekend

Last weekend in June

Clean out your attic and

garage. Make $. Send the

items on to a new home.

To signup call 428-3850

CITY OF DULUTH COUNTACTS

1st Council District (includes Lakeside)

Councilor Gary Anderson

ganderson@duluthmn.gov 391-7404

Entire council council@duluthmn.gov

Lakeside topics: Lester Park Golf Course

future, Brighton Beach road route.

What are your thoughts?

$35/person

Reservations required Lunch included

FOR TICKETS www.duluthwomansclub.com 218-724-3168 2400 East Superior Street

Wellness Renaissance Podcasts

Listen to about 80 locally-made podcasts

by Judy Breuer. Judy interviews community members

about their expertise and projects. The conversations

range from nutrition and wellness topics, community

opportunities and forward solutions to financial

wellness and food shelves. The Look at Lakeside

editor was featured on episode #77. Listen in.

Do you ‘do’ Facebook? Visit and Like the Look at Lakeside page.

A piece of watermelon is ~85 calories. Eating a piece helps you hydrate, contains compounds they may help prevent cancer and improve heart health, may help prevent macular degeneration and is good for skin and hair.

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Congrats Class of 2019 Wishing you a bright future ahead

What should you do? *if you lose a pet or find a pet? Call the City of Duluth Shelter 723-3259, 390-2256 or Animal Allies 722-5341 *to prepare for a health emergency Make sure your house address is clearly visible. Put a note on your fridge about your meds and their locations. Preparation can help save lives. Local safety firefighters shared tips to Portman seniors.

A new day-

care will be

opening this

summer at

Cooke St and

48th Ave. E.

The white

siding is now

covered in a

new brown siding. The building was built as a

church but has been used as a child

care facility before.

Way to Go! The Lakeside community has held

several blood drives this spring at Duluth

East, Lakeside Pres (organized by Boy scouts)

and the local EPA—collecting life-saving blood.

Glowing Bait

Assorted bait options

are for sale at local gas

stations. The Cenex

station at 5402 E.

Superior St has green

earthworms as one the

options. The crawlers

are fed a dye to turn

the glowing color.

Head to the Duluth Public Library Book Sale June 10-13 Evening hours on June 10.

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Continued from front page

OPEN SWIM at Ordean East

$4 per person per session or a punch card 10 for $30

Lap lanes. Water temperature 82F. Open Hours 6/17-7/18 Mon-Thurs 2:15-3:45PM

No open Swim 7/1/7/5 336-8940

Community pool times also at the downtown Y and UMD

ARTS MUSIC HISTORY NATURE

Day Trips & Overnights

June trips in progress

July 14 Leaves of Grass-Illuminated,

Guthrie Theater Register by June 10

Aug DATE TBD Madeline Island

Aug 22 Minnesota State Fair

Sept 20-22 Wisconsin Dells

Oct 6 Bayfield Apple Fest

Oct 19 Sunset with Cranes

Travel Together * Fun times ahead

www.wendyupnorth.com 525-5098

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may be added. Sign up to receive e-news

Organs are wind instruments. Pipes are sounded when a

stop is turned on, and a key pressed, allowing wind into

the pipes. About a dozen churches in Duluth have organs

with pipe counts of >1,000 pipes. Pipe sizes vary from

pencil size to 32’ log size. Some pipes are made of tin

and rounded; some are square and made of wood.

Multiple pipes sound to create overtones and complex

mixtures. A skilled organist has the flue pipes whistling

and reed pipe vibrating playing old and new music pieces.

development of

young organists.

Applications are due

by July 15. Auditions

take place later in the

summer. Five to

seven scholarships

are granted each year.

Call 879-3456 for

more information.

Several past grant

recipients have gone

on to study music.

Many of the Guild

students play at local

churches as substitutes and

some serve as the primary

church organist.

Participants on the organ tour stopped at the

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and were able

to try their feet on an organ pedal board. Organists use

special shoes with heels to better reach the pedals and

keep their feet in good shape. The participants also

accessed the confined space where the church pipes

were hand-fitted specific to the church and its space.

The organ is referred to as “The King of Instruments”

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1131 E. 4th St. Duluth MN 55805 Note our

New Address!

Students Learn German in the classroom and beyond

At Ordean East and East ~340 students are learning German.

The district offers levels 1-5, with 5 being a College in the

Schools class in conjunction with UMD. Students learn the

language in a communicative setting while also learning about

German culture, foods, and festivals, etc. Some students travel

every year to the Minnesota Zoo to participate in German Day

at the Zoo. Upper level students give

presentations and compete against

students from all over Minnesota

while the younger students watch

these presentations in German. A stop is also made at a

German restaurant to enjoy traditional German food. East

students may also take part in the GAPP exchange program.

GAPP is the German-American Partnership Program, which

supports high school exchange programs. We travel every

other summer to Germany for three weeks to travel and live

with (and go to school with) host partners. The German

students come stay with us in September.

Try out the recipe on the back page. It’s a favorite German

recipe for a delicious soup made with spring-time asparagus.

Duluth Public Schools also have Ojibwe and Spanish immersion

programs. Thank you to Emily Hull for information.

R e s o u r c e s & C l u b s

Lakeside Chum Food Shelf Mon 11AM -1PM Faith Building,

Glenwood/51stAv. E.

LLP Citizen Patrol Now meets quarterly. Next meeting 8/13 7PM. Lakeside Pres. Church 525-1905

Portman Senior Center Seniors meeting 1st Mon, 10:30AM Bingo Mondays, Fridays 12:30 PM Bone Builders M,F 8:30 AM Bridge Mondays Noon Men’s Coffee Wednesdays 9 AM Mahjongg Wednesdays 11:30 AM NEW Cribbage Thursdays 11:30 AM Meals 525-0838, 730-4310

Lakeside Lester Park Com. Club Programs. After School activities 525-0845 HOTLINES Senior LinkAGE Line 1-800-333-2433 Veterans Linkage 1-888-546-5838 Disability Hub 1-866-333-2466 2-1-1- resource for abuse, basic needs, health care, homelessness, housing issues, mental health, and more. United Way

Guten Tag

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Lakeland Shores Apartments

~~June 8 Duluth

Monarch Festival Coppertop

Church, 230 E. Skyline. 10AM-

2PM. Live monarch eggs,

caterpillars, and butterflies,

children’s crafts, face painting,

monarch movies, Larry Weber

talk, vendors. $5 adults.

Children <12 free.

~~June 19 United Way

2019 Day of Caring Head

of the Lakes United Way’s

matches teams of community-

minded volunteers with local

non-profit agencies in need of

extra hands. 726-4889

www.hlunitedway.org

~~June 29 CHUM

Rhubarb Festival 11th Ave.

& London Rd. 9AM –3PM

Food. Music. Games. Be a

volunteer. 720-6042

~~July 10 YMCA

Sidewalk Shuffle 12:10 p.m.

Event starts and ends at Endion

Station. Race course will be

modified due to Lakewalk

construction. 722-4745

~~July 13-14 Taste of

Greece Marshall School.

11AM-5PM. Food, music,

dance, exhibits. Free admission.

Free parking.

~~July 17 Tour of Homes

and Gardens Duluth

Women’s Club. 10AM-4PM.

$35. Includes lunch. 724-3168.

Register online at

www.duluthwomansclub.com

~~ July 18 Zoo La

Palooza Kids 17 and under free.

Adults $20. 4:30-9PM Live music,

food trucks, games, silent auctions,

favorite animal friends.

GARDENING / PLANTS

Be a Garden Helper/Adopt a

Garden Food Plot. Produce goes

back to the

community.

Community Garden

program. 722-4583.

Work Bee Schedule

Help on the 1st and 3rd Tue through

November at community garden sites

on maintenance and projects. 5:30

p.m., duluthcommunitygarden.org or

on their Facebook page. The location

changes each week.

Lettuce Meet Up is a time on the

1st Monday of the month for the

community to gather and talk all

things gardening. Dovetail Café, 1917

W. Superior St. 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Herb Club

Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the

month at the Superior Public Library,

6 –8:30 p.m. Weed walks, discussions,

and presentations on edible wild

herbs and their benefits.

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Spargelsuppe (German)

Creamy White Asparagus Soup White asparagus is so loved in Europe in the spring that

it’s a cause for celebration. White asparagus is milder in

flavor, more tender and grows underground. (Or, use

our local asparagus.) 1/2 cup onion (chopped)

2 T. butter

2 pounds white asparagus (peeled and

cut into 2” pieces, heads reserved)

6 cups broth (chicken or vegetable

1/2 cup half-and-half

Salt to taste

Fresh ground pepper (to taste)

Dry white wine (to taste)

Garnish with Parsley

1. Saute onion in butter until soft in a 4-quart saucepan 2. Add pieces of asparagus (minus the heads) and

steam for 5 minutes 3. Add the broth and boil gently for about 30 minutes

or until asparagus is very soft 4. Puree the soup in batches in the blender and return

the soup to the pan. 5. Bring the soup to a simmer and add the reserved

asparagus heads. 6. Cook at least 5 minutes or until asparagus heads are

fork-tender.

7. Turn down the heat. Add half-and-half. Do not boil.

8. Taste and add salt, and pepper as needed.

Add a few spoonfuls of white wine if you think the soup

needs acidity. Garnish with parsley. Credit: The spruceeats.com

Duluth’s first pumphouse, where water from

Lake Superior was piped in and sent on to early

residents of Duluth, was built in 1890 at 5802

London Rd. Its life as a pumphouse ended as

people realized the water too close to town was not

as clean as water further up the shore. The

Lakewood Pump Station was built in 1896 and

replaced this one. [In 2013 the Look at Lakeside

newsletter arranged a tour of the Lakewood Pump

House and we learned about the process of

preparing Duluth’s water supply.]

In 1937 the London Road building was turned into

a home. Tour the home as part of the Duluth

Women’s Club Home and Garden Tour on July 17.

Register by calling 724-3168. Lunch at the historic

Women’s Club (building built in 1910) is included.

This Look

at Lakeside

issue marks

7 years of

bringing Lakeside news,

photos, and resources /

calendar items every two

months. Thank you to

advertisers, subscribers,

readers, on-line readers,

interviewees, and

reference /content

contributors. 7

Yum. Maple syrup made from this year’s

sap collected from trees in the Duluth

East School Forest.