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By JAN WILLMSCraft beer and wine lovers in

the Longfellow area will have an-other source to choose from whenElevated Beer, Wine and Spiritsopens this fall at 4135 HiawathaAve.

Tom Boland and RyanWiduch, co-owners of theplanned liquor store, got theirstart with home brewing.

“We learned a lot about beerthat way,” Boland said. “We havebeen involved in the communityfor awhile, and this place is an op-portunity to put in a different,new and exciting retail side ofthings.”

Boland said their location is aformer coffee shop and deli,known as Hiawatha Joe’s, whichhas been closed for a couple ofyears.

Although the two producedhome brews for the past three orfour years, their dream to go com-mercial with a production brew-ery for their own beers is currentlyon hold. Instead, their store willoffer not only craft brews andwines but other products as well.

“We will focus on a wide se-

lection of beer and product ex-pertise,” explained Boland. “Ourstaff will show customers around,and those customers can learnabout craft beers and wines.”

Although many are welcom-ing the new business to the area,there are some concerns about El-evated Beer’s proximity to a day-care center and the traffic it mightbring to the neighborhood.

Steve Krause, owner of Min-nehaha Lake Wine and Spirits, ad-mits that some of his motives inquestioning the new business inthe area are selfish.

“I already compete with sixother liquor stores in a two-mileradius of my store,” he said. Headded that he sits on a communi-ty advisory committee for theMinnehaha area. The group did

extensive community outreach,soliciting input on redevelopmentof the Hiawatha Corridor.

“Not one responder ever saidthat we need another liquorstore,” Krause said, “not one. Noone feels our community is un-derserviced in that area.”

A current ordinance statesthat no liquor store may operatewithin 300 feet of a church orschool. Krause said the intentionis to separate consumption of al-cohol from children. But that or-dinance does not cover daycarecenters, and one is two doorsaway from the proposed liquorstore and will share its parkinglot.

“The daycare owner is Mus-lim, and had he known a liquorstore would be adjacent, hewouldn’t have opened there,”Krause said.

“I don’t want or need anothercompetitor, but beyond that,there are better uses for that retailspace,” Krause continued. “But asa landlord, the building ownerhas a mortgage to pay and needsto rent to anyone willing to payrent. I see both sides. No one isevil in this issue.”

Another Longfellow businessowner said he had concerns withpanhandlers and transients in thearea, but he blames the city fornot including daycare centersunder its ordinance.

As for Adam Aded, owner ofRuwayda Child Care Center, heindicated that he is not againstbusiness, but against a liquorstore in the area.

“I care about the whole area,”he said. “My house is also near-by.”

He said he signed a lease forthe daycare operation in October2011. The center has four shiftsand serves a total of 360 children,from the age of six weeks to 12years. It is open seven days a weekfrom 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Craft beer and wine lovers in the Longfellow area will have another source to choose from when Elevated Beer,Wine and Spirits opens this fall at 4135 Hiawatha Ave. Tom Boland and Ryan Widuch, co-owners of the plannedliquor store, got their start with home brewing. (Photo by Stefanie Berres)

‘Elevated Beer’ tobring craft beer, wineto Hiawatha this fall

“We will focus on a wideselection of beer andproduct expertise.”

- Elevated Beer, Wine and Spirits owner Tom Boland

By IRIC NATHANSONThe large trash barrels are dis-

appearing from Jason Brenny’skitchen.

There were five when Brennywas hired as the chef at the Beck-etwood Cooperative two yearsago. “Now, there are only two left.Soon, we will be down to justone,” said Brenny who managesdining services for members of theWest River Parkway senior co-op.

Brenny has been able to elim-inate the trash containers becausealmost everything that leaves hiskitchen is composted or recycled.Becketwood is ramping up its ef-forts to combat waste in responseto a new set of eco-friendly poli-cies adopted by the cooperativelast year.

The policies were incorporat-ed in the Strategic Imperatives, afive year plan intended to guidethe operation of the 210 unithousing complex. “Environmentalsustainability is important forthose of us who live here, and weknow it will be important to thebaby boomers who will start look-ing for housing options as theyprepare to retire. People will wantto live here if they know we arepromoting a green ethic,” saidCarol Mockovak, who helpeddraft the Imperatives plan andnow co-chairs Becketwood’s Envi-ronment Committee.

Mockovak explained that theco-op had started promoting eco-

friendly practices even before thefive year plan had been adopted.“We were already composting andrecycling on an individual basisbut we wanted to take that to anew level. We knew that our din-ing room was making too large acontribution to the landfills so westarted looking for a new approachthat could maximize opportunitiesfor kitchen waste recycling.

After considering several op-tions, Becketwood selected a newvendor, Eureka Recycling, that of-fered composting as well as recy-cling services. Eureka, a TwinCities-based non-profit, collectsfood scraps and other com-postable materials, includingpaper products, and transportsthem to a local commercial com-posting facility where they aremade into dirt.

“In the past, we were able tocompost vegetable scraps fromour own kitchens by hauling thescraps out to the large compostingbins behind our main parkinglot,” Mockovak said. “Now, withEureka, we are able to bring allour kitchen scraps from our apart-ments in compostable bags downto small bins in our basementwhere the bags are collected byEureka each week. And, most sig-nificantly, Eureka is able to collect

virtually all of the waste fromJason’s dining room, includingpaper napkins and disposablefood containers.”

Mockovak acknowledged thatthe new recycling system is some-what complicated. “There is alearning curve for all us,” she said.“Now, with this new system, we arenot able to recycle some the plasticcontainers that we used to put inthe recycling bins. There is a codingsystem on the containers that tellsus whether we can or cannot recy-cle them, so we are educating peo-ple here about using the codes.”

In order to help educate Beck-etwood members about the newrecycling policy, the cooperativeput on a “Trashy Art Show” thisspring. Jerry Nordstrom, who or-ganized the show, acknowledged

that the title sparked some interest-ing conversations in the Becket-wood hallways. “It was a show andit was about trash, but was it art?That is a very fluid term,” saidNordstrom, who serves as the co-op’s in-house art curator.

“I knew that a new system forthe disposing of things would becomplicated, and no list or chartwould tell the story graphicallyenough,” Nordstrom added. “So,to make things clear, we created amassive display of actual trash. Itshowed what kinds of things wentinto which containers. As this wasset up near where people got theirmail, everyone in the buildinghad a whole week to learn and re-view the system.”

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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSENXcel’s new 3.25-acre substa-

tion at 28th and Hiawatha willbe more than a concrete box sur-rounded by a chain link fence.Instead, a translucent cube willglow yellow at night, comple-menting the blue-lit Sabo Bridgenearby.

According to Xcel Energy’sTransmission Project ManagerJoe Samuel, the communityinput Xcel has received regardingthe design has been positive, aspeople consider it to be “a cre-ative and unique substation de-sign.”

The final design is the resultof a collaborative process be-tween designers, Xcel staff, andcommunity members, notedSamuel. “The advisory group ofthe community really challengedthe team to come up with a cre-ative design,” observed Samuel.Architectural Alliance developedthe design schematics for thewalls that will surround the newsubstations.

These walls will be com-posed of extruded metal, a metalmesh surface that is semi-trans-parent. The metal will be givenan anodized finish to color it.Additional color will come fromlighting. “This system is uniquefor this type of application,” saidSamuel.

“I think the design is betterthan the standard substationsfound in most locations,” saidSpencer Agnew of the LongfellowCommunity Council (LCC) whoserved on the advisory workgroup. “Time will tell whether ornot it will be a positive for theneighborhood, but it is an im-provement over what could havebeen there.”

“Our hope is to meet theneeds of the community andprovide a landmark feature,” saidSamuel.

The substation designs willbe submitted to the MinnesotaPublic Utilities Commission inAugust. The commission willhave 60 days, including a public

comment period, to reach a deci-sion on the plan, which is ex-pected in October.

ROAD CLOSURES,TRAIL DETOURSEXPECTEDThe Hiawatha substation is oneof two being built over the nexttwo years by Xcel that will link anew 115kV underground trans-mission line. It will run for 1.5miles down 28th Street E (an op-tion labeled Route D during theregulatory process). The other,smaller substation will be placedat the northwest corner of Oak-land Ave. S. and 29th Street.

According to Xcel, revitaliza-tion in south Minneapolis, andparticularly the Midtown Dis-trict, has strained the electricalsupply. “The focus of this projectis reliability,” said Samuel. TheHiawatha Project will bolster ex-isting capacity infrastructure.

The underground transmis-sion line will be placed in a con-crete duct system which will re-quire the placement of cablevaults with manhole access every1,500 feet and at any change indirection of the route. In July,Xcel began installing under-ground electrical duct systems forthe electric distribution systemon Portland Avenue between theMidtown Greenway and 27thStreet. This work, which will bedone in September, has resultedin some traffic and bicycle laneclosures as well as parking re-strictions. Construction of thetransmission lines will be com-plete in the fall of 2013. Duringthat time, there will be road clo-sures and detours on 28th Street.

When the project is done,Xcel Energy will restore the exca-vated area on 28th Street with bi-tuminous patch. The city of Min-neapolis may also sealcoat ormill and overlay 28th Street in2014.

Site work at the Hiawatha lo-cation behind Target has begun,

and the project will be completein 2014. This construction willhave limited impact to traffic onthe adjacent roadways.

According to Agnew, thebike trails around the Hiawathasubstation will remain open dur-ing the construction; however, attimes the trail will be temporari-ly rerouted by 10 to 20 feet.

The trees planted in the areaby local residents during ArborDay events will be removed.“Xcel says they cannot be trans-planted due to possible soil con-tamination on the site,” saidAgnew. Underground wires, railspurs and adjacent land owner-ship at the site will prevent someforms of landscaping from occur-ring near the substation site, butwhat is done will be consistentwith the Midtown Greenwaylandscaping plan. Xcel is also indiscussions with adjacentlandowners about the possibilityof installing trees on their prop-erty.

One of the requests made bythe LCC was that the substationbe graffiti-resistant. The Xcel de-sign team feels that this designaccomplishes that.

COST TO BESPREAD OUTThe $55 million to $60 millioncost of this project will be spreadamong Xcel’s entire five-state cus-tomer base instead of just localcustomers.

Xcel supported the rulingmade by the Minnesota PublicUtilities Commission on June28. If Minneapolis ratepayershad shouldered the costs alone,and the project was paid forwithin three years, it could haveled to utility bill increases of$2.83 a month, according tocompany estimates submitted tothe PUC.

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The graffiti-resistent walls of the new Hiawatha substation, located behind the Target building near the intersection of28th and Hiawatha, will be illuminated yellow at night. The walls will be composed of extruded metal, a metal meshsurface that is semi-transparent. The metal will be given an anodized finish to color it and additional color will comefrom lighting. “This system is unique for this type of application,” said Xcel Energy’s Transmission Project Manager JoeSamuel. The substation will be complete in 2014. To follow the project, go to www.hiawathaproject.com.

National Night OutAugust 7National Night Out (NNO), heldon the 1st Tuesday of August, hasbecome an annual traditionaround the country. People on ablock, or several blocks, plan aparty for neighbors to get to knoweach other better, exchange infor-mation like email addresses and phone numbers, talkabout issues they may have, welcome new people on theblock, and just have a good time.

Block parties create a friendly, relaxed atmospherethat encourages neighborliness and communication. Peo-ple who have had block parties say that they look out foreach other more, feel safer, and are more connected totheir community because they know their neighbors. Italso helps ease tensions over issues on the block the per-son who has late night parties, the family that doesntmow often enough. Getting together for a party ratherthan just complaining about a problem will make it easi-er to resolve issues in a friendly and helpful way.

Block clubs are a powerful tool for preventing crimeand creating a milieu of looking out for each other, pay-ing attention, and noticing when something isnt quiteright. It helps in apprehending suspects, and makes for abetter neighborhood. For all these reasons, NENA en-courages everyone to get involved with their block club orstart one if you dont have one. If you need help gettingstarted you can call Sue Roethele, Crime Prevention Spe-cialist, at 612-673-2839, or contact the NENA office at612-724-5652.

Block Leaders: NENA will copy materials for yourNNO party, or other block club business, free of charge.We also have handouts, and prizes for kids and adultsthat you can use for drawings, games, or whatever youwant. The prizes are first come-first serve, so dont waittoo long! Call the office to see if we are in, or just stop by.

Minneapolis Monarch Festival,September 8 Monarchs, music, food and art return to Lake Nokomison Saturday, September 8, 10am-4pm for the 4th annual[Minneapolis Monarch Festival]. This celebration of theamazing Monarch Migration from Minnesota to centralMexico has grown steadily each year, from 800 people

when it started to 6,000 or more in 2011. The Festival highlights the Minnesota/Mexico con-

nection of the Monarch with games, art activities, livemusic, dance, food, and organizations working onmonarch habitat conservation. In the [Monarch Tent],you will have a chance to learn about the butterflys lifecycle, the plants it needs to survive, its awe-inspiring jour-ney to the mountains of Michoacn, Mexico, why the Mi-gration is an endangered phenomenon, and what youcan do about it.

The stage show will open this year with a perform-ance were calling Crossing Borders: Dueling Accordions.The Mark Stillman Band and Tejano 2000 will play northand south versions of accordion music a la “Dueling Ban-jos.” Dont miss this wake up show starting at 10am.Other performances include the hugely popular Ketzal-Coatlicue Aztec dance group, Javier Trejo, and Larry Long.

The Kids Butterfly Fun Run is back, with races forchildren ages 0 11. Strollers pushed by Moms or Dads areokay. The Run is sponsored by Univision TV and U Care.For the younger kids, prizes will be awarded for the bestmonarch wings, antennae, and caterpillar costumes.Older kids will compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish.Registration is $7. Each participant will receive a Fun RunT-shirt.

The Festival takes place at the Naturescape Gardenson E. Lake Nokomis Pkwy at 50th Street. Admission andmost activities are free. Food will be available for salefrom vendors offering Latin and local food. Bring yourown water bottle to refill with free tap water, and, if youlive in the neighborhood, consider walking to the Festivalparking is limited.

Volunteers are needed for set up, kids games, stagesupport, the Fun Run, monarch tagging, and other jobs atthe . Its a lot of fun to be part of the flight crew for theMonarch Festival. You can volunteer for a few hours andthen spend the rest of the time enjoying the Festival. Callthe NENA office at 612-724-5652 to sign up.

The Minneapolis Monarch Festival is a collaboration

of the Mpls Park and RecreationBoard, NENA, and the Universityof Minnesotas Monarch Lab.

More information on the per-formers, art activities, food ven-dors and the Kids Butterfly FunRun (including registration formsthat you can fill out ahead of timeand bring with) will be availableon the Festivals Web site,

[www.monarchfestival.org] as details are confirmed. Thewebsite has all the info in English and Spanish.

Last Meeting on KeewaydinPark Master PlanMinneapolis Park and Recreation staff will show revisedplans for Keewaydin park and playground equipment onTuesday, July 31. This will be the final meeting on themaster plan. With construction for the school additionunderway, learn what the new play areas will look like.Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Keewaydin ParkRecreation Center, 3030 East 53rd St.


Bringing the Community Together

NENA (Nokomis East Neighborhood Association)By Rita Ulrich and Doug Walter

Upcoming NENA Meetings and Events

Keewaydin Park Master Plan: 6:30-8:30 PM,Tuesday, July 31, at Keewaydin Park, 3030 E. 53rd St. National Night Out: 5pm dusk, Tuesday, August 7.Check with your block club leader for details.Livability Working Group: 6:30 PM, Monday, Au-gust 13 at the NENA office, 3000 East 50th St. NENA Board: 7 PM, Thursday, August 23 at NENA. Minneapolis Monarch Festival: 10 AM 4 PM, Sat-urday, September 8, at the Lake Nokomis NaturescapeGardens (50th St and Nokomis Pkwy). Call 612-724-5652 about volunteering.

Last-minute schedule changes are posted on ourCalendar page at www.nokomiseast.org or you maycall (612) 724-5652.

If you would like to join us as a volunteer, contactthe NENA Office at (612) 724-5652 or [email protected].

Elevated BeerContinued from page 1

“Most likely we will be open during the same time asthe liquor store,” Aded said. “We talked to the owner aboutproblems, but there is nothing to do about it. I don’t knowwhy the law put in place 12 years ago doesn’t protect chil-dren in daycare.”

Aded said he is hoping there will be security duringdaylight hours, and he recommends a speed bump be putin.

Boland said that when he and his business partneroriginally signed the lease, they did have a conversationwith the daycare owner.

“We have a comprehensive security plan, which in-cludes the parking lot.” he said. “At the end of the day, chil-dren should not be out in the parking lot unsupervised.”

“We’re actively organizing with the community,”Boland added. “This area is zoned industrial, and it is rightfor a liquor store.”

In order to operate a liquor store, people must get aConditional Use Permit (CUP). Boland and Widuch wereapproved for a CUP on June 11 by the Planning Commis-sion. They are currently working on obtaining their busi-ness license.

A license for off-sale liquor has a public hearing re-quirement. A hearing will be held Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. at the3rd Precinct Police Station, 3000 Minnehaha in Minneapo-lis. It is designed to get input on a business license, andpeople can at that time express concerns about security ortraffic. It is possible that business licensing may then rec-ommend some conditions associated with the license.

Boland and Widuch are looking forward to their open-ing.

“We will be doing something different from some ofour competitors in the area,” Boland said. “We want to bea one-stop, offering specialty items and other items a cus-tomer is looking for. We hope to focus on education andcommunity engagement.”

Boland said they want their store to be a destinationlocation for the area and surrounding area, with an em-phasis on providing education on brewing.

Becketwood openhouse set for Aug 19Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 West River Parkway,will hold its annual open house on Sunday, August 19from 3 to 5 p.m. Visitors will also be able to tour a va-riety of individual apartments in the 210 unit buildingin South Minneapolis, where units range in size from550 square feet to over 1900 square feet.

The event is free and open to the public.Shuttle service between Minnehaha Academy’s

South Campus parking lot and Becketwood will beavailable to all visitors.

For more information, call 612-722-4077.

CuttingwasteContinued from page 2

Now that the new system isin place, it is supported by agroup of about 30 Becketwoodvolunteers. Their job is to carrythe cans, bottles, newspapers andother recyclable materials fromthe drop-off points on each floordown to the large basement binsthat are emptied out each week byEureka.

Brenny, who is working withhis kitchen staff to implement thenew composting and recyclingsystem, said that Becketwood’seco-friendly policy is importantto him, personally. “I have twosmall children and I want to leavean environmental legacy forthem,” Brenny said. “When Idrive up north, with its beautifullakes and forests, I have to go byone of the landfills. It started outas a hill. Now it is a mountain.We can’t go on filling the landfillsuntil the sky is the limit. Recy-cling is something all of us can doto keep the mountain from get-ting even higher. It can make areal difference.”

By JANE MCCLURESummer is a time for fun but

it has also become a time to beaware of invasive species. In thetrees and in the lakes, Minneapo-lis residents are asked to watchfor and help prevent the spreadof these pests.

Lake Nokomis has a publicboat launch south of the mainbeach on the west side. Thatmeans anyone launching water-craft there needs to be ready tofollow new regulations meant tohelp prevent the spread of aquat-ic invasive species. The effort waslaunched July 13 and affects pub-lic boat launches on LakesNokomis, Harriet and Calhoun.Boaters entering the waterthrough the public boat launchesduring non-staffed hours may becited and fined by MinneapolisPark Police.

The Minneapolis Park andRecreation Board’s (MPRB) in-creased efforts to slow the spreadof aquatic invasive species was re-cently announced. The ParkBoard wants everyone to followstate law, inspect their boats andkeep the lakes a good experiencefor everyone.

Under Minnesota law, it is il-legal to transport invasive aquaticplants and animals, as well aswater, from water bodies infestedwith aquatic invasive species. Vio-late the law and you could face afine of up to $1,000. State offi-cials recently announced the“Play Clean Go” campaign to en-courage Minnesotans to keepboats and gear clean, as anotherway to prevent the spread of inva-sive species.

Since early May inspectorsfrom the MPRB and the Minneso-ta Department of Natural Re-sources (DNR) have been inspect-

ing boats and educating boaterson aquatic invasive species pre-vention measures at its publicboat launches.

As of July 13, inspections arerequired for any boats or water-related equipment launchingfrom the three public boatlaunches. Sailboats moored onthe lakes, or canoes and kayaksentering the water from storageracks or other access points arenot affected. Watercraft may exitthe lakes through the public boatlaunch at any time withoutpenalty.

Launches will be open andinspectors on duty at each boat

launch during the times of theday and days of the week thatpeople are most likely to launchboats. These hours are Mondaythrough Thursday: 6 to 10 a.m.and 5 to 9 p.m. and Friday, Sat-urday and Sunday: 6 a.m. to 9p.m.

“These steps are in line withwhat the Park Board has done –and will continue to do – to pro-tect our cities’ natural resources,”said John Erwin, MPRB president.“Whether we’re talking aboutEurasian watermilfoil and Asiancarp or buckthorn and emeraldash borer, we will do what wehave to, to ensure that that our

park system will be around for fu-ture generations to enjoy.”

The three lakes are already af-fected by some aquatic invasivespecies including Eurasian watermilfoil. But the Park Board isconcerned that there are stillmany species, with far worse im-pacts, that can be prevented fromentering and harming the lakes.

The boat launch restrictionsare just a part of an almost $3million Park Board effort to pre-vent or manage invasive species.The Park Board’s efforts includethe placement of Emerald ashborer traps, treating, removingand replacing trees infected with

Dutch elm disease and harvestingand removing Eurasian watermil-foil from the swimming andrecreation areas in six lakes. Addi-tionally, thousands of volunteerhours are spent to hand removebuckthorn, mustard garlic andpurple loosestrife. The board alsorestricted lock use on the Missis-sippi River to its river boat cruisevendor to slow the spread ofAsian carp.

As for the emerald ash borer,the Park Board is just one of anumber of agencies working tocombat that pest. The insect’s lar-vae feed on and kill ash trees, andthreaten to wipe out the state’snearly one billion ash trees. Tosee a list of Minneapolis parkswith ash trees, go tohttp://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=1220

This summer Minnesota De-partment of Agriculture workershave used a new tactic – applyingglue to ash tree leaves, and thenattached dead ash borers to theleaves. It’s hoped that by attach-ing dead female insects, male ashborers seeking mates will insteadget stuck to the leaves. The experi-ment has taken place this sum-mer in Minneapolis.

Other state efforts to find andpests include ash-tree sniffingdogs, release of stingless waspsand use of purple tree traps.

The bit of good news forstate and Park Board officials isthat no emerald ash borers or in-fested trees have been discoveredin Minnesota so far in 2012. InMinneapolis and St. Paul, city of-ficials have been proactive in re-moving trees.

The emerald ash borer firstappeared in Minnesota in 2009,in St. Paul’s South St. AnthonyPark neighborhood.


Residents warned about spread of invasive species

New regulations guide boaters launching watercraftfrom Lake Nokomis, Harriet and Calhoun

Lake Nokomis has a public boat launch south of the main beach on the west side. That means anyone launchingwatercraft there needs to be ready to follow new regulations meant to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasivespecies. The effort was launched July 13 and affects public boat launches on Lakes Nokomis, Harriet and Calhoun.Boaters entering the water through the public boat launches during non-staffed hours may be cited and fined byMinneapolis Park Police. (Photo by Stefanie Berres)

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By IRIC NATHANSONHe was America’s most fa-

mous 19th Century poet and hisname is attached to sites all overSouth Minneapolis, but the man,himself, or at least his stone repli-ca, is hidden away in a weedypatch of Minnehaha Park.

The years have not been kindto Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.He needs a thorough cleaningand he is missing both of hisforearms. But one of his severedhands has been retrieved and isstored away for safekeeping at thePark Board headquarters on WestRiver Road.

The epic poemLongfellow set his poem, theSong of Hiawatha, at MinnehahaFalls, now one of Minnesota’smost historic sites. The Massachu-setts poet never visited this statebut he had seen a daguerreotypephoto of what was then known asBrown Falls near Fort Snelling.The photo inspired Longfellow towrite about mythical Indianchief, Hiawatha, who falls in lovewith the maiden, Minnehaha.

After Longfellow publishedhis epic poem in 1853 it broughtnational attention to the frontierterritory of Minnesota. When theMinnesota Central Railway Com-pany built a rail line out to FortSnelling from downtown Min-neapolis in the 1860s, the com-pany placed a small station nearthe falls. The railway station pro-vided easy access to the well-know site, now renamed for theheroine of Longfellow’s poem,and made it a major tourist at-traction. Later the falls would beincorporated into what becameMinnehaha Park.

In the early years of Twenti-eth Century, a local promoternamed Robert “Fish” Jones, hop-ing to cash in on the falls’ nation-al fame, established a zoo, sur-rounded by a formal garden, nextto the city-owned park. Jones, aformer fish merchant, also built atwo-thirds replica of Longfellow’sMassachusetts home in hisLongfellow Gardens.

Soon after the Gardensopened, Jones commissioned alocal sculptor. A.A. Gewont, tocreate a statue of the famousAmerican poet at a cost of$5,000. The statute was unveiledon June 25, 1908, at a ceremonyattended by a crowd of 1,000.“When the white cloth which hadhidden the statute from Min-neapolitans until yesterday fell,prolonged applause greeted thelatest addition to the sculpture ofthe Minneapolis parks,” the Min-neapolis Tribune reported. Thepaper went on to note that “thestatue sands on a slight elevation,approached by a pretty garden. Itis of blue-gray Bedford stand-stone, of heroic size, showing thepoet in a scholar’s robe.”

After Jones’ death in 1930,the Longfellow Gardens fell intodecline. By 1934, with the zoonow closed, the Minneapolis ParkBoard took control of the site andincorporated it in MinnehahaPark.

The severed handSometime during this period,Longfellow lost his arms, accord-ing to an amateur historiannamed Frederick Ohles. Writing

in the April 2000 issue of Min-nesota Monthly, Ohles disclosedthat his father was part of a groupof youthful vandals that hadcaused the damage, and that oneof the statue’s severed hands hadremained in his family for threegenerations.

His father’s role in the ampu-tation was a matter of family dis-pute, according to Ohles. “Dadsaid, adamantly, that he hadn’tamputated it,” Ohles recalled.“Older boys had done the dam-age. He’d merely picked the bro-ken piece from the ground andtaken it home, a souvenir any ladof 13 or so would treasure.”

“Grandma knew enoughabout other escapades from Dad’syouthful years that she never be-lieved him. She was sure he’dbeen present at the wrist fractur-ing moment and had probablybeen part of it,” Ohles acknowl-edged.

One day in the 1960s, whenhe was about 10, Ohles discov-ered the severed hand buried inhis grandmother’s rock garden. “Iwas playing in the garden and ad-miring the rocks when I noticedtwo large, stony fingers protrud-ing from the soil. I ran to thehouse to describe the wonder Ihad seen. ‘Oh, that’s Longfellow’shand,’ was the reply.”

Later, when he was 15, Ohlespersuaded his grandmother to lethim have the hand. For years after

that, the hand traveled with himas a family memento as he grewto adulthood and pursued an ac-ademic career throughout theMidwest. Sometime after Ohles’article appeared in MinnesotaMonthly in 2000, the hand foundits way to the Minneapolis ParkBoard where it remains today.

Modern timesThe rebuilding of Highway 55through Minnehaha Park in the1990s led to the relocation of theoriginal Longfellow House builtby Fish Jones in 1906. The high-way project also created a newsite for a modern Longfellow Gar-dens on the berm or landbridgeover the roadway.

While the Park Board wasable to restore the LongfellowHouse at its new location closerto Minnehaha Falls and create anew, modern version of theLongfellow Gardens, the Longfel-low statue has remained in itsoriginal 1908 location. Then, itwas a focal point of Jones’ pri-vately-owned park. Now, theberm over Highway 55 blocks theview of the statue for most Min-nehaha Park visitors unless theyare standing at the end of theLongfellow Gardens, lookingdown towards the MinnehahaCreek lagoon which forms thewestern boundary of the park.

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The years have not been kind to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He needs athorough cleaning and he is missing both of his forearms. But one of hissevered hands has been retrieved and is stored away for safekeeping at thePark Board headquarters on West River Parkway. (Photo by IricNathanson)

By JILL BOOGRENOn a sweltering hot evening

in July, it was quiet in the waynature gives us quiet: with birdsong, a trickle of water, a frog’sreckoning. Nineteen peoplegathered for a ranger-led tour ofthe newest addition to our back-yard national park: ColdwaterSpring.

The 29-acre park is the for-mer site of the Bureau of MinesTwin Cities Research Center,south of Minnehaha Park andbetween the two bike trails thatlead to Fort Snelling State Park.The National Park Service (NPS)assumed responsibility for theland in 2010, as a unit of theMississippi National River andRecreation Area (MNRRA), andis converting it to open spacepark land.

Twelve buildings on the sitehave been demolished and thedebris hauled away. Native grass-es are being planted to supportprairie oak savanna. An historicspring house and reservoir willbe preserved. It is expected toopen to the public after LaborDay.

Dan Dressler, the parkranger leading the tour, said theyfrequently see bald eagles in a

cottonwood there, and have seendeer, wild turkeys, and coyotetracks. At the park’s namesakespring, a mink was spotted scam-pering along the reservoir wall.During the tour a pair of killdeercalled as they flew overhead, anda fox darted in and out of view.

“It’s been fun to see the pro-gression of wildlife throughhere,” said Dressler.

Coldwater Spring(Mni Owe Sni)At the heart of the park is a natu-ral spring said to have been flow-ing for over 10,000 years. Thespring house marks where thelargest volume of water comesout of the ground.

Dressler pointed out that formany years the spring exited thereservoir pool through a culvert.This has been removed, and thecreek now runs over terracedblocks of limestone. From here,the creek flows downhill andeventually forms a small water-fall that pours into the Mississip-pi River. Plans are to create awalking path to follow this trail.

Layers of HistorySituated high on a bluff of an-cient limestone, between Min-nehaha Falls and the confluenceof the Mississippi and MinnesotaRivers, Coldwater Spring is anarea rich with ecological, cultur-al, and historical significance,and is considered sacred bymany Native Americans.

MNRRA, in its park

brochure, states of the region:“Ancestors of today’s AmericanIndians began moving into theUpper Mississippi Valley about12,000 years ago after the last ofthe continental glaciers receded.They established intermittentand seasonal villages on terracesabove the riverbanks and canoedthe waterways to hunt, gatherplants, and trade goods.”

According to Alan Robbins-Fenger, NPS project manager forColdwater, the “Dakota camethrough the area. The confluenceis central to their oral traditions,Pike Island is like a rock’s throwaway from the site, Black Dog isjust up the river.”

In 1999 Eddie Benton Be-nais, an Ojibwa spiritual elderfrom Lac Courtes Oreilles Reser-vation in northern Wisconsin,spoke of his grandfather wholived to be 108, died in 1942:“Many times he retold how wetraveled, how he and his family,he as a small boy traveled by foot,by horse, by canoe to this greatplace to where there would bethese great religious, spiritualevents. And that they alwayscamped between the falls (whichcame to be known as MinnehahaFalls) and the sacred water place.”He said it was a neutral place,where all tribes could gather.

“This whole area, this waterblessed area, would be sacred inany culture,” said Susu Jeffrey,founder of Friends of Coldwater,which is seeking federal recogni-

tion of Coldwater as a TraditionalCultural Property (supported bythe Minnesota Historical SocietyState Historic Preservation Of-fice), or sacred site.

Coldwater also figures promi-nently in Fort Snelling history.Dressler explained that in 1820soldiers came up from the river,called it Camp Coldwater, andstayed there while they built thefort. He described the bustlingcenter Coldwater became, as sol-diers, fur traders, and the Dakotasettled there.

Even after the soldiersmoved to the fort, others cameup on the steamboat from St.Louis, got dropped off at thelanding below, and walked up toColdwater. There were schools, ablacksmith, an Indian Agency,and a hotel.

“It was the first civilian com-munity of what would becomethe state of Minnesota. Before St.Paul, Mendota, long before Min-neapolis,” Dressler added. Thespring provided drinking waterfor the camp and Fort Snelling.

“Until the 1870’s they wereusing a horse and wagon haulingwater to the fort,” said Robbins-Fenger. “The fort was expandingbecause of the Dakota War [of1862], so they constructed thereservoir to handle greater vol-ume.” It became a major water-works that provided all the waterfor the fort.



Coldwater Spring:Our newest park

The 29-acre park is the former site of the Bureau of Mines Twin Cities Research Center, south of Minnehaha Parkand between the two bike trails that lead to Fort Snelling State Park. The National Park Service (NPS) assumed re-sponsibility for the land in 2010, as a unit of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA), and isconverting it to open space park land.

By JAN WILLMS“For Sale” signs pop up fre-

quently across the Twin Cities.But the story behind many ofthem is not that people are mov-ing on, but that foreclosure hasforced the sale of their home.

Longfellow resident AnitaReyes-Reley, who lives on the3600 block of 39th Avenue So., isone of those who never thoughtshe would be losing the homeshe has lived in for 17 years toforeclosure.

Reyes-Reley was making hermortgage payments with the in-come from her full-time job,which required her to drive 100miles each way four days a week.But when she was struck with ver-tigo and diabetes, she was unableto drive. She could not make theMay mortgage payment in 2011,and then missed June and July.

She got her health problemsunder control, but her hourswere cut in half. Woodlands Na-tional Bank, which held themortgage, wanted a lump sum orelse would foreclose.

“I had been trying to negoti-ate,” Reyes-Reley said. She wasworking with Cindy Koonce, vicepresident of Woodlands NationalBank.

“Cindy said she would doeverything she could to help mekeep my house,” Reyes-Reley said.

“I didn’t think this wouldhappen,” she said softly. “I feellike I was misled into thinking Icould keep my home, and dis-couraged from getting help.” Atthe end of a six-month redemp-tion period, she asked for moretime to get her things moved outof her home.

Finally, after back-and-forth

exchanges with the bank, Reyes-Reley learned from a friend in Al-abama about Occupy HomesMN, an organization that workswith people facing foreclosures.The friend had read about thegroup on national news, and sheencouraged Reyes-Reley to con-tact the group.

She called Occupy HomesMN and talked to AnthonyNewby, a former banker himselfwho was familiar with foreclo-sure procedures.

“If you don’t give up, I won’tgive up,” he told her. “That reallykept me going,” Reyes-Reley said.Occupy Homes MN gathered sig-natures for a petition in supportof Reyes-Reley, and she was in

touch with the Attorney General.People started calling WoodlandsNational Bank. Finally Kooncerequested a payment of $2100 onJune 19 of this year.

“I was told I could rent myhouse for two years, and then getit back,” Reyes-Reley explained.She told Koonce she would callher back, the next day, aroundnoon.

At 12:04 p.m. the next day,Reyes-Reley called Koonce and lether know she had the money.

She said the banker told hershe would call her back. A fewminutes later she called and saidthat the deadline had been noon,and Reyes-Reley had called fourminutes late. The deal was off the

table.Council member Gary Schiff

was called upon to try and brokera deal. There seemed to be aquestion as to whether the four-minute late call had made thedifference, or whether the bankdid not want to pay the costs forturning the home into a rental.Occupy Homes MN offered todo any work required to bringthe house up to code. Finally,Reyes-Reley was told she couldrent the home for a year, andthen would lose it.

So, for the time being, she isstill living in her home. And Oc-cupy Homes MN continues withits support.

The group contacted the

Longfellow Community Councilto let LCC know about its workin the neighborhood. Occupy re-quested being on the agenda fora meeting of the CommunityConnections Committee of LCC.The committee approved a letterof support on behalf of Reyes-Reley that was sent to WoodlandsNational Bank.

Occupy Homes MN grew outof the earlier Occupy MN thatwas protesting economic and po-litical issues and camping out inPeavey Plaza in Minneapolis.

“That was not sustainableduring Minnesota winters,” saidIain Wilson, one of the organiza-tion’s volunteers. He said thegroup decided to place its focuson foreclosures and evictions inthe community, beginningaround December 2011.

“We provide communitysupport and public pressure forgood faith negotiations on mort-gages,” Wilson declared. He saidthat could mean a lot of things.

“We actually help homeown-ers with the understanding of theforeclosure process,” he ex-plained. “One of our most recentvictories provided methods tocontact the Attorney General, andfound a bank didn’t have a busi-ness license for Minnesota, sothey were illegally foreclosing ona home in South Minneapolis.”

“One of the scary things wehave seen in foreclosure is a cul-ture of shame,” continued Wil-son. He said people feel like theycan’t pay enough, that it’s theirduty, while banks confuse peopleby not giving them options andlying to them.



Occupy Homes MN organizer Iain Wilson says his organization helps homeowners like Longfellow resident AnitaReyes-Reley with the understanding of the foreclosure process. Reyes-Reley is struggling to keep her home on 3600block of 39th Avenue So. after living in it for 17 years. (Photo by Jan Willms)

Longfellow resident struggles to stay inhome despite foreclosure proceedings

Meeting the artist, conversationswith new friends, locally madegifts, visiting a friendly local busi-ness—it’s all part of this sum-mer’s LoLa Art Crawl in theGreater Longfellow neighbor-hood of south Minneapolis.

The 2012 LoLa Art Crawl, or-ganized by the artists and sup-porters of the League of Longfel-low Artists, will be held Saturdayand Sunday, August 25 and 26,from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The self-guided tour features exhibits atartists’ homes or studios, and atlocal businesses, throughoutGreater Longfellow.

LoLa artist Cherie Burke ishard at work crafting new jewelryand mosaic bird houses. “I workin many mediums,” Burke says,“and I like the neighborhood ex-perience, getting to know peo-ple.”

Whether you walk, bike, ordrive the crawl, it’s a chance toglimpse inside the creative work-spaces of local artists working injewelry, pottery, glass, painting,photography, textiles, sculpture,and many other art forms. “I lovethe opportunity to invite peopleinto my home to see who I amand what I do,” says glass artistNicole Fierce, who is craftinglamps and vases.

LoLa artist Mark Barsness,known as the “Manhole CoverGuy”, is completing a series of sixacrylic paintings of actual man-hole covers from the streets ofLongfellow.

“The art crawl is an opportu-nity for sharing my art work withothers, sharing creative ideas, andbuilding community,” says LydiaKulesov, LoLa artist and owner ofGreenway River Gallery. She isprinting photo montages andchoosing unique frames for hersmall pastel paintings.

Nancy Schultz agrees, “I likegetting to know other people inmy neighborhood and see whatthey do.” New to LoLa this year,she is readying her textile studioto offer natural dyeing demon-strations on yarn and scarves.

Founded in 2009, LoLa is aflourishing artist-run annual artcrawl featuring more than 100artists showing at over 60 neigh-borhood sites, with support fromthe Longfellow CommunityCouncil and local businesses.The art crawl is open to the pub-lic, free of charge. The artists willbe offering their art for sale, justin time for shoppers to get a jumpon the holiday season.

Find maps and more informa-tion online at lolaartcrawl.com.


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The 2012 LoLa Art Crawl, organized by the artists and supporters of the League of Longfellow Artists, will be heldSaturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Above, manhole cover artist Mark Barness ad-mires one of his works while Cheri Burke (inset) holds one of her own creations.

Rake for the River!Be part of Longfellow's 2nd an-nual Community Rake! Spend afew hours this fall with yourneighbors raking leaves and yarddebris out of the street to keeprain from washing it down thestorm drains into the river. Buildcommunity, improve water quali-ty and win prizes! National Night

Out is a great time to start talk-ing with your neighbors about or-ganizing a Rake for the Riverevent on your block or with yourfaith group. LCC provides leafbags and other supplies. Therewill be a training in September.For more info [email protected] or724-8110.

Save the Date for StormwaterManagement Tour!Longfellow/SewardUrban Sites Stormwater TourThursday, September 13th8:30 am – 12:30 pmBus tour departs from 7-SIGMA 2843 26th Ave S, Mpls

Tour Highlights

• See stormwater managementbest practices in a variety of set-tings at sites large and small.

• Hear from the designers, proj-ect managers and contractorswho did the work.

• Tour includes 7 stops to seerain gardens, a cistern, greenwall, and the first living wall inMN.

• Tour and lunch are FREE!

Reservations Required: ContactRuth at [email protected] or612-722-4529 x1.

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Longfellow Community Council2727 26th Avenue So., Minneapolis, MN 55406

Phone: 612-722-4529 • Fax: 612-724-1024

www.longfellow.orgMelanie Majors Executive Director [email protected] Romano Office Staff [email protected] Solotaroff Community Organizer [email protected] Agnew Housing and Environment [email protected]

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Calendar of Meetings and Events

August 2012Meetings are free and open to the public, and are accessible.

Check the calendar on our website www.longfellow.org

AdvancementWednesday, August 17:00 - 8:00 pmFireroast Mountain Café3800 37th Avenue SFFI: [email protected]

Neighborhood Development CaucusMonday, August 136:30 - 8:00 pmLCC Office, 2727 26th Ave S.FFI [email protected]

River GorgeMonday, August 137:00 - 9:00 pmHiawatha School Park, 4305 42nd St. E3207 37th Avenue SouthFFI: [email protected]

Longfellow Faith ForumTuesday, August 1412:00 - 1:30 pmBethany Lutheran Church3901 36th Avenue SouthLunch is provided. RSVP to [email protected] byFriday, August 9

Community ConnectionsTuesday, August 146:30 - 8:30 pmLCC Office, 2727 26th Ave SFFI: [email protected]

Board of DirectorsThursday, August 166:30 – 8:45 pmMinnehaha Academy north campusFFI: [email protected]

Environment and TransportationTuesday, August 286:30 - 8:00 pmHiawatha School Park 4305 42nd St. EFFI: [email protected]

National Night Out National Night Out is on Tuesday, August 7th. Don't know ifyou have a party on your block? Call LCC! We'll help youtrack down the nearest party or give you tips on how to organ-ize your own. You can still have a block club party, even if youaren't registered! Email [email protected] for more infor-mation.

An Incredible Meal - Join Us for the Next Two!On July 11th, one hundred Longfellow residents gathered to-gether to share a meal in celebration of our community andpartnership. Thanks to the Neighborhood Partnership InitiativeGrant, the Longfellow Community Council, Volunteers ofAmerica, Harvest Moon, Free Geek, and Minnehaha Commun-ion Church have collaborated to create a program that providescommunity support and job skills to residents at Volunteers ofAmerica. VOA residents cooked spaghetti and served with veg-etables they grew at their plot in the Minnehaha Garden. At-tendees were also serenaded during their meal. Ruhel Islam, theowner of Gandhi Mahal, will teach our kitchen crew how to pre-pare an Indian meal for our September dinner! Join us!

Community DinnerWednesday, September 5 and Wednesday, October 3 6:00 - 7:30 pmMinnehaha Communion Church4101 37th Avenue So.

Longfellow Corn Feed5:30 - 8:00 pm Thursday, August 9thLongfellow Park3435 36th Avenue S

It's time for the Longfel-low Corn Feed! Join yourneighbors at Longfellow'slargest celebrations! Therewill be lots of activities forkids, a health and resourcefair, live music, food vendors and CORN. Lots and lots of corn.

The Longfellow Community Council is also looking for volun-teers to staff their corn feed table. If interested please [email protected].

LCC Awarded Grantfor GraffitiPreventionLCC has been awarded a Cityof Minneapolis grant for graffiti-prevention projects. LCC’s proj-ect will target preventing graffition public utility boxes by in-stalling displays of art by localartists. Utility boxes in the EastLake Street and Minnehaha Av-enue corridors will be targeteddue to the high frequency ofgraffiti vandalism in those areas.LCC is partnering with Longfel-low volunteer groupR.E.M.O.V. (Remove ExistingMarks of Vandalism) on theproject. R.E.M.O.V. is dedicatedto reporting and removing allgraffiti vandalism in the neigh-borhood. R.E.M.O.V. members

helped LCC identify high priori-ty utility boxes and will aid inmonitoring the success of theproject over the next year. Theproject seeks to install works ofart by League of Longfellow

Artists on 15 utility boxes some-time this Fall and to monitor theimpact on graffiti over the nextyear. FFI contact Spencer,[email protected] or 612-722-4529 ext. 5.


Lake HiawathaNeighborhood FestivalThis year the festival will be heldon Wednesday, August 1 from 5-8p.m. at Lake Hiawatha Park (2701E. 44th St.) For the kids we willagain have pony rides for under10 years old, face painting, hairpainting, games, the 5-in-1 sportsmoonwalk and a water slide. Wewill also have the family fitnesschallenge and a talent contest –please pre-register for both bycontacting Lake Hiawatha Park at612-370-4930.

Also check out the health expo,free canoe rides on Lake Hiawatha, a9-hole mini-golf and a caricaturist atthe festival. For bicyclists the City ofMinneapolis Bike Walk Am -bassadors will host a Family BicycleRide - bicycle decorating starts at5:30 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the ridestarts. The route will go around theneighborhood and arrive back at thepark. If you would like more infor-mation or have an at-home or in-store retail business and want to dis-play your business at the festivalplease email Joyce Boettcher [email protected]. We will havefood for sale by vendors. As usualwe will be looking for more volun-teers the day of the festival. Look formore up-to-date information at ourwebsite:www.lhrc.freeservers.com/festival.htm.

Art and craft sale August 17 and 18Mark your calendars for the Art andCraft Supply Sale at St. Albert theGreat Church. Low prices on awide variety of art and craft sup-plies. Paper arts, needlecraft, ceram-ics, fine arts, yarns and much more.Great for teachers! Proceeds go totwo non-profit programs: CreativeSpirit (youth and children’s pro-grams) and Creative Ageless People(senior drop-in ceramics program.)Friday and Saturday, August 17 and18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at theChurch of St. Albert the Great, E.29th Street at 32nd Ave. S. in thelower level Social Hall. Anyonewishing to make tax-deductibledonations of supplies, call Erin at612-724-3643.

Free exercise begins at Hope ChurchBone Builders, a free strength train-ing and balance exercise programsponsored by the Greater TwinCities RSVP, begins at HopeLutheran Church on Tuesday,September 11. Open to men andwomen at many fitness levels, thetwice-weekly classes aim to increaseboth muscle strength and bonedensity, protecting against falls—and fractures caused by osteoporo-sis. Classes meet every Tuesday andThursday from 1-2 p.m. at HopeLutheran Church at 5728 CedarAve S. in Minneapolis. Pre-regis-

tration is required by calling 952-945-4161.

Qigong: low-impactChinese exerciseJoin Longfellow/Seward HealthySeniors and MinneapolisCommunity Education for a pres-entation about Qigong on Tuesday,August 21 at 10:30 a.m. at HolyTrinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E.31st Street. Qigong (pronouncedchee-gung) is the cornerstone oftraditional Chinese medicine andtranslates to “breath” or “energy.”It’s for people of all ages to help thebody, mind and spirit heal fromblockages and can provide relieffrom pain, injury and stress.Presented by Joe Walsh.

Volunteer visitors needed for seniorsHelp seniors stay in their homesand keep socially connected. If youlike seniors, you’ll love this volun-teer position! We’re looking for“Friendly Visitors” to visit isolatedseniors in the greater Longfellowand Seward neighborhoods. CallMary at Longfellow/Seward Heal -thy Seniors at 612-729-5799 formore information.

LoLa Art Crawl plannedAug. 25, 26Meeting the artist, conversations

with new friends, locally madegifts, visiting a friendly localbusiness—it’s all part of thissummer’s LoLa Art Crawl in theGreater Longfellow neighbor-hood of south Minneapolis.

The 2012 LoLa Art Crawl, or-ganized by the artists and sup-porters of the League of Longfel-low Artists, will be held Saturdayand Sunday, August 25 and 26,from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The self-guided tour features exhibits atartists’ homes or studios, and atlocal businesses, throughoutGreater Longfellow.

LoLa artist Cherie Burke is

hard at work crafting new jewelryand mosaic bird houses. “I workin many mediums,” Burke says,“and I like the neighborhood ex-perience, getting to know peo-ple.”

Whether you walk, bike, ordrive the crawl, it’s a chance toglimpse inside the creative work-spaces of local artists working injewelry, pottery, glass, painting,photography, textiles, sculpture,and many other art forms. “Ilove the opportunity to invitepeople into my home to see whoI am and what I do,” says glassartist Nicole Fierce, who is craft-ing lamps and vases.

LoLa artist Mark Barsness,known as the “Manhole CoverGuy,” is completing a series of sixacrylic paintings of actual man-hole covers from the streets ofLongfellow.

“The art crawl is an opportu-nity for sharing my art work withothers, sharing creative ideas,and building community,” saysLydia Kulesov, LoLa artist andowner of Greenway River Gallery.She is printing photo montagesand choosing unique frames forher small pastel paintings.

Nancy Schultz agrees, “I likegetting to know other people inmy neighborhood and see whatthey do.” New to LoLa this year,she is readying her textile studioto offer natural dyeing demon-strations on yarn and scarves.

Founded in 2009, LoLa is aflourishing artist-run annual artcrawl featuring more than 100artists showing at over 60 neigh-borhood sites, with support fromthe Longfellow CommunityCouncil and local businesses.The art crawl is open to the pub-lic, free of charge. The artists willbe offering their art for sale, justin time for shoppers to get ajump on the holiday season.

Find maps and more informa-tion online at lolaartcrawl.com.

Epworth and St. Jameschurches offer VBS“No Friend like Jesus; GetConnected” is the theme forVacation Bible School Aug. 13-17,offered jointly by two Longfellowcongregations: St. James AME andEpworth UMC. VBS will be at theEpworth building, 3207 37th Ave.S., 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $5,with family rates available. Thetheme shows the ways kids canconnect with God and communityusing a Bible-based curriculumexplored through a progression ofsocial networking from image toprofile to update. Music, games,crafts and skits are part of the fun.For more information, callEpworth at 612-722-0232 or [email protected]

Longfellow Garden ClubSocial and Potluck – Aug. 9Time to spend an evening out-doors talking and eating allthings garden! Bring a foldingchair (only if you care to) andsomething to share on Thursday,August 9.

NOTE: we are meeting oneday later than our usual 2ndWednesday of the month.

We plan to also share storiesof this most unusual garden sea-son, and hear about practicalways to use fewer chemicals inthe yard. Ice water and herbal teawill be provided. Feel free tobring your own plate/utensils -we are trying to achieve close to azero (plastic) waste event.

Directions will be availableafter 6:30 p.m. at the front doorof the Epworth United MethodistChurch, 3207 37th Ave S., but ifyou attended last year, it will bein the same lovely yard! See us at:[email protected] or go to www.face-book.com/LongfellowGardenClub.


Teen premieres show at Fringe FestivalRecent South High graduate and Wenonah resident Collin Knopp-Schwyn will premiere his new musical comedy, The Donner PartyKidz!, at this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival. The show takes alighthearted look at the lore of the ill-fated Donner Party as if itwere an educational ‘90s TV program, including a singing, dancinghorse and numerous new songs set to recognizable tunes. The showfeatures a cast and crew of current South students and alumni andwill play at the Playwrights’ Center in the Seward neighborhood.Show dates are 8/2 at 8:30 pm, 8/4 at 5:30 pm, 8/6 at 10 p.m., 8/9 at at 7 p.m., and 8/11 at 5:30 pm. Tickets cost $12, plus a one-time $4 Fringe button purchase. More info at www.fringefesti-val.org/2012/show/?id=2329.

Recent South High graduate and Wenonah resident Collin Knopp-Schwyn will premiere his new musical comedy, The Donner Party Kidz!,at this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival. The show takes a lightheartedlook at the lore of the ill-fated Donner Party as if it were an educational‘90s TV program, including a singing, dancing horse and numerous newsongs set to recognizable tunes.

By CHRIS SEIDELOur Nokomis Library on

34th Avenue is definitely wherethe action is all year around.

The Friends of the NokomisLibrary are having a giant booksale on Saturday, July 28 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop in, load up,and meet a lot of friendly peoplewho love books just like you do.The book sale is the main sourceof income for special projects thatour fabulous Head Librarian,Amy McNally, thinks up and thatthe Friends group funds.

If you haven’t been in thelibrary since it was re-modeledlast year, you are in for a real treat.You will see neighbors of all agestaking advantage of a wide varietyof programs and activities andour extremely friendly staff are al-ways glad to see you. A few of thethings that are offered on a regu-lar basis include the following:

knitting groups; teen anime pro-grams; reading groups; authorswho come in and talk about theirbooks; writing groups; story timesin English and Spanish (and evenfor babies and dogs); and com-puters. For a complete descrip-tion of what’s going on you cango to the Hennepin County Li-brary Website and look upNokomis Library or, for evenmore specific information, youcan call the library directly at 612-543-6800. The Friends of theNokomis Library are on Facebooktoo!

Have you ever heard of theSocrates Café? The Friends of theLibrary are sponsoring livelyphilosophical discussions led byan actual philosopher at the 3Tiers Bakery Bistro, 5011 34th Ave.So., from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on theWednesdays of August 1st, 15th,and 29th. Also this fall we will be

presenting a fascinating series on“Addiction” featuring speakerswho are experts on the subjects ofvarious types of addiction, possi-ble treatments, and the some-times devastating effect of addic-tion on families. Special Saturdayprograms will feature local fa-vorite Jim Klobuchar talkingabout some of his travels and leg-endary musician Paul Metsa read-ing from his book Blue GuitarHighway and singing too.

If you love the library, pleaseconsider becoming a member ofour energetic and fun-lovingFriends group. Our local public li-brary is a precious resource for theNokomis community and withyour help we can make it the li-brary of our dreams.

(Editor’s note: Chris Seidel is Chairof the Program Committee of theFriends of the Nokomis Library.)

Nokomis Library holds giant book sale July 28

Set in a pastoral, 66-acre city park,Powderhorn Art Fair, 3400 15thAv. S., is one of the finest juried re-gional art fairs in the country. Theweekend event takes place August4-5 (10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday), and features184 local and national artists ofvaried disciplines, as well as aCommunity Showcase and GroupExhibitors from the Powderhornarea. Now in its 21st year, Powder-horn Art Fair continues its legacyof artistic expression and commu-nity engagement.

This year Powderhorn ArtFair received grants from theMetropolitan Regional ArtsCouncil and the Minnesota StateArts Board, and was recognizedby the Minnesota Women’s Press

as a 2012 Honoree in its “Fa-vorite Art Festival” category.

Milwaukee-based Marina Lee,winner of 2011 Best of Show, isthis year’s highlighted artist. Rec-ognized for her unique sculptures,Marina creates whimsical draw-ings of her work, and her frog il-lustration, “Movin’ On,” is fea-tured on the 2012 Powderhorn ArtFair poster, program and t-shirt. “Ihave created dimensional worksportraying humor, healing colorand integration of cultural pat-terns in spiritual guardian sculp-tures,” says Lee. “I create in everydaylife while listening, looking and liv-ing.” (http://marinalee.com)

Powderhorn Art Fair is a fami-ly friendly, multi-cultural eventthat also offers children’s activities,

performances and acoustic music.Participants include Open Eye Fig-ure Theatre, Articulture, Dan Rein(Iranian stringed instruments),Dreamland Faces (Karen Majewicz& Andy McCormick) and more.On Saturday only, author AnneSawyer-Aitch will perform a shad-ow puppet show and reading ofher children’s story, “Nalah andthe Pink Tiger.”

Also on Saturday, CityKid Java(www.citykidjava.com) —a local acoffee company that donates all ofits profits back to kids—commemo-rates its 10th anniversary at thePowderhorn Art Fair. Ten youth andthree art teachers are teaming up tocreate coffee art that replicates


This year, I’ve had my income cutin half by being laid off in Janu-ary. It’s pretty funny they call it“laid off,” because they are notplanning on hiring me back. Theproject I was working on wasaxed by the customer, so therewas no more need for me, or theother four people who were alsolaid off. It doesn’t matter whatyou call it, we are all unem-ployed. The unemployment com-pensation comes out to be lessthan fifty percent of my income.As I wrote in earlier columns, Ihave been spending my timedoing projects that are cheap andyet, give maximum improvement.

The first project was cleaningthe first floor. I don’t even wantto speak of the amount of cob-webs I found behind the televi-sion cabinet! My second projectwas painting. Paint is cheap andgives a lot of punch. My kitchen

and adjoining downstairs hall-way now look pretty spiffy in thesunset gold color I chose.

Then I started looking at myliving room walls. I still like thesage green, and really wasn’t inthe mood to take on that massiveproject. I decided to take downall the framed pictures I had up,and reconsider them. I moved acouple of prints upstairs, andbrought a picture from the mas-ter bedroom down to the livingroom. I continued to move all

the wall decor in the house fromone spot to another. Most of thepictures were hung with those3M picture hangers that are gluedonto the wall with adhesive, andremoved very easily next timeyou want to take them down.What an invention! It was possi-ble for me to do this without Mr.M. He was very disappointed thatI didn’t need his help, but he’llget over it. It’s amazing what adifference it made! The cost wasunder $25 bucks for the hangers,

and the time and labor savingswas tremendous.

My next project was replac-ing the towels in the bathroomand kitchen. I bet I had the bath-room towels for ten years! Yes, Ihad to spend a little money, butreally, the new white towels withlavender stripes look fabulous.They really brightened up thebathroom.

In the kitchen, I bought justa few dish towels in that samegold color I put on the walls. I

was lucky enough to find them atACE Hardware. Who would’vethought they’d have such cutetowels?

Mr. M. came home from abusiness trip and didn’t noticethe changes, but that doesn’tmatter. As long no one drinks hisbeer, he’s okay. These changestake a little money and time, butare really worth it. It’s almost likehaving a new house! The mostimportant thing is the littlemoney I spent.

There won’t be any big proj-ects until I get another job. Wishme luck!

(Sherri Moore is a freelance writerand resident of the Nokomis neighbor-hood. She and Mr. M. are in theirnineteenth year of renovating their oldwhite house. Sherri welcomes yourcomments and can be reached at [email protected].)


Neighborhood Churches Welcome You!Bethlehem Covenant3141 43rd Ave. S. • 612-721-5768www.bethlehemcov.orgChildren especially welcome(Handicapped accessible)Sunday Worship at 10 amPastor Ryan Eikenbary-BarberVACATION BIBLE SCHOOL for Ages 3 through 5th gradeAugust 6-10. 9:30 a.m. until NoonRegister on-line (“Glimpse”) or by phone, Ext. 205.There is no charge for VBS.

Christ Church Lutheran3244 34th Ave. • 612-721-6611Sunday Worship at 9:30 amChildcare ProvidedEducation Hour at 11:00 amPastor: Kristine CarlsonA welcoming congregationwww.christchurchluth.org

Epworth United Methodist3207 37th Ave. • 612-722-0232Sunday Worship 10:00 am(Childcare Provided)(Wheelchair Accessible)Rev. Pam Armstrong

Faith Evangelical Lutheran (LC-MS)3430 E. 51st St. • 612-729-5463Worship 9:00 amFellowship Hour 10:00 amVacancy Pastor: Rev. Dan Matasovsky

Holy Trinity Lutheran (ELCA)2730 E. 31st St. • 612-729-8358www.htlcmpls.orgSunday Worship 8:45 & 11:00 am Education opportunities for all ages 9:45 amChildcare availablePastor: Jay CarlsonTraditional Worship – ContemporaryMessage – A Call to Social Justice All are welcome – No exceptions

Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church5011 31st Ave. S. • 612-729-2323www.lakenokomis.orgSummer Worship at 9:30 amSunday Worship at 8:00 am & 10:30 am(nursery; fully accessible)

Minnehaha United Methodist3701 E. 50th St. • 612-721-6231www.minnehaha.orgTraditional Service 9:00 amContemporary Worship 11:15 am (Sept.-May)

10:30 am (June-Aug.)Education for all ages 10:15 (Sept.-May)(Childcare; fully accessible)

St. Albert the Great CatholicE. 29th St. at 32nd Ave. S. • 612-724-3643Sunday Mass 9:30 am (Childcare available)Saturday Mass 5:00 pmDaily Mass 8:15 am M,T, Th, F(Handicapped accessible, Air conditioned)Fr. Joe Gillespie, O.P.www.saintalbertthegreat.org

St. Peder's Evangelical Lutheran4600 E. 42nd St. • 612-722-8000Worship 9:00 and 10:30 am,Summer - 9:00 onlyEducation for all at 9:00 am(Childcare; Wheelchair Acc., Braille)Coffee 10 amJulie A. Ebbesen, Pastorwww.stpeders.net

Trinity Lutheran Churchof Minnehaha Falls5212 41st Ave. S. • 612-724-3691www.trinityfalls.orgSunday Worship (7/1-9/2) 10:00 amAA Meeting Tuesdays/Sundays 7:00 pm

Projects of the Neighborhood Churches Include:Minnehaha Food Shelf,

Serving People Tuesday 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Call us at 612-721-6231Minnehaha United Methodist, 3701 E. 50th St.

A little time and money equal big changes

The Old White HouseBy SHERRI MOORE

Powderhorn Art Fair planned Aug. 4-5

Set in a pastoral, 66-acre city park, Powderhorn Art Fair, 3400 15th Av. S., isone of the finest juried regional art fairs in the country. The weekend eventtakes place August 4-5 (10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday).

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ForeclosureContinued from page 9

As an example, he said thebank did not tell Reyes-Releythat when she had a medicalproblem, she could apply forfrugal hardship and lower herpayments.

Wilson said that out of the12-15 people Occupy HomesMN has worked with, there havebeen at least four victories. Theorganization has a core group ofaround 30, all volunteers exceptfor one receiving a stipend.

“A lot of the organizers areknowledgeable on how the legalsystem and the foreclosure sys-tem work,” Wilson added.

“There is something about

Occupy Homes MN that bringsforth a lot of energy and pas-sion,” Wilson said. “We’re at apoint where we haven’t grownenough to keep up with thenumber of homeowners wewant to help.”

He said foreclosure can eatup a person’s mental time andphysical time, and for that rea-son community support is soimportant.

“We find there is almost al-ways a lot of community sup-port. There are ‘Stop ForeclosureNow’ signs in the neighbor-hoods.” A meeting was held forhomeowners and communityresidents in the Longfellow areaJuly 18.

The community support forReyes-Reley is evident from talk-

ing to her neighbors.Barbara Beresford, who lives

nearby, said the story aboutAnita is frustrating and worri-some.

“I don’t want this to happento Anita or me or to anyoneelse,” she said. “But I don’t feelthe bank has been straightfor-ward. They’re sending messagesto her, but doing something dif-ferent.”

“A house is the biggest in-vestment a person has, and thisis so unethical and just wrong,”Beresford continued. “I under-stand businesses have rules theyhave to follow, and they havethe right to protect their best in-terests. But I oppose businessesfollowing unethical practices. Idon’t come out and criticize a

bank without a legitimate rea-son, but they need to be chal-lenged.”

Roxanne Truen, who livesacross the street from Reyes-Reley, agreed.

“Most people are a paycheckaway from the same situation,”she said. “I had no idea bankscould act in this way, especiallywith a long paying history likeAnita.”

She said her concern is forAnita, and personally she doesnot want a boarded-up houseright across the street from her.

For its part, the bank deniesany wrongdoing.

Koonce, who has been deal-ing with Reyes-Reley’s foreclo-sure, said it is unfortunate whenthe bank has to take a borrower

to foreclosure for nonpayment.“It is not anything I or any-

one else wants to do,” she said.“But we have to treat every per-son the same, and we have at-tempted to work with her.”

She said Woodlands Na-tional Bank prides itself on itswork with its borrowers.

For Wilson, he sees the needfor Occupy Homes MN to onlygrow. He said Minnesotans for aFair Economy has predictedforeclosures will go up this year.

“There are always going tobe people out there who needhelp defending themselves,” hesaid. “We are empowering peo-ple in the communities. If we doenough work, the banks willeventually listen.”


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Longfellow statueContinued from page 7

Henry deserves more respect than he is getting now, main-tains Park Board historian Dave Smith. “One reason we have thespectacular park we have today at Minnehaha Falls is because ofLongfellow,” Smith said. “For that alone, in my mind, he de-serves a statue — and one with all its limbs attached.”

Dawn Sommers, a Minneapolis Park Board spokesperson,acknowledges the significance of the Longfellow statue but saysthe Board has no current plans to restore it and re-attach the sev-ered hand.

“The statues and artwork in our parks are real treasures, butmany of them were acquired before we had a budget to main-tain them. Restoring the Longfellow statue is a more ambitiousundertaking than it may appear at first glance. Even the cleaningcould cause more harm than good if it is not done right. Rightnow, given our budgetary pressures, we need to focus on our pri-orities and those are maintaining and enhancing our parkgrounds and facilities.”

Art FairContinued from page 13

the iconic “Spoonbridge and Cher-ry” sculpture in the MinneapolisSculpture Garden. Using 3,500cups of coffee and 71 gallons ofmilk, the expansive display will bedone in the style of the “Mona Lisa”coffee art made at Rocks Aroma Fes-tival in Sydney, Australia (http://wa-lyou.com/mona-lisa-painting-cof-fee-cups/).

And Keys 4/4 Kids(http://keys44kids.com ) will fea-ture one of its “Pianos on Pa-rade”—a citywide exhibit of morethan 20 working pianos that have

been artistically transformed bylocal students and artists.

Powderhorn Art Fair is a sus-tainable, eco-friendly event. Awater station will be on site, andpatrons are encouraged to bringtheir own containers for free, self-service water. And, as part of MetroTransits’ Minneapolis Arts Week-end promotion, attendees candownload a free Art Pass to avoidparking hassles and traffic delays.

The Art Pass offers free bus orlight rail service from home or aPark & Ride lot to and among theweekend’s three art fairs: Powder-horn, Loring Park and Uptown.Buses will pick up and drop off pa-trons at convenient stops at eachart fair. The Art Pass can be down-

loaded at www.metrotransit.org/Art-Pass. To ride free, show the Art Passto a bus driver or Transit Police offi-cer. For help planning a trip onMetro Transit to any of the art fairs,call 612-373-3333 to speak with atransit representative, or use the in-teractive Trip Planner at www.metro-transit.org.

Powderhorn Art Fair is a col-laborative event between the Pow-derhorn Park Neighborhood Asso-ciation (PPNA) and the Min-neapolis Park & Recreation Board.Profits from the art fair pay forprograms and equipment at Pow-derhorn Park that benefit all ages.

Come and enjoy art in thepark at the 21st annual Powder-horn Art Fair!


ColdwaterSpringContinued from page 8

One of the tour participants,Diane Steen-Hinderlie, suggest-ed: “This should be a UNESCOWorld Heritage site. This wassuch a polyglot of nationalities...Swedes, French CanadianVoyageurs, Native Americans,Swiss... Everybody has a reasonto be proud” of their heritage.

Flash Forward to the 1950’swhen the Bureau of Mines build-ings were built. Kate Havelin ofthe Mississippi River Fund ex-plained that it was a researchcenter, not a mining site, wherethey studied, among otherthings, rock core samples, in-cluding moon rocks. In 1996 theBureau of Mines closed andbuildings were vacated soonafter.

More recently Coldwater layat the center of a contentiousbattle to protect water flow tothe spring during construction ofthe Highway 55/62 interchange.

When asked what is the sig-nature piece for this park, Rob-bins-Fenger said, “It ’s thespring.” Listing all these periods

of time, from glacial, pre-humantimes, to pre-European Dakota,and European to the Bureau ofMines, he added: “There aremany, many layers of interestinghistory we’d all like to knowmore about.”

Creating the ParkFriends of Coldwater, initiallysupportive of NPS managing theland and spring, has taken issuewith the number of trees felled,including the willow that shad-ed the reservoir. Robbins-Fengersaid it was rotting and had to beremoved for safety reasons, andthat other trees removed were ei-ther exotic or invasive species orin a weakened condition.

“It will look exposed for afew years,” Robbins-Fenger ac-knowledged. “We’re planningfor the next 100, 200 years.”

The goal, he said, is forColdwater to be a more naturalpark than the traditional builtMinnehaha Park. Trails will becrushed rock, soil or wood chipsinstead of paved, and it will beprairie instead of mown grass.

“I think this looks reallygood,” commented tour partici-pant Paul Eaves. “It’s rare thatyou get to see developed landreturn to a native state... Five

years from now this will beamazing.”

Visiting ColdwaterVisitors are welcome but areasked to be respectful of the new

prairie plants, which are fragileand can be easily damaged.

The next public previewtours will be held Aug. 8th &Aug. 22nd, 6-7 p.m. Tours beginat the front gate of the site.They’re free, and no reservations

are necessary.Look for volunteer opportu-

nities on Sept. 29th, NationalPublic Lands Day.

Detai l s can be found athttp://www.nps.gov/miss/park-mgmt/bomcurr.htm

The goal is for Coldwater to be a more natural park than the traditional built Minnehaha Park. Trails will becrushed rock, soil or wood chips instead of paved, and it will be prairie instead of mown grass.

Keewaydin parents Greg and Sarah Dutton hosted a farewell gathering tothank Jane Ellis for her years of service as principal of Lake Nokomis Com-munity School, Keewaydin. She leaves MPS to serve as principal at EarleBrown Elementary IB School in Brooklyn Center. Thanked by parents andcommunity members, Ellis (right) is pictured here with: Council MemberSandy Colvin Roy, Nokomis East Neighborhood Association Board Mem-ber and Keewaydin Parents Patty Kendall and Sarah Dutton, and GeorgeJelatis - Keewaydin Addition Steering Committee Member.

Farewell to Principal Jane Ellis

Comment period extended for changes to MTC routesBy JANE MCCLURE

A comment period on MetroTransit bus route service changeswas extended until July 23. Thatallowed more time for comments.

The bus service changes areplanned to help riders better con-nect with the Central Corridorlight rail line. A number of areabus routes are changing in fre-quency, with some routes beingincreased and others being elimi-nated. One concern from area res-idents is the proposal to cut backsome Interstate 94 express bus

service, as it is a well-used connec-tion to the east metro from Min-neapolis neighborhoods. Manyriders like the convenience of con-necting to I-94 via Hiawatha lightrail.

Part of the delay was to allowcomments for people along St.Paul streets where there has notbeen bus service. Metro Transitstaff said that while it isn’t typicalto contact individual propertyowners when a bus route changeis considered, an exception wasmade because of the possibility of

new service. Lexington Parkwayhad bus service north of MarshallAvenue several years ago. Theroute has generated many com-ments during the current com-ment period.

The plans were reviewed July11 by the Central Corridor Man-agement Committee and recom-mended for approval June 29 bythe St. Paul Planning Commis-sion.

One of the biggest changes inarea neighborhoods would be theaddition of a Lexington Parkway

bus. The new line would extendfrom the Como-Snelling intersec-tion, to Energy Park Drive, andthen travel Lexington to Albionand West Seventh streets. Thiswould fill a significant gap in thetransit system, which currently hasno north-south service betweenSnelling Avenue and Dale Street.The route would operate every 30minutes. Many people want a Lex-ington bus, although a few prop-erty owners have raised objec-tions.

There are concerns from St.

Paul city leaders and communitymembers about University Avenuebus changes. The Route 50 expresswould be eliminated and Route16 service cut back. The PlanningCommission is asking that MetroTransit continue to look at Route16 service after light rail beginsoperations, to see if more middaytrips should be added back in. Thecommission also wants more fre-quent service on Route 21 consid-ered, as well as pedestrian andsidewalk improvements along therail line where needed.

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