February 2012

Volume 9

Number 2

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St. John Vianney still scheduled to be part of new regional school located in West St. Paul

Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer

The Catholic school consolidation process in South St. Paul has changed since last reported in our December

issue. At that time plans were announced for St. John Vian-ney and Holy Trinity to close their doors at the end of this school year and reopen next fall at the St. John Vianney site as a consolidated school with a new name.

Since then, Holy Trinity parishioners and parents appealed to Archbishop John C. Nienstedt to reconsider its closing,

and he did. Holy Trinity will stay open. St. John Vianney is still slated to close at the end of the current school year. Next fall it will become part of a new regional school, created through the consolidation of St. John Vianney, St. Matthew’s Catholic School on St. Paul’s West Side and St. Michael’s Catholic School in West St. Paul. The regional campus will be located at the St. Michaels site, 337 E. Hurley St., West St. Paul. The name of the new school is yet to be determined. According to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, St. John Vianney has an enrollment of 100, St. Matthew’s has 169 students and St. Michael’s has 92. Holy Trinity has 130 students in Pre-K through grade 8. A common tuition schedule is being formed for the new regional school and tuition assistance will be available.

“Father (John) Echert believes they (Holy Trinity) can in-

crease enrollment and get on good footing,” said Dennis Mc-Grath, spokesperson for the Archdiocese. “Time will tell.”

Although Catholic schools operate independently, they generally receive a good deal of financial support from the Archdiocese. Changing demographics near some of the schools and tough economic times have led the Archdiocese to search for ways to become more fiscally responsible with its funding.

“Putting schools together makes them a lot stronger, and everyone is richer for it,” said McGrath.

He noted that Holy Trinity is being given time to prove itself, but is not sure how much time that will be.

“They have put their oar in the water and everyone is cheering for them to do it,” he said. “It will be quite a chal-lenge.”

Holy Trinity Catholic School wins appeal, will stay open

Photo by J. Cameron Photography

South St. Paul’s gathering place celebrates 10-year anniversary

Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer

For a full decade now, residents from tod-

dlers to senior citizens have found something fun to do at Central Square Commu-nity Center (CSCC), South St. Paul’s gathering place at 100 - 7th Ave. N. The cen-ter is celebrating its tenth

anniversary in February.The 10,000-square-foot

center opened in 2002 with a membership of 154. Cur-rent membership is 827, which when totaling all categories, represents over 1,200 individuals. The South St. Paul School Dis-

trict and city of South St. Paul, which operate the center, tout it as a place that promotes strong minds and healthy bodies. For ex-ample, seniors can socialize at the Senior Center, exer-cise enthusiasts can enjoy the fitness room and indoor pool, and recreational op-portunities abound for kids and youth. CSCC is home to South St. Paul’s Park and Recreation Department, the “Fare For All” food assis-tance program, and is home base for the city’s “Great Halloween Get Together” and “Holidaze” events. Also, if you’ve attended a community meeting in the past, it’s highly likely that it was at CSCC. The center’s Centennial meeting room is occupied about 500 times each year.

A good ‘fit’ for the city

Physical fitness fans make up a huge chunk of the membership. They are at-tracted to the low member-

A decade of fun and fitness at Central Square Community Center

Photo by James Ramsay, jamesramsayphotography.com

Kari Pachl works out on the treadmill at Central Square Community Center. Pachl is a South St. Paul resident and enjoys the center because it allows her to exercise close to home.

CSCC / Page 8

Packers’ Munoz on the precipice of history

John E. AhlstromStaff Writer

On Mar. 5, 2011, South St. Paul High School wres-tling phenom Joey Munoz won his second consecu-tive individual state championship at the Xcel Center in St. Paul. In so doing, he joined Jack Clark, who won back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999, as the only athletes in school history to earn that rare distinction.

The last chapter of the amazing Munoz story is yet to be written. As the senior captain continues to re-write the school record book, his focus is clearly riv-eted on adding a third title to his resume this spring.

Head coach Don Nihart says of Munoz, “His un-common work ethic, his will to succeed and the re-

Munoz / Page 6

Munoz after capturing his 2011 state title.

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Student NotesChristine Tufte of South

St. Paul graduated from Ex-celsior College in Albany, New York.

Swim teams host taco feed and meat raffle

The South St. Paul Boys’ and Girls’ Swim and Dive teams will host their an-nual taco feed, meat raffle and silent auction noon-4 p.m., Sat., Feb 11 at the VFW, 111 South Concord Exchange, South St. Paul.

Volunteers needed

Cerenity Residence 744 - 19th Ave. N., South St. Paul, is seeking volunteers to provide one-on-one visits with seniors, help with ac-tivities, perform music and teach art classes. Staff will help match skills, interests and schedules with volun-teer needs. To volunteer or receive more information, call 651-326-6500 or email SSPVolunteer@bhshealth.org.

Fare for All Express

Fare for All Express will be held 4-6 p.m., Tues., Jan. 31 and Tues., Feb. 28, at Central Square Commu-nity Center, 100 7th Ave. N. Fare for All Express is a program of the Emergency Foodshelf Network that partners with organizations around the Twin Cities metro area, including South St. Paul Central Square Community Center. It is a cooperative food buying program that buys food in bulk directly from whole-salers and passes the sav-ings on to participants. The program can result in a 50 percent savings on monthly groceries by purchasing “ex-press packages.” No advance payment or pre-registration is needed to purchase pack-ages and there is no limit to the number of packages that can be purchased each month. Fare For All is open to everyone. There are no income-based requirements for participation. Participa-tion does not affect eligi-bility to receive assistance from a food shelf. For more information, call 651-306-

3690 or visit www.southst-paul.org.

Park shelters and pavilion reservations

The South St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department is accepting reservations for its three facilities that are available for rent for picnics or special events. Rentals available May 5-Oct. 14 in-clude the shelter at Lorraine Park and the shelter and pa-vilion at Kaposia Park.  All other public picnic facilities are available on a first come, first served basis. For more information, call 651-306-3690.

Off-leash dog area permits

Permits are now avail-able for the Kaposia Land-ing Off-Leash Dog Area, located at 800 Bryant Ave., South St. Paul. This 6.3-acre fenced parcel offers dogs and their owners the only legal area to run, recreate and train without a leash in the city. Users must have a permit to use the park. Cost is $20 for residents and $30

for non-residents. The fee supports ongoing mainte-nance and development of the park. For more informa-tion, visit www.southstpaul.org  or call 651-306-3690.

Outdoor rinks and walking trails

South St. Paul’s outdoor ice skating rinks are now open.  Harmon Rink  has a hockey rink and indoor warming facility. Rinks with hockey, pleasure skating and warming facilities include Lorraine Rink, Jefferson  Rink and Bromley Rink. A pleasure skating rink is lo-cated at Seidls Lake Park, although there is no warm-ing facility at that location. Warming house hours are 4:30-8 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 4:30-8:30 p.m., Fri.; noon-8:30 p.m., Sat.; and 1-6 p.m., Sun.  Special hours apply during holidays and school breaks.

Dakota County removes snow from the 4.5-mile Riverfront Trail, the 1.6-mile Kapoisa Landing trail and the half-mile McMor-row Field Trail. Parking for the Riverfront Trail is avail-

able at the South St. Paul Municipal Service Center, 400 E. Richmond St., and Simons Ravine Trailhead, 1308 N. Concord St. Park-ing for the Kaposia Landing

trail is at Concord Street North and Bryant Avenue, and parking for the Mc-Morrow Field  trail is at South Street and Henry Av-enue.

SSP youth makes acting debutTristian Mason, a 6th grade student at Lincoln Center

Elementary in South St. Paul, made his acting debut re-cently in a film that brings awareness to the issue of do-mestic abuse. He played Hunter in “Raging Gray,” a low-budget, independent film by Ericka Craig that premiered Jan. 19 at the Lagoon Theater in Minneapolis.

Tristian was inspired to start acting by watching Disney’s “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.” This fall, he took a step forward by signing with Privileged Model Management in Bloomington. According to his mother, Alicia, he was ner-vous at first on the set and working with other actors, but described it as “really fun and a good experience.” All of the actors in the film donated their time and skills.

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Library happeningsFor more information on library events, call 651-554-

3240 or visit www.southstpaul.org/library.• Book discussions - February’s title is “Crooked Let-

ter, Crooked Letter” by Tom Franklin. This is the story of two boyhood friends in Mississippi—one white, one black—and a secret between them. One of them is ostra-cized by the town; the other returns to their hometown and becomes a constable. The Wednesday discussion is at 1 p.m., Feb. 8, and the Thursday discussion is at 7 p.m., Feb. 9. Information packets are available at the library’s front desk or on the library’s webpage at www.southst-paul.org/library under Adult Book Discussions.

• Hot Reads for Cold Nights, the free adult reading program, runs through Feb. 25. Participants may read or listen to whatever book they choose and submit a drawing slip for the chance to win prizes. Participants may also win drawing slips by being the first to correctly answer trivia questions on the library’s Facebook page, posted periodically during the program.

• eBook Basics - Learn more about downloading free library eBooks onto your eReader at one of three informational sessions on Feb. 7: 10-10:45 a.m. (iPad), 10:45-11:30 a.m. (Kindle), 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Nook, Kobo, Sony and others). For more information, call Honora at 651-554-3243.

• Internet Basics - A class that offers instruction on the Internet, including navigating a web browser, explor-ing the library’s website, finding information and print-ing web pages, is offered at 10 a.m., Wed., Feb. 15. Reg-istration is required.

• Job resources @ the library - An information ses-sion for job seekers is offered at 10:30 a.m., Tues., Feb. 28. Participants will learn about the job seeking tools available through the library, learn about databases, local resources and more.

• Mini book sale - The library is holding a mini book sale Feb. 29-Mar. 3, featuring children’s and adult mate-rials. Funds raised will benefit the library.

• Storytimes - Baby storytime is offered at 6:30 p.m. each Monday, except Feb. 20, for children age one and under. Family storytime is offered Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. Some storytimes may be followed by a short craft project (all supplies provided).

• Music and Movement - Music and movement classes are held at 10:15 and 11 a.m. each Wednesday in February to help children under age 5 explore music, dance, books and more. Space is limited, so registration is required.

• Paws to R.E.A.D. - Children may register to read to Caesar and Lulu, therapy and reading education as-sistance trained dogs. Caesar will be at the library 4:30-5:15 p.m., Wed., Feb. 8 and 22, and Lulu 7-8 p.m., Thurs. Feb. 9 and 23.

• Best Books of 2011 - On Sat., Feb. 4, 10:30-noon, Youth Services Librarian Amy Commers will present fa-vorite and award-winning books for all ages that were published in 2011.

• Teen Writing Club - Teens ages 12-18 are invited to join the inaugural Teen Writing Club meeting at 3:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 1. This group offers participants the chance to practice writing skills, learn new techniques, read what other teen writers are working on, and hear helpful comments about their own writing.

• Learn to Knit for Teens - Teens ages 12-18 are in-vited to sign up to learn how to knit. Artists from the Textile Center of Minnesota will visit the library three times this winter to offer instruction. Space is limited, so registration is required. Knitting check-in is held 4-5:30 p.m., Fri., Feb. 10.

• Presidents’ Day - The library will be closed Mon., Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents’ Day.

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Floats and Flicks party

A Floats and Flicks party is offered 6-8 p.m., Fri., Feb. 10 and 24, at the Cen-

tral Square Community Center pool, 100 - 7th Ave. N., South St. Paul.  This event, which features swim-ming and a movie shown on a large screen, is for all ages. Cost is $3.25. For more information, call 651-306-3690.

SSP Garden Club presentation

Area gardener and writer Michelle Riedell will speak on “Absolutely Must-Have Annuals and Perennials” at the South St. Paul Garden Club meeting at 7 p.m., Mon., Feb. 6 at the V.F.W., 111 South Concord Ex-change, South St. Paul. The meeting is free and open to the public. The South St. Paul Garden Club is celebrating its 20th anni-versary this year. It has 65 members and has donated several thousands of dollars in recent years to the South St. Paul Educational Foun-dation Dodge Nature Cen-ter Fund. Membership is $15 per year and covers the cost of monthly speakers and social events. For more information, visit www.ssp-gardenclub.org or call Lois at 651-457-3403.

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The Artists’ Quarter of-fers live entertainment throughout the month, in-cluding jazz bands and po-etry nights.

Children’s Museum10 W. Seventh St.St. Paul651-225-6000www.mcm.org

“Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Fa-vorites” is featured through Feb. 5. This exhibit brings children and adults into the world of seven beloved picture books. From the gardens of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” to the urban snowscape of “The Snowy Day” and the tropical island of “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” Storyland engages visitors in early literature adventures.

“Grossology: The (Im-polite) Science of the Human Body” is featured through May 13. Based on the best-selling book “Gros-sology” by Sylvia Branzei, the exhibit helps harness kids’ natural curiosity about themselves and their bod-ies by teaching them about

how the fascinating human body functions.

Tickets are $8.95. Ex-plore the museum free of charge 9 a.m.-5 p.m. the third Sunday of each month.

History Center345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul651-259-3000www.mnhs.org

“1968” is presented through Feb. 20. The year 1968 was a year of extremes: of comedy and tragedy, of love and hate, of lead-ers being gunned down, of violence on the front lines and on the home front, of graceful athletes and pow-erful protests, and of the promise of law and order. In one single year America saw it all and the highlights of that year are featured in this exhibit.

Other exhibits include: “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: The Depres-sion, The War, The Boom,” “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk,” “Weath-er Permitting,” “Grain-land,” and “Home Place Minnesota.”

Museum tickets are $11 for adults, $9 for seniors and college students, and $6 for children ages 6-17. The center offers free ad-mission on Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m.

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“1968: The Year That Rocked the World” is pre-sented through Feb. 19. The History Theatre brings some of the most explosive events and personalities of 1968 to the stage: the war in Vietnam, the assassina-tions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sen. Rob-ert Kennedy, the Mexico Olympics, Lyndon B. John-son and Hubert H. Hum-phrey, the election of Rich-ard Nixon, and even the Apollo 8 mission broadcast on Christmas Eve. These events are surrounded by the unforgettable music of the era and pop culture that entertained and reflected

on a world in chaos. Tick-ets are $34-$38 for adults; discounts for seniors and children.

Sample Night Live, a sampling of local produc-tions, is featured at the His-tory Theatre at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. The format features 12 acts per night, including theater, film, dance, improv, visual arts, folk and opera. The next performance is Feb. 1. Tickets are $20.

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• St. Paul City Ballet will perform at 1 p.m., Sun., Feb. 12.

• Scottish Ramble is featured Feb. 18-19. Enjoy bagpipe music, dance com-petitions, shopping, infor-mative lectures and tradi-tional music. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.; noon-5 p.m., Sun. Tickets are $5 adults and $3 for kids and seniors.

• Rose Ensemble, an internationally award-win-ning choir, will present a free concert at 4 p.m., Sun., Feb. 26.

• Winter Carnival: Fam-ily Day events are featured Sun., Feb. 4 in the Musser Cortile; 9-5 p.m.; FREE. 

• Ballet Tuesday - St. Paul City Ballet offers a free ballet program at noon, Tues., Feb. 14. For more information, call 651-690-1588.

• Courtroom Concert - The Schubert Club hosts a free Courtroom Concert se-ries at noon each Thursday in February, except Feb. 2. This month’s concerts will celebrate early music. For more information, call 651-292-3267.

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I’m writing this during that slow week between Christ-mas and the start of the New Year, a week when much of the world seems to pause and take a deep breath as we get ready for what’s to come. There’s less traffic because many people take the week off. Schools are not in session. The frantic pace we were on between Thanksgiving and Christ-mas is over. At least for now, everything moves at a slower pace.

During this week I think of the stories I heard about or witnessed over last few weeks that seem to happen each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but that hap-pen infrequently enough during the rest of the year that when we hear of them we call them “random acts of kind-ness.” They are unexpected, out-of-the-blue acts in which someone does something for someone else with no expec-

tation of anything in return, and often anonymously. This year we heard about “Saint Grand,” someone who

went across the northern part of the Twin Cities metro area stuffing $100 bills, 10 at a time, into Salvation Army pots. We heard about people who went to retrieve the items they had on lay-away at a chain discount store only to find that someone had paid their bill and the items were theirs to take with no further cost.

Closer to home were the hundreds of individuals, groups and businesses that adopted families through the Neigh-bors Adopt-A-Family or Senior program and made Christ-mas very special for many families. Hundreds of others donated new toys, clothing and gifts for Neighbors to use in our Love Your Neighbor program, and our volunteers worked hard to serve every family that asked for assistance at Christmas.

There were also the wonderful folks at Catch-A-Tan, who on one weekend in December gave a free tanning ses-sion to anyone who donated a new toy or made a financial contribution to its toy drive. And there’s the cast and crew of “It’s A Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Show” at the St. Paul Hotel, who for the third year in a row put on a benefit performance to raise funds for Neighbors.

It seemed as if there was a story of a “great random act of kindness” on the news every night these last few weeks, but they were the “big acts of kindness” that caught the media’s attention. For each of these “big acts” there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of smaller acts that go unnoticed to

nearly everyone except the people who benefit from them. For example, the couple at a local restaurant who quietly paid the bill for a family of four sitting across the room and left before the waitress told the family that their bill had been paid in full, or the young man who saw an older person struggling with her grocery cart and who quietly of-fered his help, pushed the cart to her car, put the groceries in the trunk, returned the cart to the cart corral and wished her a Merry Christmas as he walked away.

These are examples of what we think of as “random acts of kindness.” But what if each of us made an effort to elimi-nate the randomness? What if we all decided that 2012 would be the year of “conscious” acts of kindness? Think about the difference it would make if everyone who reads this column did one conscious act of kindness every week for an entire year, actually go out of the way to do some-thing nice for someone else with no thought of receiving anything in return, not even a thank you.

And what if, as a result, just a quarter of the people helped by our conscious acts of kindness decided that they, too, would pay it forward and do something nice for some-one else? Why, pretty soon we could have the majority of the people in our community doing these conscious acts of kindness for others on a weekly basis.

Of course, if we each do something like this every week for 12 months, by the end of the year it will have become a habit, part of the fabric of our lives. And our community and the world will be a better place for it!

Jennifer L. Gale, president

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spect he has earned from his teammates make him very special. He is certainly the most successful athlete in the history of our wrestling program.”

Nihart is in his ninth sea-son as head coach. He was a member of the Augsburg College wrestling team that captured Division III national championships in 1995 and 1997, and he taught and coached at Farmington High School before taking over the South St. Paul program in 2003.

The 2011-12 squad has compiled a 14-2 dual meet record, and Nihart believes it is the deepest and most balanced he has coached during his tenure at South St. Paul.

“We have at least eight kids who have an opportu-

nity to earn a number one or number two seed in the 3AA sectional qualifying tournament,” he said. The top two finishers in that event will advance to the state tournament, held Mar. 1-3 at the Xcel Center.

Those who are expected to be in the hunt for state tournament berths include seventh-grader Ryan Duffy (106), sophomore Preston Woods (heavyweight), ju-niors Andy Jackson (138) and Austen Bauer (152), and seniors Ryan Doree (145), Matt Mason (160), Pat Rosvold (195) and Mu-noz (132).

As of press time, Munoz had compiled a 14-0 re-cord this season, including twelve pins. He is currently ranked #1 in the state at 132 pounds. In the pro-cess, he has shattered every meaningful school record, including most varsity matches, most wins, most

pins and most state tourna-ment appearances (four and counting).

Wrestling is a passion that runs deep in the Munoz family. Joey’s father, Mike, and his uncles were an in-tegral part of the Humboldt High School wrestling pro-gram that dominated the sport three decades ago.

“I picked it up in kin-dergarten,” said Joey. “My older brothers were wres-tling and I wanted to be like them.”

He captured his first championship at the age of seven in the 2000 Northern Youth Wrestling Associa-tion tournament, and wres-tled his first varsity match as a seventh-grader.

“I wrestled in the 103 pound weight class,” he said, “and I could barely reach the minimum weight of 89 pounds!”

He and his two brothers have combined for ten state

tournament appearances while wrestling for South St. Paul High School. Mike was there three times and placed third in his senior season (2007). Jesse also made the trip three times, finishing runner-up in 2011. Joey’s first state ap-pearance was as an eighth grader in 2008 (he finished fifth), and his intention is to make it five years in a row in March.

Munoz gushes with su-perlatives when reflecting on his wrestling career and those who have touched his life in the process.

“First and foremost,” he said, “my family (which includes two older sisters) has been with me all the way and no one has been more instrumental than all of them for my develop-ment as a wrestler and as a person.”

What about Coach Ni-hart?

“He is a great coach,” he said. “He is responsible for turning this program around. We have 40 guys working hard in the wres-tling room now and he is the one who deserves credit for that. He keeps me fo-cused and I owe so much to him.”

When asked about his fondest memories of South St. Paul High School he said, “There are so many, but being a part of the foot-ball team last fall was really special.” Munoz gave up football after ninth grade as his preoccupation with his destiny on the wrestling mat continued to consume more of his time.

“My friends kept telling me I should play my se-nior year and I am so glad I listened to them,” he said. Munoz, 5’ 4”, was a starting cornerback on that rugged Packer defense. He said he

was able to get his weight up to 148 pounds by “force-feeding” himself nutritional supplements. And it paid off for him. “I have a lot of great memories,” he added, “but none bigger than our win over St. Thomas Acad-emy in the section finals.”

For Munoz, the future burns bright, and to no one’s surprise he has received considerable attention from college wrestling programs from coast to coast. All of that, he explained, will take care of itself in due time.

For now, his focus and attention are fixated on his next opponent and his next match. He is determined to do what no other South St. Paul High School wrestler has ever done and that is to bring home a third state title. It would be a crown-ing achievement to an illus-trious career.

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Gearing up for a busy year We’re gearing up for another busy and eventful year.

Here are some events and activities to watch for in 2012. Join the Mayor’s Youth Task Force for South St. Paul’s

Winter S’no’w Carnival on Jan 28. Start the afternoon at 12:30 p.m. with a medallion hunt. Register your team at Central Square 12:30-1 p.m. and follow the digital clues to find the medallion. At 1 p.m., join the task force at Jef-ferson Park for skating, sledding, carnival games, treats and outhouse races. A SSP Winter Carnival Medallion button

is needed to join the fun. Buttons will be available at the carnival.

In February, the task force will be back in the studio film-ing another episode of FYI – For Youth Information. We are accepting nominations for the Youth Spotlight Award. If you know of a youth that is deserving of the award, con-tact Deb Griffith at deb.griffith@southstrpaul.org for a nomination form.

In March, the task force will be hosting a community-wide food drive to benefit Neighbors, Inc. We are challeng-ing the schools to see which school can collect the most non-perishable food items. In addition, the task force will be co-sponsoring “Look What I Can Do” talent show at the high school.

On April 19, we’ll take part in the River and Park Beau-tification Project. Volunteers are needed to help clean the Mississippi River and local parks. The event will be fol-lowed by an ice cream social.

In May, we’ll be back in the studio filming another epi-sode of FYI, highlighting summer activities. During the summer months, Swimming Under the Stars will be of-fered 8-10 p.m., Wednesday evenings at Northview Pool. Also taking place on Wednesday evenings is Sounds of South St. Paul, held at Central Square. This event is made possible from a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

In August, the task force will sponsor the Fill the Back-pack campaign. Our goal is to fill more than 200 backpacks to make sure all South St. Paul students who need back-packs and supplies will receive them.

September will take us back to school and we’ll gear up for a new school year and activities.

On the Road Again and Halloween activities, including

the Annual Halloween party for grades 5 and 6, the Hal-loween Skate at Wakota Arena and the Great Halloween Get Together, will keep the task force busy in October.

In November, we’ll be “Recycling Pumpkins, the Task Force Way” and heading up Random Acts of Kindness month as part of the 125th Birthday of the city of South St. Paul.

In December, we’ll kick off the holiday season off with the Annual Holidaze in South St. Paul, including the Hat and Mitten Drive. We’ll also assist the Southwest Lioness with their Santa Store and host the annual Skate with Santa event at Wakota Arena.

Each year, the task force incorporates a theme into its activities throughout the year. Past topics have been un-derage drinking and Going Green. This year, the issue be-ing highlighted is childhood obesity. In the United States, approximately 17 percent of children and adolescents age 2-19 are obese, or 12.5 million youth. Since 1980, obesity among children and adolescents has almost tripled, accord-ing to the Center for Disease Control and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The task force will be looking at ways to address childhood obesity and find solutions to the problem. Additionally, the task force will be working on a “No Texting and Driving” campaign and stressing the importance of buckling up.

This is just a snapshot of what we’ll be doing this year. If you are in grades 5-12 and are looking for ways to get involved in the community, or if you want to learn more about the task force, visit www.southstpaul.org and click on Mayor’s Youth Task Force or contact Deb Griffith, com-munity affairs liaison, at deb.griffith@southstpaul.org or 651-554-3230.

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Your community news and information sourceB ack in Time

Lois GlewweContributor

As the city of South St. Paul celebrates 125

years of history in 2012, we have an opportunity to both review the City’s Centennial Celebration in 1987 and look at what has occurred in the city in the past two and a half decades. Last month I wrote about the South St. Paul Centennial Com-mission and its role in the year-long celebration of the city’s birthday. This month I will discuss the publica-tion of the 528-page history of South St. Paul that was published by the South St. Paul Chapter of the Dakota County Historical Society.

The chapter began work on the book in 1984 in anticipation of publish-ing a history of the city for the 1987 Centennial. Each member of the group was assigned a general area of re-search and began gathering newspaper articles, compil-ing chronologies and assem-bling a collection of docu-ments that would form the basis for a published book.

Families were asked to sub-mit their own photos and stories, and retired amateur photographer Mervle Nor-man began making copy prints of the pictures as they were submitted.

The chapter hired me in April 1986 to serve as the editor and designer of the book. Josten’s, best known for its work on high school yearbooks, was chosen as the publishing outlet. Jos-ten’s provided me with a computer, one of the first in South St. Paul City Hall. It was an Apple 2E and included word processing software; desktop publish-ing software did not yet ex-ist.

For today’s authors and designers, digital photo-graphs, scanners and email make publishing and print-ing quick and efficient. In 1987, that wasn’t the case. I had to take all of the assem-bled files and photos that the chapter accumulated and bring some kind of or-ganization and background to the featured stories. I recall reading and notat-ing every single city coun-

cil meeting from March of 1887 to the present time in order to document elec-tions, major ordinances and business owners men-tioned. I also spent hours in the census records of 1850-1895 to document specific residents of the city over the decades. One of the most important sources of infor-mation was phone books; the first one was printed in 1915. Those directories helped me document long-forgotten businesses and families that were no longer in the city but had played important roles in the early years of the community.

The people of South St. Paul were the greatest source of information, providing original photographs, fam-ily stories, business histories and personal diaries that en-riched and added depth and interest to the published history. Over the course of a year, more than 1,500 pho-tographs were submitted, re-photographed, printed and filed with negatives and captions.

Once a chapter of the book was ready to be writ-

ten, I typed everything into the computer, always track-ing the word count because I had to keep a possible lay-out and design in my head while I wrote. I then sent a 5-1/4-inch floppy disk to Josten’s, and in about two weeks I received back a long single column of printed type that could be 20-40 feet in length. I had to manually use 11”x17” layout sheets to design ev-ery page of the book, cut-ting and pasting the type to fit into columns and adding photos (cropped on the original print with an orange wax pen) and cap-tions, page numbers, page headings and chapter titles. The finished layouts were mailed to Josten’s with spe-

cific deadlines for every 100 pages. Proofs were returned within a few weeks and Chapter members would come in and read every word and catch any edits deemed important enough to pay for the changes.

The first printing of 1,000 copies of the “South St. Paul Centennial, 1887-1987” arrived in March, 1987. Five more printings were ordered by August of that year when over 14,000 people descended on the city to celebrate the All-Class, All-City, All-Family Reunion. The book has now been out of print for many years but I still get phone calls almost every month from someone searching for a copy. I always tell them

to check online at Amazon and Alibris and to visit ga-rage and estate sales. The most expensive edition I’ve ever seen was in a rare book-store in Northfield, Minn., for $150. I still hear of peo-ple who pick up a copy at a local garage sale for a couple of bucks.

For a project that was begun by a faithful and dedicated group of histori-ans in an era before digital imaging, scanning or the Internet, the South St. Paul Centennial history book remains a treasured collec-tion of photos, stories and memories that has inspired another generation of resi-dents to embrace the rich history of our unique com-munity.

The South St. Paul Chapter of the Dakota County Historical Society began its work on the publication of the city’s history in 1984. Pic-tured are (front row, left to right): Mervle Norman, Gladys Schumacher, James Blair, Mary Kaliszewski, Myrtle Allen, Anna-Marie Bistodeau and Ellen Carter. Back row: Eleanore Matczynski, Tom Kaliszewski, Kathy Waldron, David Bester, James Cashman, Ray Allen, Ed Oster, Robert Bohrer, Ed Horst and Joe Schumacher. Not pictured are Alta Brown, Francis Miller and Don Spavin.

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From the beginning exer-ciser to the intense workout buff, CSCC offers a vari-ety of classes and equip-ment to meet their needs. The fitness room has 12 new pieces of Freemotion Strength Equipment, and 19 new Cardio Equipment Machines that are designed to get the blood pumping in even the most ardent ex-ercise aficionado. Certified instructors teach a variety

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