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Pearl Park is celebrating its sports legacy with the classic baseball film, “Field of Dreams” on Monday, Aug. 20. Bring a blanket and picnic basket and join your neighbors for a movie under the stars. Then, on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 5:30 p.m., come to the Harmon Killebrew Field Dedication and Grand Opening followed by a ceremonial game between the Pearl Ducks and the Pearl Pilots.
Movies at Pearl Park are sponsored in part by PIRC (Pearl Improvement and Recreation Council).
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Occupy Homes arrested on trumped up charges
Occupy Homes MN Press Release: On May 30, 15 community supporters were peacefully arrested at the foreclosed Cruz family home, linking arms and sitting on the front stoop. Though they were originally charged with trespassing, the city decided to escalate the charges. Many of these protesters now face charges of third degree riot, a gross misdemeanor that could lead to a year in prison and a $3,000 fine.
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Why don’t we get to vote on it?
BY ED FELIEN
On May 25 the City Council voted to accept the legislation that authorized the State of Minnesota to collect $150 million in sales taxes generated in the City of Minneapolis to pay for the construction costs of a new Vikings stadium. The $150 million is just the beginning. The total cost with escalating maintenance costs could run from $675 million to $890 million.
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Changing street scene in South Mpls
BY ED FELIEN
There are some big plans for changes to some familiar streets for next month.
Hennepin County is thinking about changing Park and Portland Avenues from three lanes to two with a wider bike lane. The speed limit right now is 35 mph, but traffic regularly goes much faster, and the lights are timed for 38 mph. The city would like to reduce the speed, probably reflecting the desires of the residents, but the county seems committed to keeping the speed limit the same, probably reflecting the views of suburban commuters.
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Local art on display:
Greg Lipelt and Lydia Kulesov
BY JANET CONTURSI
 Greg Lipelt has some advice for Minnesota painters: Lighten up! This man on a mission is urging artists to use more high-key colors and paint for themselves, rather than for the art market. Greg lives in the Bancroft neighborhood, but as a plein air painter his studio is the great outdoors. He spent most of his working life as a commercial illustrator, focusing on precision drawing and catering to demanding clients. Now nearing retirement, Greg paints what he wants,
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August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption
BY BARNABY DEVITT
Catholics throughout the world celebrate August 15 as one of six Holy Days of Obligation. They are required to attend Mass under penalty of mortal sin as they celebrate when Mary, the mother of Jesus, was assumed bodily into heaven.
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“Is there a Ford in your future?”
BY ED FELIEN
Probably not, if you mean a new Ford Ranger truck built at the Highland Park Ford Plant in St. Paul.
“Is there a Ford in your future?” was the popular advertising slogan of Ford through much of the last half of the 20th century. It is a bitterly ironic slogan now as United Auto Workers union members contemplate their future without Ford. For 86 years workers in St. Paul and South Minneapolis built Fords. It was good work, and they had good reasons to be proud of what they did.
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The hungry insurgent
BY CHARLEY UNDERWOOD
This past April, when most gardens still looked like dirt, we were already enjoying green salads picked from our yard. The salads were made from the young leaves of a basswood tree, grape vine, a few dandelion leaves, plantain (a common weed) and a few early sprigs of lettuce from a raised bed in my front yard. With a little salad dressing on top, it was a tasty celebration of early spring.
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WRC goes to Ramsey County welfare office to protest grants
BY KIM DEFRANCO, MEMBER OF WELFARE RIGHTS COMMITTEE
On July 26, 2012, the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) held a kickoff campaign to raise the welfare grants. The MN Family Invest Plan (MFIP)’s grants to families have not been raised since 1986. That’s 26 years of families struggling far below the poverty level. That means 26 years of Minnesota politicians deciding to sentence children to poverty and homelessness.
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A new bridge for Lyndale
 “Down by the old mill stream . . .”
That’s what they used to think of Minnehaha Creek at Lyndale.
According to Brian Johnson in Finance and Commerce, “Before 1892, a flour mill operated in the area along what was then known as Little Falls Creek. Today, there are no visible signs of the mill, which was torn down shortly before the current bridge was built.”
Archeologists combed the area before the new construction to find evidence of the old mill, but, sadly, there have been no startling discoveries of old ruins. The water power from the creek was used to turn a number of mills in the 1880s ...
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Rest in Peace, Lauren Maker
I sent an e-mail to Lauren Maker at 1:25 on Friday, July 27. I’d been working on a writ of mandamus ordering the city to hold a referendum allowing the citizens of Minneapolis to vote on whether to financially support a new Vikings stadium almost nonstop for a week.
I sent it to her knowing she’d give me an honest and expert analysis of its hopes and dreams. After I sent it, I looked through my latest e-mails and found this from Annie Young:
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The Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare: A physician’s perspective
BY ANN SETTGAST
The day the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was upheld by the Supreme Court was ironic for me as a physician. Two of my patients asked me to prescribe medication for uninsured family members: A mother asked me for an inhaler for her adult son with uncontrolled asthma, and another asked me if I could refill her husband’s blood pressure medications for a month or two until he is able to find another job following his lay off. He cannot see his doctor due to his uninsurance.
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August
Nokomis Community Calendar
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dowling Community Garden Anniversary
Dowling Comm-unity Garden, one of two remaining community Victory gardens from World War II, is preparing to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2013. Any person who has stories or pictures from Dowling Comm-unity Garden willing to share them for this occasion is asked to contact the garden at 4736 Coffey Lane, Mpls. 55406, or call 612-722-3072.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Vacation Bible School
Monday to Thursday, Aug. 13 to 16, 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Bethel Lutheran Church
4120 17th Ave. S.
The theme is “Adventures on Promise Island.” Children ages 3 through grade 6 are invited to come play games, hear stories, sing songs, make crafts and have fun while learning about God’s love. There will be a light supper at 5:30 each night for children and families. Everyone is welcome, no cost to participate. Sign up at the church office, or e-mail bethel@bethel-mpls.org, or call 612-724-3693
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