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Native American mother and child look at Coldwater Spring and hope that in the future it will be known as a sacred site.
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Coldwater: The new history
BY SUSU JEFFREY
“We begin history here in 1820,” John Anfinson said in a KFAI radio interview.
Chief of natural and cultural resources for the National Park Service (NPS), Anfinson is the architect of the Coldwater Park redux.
In 1820, U.S. soldiers took possession of Coldwater Springs and harvested limestone out of the Mississippi gorge to build Fort Snelling. They harvested oaks for firewood.
Dakota people showed Mni Owe Sni (water-spring-cold) to Lt. Col. Henry Leavenworth, who had lost 20% of his troops the previous winter due to unsanitary practices at their camp on the Minnesota side of the confluence.
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Jill Stein rocks the boat
BY ED FELIEN
It was looking like a sleepy political season. Gentle and predictable waves were washing against the small ship of state, and, then, Jill Stein jumped into the boat and the boat started rocking!
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Batman, The Joker, Nazis and the culture of violence in America
BY ED FELIEN
“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” Oscar Wilde
 Should we blame the Batman movies for the tragedy in Aurora? After murdering the people in the movie theater, James Holmes put his guns in his car and calmly told the police, “I’m the Joker.” He had booby-trapped his apartment so that anyone entering it would have set off massive explosions probably killing many more people. This begins to sound like “The Dark Knight,” where The Joker blew up a hospital because he was frustrated in getting revenge.
What explains the perverse pathology of The Joker? At one point in the movie he says he mutilated himself in sympathy with his wife who had been scarred by a knife, but later he says: “You wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual.
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MAC pares back forecasts, proposes MSP expansion anyway
BY DICK SAUNDERS
The Metropolitan Airports Commission’s crystal ball was a little cloudier two years ago, but this month MAC is predicting less passenger traffic in the coming two decades, guessing that economic demand won’t grow as fast as projected. Cost-cutting reduced passenger capacity, and high fares are producing nice margins for the major airlines today. Business and leisure travelers are traveling less in the face of changes in airline operating strategies and persistently high aircraft fuel prices. Airlines and air travelers were hit hard by the recession, but opinions differ now: Is the slow economic recovery the cause or the result of the shrinking seat supply?
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Attend to Achieve: Attendance is key to our students’ success
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Dr. Bernadeia H. Johnson
Superintendent of Schools |
As we begin another school year in MinneapolisPublic Schools, I am pleased to report that we are off to a great start.
We are excited about this year’s priorities, which will help us continue to improve teaching and learning in our schools. One of those priorities is the launch of our new attendance campaign, Attend to Achieve. We know that attendance is critical to student success, but far too many of our children are not attending school as regularly as they should. We know that students need to attend school to achieve in school.
Study after study proves that being in school leads to succeeding in school. The Attend to Achieve campaign supports our goal for all students to attend school at least 95% of the time.
Students who attend school at least 95% of the time:
•Are one-and-a-half times more likely to be on track to graduate on time
•Perform better in math and reading
•Have fewer suspensions
•Are less likely to fail a class
•Are more likely to achieve their dreams and enroll in college
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The hungry insurgent
BY CHARLEY UNDERWOOD
For a gardener or forager, this time of year is just crazy busy. It seems like every plant in the universe has conspired to come ripe at the same minute, demanding your attention. The tomatoes are ready all at once. The corn should have been picked two days ago. It’s time to turn the basil into pesto before the first frost kills it. Busy, busy, busy.
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Annual Fall Festival "A Taste of 48th"
Saturday September 29th 2012 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
on 48th street between Columbus and Elliot Avenues
BRING THE FAMILY TO 48TH AND CHICAGO FOR A “A TASTE OF 48TH.” THE SOUTH CHICAGO AVENUE BUSINESS ALLIANCE (SCABA) AND SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL BE HOSTING SIDEWALK SALES AND EVENTS ALL DAY! ONE-DAY SALE ITEMS FOR ALL YOUR FALL SHOPPING AND HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING NEEDS.
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September
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Adult Enrichment Classes at Roosevelt High School
Minneapolis Community Education’s Adult Enrichment fall classes start Monday, Sept. 24. Cooking classes include biscotti, fondue, condiments, Caribbean cuisine and Minnesota produce, as well as dairy and gluten free flavors. Classes are also available on car repair, starting a business, completing your will, blogging, or selling your home.
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Vote NO
A group of 150 clergy gathered at the entrance to the fairgrounds to speak out against the proposed constitutional amendment that would limit the freedom to marry for committed, same-sex couples in Minnesota.
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September 2012 
