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Cheri Honkala, Green Party candidate for Vice President, when she was fighting for the rights of homeless people to decent housing in Minneapolis 20 years ago. |
Vote No, twice, at least:
An Election Year Editorial
BY ED FELIEN, Editor/-Publisher of Southside Pride
The Republican legislature proposed two amendments to the State Constitution that must be approved by the voters on Nov. 6. Both deserve to be defeated.
The first limits marriage to a man and woman. This says that same sex couples don’t deserve the same legitimacy and social approval of their loving relationship as heterosexual couples. My wife tells me that marriage is a union recognized by the state that says one partner will take care of the other partner and not leave them at a bus stop or highway rest area. It’s in our collective interest that we recognize as many of these relationships as possible. It’s far better for individuals to look out for other individuals than for the state to look out for all of us.
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The future of the Phillips Pool
BY ED FELIEN
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, at its meeting Wednesday, Oct. 3, will vote on whether to accept a $2.1 million grant to renovate the Phillips Community Pool located in the old Phillips Junior High School building. At the Planning Committee meeting Sept. 19 the motion to accept the grant failed on a 2 to 2 vote.
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Good food, cheap!
BY ED FELIEN
 Do you want to eat healthy without “breaking the bank”? Check out Fare for All, a cooperative food buying program with a new location in South Minneapolis!
Open to everyone, Fare for All sells packages of fresh fruits and vegetables and frozen meats for up to 40% less than grocery store prices. Food sales take place one Wednesday a month at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E. 31st St. Upcoming 2012 distributions include Oct.17, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12.
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Colorwheel Gallery, where art and politics meet
BY JANET CONTURSI
As you walk through the door of the Colorwheel Gallery in South Minneapolis, owner, artist and hair stylist Tammy Ortegon will greet you with a warm smile and an invitation to passionately discuss the state of the world.
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New, rare and wonderful birds
BY JOHN KARRIGAN
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
The last couple (or more?) of months I have started out writing about the odd weather. The weather is still odd (in my opinion), now giving us serious drought conditions. But I will write about birds instead, at least to start with.
After a gap of several years, a rare bird passed through the yard just before sunset, on Sept. 14!! A Ruby-throated Hummingbird!! First I saw a strange small bird shadow moving on the west side of the garage. I could see neither a normal size bird in the yard nor a large bird far away that had made the shadow. I went for a close look and found the hummingbird, quickly checking out small red flowers as it moved through the yard from south to north. The whole event took less than 30 seconds, so it could easily have been missed.
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Minneapolis leads in designing teacher evaluations
I was pleased to hear earlier this week that the Chicago Public Schools reached an agreement with their teachers’ union and students would be returning to school. As a former classroom teacher, principal and now superintendent, it was difficult to watch thousands of already struggling students miss a week of precious class time. It was equally difficult to observe the breakdown of communications among groups whose mission is to keep students front and center.
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The hungry insurgent
BY CHARLEY UNDERWOOD
This month has been an amazing one for gleaning. My neighbors have offered me so many apples, grapes, various veggies and even eggs, that I seem to have neglected my own gardens. Not to mention the black walnuts and acorns and hazelnuts, the wild grains and greens and fruits that grow as weeds near my house. There has just been so much food coming my way that I seriously questioned why I should actually go to the trouble of starting seeds, weeding, watering, harvesting and processing my own food, since I have so much around me that would otherwise be wasted.
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Pride in the south side, plus desire
BY JEANETTE JUNGBAUER
We were all friends growing up in Longfellow. The summer after 8th grade, we recorded an MTV FANatic spoof in our backyard where one girl was the superstar, and the rest of us were the crazy fans dying to be close to her. In a lot of ways, I secretly believed in our fanatic confessions—these friends of mine would be great, there was no doubt. It was only a matter of time.
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From Where I Stand
Israeli and Palestinian women build friendships
Polly Mann selected this article by Michele Chabin, Ms. magazine (Aug. 27, 2012).
One Saturday morning, 15 Jewish Israeli women drove into West Bank Palestinian towns and villages to pick up more than 30 Palestinian women and children carrying pots of homemade food. As cars approached the border checkpoint to Israel the young Israeli soldiers, seeing Israeli license plates and kids in the back seat, waved them through. The Israeli women had just smuggled the Palestinians into Israel.
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The Midtown Global Market has been open since the summer of 2006
Many stores and vendors have been at MGM from the beginning, including Manny’s Tortas, Jakeenos, The Produce Exchange, Café Finspang, La Loma, Holyland and many more.
One of the newest businesses to open in the Market include El Burrito Mercado, a terrific new authentic Mexican grocer located in the southeast corner of MGM, bordering Lake Street and 10th Avenue South. Don’t miss their selection of Mexican Deli foods ready to Heat & Eat or Grab n Go, meats, produce, grocery items and imported gifts and furniture.
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In Memory of Lauren Maker
BY ED FELIEN
Let us not weep for Lauren. She is beyond our tears. Let us grieve for our loss—the loss of a great fighter for a better world. She had an unshakeable faith that the world could be better than it is. But she didn’t just believe in it. She didn’t just hope for it. She went out and worked for it. And she challenged us to work for it, and all of us at some point, no doubt, fell short of her expectations.
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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.
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October
Phillips Powderhorn
Community Calendar
Dedicated teacher needs free space to
continue adult work-career classes
The 40-year-old Life Skills Education program at Sabathani, 3rd Ave. S. and 38th St., closed because its funding was cut. It served adult students, including refugees, immigrants and American-born students who struggle with reading skills. The program was given two months notice and then officially closed in April. The staff stayed on until June, making sure all their records were in order, trying to place students in other programs, and trying to call students to alert them to the changes.
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| Phillips Powderhorn Religious Calendar |
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EVENTS
Blessing of the Animals
—Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Chicago and 31st St.
Blessing of the animals on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
—Thursday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
On 28th Ave. S. between Lake and 31st
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