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Volume 32, No. 3
April 2019
daytonsbluffdistrictforum.org
“The Voice of the Community”
2019 Minneapolis &Saint Paul Home Tour
comes to Dayton's Bluff
Karin DuPaulForum Staff
The annual Minneapolis & St. PaulHome Tour will take place on Satur-day, April 27, from 10:00 a.m. to5:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 28,from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Duringthe home tour, many residents in bothMinneapolis and St. Paul open theirhomes to the public to showcase thethings they love about city living. Thisyear the tour includes 216 Bates Av-enue, which was on the tour last yearand has been beautifully renovated bya young couple who chose Dayton’sBluff to be their home. Also featured is735 Margaret Street, which is in theprocess of being brought back to itsoriginal beauty and will soon be look-ing for a new owner.
Dayton’s Bluff has so many wonder-ful homes that each year only six toeight are chosen to be featured on the
tour. Also highlighted is the neighbor-hood's close proximity to downtownSt. Paul, Metro State University, beau-tiful parks, a growing business com-munity, the views of the city and theMississippi River, and the many out-standing housing options Dayton'sBluff has to offer.
General tour brochures can be pickedup at the Dayton's Bluff Library onEast 7th Street in mid-April. Dayton’sBluff neighborhood-specific tourbrochures can be picked up at any ofthe homes on the tour during tourhours. Many people visit on the touryear after year to see what’s up inDayton’s Bluff. They appreciate thevaried architectural styles of thehomes, the beautiful parks, and theneighborhood people they meet whiletouring. Some visitors like it here sowell that they have made Dayton'sBluff their home.
The tour is hosted by the Minneapo-lis & St. Paul Home Tour organization,the cities of Minneapolis and SaintPaul, and Dayton’s Bluff CommunityCouncil. For more information contactKarin at 651-776-0550 or [email protected].
Dayton’s BluffCommunity Council804 Margaret StreetSt. Paul, MN 55106
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7th Annual CABARET!
Karin DuPaulForum Staff
The 7th Annual CABARET! was heldon Friday, March 8, at the HistoricMounds Theatre. The audience enjoyeda wonderful mix of singing, music, com-edy, poetry, and even a Swede Hollowstory! It was truly a celebration of talentwith East Side roots. The judges werelively and engaging, the silent auctionfeatured an impressive array of itemsgenerously donated from local business-es, and VIP Bingo introduced new faceswho are now working on next year'sCABARET! and the upcoming Art in theHollow festival, happening on Satur-day, June 1, 2019.
The evening's entertainment includedsingers Paul Garling and Company, JohnKnowles, Meah Ismail, Alan J. Hawk,Mr. D, Rashad 502, and Jimmy the GreatSinger. Other acts included Bboy Kreaux& Crew Breakdancers, poet MichaelPernosil, Swede Hollow storyteller Nan-cy Sanchelli Guertin, and rapping poet
Dan Triple E. Glo Martin (DJ Huh?What) was the DJ and talent coordinator,and Kevin Whitby served as MC.
A special thank you to communitybusinesses who donated to Friends ofSwede Hollow for this year'sCABARET! They incude Kendall’s AceHardware, Assisted Healing Center,Brunson's Pub, Caydence Records,Cookie Cart, Flat Earth Brewery, GoatCoffeehouse, Jerry's Roses, Karibu Deli,Key's Café, La Palma Grocery & Deli,Magnolia's, Obb’s Sports Bar and Grill,Port and Starboard, Santa Fe CoffeeShop, Swede Hollow Café, Tongue andCheek, and Yarusso Brothers.
CABARET! is a fundraiser for thisyear’s 10th Annual Art in the Hollow artfestival in Swede Hollow Park. TheCABARET! and Art in the Hollow areprograms of the Friends of Swede Hol-low, a nonprofit organization that worksto restore and protect the park, celebrat-ing Swede Hollow history, and hostingevents honoring Swede Hollow Park andthe neighborhood. For more informationabout Art in the Hollow, [email protected] call 651-776-0550.
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Winning act Bboy Kreaus & Crew Breakdancers wowed the crowd at the Historic Mounds Theatre with their performance at CABARET! on Friday, March 8, 2019.
Steve Trimble
Dancers performing at the Azteca Mexica New Year Festival at Johnson High School on Saturday, March 16. The annual, family-friendly cultural festival celebrates the indigenous diversity of the Twin Cities. Guests enjoyed a traditional Aztec/Mexica dance ceremony honoring the Aztec Mexica New Year, created stamp art inspired by Aztec/Mexica symbols, played games, won prizes, viewed a display of Mexica art created by Saint Paul Public School students, and took part in a community feast.
Coming soon: 10th
Annual Art in the Hollow
Karin DuPaulForum Staff
Calling all artists and entertainers!The 10th Annual Art in the Hollowtakes place on Saturday, June 1, from10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in Swede Hol-low Park. Openings remain for artists,artisans, and performers. Sign up onFacebook or at www.artinthehol-low.org. The fee for artists to display is$15. There is no fee for performers,who will be selected based on talent,variety, and local roots.
Art in the Hollow will include a tem-porary environmental sculpture con-test. Entry is $15, and concepts meet-ing safety criteria will be erected theday of the festival. Three cash prizeswill be awarded. Don't miss your
chance to make a statement with pub-lic art! No previous experience or cre-dentials required. Apply by May 1, atwww.artinthehollow.org.
There will be artists in a variety ofmedia demonstrating and selling theirworks, and performers from around theglobe on stage in the heart of magicalSwede Hollow Park. Scores of com-munity members come together tomake this happen, and volunteers arerewarded with a breakfast at the begin-ning of the day and a party with theartists afterward. For more informationon volunteering to be a part of thiswonderful celebration of talent go towww.artinthehollow.org or contactKarin DuPaul at 651-776-0550 [email protected].
To exhibit, perform, or enter thesculpture contest, sign up atwww.artinthehollow.org. Art in theHollow is free and open to all.
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Dayton’s Bluff Take-a-Hike
On the second Saturday of mostmonths, the Dayton’s Bluff Take-a-Hikewill begin at Indian Mounds Park, atEarl Street and Mounds Boulevard, at10:30 a.m. The next hike will be onSaturday, April 13. The hike is approx-imately one and a half to two hours longand will end at Swede Hollow Park orEast Side Heritage Park, depending onthe desire of the hikers. Share and learna little history along the way! [email protected] or call 651-776-0550 for more information.
Friends of Swede Hollow
Watch over, restore, and celebrate thehistory of Swede Hollow Park. Join theSwede Hollow community at theirmonthly meeting on Thursday, April 4,at 6:30 p.m. Email [email protected] or call 651-776-0550 for moreinformation and the meeting’s location.
Dayton's Bluff DistrictForum Board Meeting
The Forum is seeking writers andhelp with online content, idea genera-tion, and ad sales – join us at our nextmeeting on Friday, April 5, at 1:00p.m., at Swede Hollow Cafe at 725 E.7th Street. Call 651-776-0550 or [email protected] more information.
Police Community Meetings
The Eastern District Saint Paul Policewill host their monthly meetings forcommunity members at the Eastern Dis-trict Police Office at 722 Payne Avenue,on the corner of Payne and Minnehaha.
The next meetings are on Wednes-day, April 17, at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Meetings are intended to be a timeto listen to and address concerns aboutcrime and other issues on the East Side.
SNAP Food Program atCLUES (Comunidades
Latinas Unidas En Servicio)
¿Necesita más comida saludable parala familia? El programa SNAP le puedeayudar. SNAP proporciona fondos paraalimentos que benefician a familias deescasos recursos.
Aún si no es ciudadano, si tiene hijosnacidos en este país ellos podrían cali-ficar. Participar en el programa SNAPno afectará su estatus migratorio.
¡Llame a CLUES para saber si califi-ca! 612-746-3500. Nuestro personal bil-ingüe puede facilitar el proceso parausted y su familia.
Need healthy food for your family?The SNAP program provides funds forlow-income families to buy food. Evenif you are not a citizen, your childrenborn in this country could qualify. Par-ticipation in the SNAP program won'taffect their immigration status.
Call CLUES to find out if you qualifyat 612-746-3500. Our bilingual staff canfacilitate the process for your family.
Twin Cities Mobile Market
The Twin Cities Mobile Market is agrocery store on wheels that brings af-fordable, healthy food directly intoneighborhoods. The Mobile Marketstops at Parkway Gardens Apartments,located at 1145 Hudson Road, onWednesdays, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00p.m.
Saturday, April 13: Midwest All-Star Wrestling returns to the MoundsTheater for MAW Live: PROMISES,PROMISES! And, as always, Heel TurnRadio will be calling all the actionLIVE from the Haunted Balcony. Doorsopen at 6:00 p.m. and the show kicks offat 7:00 p.m. Tickets: General admission(in advance): $9 adults, $7 kids; Generaladmission (at the door): $12 adults, $8kids; VIP preferred seating (in advance):$15 adults, $10 kids; VIP preferred seat-ing (at the door): $15 adults, $10 kids.
Saturday, May 4: Midwest All-StarWrestling. Details to be announced.
Weekends, May 10-25: FearlessComedy Productions presents: Rosen-crantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Visit moundstheatre.org for more in-formation on upcoming events. TheHistoric Mounds Theatre is located at1029 Hudson Road, St. Paul, MN55106; 651-772-2253; [email protected].
April at the Dayton'sBluff Library
The following events take place atthe Dayton’s Bluff library, 645 EastSeventh Street, Saint Paul:
Saturdays, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m., Games and Maker Space in theFunZONE! Play computer games likeMinecraft, and enjoy other hands-on funin the Zone.
Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 p.m. to8:00 p.m., Dayton's Bluff Book Club;join the club in reading a mix of fictionand non-fiction from a diverse collec-tion of authors, many with local set-tings. Discussions focus on socialjustice, anti-racism, and equity. A lightdinner is provided as well as a free copyof the book.
Contact Emily at the Dayton's BluffLibrary or stop in to sign up and receivenext month's book selection.
Tuesday, April 9, from 6:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m., Teens Know Best! Teenshave exclusive access to books beforethey are published.
This group meets on the second Tues-day of every month to share opinionsand pizza. Teens Know Best memberswrite reviews of the books they read.The reviews are submitted to the pub-lishers to help guide their decisions.
Did you know that you can check outboard games at the library? Library visi-tors can play the games in the library orcheck them out for two weeks. The fulllist of games can be viewed athttp://bit.ly/MetroGames and all areavailable to the public.
For information about these and otherevents check sppl.org or call 651-793-1699. The Dayton's Bluff Library sharesits home with Metropolitan State Uni-versity at 645 East 7th Street.
Wish List Care Packages
Help East Side Elders distribute food,hygiene items, and more to seniors on theEast Side by shopping their Amazon WishList!
Visit www.amazon.com/registry/wish-list/3KK0O1OGFO5NJ. You can havethese much-needed items sent right toour office. From there, our team of vol-unteers will distribute them to seniors inneed.
With the help of supporters like you,we are able to supply groceries and per-sonal care items to seniors in the com-munity, at no charge to them. Theseitems help stretch their monthly budgetsand give them access to healthy foodand much-needed personal care prod-ucts. Donations can also be dropped offat our office: East Side Elders, 463Maria Avenue Suite 201, St. Paul, MN55106. A printable wish list can also befound on our website.
Grocery Shopping
Did you know that East Side Elderscan help you and your loved one withgrocery shopping? We want to be part ofyour support team!
Let East Side Elders take a chore offyour long to-do list! To get help withgrocery shopping, simply give us a callat 651-683-2326 or email us at [email protected] with a detailedlist. From there, we put a call out to ourgrocery shopping team and schedule aday and time that works for you and thevolunteer for delivery.
Grocery shopping is a donation-basedservice. Donate what you can for theconvenience of not having to head outto the store. Reimbursement for the gro-ceries can be done directly with the vol-unteer - they will bring you a receiptwhen they make their delivery.
Business Classes
The Dayton’s Bluff NeighborhoodMicroentrepreneur class helps start-upand young businesses on the East Side.All East Side entrepreneurs are wel-come. Class training lasts 12 weeks andincludes topics such as operations man-agement, marketing, financial manage-ment, one-on-one assistance withcreating a successful business, and de-veloping a business plan, plus eighthours of one-on-one assistance with cre-ating and preparing a business plan.
Those who successfully complete thecourse are eligible for ongoing businesssupport services (they don’t have to lo-cate their business in target neighbor-hoods to be eligible).
The course is sponsored by the Day-ton’s Bluff Community Council and theNeighborhood Development Center.There is a small registration fee basedon a sliding scale. Class size is limited,so sign up now. Please call the trainingdepartment at 651-379-8113.
Free Help for East Side Pets
The Animal Humane Society’s Com-munity Outreach program offers specialclinics for pets on the East Side. Theevents provide free wellness exams,vaccines, nail trims, spay/neuter ap-pointment scheduling, guidance fromthe AHS behavior team and St. Paul An-imal Control, free pet food, and more.
For information on upcoming eventsand locations call 651-788-4685 or visithttp://animalhumanesociety.org/out-reach-services-frogtown-and-east-st-paul.
Summer Employment
Ramsey County Parks and Recreationis currently hiring lifeguards for the2019 beach and water park season. Posi-tions are available at Battle Creek Wa-terworks water park and the county’sfive guarded swimming beaches. All po-sitions are full-time throughout theaquatics season, which begins Saturday,June 8.
Learn more and apply online athttps://www.ramseycounty.us/content/lifeguard-applications-2019-now-open?
Swimming not your thing? The Pondsat Battle Creek and Goodrich golf cour-ses are currently hiring for the 2019 golfseason. Positions include: Golf shopstaff, bartenders, grill staff, beveragecart attendants, and junior golf volunteerinstructors. Learn more and apply onlineat www.golfbattlecreek.com/apply.
Swede Hollow Bird Walk
Come see and learn about the manydifferent birds in beautiful Swede Hol-low Park. On Saturday, May 4, at 9:00a.m., meet at Drewry Lane and Beau-mont, just southeast of Payne and Min-nehaha. Kathy Sidles will lead the walkand help find the birds. In addition tovisual sightings, Kathy will teach us“Birding by Ear” identification. If youhave binoculars please bring them. Visitthe Friends of Swede Hollow Facebookpage or call 651-776-0550 for up-dates. The Swede Hollow Park BirdWalk is a FREE event and all are wel-come!
Monthly Grocery Giveaway
Join Mounds Park United MethodistChurch, 1049 Euclid Street, from 10:00a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27, toreceive free groceries. Grocery Give-away is hosted by Dayton's Bluff Com-munity Services in partnership withMounds Park United Methodist Church.
Citywide Spring Parks Cleanup
Join forces with family, friends, andneighbors for the 33rd Annual CitywideSpring Cleanup on Saturday, April 27,from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Each year, hundreds of volunteersgather across Saint Paul to pick upgarbage, litter, and trash that has recent-ly become exposed due to the meltingsnow. Individuals and groups of all agescome together to help beautify the cityof Saint Paul.
Participating is easy! Register athttps://www.stpaul.gov/departments/parks-recreation/natural-resources/volun-teer-resources/volunteer-events-calen-dar-0 then drop by your selectedcleanup site any time between 9:00 a.m.and 11:30 a.m. to pick up bags, gloves,snacks, and to meet your neighbors andcommunity members. Then, head outand clean up your park or neighborhoodof choice. In Dayton’s Bluff you canpick up supplies at Upper Swede Hol-low Park at the intersection of Greenbri-er and Margaret Streets.
April 2019 Dayton’s Bluff District Forum Page 3
Lou “The Photo Guy” Michaels
FUNDRAISERSaturday, March 30th
St.Paul Eagles287 Maria AvenueNoon to 5:00 p.m.
Lou, a veteran and active member of manyorganizations, has stage 4 cancer. Join us for food and
a silent auction to help with his medical expenses. For info call Bird, 651-770-5738
LOU "THE PHOTO GUY" MICHAELS
“I COVER ALL THE ANGLES”
50+ YEARS AS A PRO PHOTOGRAPHERGREAT RATES CONTACT: (612) 638-8159 CELL
Mañana Restaurant y Pupuseria
Most authentic Salvadorian and Mexican Food
Catering and lunch meeting spaceavailable
NOW OPEN
798 East 7th Street
(651) 793-8482On facebook: mananarestaurant
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Dayton’s Bluff District Forum
804 Margaret Street, St. Paul, MN 55106Phone: 651-776-0550 E-mail: [email protected]
Monthly circulation: 7,000; also available online at daytonsbluffdistrictforum.org.This publication of Hopewell Communications, Inc., a nonprofit organization, isintended to provide a forum for the ideas and opinions of its readers and to be aninstrument for developing community awareness and pride. Signed articles do notnecessarily represent the views of the Forum. Material from this paper may be re-published if it is attributed to the Dayton's Bluff District Forum and to the author,if any. Articles and letters to the editor are welcome and may be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to the address above. The Dayton'sBluff District Forum is delivered to every home and business in the Dayton's Bluffneighborhood. Outside this area, subscriptions cost $15 per year and may be ar-ranged by calling 651-776-0550.
Board of Directors: Greg Cosimini, Nick Duncan, Karin DuPaul, Sage Holben, Steve Trimble
Editor/layout: Jennifer Gascoigne; Associate Editor: Mark Gallagher
Photographer: Lou “The Photo Guy” Michaels
Next issue: May 2019. Deadline for material: April 10, 2019.
Contest: Where in Dayton's Bluff?Send your guess to [email protected] with the lo-cation of the neighborhood curiosity pictured below for a chance to wingreat prizes from local businesses. The reader who submits the first cor-rect entry will be notified and the winner will be announced in the Mayedition of the Forum.
Urban CROSS 2019
Eric BuckMounds Park United Methodist Church
Urban CROSS is a week of serving theDayton's Bluff community and surround-ing area, and is hosted by Dayton's BluffCommunity Services and Mounds ParkUnited Methodist Church. Each year weserve households and non-profit organi-zations. Projects include the likes of sim-ple construction, yard work and land-scaping, indoor and outdoor painting,cleaning, and organizing.
There are many ways you can help ushelp our community. We are looking forhomeowners and non-profits to serve. Weare looking for individuals and groupswho would like to work along side uswith these projects. We are looking forindividuals and groups who would like tohelp with the hospitality of our“campers.” We are also looking for dona-tions of tools and supplies, as well asfood for our staff.
This year's Urban CROSS is the weekof June 9-15. We'd love to have you be apart of it. Please contact Eric Buck, Di-rector of Urban CROSS, at (651)774-8736.
Annual FrogtownCommunity Garage Sale
Don’t miss some great deals andthe chance to help your senior
neighbors live healthy, active lives.
Lynn ByrneFriendly Frog Events Committee
Hey, Dayton's Bluff! The Friend-ly Frog Events Committee an-nounces its Frogtown CommunityGarage Sale to benefit seniors liv-ing in the Frogtown neighborhoodof St. Paul. Each year, neighborspitch in to collect donated items tosell in the sale, with all proceedsgoing to fund social activities forneighborhood seniors.
The annual Frogtown Communitygarage sale is the major fundraiserfor the Friendly Frog Events Com-
mittee. All proceeds go back into thecommunity. Some events made possi-ble are the Frogtown Adult ChristmasParty, the Senior Halloween Party,Frogtown National Night Out, and theFrogtown Senior Horseshoe League.
The sale takes place annually on thefirst Friday and Saturday in May, atthe new location of 411 Blair Avenue,St. Paul. This year’s sale will takeplace on Friday, May 3, from 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday,May 4, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
All donations are welcome - espe-cially kitchen items, books, clothes,small furniture, knick-knacks, work-ing appliances, toys, puzzles, andmonetary donations. No computers,monitors, TVs, or printers will be ac-cepted.
To schedule a donation pick-up, orfor more information, please call(651) 488-9671 or (651) 488-7390.
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Happy Anniversary CENTROMEX SUPERMERCADO!
Mark GallagherAssociate Editor
The grocery store CENTROMEX SUPERMERCADOhas been at the southwest corner of East 7th and ArcadeStreets for the past 17 years. Henry Garnica bought thestore in 2013 and kept the name when he became ownerof the store, and on October 15, 2018, he celebrated fiveyears as the owner.
“Since I bought the store a little over five years ago,”Garnica said, “we have made many changes, and we in-vested money in different ways. We added more lighting,and we put in LED lights instead of incandescent lights tohelp with the environment, to save money, and to makesure the store looked nice.”
When Garnica bought the store, there were only about1000 items in the store; now there are almost 6000. Healso decided to paint the outside of the store. Peoplewould drive past on East 7th and Arcade Streets and noteven realize there was a grocery store there.
Garnica chose light green paint for the store’s exteriorbecause it is easy on the eyes and easier for people to see.“When I finished painting,” Garnica said, “more cus-tomers came to the store because they could see the CEN-TROMEX SUPERMERCADO sign, so they went into thestore and shopped — it was a good decision and a goodinvestment.
“I think in the early years of the store we had some pret-ty tough times because the store wasn’t in good shape, andwe needed to develop credibility in the community.
We trust in God, and we trust in our sense that we cando a good job, but sometimes it is difficult because we arenew to America; we are immigrants, but we try to use allof our resources.”
Customer satisfaction is always Henry Garnica’s num-ber one priority. “My favorite part of owning the CEN-TROMEX SUPERMERCADO,” Garnica said, “is themanagement of the store and taking care of the numbersbecause if I take care of the numbers, I can provide mycustomers better pricing, and that is my favorite part.
“The other part is just working with my customers andspending time with them. I know my customers becausesometimes they just need to talk to somebody else, so wetalk with them, smile with them, and then sometimes wecry with them.”
Two and a half years after the store opened, Garnica andhis staff started marketing books and other items of inter-est to develop better relationships with their customers.
Garnica’s family and employees spend much time in allareas of the store to make sure his customers are satisfiedbecause if he spent all his time behind the counter, hewouldn’t have the opportunity to get to know his cus-
tomers.“Two or three years ago,” Garnica said, “we tried to
memorize our customer’s names because it is better to say,‘Hey Mr. Lopez, how are you doing? Welcome to ourstore, and it’s good to see you here.’ It is much better tosay a customer’s name than to just say hi. It’s the kind ofpersonal touch that keeps our customers coming back tothe store, and those customers then say, ‘Henry knows myname, my kid’s names, and if I have a new job. He really
cares about me.’”Garnica has been in the United States for about 16 years.
He used to live in Farmington, which is in the southmetro. He has since moved to the East Side of St. Paul,has spent the past five years in the neighborhood, and isvery happy here. He says there are always issues to be dis-cussed, so we need to support the local economy here.“We are a small business on East 7th Street,” Garnicasaid, “and work together with the Spanish restaurants andother small businesses.
“The hard part for the small business is trying to findample parking,” Garnica said. “Everybody is looking forparking space, so right now it is kind of a bad time tothink we will get a parking lot, but I have some ideas andneed to work with the city on that.
“They probably need to invest a little money in this areaand maybe install new signs that allow one-hour parking— then make sure the people use that time just for shop-ping. I think two hours is too much — maybe for my storeone hour is enough. For restaurants, I believe one hour isenough.
“I am going to talk to Jane Prince. She is helping me andthe other small businesses find the resources that we needto improve our situation. We appreciate the job she hasdone for the East Side because she has accomplished somany good things for this neighborhood. I think she hasmany good plans and many good ideas, and she has reallygood connections in this area.”
Garnica believes he has the right place for his store, butfive years ago he didn’t know that the location at 7 th andArcade Streets would work out so well for the CEN-TROMWEX SUPERMERCADO. “I think the biggestchallenge is to keep the store in very good shape for mycustomers and have better pricing. I think another bigchallenge is to keep the store open for a very long time.
“We changed almost everything in the store. We painted,changed the lights, and cleaned the floor; I invested mon-ey in that. We put a lot of money in new equipment andthe plan for 2019 is to invest more money in new equip-ment for the produce and the butcher areas. The shelvesare new and beautiful, and the aisles are more open tomake sure the people and customers can walk morefreely.”
The business is growing slowly, but it is growing, mak-ing money to pay the bills, and paying our salaries —Garnica is happy for that. “We have introduced a largenumber of items since we took over the store,” Garnicasaid. “We have products from many different countrieslike Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexi-co, and a lot of local items. We have fresh produce andmore foods like seafood and meat.
“We have introduced more meat, chicken, cheese, andwe have many more products than we did five years ago.We carry mostly Hispanic foods, and we have someAmerican foods, but the good thing is that many Ameri-can customers love our Mexican foods. They come in hereand buy chili and ground beef for tacos. We have chickenwings, hot sauce, and many, many good things.”
CENTROMWEX SUPERMERCADO intends to makemore changes that will bring more people to enjoy theEast Side shopping experience. “Most of our customersare under 50 years old,” Garnica said, “and a high per-centage of my customers are young. I say young, becauseI am over 50.
“The success of my store has changed me as a person,”Garnica said. “It has become a marvelous opportunity forme because I try to be responsible all the time, so I needto be responsible to my customers and my employees. Ineed to work hard and spend more time in the store. Thisis a family business, but I have to spend a lot of time inthe store to make sure our customers are happy becauseour customers are our number one priority.
“Finally, I want to say thank you to all my customers forcoming here and investing their money. I believe we havegood relationships, and I am grateful for that. I am alsograteful for all my customers, and I am happy for all myneighbors. I am also happy for the other small businessesbecause we have good relationships. We have some plansto work out together to make sure we keep our business-es running in the future.”
Mark Gallagher is associate editor of the Dayton’s BluffForum and a graduate of Metropolitan State University.Mark can be reached at [email protected].
Mark Gallagher
CENTROMEX SUPERMERCADO on East 7th Street in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood.
Goodbye, Raeann and Rosie
Greg CosiminiForum Staff
In one of those cruel cosmic coincidences the uni-verse tends to inflict upon us, it was on February 18that we lost two women who are well known in Day-ton's Bluff. On that day both Raeann Ruth and RosieJohnsen were taken from us.
Raeann Ruth: RaeannRuth wasn't a person to keepa low profile. No one whomet Raeann ever forgot her.She died in February but willalways be with us. Betweenher signature bib overalls andher outgoing personality, sheleft a lasting impression oneveryone with whom shecame in contact, from localresidents she persuaded tojoin her many projects, to thefoundation officers, mayors,and city council members shebadgered for funding and
other resources. Rarely did anyone turn her down.Raeann's first big project was the Portage for Youth,
an after-school program she started in 1993 to help at-risk young women in Dayton's Bluff. Located in ahome that was often described as a “grandma's house”decorated with all sorts of interesting items and alwayssmelling of freshly baked bread, the Portage providedprograms in photography, music, dance, auto repair,and creative writing, to mention just a few. The Portagefor Youth van could be seen transporting its girls to ac-
tivities all over St. Paul and beyond.The Portage needed more space and in typical Raeann
style, she set her sights on the Mounds Theatre on Hud-son Road. It had opened as a combined vaudeville andmovie palace in 1922 but closed in the 1960s and wasused as a warehouse ever since. She tracked down theowner, a former computer engineer, Ramsey Countycommissioner and all round eccentric named GeorgeHardenbergh. Raeann asked George if he would donatethe Mounds Theatre to the Portage for Youth and hesaid “yes” on the condition she would move the “trea-sures” he stored in the Mounds to another location.Raeann agreed.
The renovation of the Mounds Theatre began in 2000with the grand opening occurring in 2003. That projectwas chronicled in the pages of the Forum, somethingelse with which Raeann was involved. More than justthe new home for the Portage for Youth, the Moundsalso became a neighborhood arts and culture centerhosting movies, plays, concerts, weddings, and a vari-ety of community activities. It was home to ThespianSnoopy for many years and, of course, a number ofghosts. Raeann wouldn't listen to anyone who tried totell her the ghosts weren't real. Trust me, I know.
Raeann Ruth may be gone but her legacy of theMounds Theatre, the many girls she helped, and theother people whose lives she touched lives on.
Rosie Johnsen: To call Rosie Johnsen a fixture in theDayton's Bluff neighborhood is an understatement.Anyone who has gone to Obb's Sports Bar & Grill inthe past 60 years or so knew Rosie, who died at the ageof 97 in February.
Obb's was one of the first ten bars to open in St. Paulafter the repeal of Prohibition in the 1930s. Its founderwas Rosie's future father-in-law, Albert (Obb) Johnsen.Obb's was located at the intersection of Burns Avenue,
Point Douglas Road, and Clarence Street, then knownas “Five Corners.” All five corners are now gone butObb's and Burns Avenue still exist with one slightchange – near Obb's, Burns Avenue was co-namedRosie Blvd. in 2012, in honor of Rosie Johnsen.
Rosie married Albert's son Robert, who with hisbrother Glen, ran Obb's until 1982. In between havingand raising seven children, Rosie worked as a waitressat Obb's. Even after the Johnsen family sold Obb's andit became the Kick Off, Rosie continued to waitressthere. Her son, Jim Johnsen, bought the restaurant in2001 and restored the Obb's name. Rosie came along aspart of the deal.
Although most people wouldhave long ago retired, Rosiestill came to work almost ev-eryday until she was 95. Ithelped that she lived only afew houses away from Obb'sand her son was the boss. Orwas he? When Rosie was inthe building, she seemed torun the place and Jim didn'targue. Rosie eventuallyslowed down a bit and becamethe hostess, which meant shehad even more time to chatwith the many friends she hadmade over the years who were regulars at Obb's. Everysummer Jim would celebrate his mother's birthday atthe restaurant, an event attended by many of her fans.
Rosie Johnsen won't soon be forgotten. There are pho-tos of her on the walls inside of Obb's and her streetsign hangs on the pole across the street.
Greg Cosimini can be reached at [email protected].
Raeann Ruth
Rosie Johnsen
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View FromMy Porch
Sage HolbenForum Staff
“Dear Cookie, We’ve had a heat wave of 96 de-
grees…..” Almost every letter my Grandmother
Sage wrote to me began with an intro-ductory comment about the weather. Istill have most of her letters, goingback to about 1957, when I was in ele-mentary school. I think we began ex-changing letters because she com-plained that my parents didn’t keep intouch with her, and I picked up theguilt. I was the ‘fix-it’ child.
A few days ago I called my son abouta book I had just finished - Marcel’sLetters, written by White Bear Lakeauthor and graphic designer, CarolynPorter. Porter relates that while brows-ing in a Stillwater antique shop, shenoticed a collection of personal letterswith somewhat elegant handwriting.She selected and purchased several let-ters to use in a font project she was de-veloping. Porter became as intrigued inthe letter writer, Marcel Heuzé, as shewas in his eyecatching ‘M’. She beganthe search for Marcel’s personal storyand for the letters she hadn’t purchasedyears before, hoping they would tellher more of Marcel’s life and answerthe questions: Did he survive the Ger-man work camp during World War II?What became of his family, his wifeand children he addressed in his let-ters? How did these letters, written inFrench, from Germany, end up for salein a Stillwater resale?
Porter’s story captivated me. Touch-ing me deeply, bringing me to tearsseveral times, was the gracious consid-eration she exhibited in communicat-ing with Marcel’s family, in meetingthem and in sharing what she hadlearned, about their Marcel and abouttheir lives. A side note about Porter’swriting: her endnotes to Marcel’s Let-ters are worth reading. They reflect theauthor’s meticulous notetaking and re-search and deserve the reader’s atten-tion.
I cautioned my son, Sam, that I, too,have a collection of letters - boxes ofthem, dating from the mid-50s, frommy grandmother and others. I gave himpermission to pass them on to mycousin if he didn’t want them. He de-lighted me in saying he’s kept all theletters I have written to him. He also isa letter writer. We text and we call, butwe cherish handwritten notes and let-
ters. I don’t know what others enjoyabout handwriting (not typing/texting),but I appreciate the emotional space,the bubble I’m in as I think of the per-son I’m ‘talking’ with as I write; thewording of a sentence; the time it takesto think as I embed words onto paper; Ifeel as if we are present with each oth-er, and that is meaningful.
Some letters Sam will find may looklike secret code. In high school I took anotehand class (early sixties); my bestfriend, Wendy, and I sent letters to eachother using this shorthand variation. Ithink I could decode only a few strokesnow. Believing that one day I might befound of interest, I asked her if shecould return the letters I wrote, so Ihave our full correspondence. I wondernow what we confided. In the boxes hewill learn about my elderly uncles andaunts I had never met but grew to lovethrough our correspondence. There arecherished love letters from Jack, mylove and life after my divorce. Are alllove letters now tweets and texts?
Then there is the physical aspect ofhandwriting. For years I used a foun-tain pen. There’s a bit of a rush in us-ing a calligraphy dip pen, or even afountain pen, and the fascination withthe way slanted nib and ink interactwith various papers. For several yearsnow, my favorite writing pen has beenthe Uni-ball Vision Elite, fine point,forest green, umber, or red-violet. Atany time, I have 15 to 20 in my smallpurse...more in my tote. (Thank you,Wet Paint!) Pen and ink, letter writing,and newspapers. These have alwaysbeen intertwined for me...obsessions.
My father bought and read fournewspapers a day: Chicago Sun-Times,Daily News, Chicago Tribune, andChicago American. His formal school-ing stopped with the eighth grade, buthe read almost everything and taughtme to learn about and consider all sidesof an issue. He taught me to be a re-sponsive reader. I fall short, but some-times I succeed. As a seventh grader, Iread a story in the Sun-Times about aCzechoslovakian family divided by theIron Curtain. If I remember correctly, Iwrote because their daughter was myage. I wrote to the parents to ask if Icould help; they responded and I wastouched.
Note from Sage: If you, the readerwould like like the joy of receiving apersonal note, donate, now, to theprinting and mailing costs of the Day-ton’s Bluff District Forum, and I willbe delighted to send a handwritten‘thank you’!
Sage Holben can be reached byemail (ironically!) at [email protected].
East Side historicevents in April
Steve TrimbleForum Historian
Here are three short stories about theEast Side. One of them is about Day-ton’s Bluff, another about the PaynePhalen area, and the last about severalSt. Paul locations and with a bit aboutMounds Park Junior High students. Doyou or any of your family have anymemories about any or all of them? Ifyou do please e-mail them to [email protected].
April 7, 1933: A crowd outside theHamm’s Brewery let out a cheer at12:01 a.m. on this early morning. Theyhad been gathering since the eveningbefore, prepared to celebrate the end ofProhibition. The breweries had knownfor around two weeks that this momentwas coming and had been ramping upproduction to be ready for the change.Hamm’s set off long, drawn-out blastsfrom a whistle and long lines of trucksthat were piled high with cases andkegs of beer rolled out onto the St.Paul streets.
Within an hour or so, many peoplewere having their first legal sip of theirfavorite brew in many years. St. Paulnever really dried up – using bootleg-gers, speakeasies, and private stillsflourished. When prohibition, with itslucrative illegal liquor sales ended,kidnappings and bank robberies wentup.
April 23, 1897: On this day, the StateLegislature provided initial funding forwhat was unfortunately called theState Hospital for Indigent, Crippled,and Deformed Children. It was the firstof its kind in the nation to care forthose with orthopedic disorders whoseparents could not afford treatment. By1905, St. Paul donated land abuttingPhalen Park for a new larger site. Con-struction of a fresh-air sanatorium andeducational school building was com-pleted in 1913. Many patients were
confined to the hospital for severalmonths or years, so an education pro-gram from kindergarten to post-highschool was provided.
In 1925, as a memorial to Dr.Gillette, an orthopedic surgeon, thehospital was given his name. As thecampus aged and needed modificationsfor safety, the Phalen Park site was va-cated and moved to the St. Paul-Ram-sey Medical Center in 1977. In 1979,the Phalen Park buildings were trans-ferred to the city of St. Paul. The onlyremaining building, Michael J. Dowl-ing Memorial Hall, built in 1924 anddesigned by architect Clarence John-son, is now home of the Minnesota Hu-manities Commission.
April 21, 1954: A teen-age boy setthe stately Hamm mansion on fire onthis day. In 1886. the children ofTheodore and Louisa Hamm, foundersof the Hamm’s Brewery, had this brickQueen Anne structure built on this siteas a surprise for their parents whilethey were on a lengthy visit to theirhomeland in Germany. The brick“Rhine-style” structure with twentyrooms filled with ornate fixtures andeight fireplaces was designed by A. F.Gauger, a German-American architectwho lived in the neighborhood. Ele-gant parties were thrown there withChinese lanterns hanging throughoutthe yard. Sometimes tame deer andpeacocks mingled with the guests.
When Theodore Hamm died in1903,the house was taken over by his sonWilliam and his wife Marie. After thedeath of the last Hamm resident in1933, the house had several uses andeventually became a nursing home andthen in 1954 sat vacant for two weeks.The fourteen year old boy, “out ofboredom,” set fires on the first and sec-ond floors of the structure. After start-ing the blazes, the arsonist called thefire and police departments. The firehad been extensive, the home was de-clared unsafe, and was demolished.
Steve Trimble can be reached at [email protected].
Seeley SezSeeley Booth
Forum Contributor
I’ve just been out and about on theEast Side and ran across somethingthat might interest the neighborhood.Read on, dear Forum readers.
I ventured into the Dayton’s BluffLibrary to read the paper and saw anotice that there is now an “East SideArtist Salon” that meets there. It is asmall group of artists and art loverswho share ideas and advocate for arton the East Side. They meet the sec-ond Thursday of each month from
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The next get-to-gethers are on April 11, and May 9. Nodues. All are welcome. Questions? Feelfree to contact Elizabeth at [email protected].
Another day, I was strolling along onPayne Avenue when I noticed there wasa new business. It is the Santa Fe CoffeeHouse and can be found at 1105 PayneAvenue. I didn’t have time to do morethan say hello, but saw that they havecoffee, smoothies, and some pastriesavailable. I hope someone can do amore complete article about the spotand its owners for a future issue (I'mlookin' at you, Trimble).
Seeley Booth can be reached at [email protected].
April 2019 Dayton’s Bluff District Forum Page 7
East Side Eating –Trimble's Taste Trek
Forum contributor Steve Trimble hasset out to eat at every locally-owned, sit-down restaurant on the East Side. Hehopes to get the word out to Dayton'sBluff about the eating options here onour side of town.
There are more restaurants than thereis room for in the monthly paper, but atleast 59 may now be found online at day-tonsbluffdistrictforum.org: click on“East Side Eating” at the top of thehome page. Steve Trimble can bereached at [email protected].
Yoerg Brewing Company(651) 330-2076378 Maria AvenueSt. Paul, MN 55116Monday-Thursday: 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.Friday-Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.Sunday: Noon - 8:00 p.m.
http://www.yoergbeer.com Facebook/yoergbeer
Thomans Keim and Carol Minogue,co-owners of the new East Side estab-lishment, Yoerg Brewing, originallywanted to be on the West Side nearwhere the Yoerg Brewery was for years.However, there were problems with thebuilding they looked at first.
Yoerg’s Beer was brewed in St. Paulbefore Minnesota was a state. At onetime Yoerg, Hamm, and Schmidt, werethe largest breweries in St. Paul, but theWest Side concern closed in 1952. Keimand Minogue started looking around andfound the current place at Maria and EastSixth and decided it was a great buildingand location. You may remember when itwas The Strip Club, an upscale restau-rant. Now, it has the feel of a bierstube, atraditional German tavern that servesdrinks and snacks.
The physical layout has not changedmuch. There are seven tables seatingfour people, or they can be pushed to-gether for larger groups. There are 12stools on two sides of the bar and an up-stairs area that juts out over the bar be-low and is reached by a spiral staircase.“The lounge,” as they call it, can seat 15people in soft chairs and has an electricfireplace. There is a little seating areanear the first floor entrance and under-neath the lounge with four chairs aroundanother fireplace.
The walls – some of them exposedbrick – are covered with old photos ofYoerg Brewery as well as beer memora-bilia. A large wall painting of the Yoerglogo is on the south wall. There is also abig flat-screen TV that shows historicalevents, sports, classic games, old car-toons, and unusual photos.
I ordered the “Yoerg Sandwich,” a
quarter pound Polish Sausage split with adill pickle spear, a slice of Swiss cheese,and mustard, on fresh Caraway RyeBread. It came with a sizable helping ofstick pretzels and a small container ofsauerkraut. I also felt I ought to have adrink and settled on a Yoerg’s Bock.
They have a small but interesting menu.Other sandwiches include the “SmokedBratwurst” with cheddar and jalapenopepper, smoked over hardwood emberswith bacon; The “Classic Bratwurst,” aGerman-style bratwurst made with porkand veal stuffed into natural casings.There are also “Charcuterie & CheesePlates” (I had to look up charcuterie...it istypically associated with specialty meatsand are teamed with artisanal cheeses).Each plate has four cured pieces of sala-mi and four cheeses from around theworld.
Other offerings are “Smoked Liver-wurst,” “Wild Duck Saucissons” (I alsolooked this one up - they are large Frenchsausages), “Wild Boar Saucissons” and“d'Artagnan Country Pate” made fromheritage-breed pork with no antibiotics orhormones and are preservative-free.
They have five different 12-inch pizzas:Four meat pizza, vegetarian pizza, pep-peroni pizza, Buffalo chicken pizza, andcheese pizza. There are appetizers includ-ing “Martin’s Dutch Pretzels,” “BavarianSoft Pretzel,” “Cromer’s Salted in theShell Peanuts,” “Sterzing’s Potato Chips”and mesquite or roasted almonds.
Three choices of dessert wines, as wellas sherry and many port wines are avail-able. There are no other desserts yet, butthey offer a box of Valomilks.
Yoerg Steam Beer and Yoerg Bock ontap will always be available as well as arotating selection of Bavarian influencedlagers, and a changing list of Europeanbeers from Bavaria, Belgium, the CzechRepublic, and Austria.
They have many choices of wine andplan to concentrate on the old world vari-eties from Croatia, France, Italy, Ser-bia, Spain, Austria, and Germany.
There are some soft drinks includingSpring Grove Soda, Cream Soda, LemonSour, and Orange Soda, and they areworking on adding a quality root beer.There are also three different non-alco-holic beers.
Yoerg’s beer is currently brewed inWisconsin, but may be moved closer.They will soon be setting up brewing on-site. There are also plans to move into theadjacent room to the south.
Bag lunch specials for take-out includea sandwich, potato chips, retro candy bar,and soft drink of choice. There is streetparking and Yoerg’s has $2.00 parkingtickets for the Metro State lot which canbe purchased at the pub. Accessible en-trance is in the rear. No delivery is of-fered at this time and reservations are notnecessary but recommended for groupsof ten or more.
Steve Trimble can be reached at [email protected].
World Holidays #3
Temperance Brennan Forum Contributor
In addition to Easter this month, you
might want to know about some otherholidays in other parts of the world hap-pening in April – here are a few ofthem. You might want to do some addi-tional reading on their history and cul-ture. Maybe find a traditional recipe tocook. Believe this anthropologist, thereare some tasty recipes. I know because Ihave done fieldwork in several of theseplaces.
April 1: Freedom Day is a remem-brance of the time that the African na-tion of Nambia gained its independencefrom colonialism in 1973. The fight forfreedom was started by Colonel Cov-fefe. The celebration starts at dawn withthe blaring of trumpets and traditionaldances and songs.
April 5: Ching Ming, also known asTomb-Sweeping Day, is a Chinese ritu-al event including weeding of areasaround the grave, cleaning of the head-stone, replacing any wilted flowers andthe lighting of incense and burning ofimitation paper money to use in the af-terlife.
April 8: International Romani Day, is aholiday which commemorates the local Ro-mani community in Macedonia and raisesawareness of their issues. It was officiallydeclared in 1990 in Serock, Poland, site ofthe fourth World Romani Congress ofthe International Romani Union (IRU).
April 14: Memorial Day, known as“Mets Yegherrni zoheri hishataki,” honorsthe memory of Armenian victims of thepersecution that began in 1915 and ended inthe slaughter of millions of Armenians bythe Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
April 17: Women's Day. A holiday cre-ated in 1998 to commemorate the entry ofthe first woman in the government ofGabon. It also aims to recognize contribu-tions made by women to economic, politi-cal, and social achievements, as well as thestruggle for their rights.
April 23: St. George's Day is celebratedin England and a few other nations on thegenerally accepted date of St. George'sdeath. He refused to make sacrifices to theRoman gods and was tortured and eventual-ly suffered a martyr's death when he wasbeheaded in 303 AD.
April 25: Anzac Day. This commemora-tion is arguably Australia's most importantnational occasion. It marks the anniversaryof the first key military action fought byAustralian and New Zealand forces duringthe WWI.
Photo courtesy of Yoerg Brewing
Dellwood Gardensreceives Deubener Award
Karin DuPaulForum Staff
Dellwood Gardens Assisted Livingand Memory Care located at 753 East7th Street received one of the SaintPaul Area Chamber of Commerce2018 Deubener Awards for being thebest emerging business. The awardwinners were announcedat the 10th Annual SaintPaul Area Chamber ofCommerce Honors Eventin November.
Dellwood Gardens of-fers high quality AssistedLiving and Memory CareServices that are accessi-ble to seniors of everycultural and economicbackground right here onthe East Side of SaintPaul. "We thrive on in-spiring and empowering our commu-nity and promise to continue our com-mitment to exceed the needs and ex-pectations of our residents," states Co-owner/Operator Tim FunkMeyer.
The present owners have owned theproperty at 753 East 7th Street since2012, and have made many improve-ments to the facility including com-pletely renovating it into assisted liv-ing and memory care apartments, nowknown as Dellwood Gardens. One ofthe owners, Tim FunkMeyer, stated“We are very happy to be part of theDayton’s Bluff community.”
Beautiful gardens have been addedto the front lawn with help from a lo-cal non-profit, Urban Roots, thathires youth interns to work on grow-ing food and other gardeningprojects on St. Paul’s East Side.
Dellwood staff work at helping resi-dents maintain an active social lifewhich has a huge impact on their over-all well-being. They host a social andsnack hour at 3:30 p.m. each day forresidents to enjoy quality peer-to-peerinteraction, as well as other social ac-tivities seven days a week, such ashappy hours and socials to welcome
new residents, and a regular scheduleof music and entertainment events.
The Deubener Small BusinessAwards are Saint Paul Area Chamberof Commerce awards that are annuallygiven to five organizations that exem-plify growth, excellence, risk, diversity,and innovation. The awards are in hon-or of Walter and Lydia Deubener whowere the proprietors of a grocery storein downtown Saint Paul and inventedthe first shopping bag with handles.
A little history of the uses of 753 East7th Street: Lawyer Samuel Mayall builthis stone mansion on the site in the1870s. After the Mayall family lefttheir home around 1903, it was used asthe Nugent Institute, a drug and alcoholprogram that made the claim to “cureor kill.” Next, the old mansion washeadquarters for the City Cycling Club.In 1908, it was the Parental School andDetention Home, which the neighbor-hood children called the “Bad BoysHome.” Ramsey County soon replacedit with Totem Town for boys. In 1915,Home for the Friendless acquired theproperty, removed the old mansion andbuilt the older part of today’s complex.The Home for the Friendless organiza-tion was started by women from 12Saint Paul Churches in 1867 to providea home for homeless women and chil-dren. The name was later changed tothe Protestant Home and started toserve the elderly. Over the years a num-ber of organizations have run the homeincluding the Wilder Foundation, whoadded the 1976 addition on the build-ing. It is now owned and operated asDellwood Gardens Assisted Living andMemory Care.
Photo courtesy of Dellwood Gardens
Pictured above from left to right are Lindsay Schmidt, Tim FunkMeyer, Courtney Blomquist, Sigrid VanDemark, Jenny Callahan, and Rich Pakonen.
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Pictured above are Joyce Maddox and Larry Meuwissen, who recently visited their seventh continent, cruising to Antarctica with Quark Expeditions from Ushuaia, Argentina, on the Ocean Diamond. They took this photo on their balcony on February 24, 2019, near Trinity Island with the Antarctic coast in thebackground. They made two landings on the continent and numerous stops on islands during the 13 day cruise that ventured South of the Antarctic circle.
Greg Cosimini
Even the snowmen are tired of winter, cleverly disguising themselves as gnomes. A smart public relations move on their part.
Karin DuPaul
March is said to be the snowiest month, and there is no disputing that we have had our share in 2019. Here is one last, beautiful look at winter 2019 in Upper Swede Hollow Park (we hope!)
