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COUGAR SOFTBALL: Wins section tournament opener PAGE 11
School board approves addition of ballot questions BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Residents within the Centennial School District can expect to see two additional questions on their ballot next election season regarding an operating levy and bond referendum associated with the district’s long-range plan, also known as Centennial Forward. According to Superintendent Jeff Holmberg, the bond referendum will total approximately $108,890,000 million. These funds would be used to address facility maintenance, safety, academic capacity and educational programs across the district. The proposed operating levy, bond referendum and the addition of the ballot questions were approved by the Centennial School Board at its most recent meeting. Originally, the long-range plan was estimated to cost around $225 million. However, revisions made throughout the planning process, based on stakeholder, community and school board member feedback, allowed Executive Director of Business Services Patrick Chaffey and his staff to bring the total costs down. Included in the projects’ costs is room for 20% inflation. “Deferred maintenance was the starting point of this process…There is not enough money through LTFM (long term facilities maintenance) funding
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Music on the Lake — It’s Golden returns for another summer Circle Pines and surrounding area residents should get their lawn chairs ready. Music on the Lake — It’s Golden is scheduled to return to Golden Lake Park next month. The event is scheduled to go through Aug. 13. Find more information and a list of performs on page 10.
SEE BALLOT ADDITIONS, PAGE 2
North Suburban New Neighbors Club transforms neighbors into friends
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This clipping shows the North Suburban New Neighbors Club and how it got its start as the Welcome Wagon Club in 1988.
SEE NEIGHBORS CLUB, PAGE 5
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For four decades, the North Suburban New Neighbors Club (NSNNC) has been transforming new neighbors into old friends with a warm welcome, engaging activities and opportunities for community service. What began as the Welcome Wagon Club of four women meeting in their homes in 1988, has swelled to a roster of 98 filling the Community Room at the Shoreview Library with “coffee and conversation” on the second Thursday of every month. That’s just the beginning. At the April meeting, plans for upcoming events percolated: A trip to the Waldoch Garden Center, the spring luncheon at a local restaurant, a hike on Brown’s Creek
Trail in Stillwater. There was still time to remind members of the monthly board meeting, vote on the slate of new officers and sing to the April birthday girls. A myriad of special activities and interest groups, as well as outdoor adventurers, meet regularly on specified days of the month. The Program-of-the-Month could take club members anywhere from a Women’s Drum Center to a Buddhist Temple. There is something for everyone. Do you like movies and lunching out? Sewing and crafts? Bridge, book club or Bunco? There is a group for you. If not, members are invited to start a new one. Some even pursue common interests outside the club such as choral
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