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Shoreview sets preliminary budget, tax levy for 2026 BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
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This year’s Cafesjian Art Trust Museum’s Teen Council members include (from left) Yumna Ali, Sheila Thach, Sajida Mohamed, Ezra Berend, Zoe Buzan, Jason Skupien and Nora Fielder.
New wave of talent joins Cafesjian’s teen council Seven high schoolers from around the Twin Cities will spend the next eight months learning about museum work through the Cafesjian Art Trust (CAT) Museum Teen Council. Beginning in November, the group will begin to learn more about the different careers in museum work and discuss which pieces from the museum’s collection will be featured in an exhibition of their own creation. Another goal of the council is to help implement a public program
in the future. The council’s exhibition will be showcased in May in the museum’s Focus Gallery. Recently, Press Publications sat down with members Sajida Mohamed, Zoe Buzan and Jason Skupien to learn more about them. Sajida Mohamed Q. Tell me about yourself. A. I'm a senior at Irondale High School! My least favorite color is khaki, and I'm hugely obsessed
with Agatha Christie mystery novels. Q. Are you involved in any other extracurricular activities? If so, what? A. I'm in the debate club at Irondale, and this fall I start at the ACE mentorship program (architecture, construction, engineering.)
The 2026 tax levy is estimated to increase by 8.65%, or approximately $1,505,168, from 2025. The city is required to certify its preliminary tax levy to the county by Sept. 30. Finance Director Kevin Knopik noted the preliminary levy has already been reduced from what staff originally proposed. “This is a decrease from what was presented to City Council at the Aug. 18 workshop,” he said. The reason for that reduction, according to Knopik, is because the city recently received favorable health insurance renewals that were lower than expected. The capital asset replacement fund is also proposed to decrease by $55,000, or 2.83%, compared to 2025. According to Knopik, the increase in the city’s levy is mostly attributed to fire services, including costs related to a new fire station and the creation of three new positions. “In this budget there are three new positions for the fire department to maintain the exceptional level of service they provide to the city of Shoreview. There is also a dedicated tax levy in the budget
SEE COUNCIL Q&A, PAGE 15 SEE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, PAGE 5
East coast duo connects with neighbors through soup BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
SHOREVIEW — On April 1, Dana Healy sent a text to 20 of her neighborhood friends asking if they would like to buy a quart of soup that her husband, Luke, had made. Out of those 20 people, 18 purchased one. “I remember it being the scariest text to ever send,” Dana said. “I said ‘Would anyone like to buy a quart of soup?’ And out of the 20 people, I think 18 purchased soup… And they loved it, and they were asking ‘Ok when’s it gonna happen again.’” From there, the Healy’s launched Luke’s Soups out of their home in Shoreview. Luke’s Soups offers a weekly ro-
tation of different soups and salads that customers can pick up or have delivered to their homes. In 2018, the Healy’s moved to the area from Massachusetts after Dana found a job working in media production in Roseville. At the time of the move, the Healy’s had two kids. Dana said they moved to Shoreview with a trailer, a U-Haul and a pet turtle. She described the move as “energizing and exciting.” When the Healy’s first moved to Shoreview, Dana said that they didn’t have a support system and had to become friends with those in their neighborhood as fast as possible. “We had to fill out these forms for the kids and we didn’t have emergency contact numbers. We needed to have
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Massachusetts natives Dana and Luke Healy are the founders of Luke’s Soups, a food delivery service that offers a weekly rotation of different soups and salads.
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people. So, we started throwing events in the neighborhood,” Dana said. In their neighborhood, they have Oktoberfest and a Halloween parade that bring in hundreds of people. Luke said what inspired the creation of Luke’s Soups was a sense of community. “It was a sense of community and the fact that you could provide for more than one person. You can provide more than one meal. It was something that took a lot of time, effort and energy that people appreciated and it was nice to share. And that’s kind of where the soup idea came from,” Luke said. He added that his skill level for cook-
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