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Ramsey County opens new environmental center for residents BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Shoreview, and Ramsey County, residents will be able to utilize a new environmental center located in Roseville beginning on Tuesday, April 1. At the most recent Shoreview Environmental Quality Committee (EQC) Speaker Series event, Beth Carreno, environmental health program supervisor for Ramsey County, provided residents with information about the new environmental center.
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Sisters in life, business partners in their hometown community BY PREETI MATHUR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Starting a new business can be an exciting journey, but it can also be a daunting experience,
with, can be reassuring, comforting and an asset. Such is the case with two sets of sisters who used their strong sibling bonds, shared visions
wrought with fear and uncertainty. However, embarking on a new venture with your own sister, someone you are close to and grew up
and complementary skills to launch their new businesses not too far from where they grew up in Shoreview. SEE SISTERS, PAGE 11
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New club at Irondale High School supports girls’ interest in law BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Irondale High School juniors Kena Adissa and Sela Samson are responsible for the creation of a new club, Women in Law, that provides girls with an opportunity for hands-on experience in the law field. Adissa is involved in various organizations and clubs. She plays the trumpet, is on the speech and debate team and is involved in student council. She is also president of Women in Law. “As president, I negotiate (with) any lawyers who want to come speak to our club, (do) outreach to different internship programs and different types of outreach roles,” Adissa explained about what her role as president entails. Samson, vice president of the club, is also involved
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in student council, the Black Student Union (BSU) and different mental health and leadership groups. “I kind of just stem from every activity that I can find and see what works for me,” she said. “But it all really leads down to law and just being super interested in that. And I think that’s what got us really excited about starting this club.” Adissa and Samson saw that there were various clubs for different professions, such as health care, but there wasn’t a club related to law. “We have both always seen at our school that there are different types of clubs for women, or just clubs for different fields,” Adissa said. “But there weren’t any for law.” “I remember we were freshmen and wondering, ‘Where are those kinds of clubs?’ and we’d ask
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