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New playground comes to Shamrock Park BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
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The city of Mounds View will come together Aug. 15-16 for Festival in the Park. The event marks its 50th anniversary this year.
Music, food and fun: Festival in the Park returns MOUNDS VIEW—Festival in the Park is set to return to City Hall Park and various locations in Mounds View Aug. 15-16. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the festival. The first event was in 1975, but it did not take place every year. As it gained popularity, it changed to an annual event. Over the years, the festival has added
a parade and more games and activities for kids. This year’s parade will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. It will start at Hillview Road and end at City Hall Park. Following the parade will be a family fun night at the splash pad, featuring a DJ, penny carnival and food vendors. Children 5-17 can participate in the children’s entrepreneur
market from 5:30-8:30 p.m. On Saturday, the 19th annual car show will begin at 8 a.m. at Silver View Park. All years, makes and models are welcome. The trophy presentation will be at 2 p.m. SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 12
SHOREVIEW—A new playground will be installed at Shamrock Park after the City Council unanimously approved a design proposed by St. Croix Recreation at a recent council meeting. The city’s 2025 capital improvement program includes replacing the Shamrock Park playground. According to Parks and Recreation Director Steve Benoit, the current playground was installed in the early 1990s; partial updates took place in the early 2000s. “The challenge with a playground that old is replacement parts are becoming hard to find,” Benoit said. It is recommended that playgrounds be replaced every 20 to 25 years. Currently, the playground is located in the north end of the park in a wooded area on a slight hill. Benoit said staff asked potential designers to create a playground that would serve children ages 2-12, include low-maintenance material, have a minimum of five swings and have inclusive elements. Four companies submitted design ideas for the new playground. St. Croix Recreation - Burke, Kompan, Flagship Recreation - Landscape Structures, and Webber Recreation - Miracle each submitted a design, or multiple designs, for city staff to consider. SEE SHAMROCK PARK, PAGE 5
Sisterhood on the water: The heartbeat of the Dragon Divas BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Like many dragon boat crews, the Dragon Divas strive to improve their strength, endurance and teamwork. But for them, it’s not just about the race; it’s also about the journey. Each woman at the paddle is a breast cancer survivor. The Dragon Divas started with 18 women. Now, there are over 120 active members, from those in their 30s to age 85. Crew members come from all over the Twin Cities; 10 are from western Wisconsin. This year, the crew will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
“We’re ordinary women, affecting an extraordinary change in our community. And we remain that (way),” Dragon Divas founder, and Shoreview native, Mary Skrypek said. “We’re a support group, but we’re also a dragon-boat racing team. We care and we compete. And that’s what make us different.” The inspiration behind Dragon Divas came when Skrypek, a breast cancer survivor and retired physical therapist, attended a 2005 seminar at Mayo Clinic. There, researchers talked about the successes they had in studying cancers that typically affect women.
In the past, cancer survivors were warned against excessive upper-body exercise, in fear they would develop or aggravate a complication of chemotherapy known as lymphedema—fluid retention that causes swelling in arms or legs. At the seminar, Skrypek heard research that refuted those complications. A Canadian doctor, Don McKenzie, had organized a dragon boat team of 24 breast cancer survivors in Vancouver, British Columbia. He found no evidence that the exercise impaired any woman’s health.
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The team grabs a photo after finishing one of their practices on Lake Gervais.
SEE DRAGON DIVAS, PAGE 2
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