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Industries brace for impact as proposed tariffs loom BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
Industries of all kinds are still trying to wrap their heads around what proposed tariffs might mean for their businesses. President Trump signed two executive orders in February that expanded Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The proposal is to impose an across-the-board tariff of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico, including on lumber, steel and aluminum. Unless delayed, the tariffs are proposed to go into effect this week. “There is a lot of apprehension everywhere; is it going to happen? Is it not? How is it going to impact us?” explained Jeff Andres, group publisher of Northstar Media and Kanabec Publications, a sister publication to Press Publications. After the tariffs were announced, Andres said one worry was that the aluminum used for the plates for printing newsprint would be subject to the tariffs. The aluminum has a special coating on it. The aluminum is a special blend that is poured and rolled into huge rolls in Great Britain and Germany. Kodak imports the rolls and brings them to New York where they are cut into the plates and a special coating is applied. Recently, the National Newspaper Association notified its members that the aluminum printing plates were not included in the tariffs. “We dodged a bullet with that,” Andres said.
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The 40th Annual Press Publications Wedding Show will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23. BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
Save the date for Press Publication’s annual wedding show, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at the White Bear Country Inn. This year marks the show’s 40th anniversary. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, Press wants to
help a couple get hitched during the show. Press will provide the music, officiant, florals and more. Lunch will be provided at Rudy’s. Over the years, Press Publications has done a variety of different things for brides to experience. In 2019, there was a bridal suite, a special offered by Press. According to Press Publications
General Manager Patty Steele, the bride who purchased the suite was able to enter the show half an hour early and walk around to visit the various vendors. The bride and her party also got a special room they could stay in during the show. Previously, there was a discounted wedding dress shop at SEE WEDDING SHOW, PAGE 9
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Hugo film critic encourages people to think about movies in new way Brian Eggert is a film critic. He founded his website, “Deep Focus Review,” back in 2007 and is one of the few Tomatometer-approved critics in the Minnesota Film Critics Association. He covers the latest new releases and film festivals and regularly appears on local news channels to share movie reviews, recommendations and Oscar predictions. Press Publications recently sat down with Eggert to learn more about him and his work. Q. Tell us a little bit about yourself. How long have you lived in Hugo? What is your day job? A. I’ve lived in Hugo most of my life. I grew up here, graduated from Forest Lake High School and earned my bachelor’s degree in art history from the
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University of Minnesota. During college, I started working at a financial services company and
have been there ever since. After years in marketing and web development, I recently transitioned into managing a proposal department. Everyone there has been incredibly supportive of my film criticism career, from encouraging my work to granting me flexibility when I went back to school to get a master’s degree in film studies. As a critic and film historian, I’ve been writing reviews and essays for my website, Deep Focus Review (deepfocusreview.com), for 18 years. It’s a small family outfit: My spouse is my copy editor, and my dog keeps me company while I work. I’m Tomatometer-approved on Rotten Tomatoes—a challenging distinction for an independent critic that has given my work wider recognition. I belong to
several film critic and cinema studies associations, and I also appear on KARE 11 on Saturdays every few weeks to discuss movies with the fantastic team there. Q. Where did the idea for “Deep Focus Review” come from, and when did that come about? A. In the early 2000s, while in college, I started writing about movies on a Blogger.com page. But the platform felt too casual for the kind of professional criticism I wanted to produce. In 2007, with the help of a childhood friend who was a web developer, I launched Deep Focus Review as an independent publication. The name refers to a filmmaking
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