Category: Nokomis

BY ED FELIEN On Tuesday, Oct. 20, at about 6:45 p.m., in the bus shelter at Lake Street and Park Avenue, Jessica Denise St. Marie was shot multiple times in the head.  She was 28, African American and homeless.   Adopted when she was 8, her adoptive mother said, “There was…

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BY JOHN KARRIGAN I might have more travel adventures to write about this month. Or I might not. The world-renowned Powder-horn Lake actually receded enough that the concrete walls around some of the lake were again visible after being underwater for most of the summer. The water has again come…

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BY KARI ANDRADE Rice is the single most important grain worldwide for human nutrition.  Rice accounts for one- fifth of all calories consumed.  As a hippie child I learned the macro-biotic diet was the healthiest way to eat; as a result I hated brown rice and veggies for a long…

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How can we save our environment and save our environment at the same time? We need the light rail in order to eliminate the use of fossil fuels and we need the trees so we can breathe. But can we sacrifice the trees for the light rail? Isn’t there a…

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MEL REEVES WITH TEDDY SHIBABAW AND 19 OTHERS Hollywood, Calif. “Straight Outta Compton” is a great movie, entertainment at its best. And, while depicting the lives of poor Comptonites who come out of the so-called underside of American life, the movie is as American as you can get. It’s a…

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A REMEMBRANCE FROM CAM GORDON I was saddened to learn that Chester, a West Bank icon, has died.  Chester was a gentle man, and was well-known and well-loved by the West Bank community, especially some of his nearest neighbors in the Riverview Tower apartment building. One of the most interesting…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE You may already be familiar with University Baptist Church, which commands the major corner in Dinkytown of 13th Avenue SE and University. It’s an imposing building, and it has a long history in Dinkytown. The current pastor, Doug Donley, has been there since March 2001. The…

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BY COOPER My name is Yonci Jameson. I’m 17 years old, born and raised in North Minneapolis and I’m a senior at Southwest, taking college classes at MCTC. I am a poet/spoken word artist and a musician, as well as a cultural artist, with my African drumming and dance. SSP:…

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BY ELAINE KLAASSEN The organic gardening project of Hope Community, at the corner of Portland and Franklin, is a work of love and cooperation. It serves the interests of related parties, but it is not competitive and doesn’t seek to turn a profit. There is no money involved. It produces…

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BY CARLA WALDEMAR Think globally, eat locally. Healthwise, it’s a boon, because when food is harvested close to home, preservatives aren’t needed. As a socio-political statement, the practice lends support to smaller, local producers rather than vast agri-conglomerates. Eco-conscious diners have adopted this mantra to cut back on use of…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE In the wider world of public education, education reform and associated politics, things are heating up. In the state of Washington, the state Supreme Court struck down Seattle’s charter school amendment as unconstitutional. In LA, there is concern over a semi-invisible player in the high-stakes school…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE As one of the smallest libraries in the Hennepin County system, Roosevelt has to make a little noise to get what it needs. It is one of only two or three libraries in the system to have a very restricted schedule of 24 hours a week—eight…

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BY TONY BOUZA Ours is an activist, not a reflective, society.  Our shelves groan under the weight of “How to …  ,”  not “What if … ,” books.  Yet I’ve always been intrigued by Conan Doyle’s “The Dog That Didn’t Bark.”  Why not?  What did it mean? It meant something—and that’s…

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BY ED FELIEN Ron Sundboom went to a meeting last year to hear about the future of Hiawatha Golf Course. One of the experts at the meeting said that the depth of Lake Hiawatha was 33 feet. Ron asked where he got that information. The staff person said from Wikipedia.…

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BY ED FELIEN After a boisterous public hearing on Aug. 27, the Metropolitan Airports Commission decided to defer approval of its expansion plan.  As Dean Amundson reported in earlier editions of Southside Pride, the MAC plan “will accommodate an estimated 54 million passengers by 2035 (their numbers).  That number will…

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