The 40th annual Irish Fair of Minnesota, a three-day outdoor celebration of Irish heritage and culture, will be held Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 on Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul. Each year, more than 650 volunteers come together to make the Irish Fair of Minnesota possible. Event organizers are seeking volunteers for a variety of responsibilities throughout...
Board UpdateAt the Federation’s July 8 meeting, the Board heard an update from Bill Smith of Biko Associates on the parking study of Area 1 (from downtown to St. Clair Ave.). The Board recommended that its Transportation and Land Use Committee prepare priority action items once the study is finalized this summer.
Stop for Me meetingOne Stop...
by Leslie pring, library manager Summer Spark, the library’s summer learning program, runs through August 31. Along with reading and activity challenges and special family programs, children ages 7-11 are invited to drop-in at free Spark! Camps. They can explore art projects at Rondo and Merriam Park and STEM hands-on building activities at Highland Park. For more information, visit sppl.org/summer-spark or stop...
by Anna Fuglestad, MD, United Family MedicineI held his hand with tears slowly and continuously flowing down my cheeks. “Why now? Please not yet…” I pleaded. My heart was heavy. Yet I was comforted when I looked around the small room in this memory care unit. The question I had just asked was answered. My grandfather was dying. There was...
by John Hottinger Dr. Bruce Corrie, the City of St. Paul’s Planning and Economic Development Director, brings a rich and varied background which fits with Mayor Melvin Carter’s outlined agenda for economic development. His work on ethnic entrepreneurship has helped the development of policies and programs to tap this rapidly growing base to bring jobs and economic revitalization across Minnesota. He has a...
Community Block PartyThursday, August 8, 5-8pmThe Language Banc presents United Family Medicine’s West 7th Street Community Block Party, also sponsored by our friends at Jazz88. Listen to live music from local bands. Walk through a giant super colon. Eat food from delicious food trucks or free tastings from local vendors. Witness fire fighters rappel off the...
by Jerry Rothstein One of the seemingly perpetual questions in a community like ours is whether there’s communication, connection and collaboration among individuals and groups concerned about specific issues. A common alternative is for there to be a lot of concern without the power that working together can bring. A recent initiative by United Family Medicine’s (UFM) Family Practice Residency Program is leading...
FOOD MATTERS
Take carrots, for instance. But you might also wonder about beets, potatoes, squash. I get asked this question from time to time, from students and friends. My first response is usually to pooh-pooh the peeler, and that instinct is religious and comes from my indoctrination in the church of organic vegetables. With...