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Notice of Public Hearings – CITY OF FOREST LAKE

NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING broadstreet.zone(48036);
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Planning Commission of the City of Forest Lake in the Council Chambers of the Forest Lake City Center, 1408 Lake Street South, Forest Lake, Minnesota on March 22, 2017 at 7:00 oclock p.m. The hearing will be to consider the request of the applicant, Gaughan Companies, for Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval and a Conditional Use Permit at 220 Lake Street North in the City of Forest Lake, Washington County, Minnesota. All persons who wish to be heard thereon will be heard at that time and place.
Dated this 6th of March, 2017
Donovan Hart
Zoning Administratorbroadstreet.zone(50962);
Published in the
Forest Lake Times
March 9, 2017
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Bluebird Workshop to be held at state park

On March 18 starting at 1 p.m. at William O’Brien State Park, special presenter Julie Osterbauer will take visitors through the world of the Eastern bluebird. She will show guests how to attract bluebirds to their own backyard and also how to establish a bluebird trail. Construction plans to build a bluebird nestbox will be available after the program. Call the park at 651-433-0500 to reserve one of the nestbox kits that the Friends of William O’Brien State Park will be selling for $18 each. Friends group members will be on hand to help with assembly, but guests are asked to bring a hammer if they plan to make a nestbox.
William O’Brien State Park is located two miles north of Marine-On-St. Croix, on Highway 95. A vehicle permit is needed to enter any Minnesota State Park.

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Artist creates contemporary iconography at Willowbrook

Photos by Ryan HowardJessie DeCorsey fills in some detail in the Nativity painting she’s working on in the lobby of Willowbrook Church in Forest Lake. DeCorsey and church leaders hope her ongoing process inspires congregants to take a fresh look at the people of the Bible.
Almost as interesting as Jessie DeCorsey’s work is the varied reaction to it.
As the Lindstrom painter studiously applied oil to canvas March 5, crafting an image of a couple enraptured by their infant son, some passersby offered a quizzical glance as they went on their way. Some approached DeCorsey with questions or comments, while others stared transfixed from a distance, seemingly unsure if they should be viewing the intimate act of creation. A few children munched on doughnuts in the middle distance, peering curiously.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The reaction is why DeCorsey is painting her latest work, a modern twist on the Nativity, in the lobby of Willowbrook Church

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