Another view of the 3700 demolition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHrQ5Ocy_M

Monday afternoon, January 5

Monday January 5, 2009

Star Tribune Dec. 19, 2008
Two former Minneapolis police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to recklessly discharging their guns from a vehicle after leaving a party in Minneapolis this spring.
Scott Mars, 34, and William Thornbury, 28, who were on the force but were off duty when the incident occurred in May, were fired in October. It’s expected they will lose their peace-officer licenses.
The felony criminal charges were filed in June by the Dakota County attorney’s office to avoid a conflict of interest.
The incident began when other officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of Wentworth Avenue S. after receiving a 911 call from Ty Reed about shots being fired. Earlier, Reed had told people near his house that their party was getting too loud. The people apologized and returned to the party.
Minutes later, a man driving a sport-utility vehicle pulled up in front of Reed’s house, swore and fired several shots. As the SUV sped off, more shots were fired from it.
When officers stopped the SUV about 12:30 a.m., they found Mars and Thornbury inside. Mars admitted to being at the party and to firing his gun out the SUV’s sunroof.
Mars, who had a blood-alcohol level of .19, was cited for misdemeanor driving while impaired. Thornbury had a blood-alcohol level of .074, just below the legal limit for driving of .08.
The county attorney dropped a misdemeanor charge of carrying a gun while under the influence.
Sentencing is set for Jan. 29.
DAVID CHANEN

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aRt: ReCreate, ReDefine, ReInvent!

The Fourth Annual Community Art Show, aRt: ReCreate, ReDefine, ReInvent! will be held on March 21st.  Materials for the creative soul are all around us, and local artists and community members are invited to create 2-dimensional or 3D art, reusing or rediscovering items and images in unexpected ways.  Artists are encouraged to be flexible in their interpretation of the concept, and how it is incorporated in their work.

Artwork does not need to be completed and delivered until March 7th, 2009.  Registrations to include your artwork in the show will be accepted on-line and by mail through March 5^th at the Submit Artwork link or the KFNA office.  Registration assures you a place in the show and entitles you to complimentary ticket.  You do not need to know the title or details of the artwork you are submitting to register. 

Selected pieces will be exhibited at Anodyne from March 5th-20th.  All art works submitted will be sold at a silent auction held March 21st, 2009, 7-10 PM at Rau + Barber, 4244 Nicollet Avenue South.  For more information click here.  

KINGFIELD — Steve Jevning, the founder of Leonardo’s Basement, just celebrated the organization’s 10-year anniversary in November.

Over the past decade, Jevning has strived to evolve the local nonprofit organization into a center to explore creativity.

Leonardo’s Basement, 4301 Nicollet Ave. S, is an educational organization aimed at creating imaginative learning environments in which to explore art, science and technology.

“The single biggest philosophical emphasis for having this program is that I don’t see any reason why we should say ‘no’ to kids that want to do something … read the rest at http://www.swjournal.com/index.php?&story=12949&page=152&category=64

I enjoyed the article [Kingfield News; Winter 2008] about my neighbors on Garfield Avenue and the “welcoming gift” of the odd portrait from somebody’s attic. We live on Garfield as well, just north of 38th Street, and Mrs. Garfield may actually have a connection with our house. The description sounds remarkably like the work of someone who lived here before us–Marian Kravig.

We’re the second owners of our home, which was built in 1914 (!). Before we bought it a dozen years ago, it had been owned by the Kravig family and occupied by the widowed Mrs. Kravig and her seven children. The children apparently made a pact among themselves that none of them would every marry and they’d stay together in the house on Garfield (talk about Norwegian Gothic, eh?). Two of the brothers made a break for it and found themselves brides, but the remaining five siblings stayed in the house until just before we came on the scene.

Marian was an art teacher and an extremely prolific painter, judging from the contents of the estate sale we attended. We even purchased a couple of her paintings, which, as I said, sound eerily like the description of Mrs. Garfield.

I’d love to take a look at her and use my long-atrophied art historian skills from college to determine whether or not she’s a genuine Kravig.

Or perhaps these things are best left as a mystery.

Jeanne Lakso

KFNA received the following notice from a neighbor: Last night we found a grocery bag with two computer keyboards in them, we live on the 38xx block of Pillsbury Ave.

If anyone has had a burglary or loss please contact KFNA at kfna@email.com and we can put you in touch with this neighbor.

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