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Photos by DAVID JOLES • djoles@startribune.com Students at L. H. Tanglen Elementary — fifth-graders Amir, front right, Daniel, left, and Pablo, partly visible — did a modified plank on Thursday.

Pulltabs, raffles, bingo and other forms of charitable wagering jumped 13.2 percent. By SHANNON PRATHER shannon.prather@startribune.com

Minnesotans apparently were feeling lucky in fiscal year 2016, spending $1.5 bil-lion on pulltabs, bingo, raffles and other forms of charitable

gambling — or more than $275 for every person in the state.

Charitable gaming sales increased 13.2 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, according to the Min-nesota Gambling Control Board’s annual report. That

makes the sixth year in a row of increases, and the numbers continued to surge into late 2016, said Gary Danger, the board’s compliance officer .

“July through November, our numbers show we are on track to be up almost 11 per-cent over last year. It seems to follow the economy,” said Danger. “Some believe there is a bit of a tie to lower gas

prices. There is a little bit extra money people can use toward fun.”

Most of the more than $1.5 billion in gross receipts was paid out in $1.27 billion in prizes. But the state cashed in too, collecting $55.8 million in taxes last year. The first $37 million was deposited into the general fund, per state statute, with the remaining

$18 million going toward the funding of U.S. Bank Stadium, Danger said.

After prizes, taxes and expenses were paid, 4.7 per-cent of the money spent on gambling — or $70 million —

State gamblers ante up $1.5B in ’16

Students at the elementary school also tried jumping jacks and tree poses.

By BEATRICE DUPUY beatrice.dupuy@startribune.com

Lane huffed and puffed while counting up to 30.

“Oh, no,” the 9-year-old said, struggling to hold the plank pose on the carpet of L.H. Tanglen Elemen-tary in Hopkins Public Schools.

From yoga poses to interactive videos, elementary schools around the Twin Cities are finding ways to keep students like Lane safe from extreme cold while still getting their recess time.

“We realized that indoor recess can oftentimes lead to rough after-noons if students don’t have the chance to burn that energy off,” said Jim Hebeisen , principal at L.H. Tan-glen .

At Lane’s school, counselor Abby Bracke introduced aerobic and yoga stations for students as an indoor recess option this year. Students got their first shot at the activities during the recent cold snap.

Students tried whistle breathing, jumping jacks and tree poses at eight

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Planking, anyone? Twin Cities schools adapt to cold snap, keep kids indoors but active.

Be careful out there, and take injuries seriously.

By PAT PHEIFER pat.pheifer@startribune.com

It’s easy to laugh off a slip-and-fall, particularly if it results in nothing more than a bruised ego. But not so fast, please.

Doctors and other health

care professionals in the Twin Cities have seen a rash of patients, both hospital admissions and emergency room visits, thanks — but no thanks — to falls on the ice-coated streets, sidewalks, driveways and stairs.

From Monday to Tuesday alone, 28 people were treated for ice-related injuries at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

in St. Louis Park, a spokesman said Thursday.

“We definitely see more wrist and ankle injuries this time of year because people are slipping on the ice,” said Dr. Larik Woronzoff , medi-cal director of Tria Ortho-paedic Center’s Acute Injury Clinic . “The wrist injuries are typically from blunt impact, which happens when a per-

son reaches out to try to stop the fall. We also see many more ankle injuries, especially fractures, but those are more typically due to the twisting motion that occurs while a person is falling.”

Hennepin County Medi-cal Center in Minneapolis reported that between Dec. 15 and Wednesday, doctors there saw 19 leg fractures, 15

arm fractures, 15 strains, abra-sions or contusions, 11 concus-sions or head injuries and 10 other injuries, all due to falls on ice or snow.

Regions Hospital in St. Paul was too busy Thursday to even share any data, a spokes-man said.

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Ouch! Doctors seeing uptick in injuries from falls on ice

Turmoil gives pause to legislators as they consider funding issues.

By MAURA LERNER maura.lerner@startribune.com

The latest Gophers ath-letic scandal is starting to make waves at the State Capi-tol, where some say it could affect funding for the Univer-sity of Minnesota as well as the choice of the newest members for the Board of Regents.

On Tuesday, the university fired Gophers football coach Tracy Claeys just as lawmak-ers were returning to St. Paul for the new session. And offi-cials say the debate has just begun over the university’s handling of the case, which started with an alleged sexual assault in September involv-ing multiple Gophers football players.

“This is, for some of us, the almost-every-session Univer-sity of Minnesota scandal,” said state Rep. Gene Pelowski of Winona, the DFL leader on the House Higher Education Committee.

The case pits supporters of the football team against those who felt Claeys improp-erly defended players accused of taking part in a gang rape. The students were not charged with any crime, but 10 players were suspended from the team in December after a university investigation of the incident.

As the public debate rages on, Pelowski said he’s heard grumbling at the Legislature about the estimated $5 million

Scandal could haunt U at Capitol

More than 50 hospitalized in the past two weeks.

By GLENN HOWATT glenn.howatt@startribune.com

More than 50 Minneso-tans have been hospitalized for influenza in the past two weeks, signaling that the state’s flu season has begun in earnest and prompting state health officials to encourage residents to get vaccinated if they haven’t already.

Medical clinics across the state also reported an uptick in flu cases, and the state Health Department on Thurs-day upgraded flu from “local” to “regional” in its statewide weekly tracking report.

Flu season, which began three months ago, can last through April, meaning that people who are not vacci-nated will be susceptible to the

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Advocates say it improves treatments for those who have multiple disorders.

By CHRIS SERRES chris.serres@startribune.com

Minnesotans who struggle with a combination of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders will soon receive faster, more integrated care in their communities without having to navigate a Byzantine system of local health agencies and clinics.

Under a pilot program announced Thursday and set to begin in July, six commu-nity clinics across the state will offer therapies for people

suffering from multiple dis-orders, including chemical addictions and serious men-tal illnesses. The goal is to bring a range of such services under the umbrella of these clinics, reducing the burden on patients and increasing the likelihood of follow-up visits and consistent care, state offi-cials said.

“This is such a radically important step,” said Claire Wilson , assistant commis-sioner of community sup-ports at the state Department of Human Services. “We will have coordinated, ‘one-stop shop’ care centered on com-munity health centers, which are the most immersed in pro-viding this type of care.”

Minnesota is one of just eight states selected to exper-iment with the coordinated model under a two-year fed-eral pilot program.

Typically, patients suffer-ing from complex mental and chemical health problems must navigate a maze of pri-mary care clinics, treatment plans and eligibility require-ments to get help. For instance, patients are often discharged from hospital psychiatric wards with little or no infor-mation on how to obtain out-patient care in the community. A state task force established by Gov. Mark Dayton con-cluded in a report last year that this fragmented system often impedes people from getting

crucial mental health services.The system was not sup-

posed to work this way. In 1963 , when President John Kennedy signed the landmark Com-munity Mental Health Act , he envisioned a broad network of clinics across the nation that would serve as an alternative to large institutions by provid-ing “comprehensive” care in the community, from inpatient treatment to community edu-cation. However, these clinics were never adequately funded; and today, many mental health patients must go to different providers for mental health, substance use and physical illnesses.

“This takes us back to what Kennedy originally

envisioned,” said Sue Abder-holden , executive director of the National Alliance on Men-tal Illness (NAMI ) of Minne-sota. “It’s a much fairer way to go.”

The bundle of services cov-ered include chemical depen-dency treatment, primary care screening and trauma-focused therapy for children, and mobile mental-health crisis response, among others. Case managers will also be avail-able to help patients obtain and coordinate services.

Clinics participating in the pilot will be reimbursed by the state-federal Medicaid program at a rate closer to the actual cost of providing care, which should provide more

individualized therapy and form deeper relationships with patients, officials said. Patients who are too ill or depressed to leave the home, for instance, could qualify for house visits from a psychotherapist, a ser-vice not normally provided by health clinics.

“With this program, we can eliminate the silos and tailor the care plan to an individual’s needs,” said Glenn Anderson , executive director of Northern Pines Mental Health Center in Brainerd, one of the six clin-ics selected for the pilot pro-gram. “And we’re not going to go broke doing it.”

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Pilot program to create ‘one-stop’ mental health care

Drunken, distracted drivers remain a serious hazard on the road, officials say.

By TIM HARLOW tim.harlow@startribune.com

Traffic fatalities on Min-nesota roads remained flat in 2016 when compared with the number of motorists who died in crashes the previous year, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Min-nesota Department of Public Safety.

Crash reports showed that 397 people were killed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 last year, but the count is expected to rise to 412 by the time final numbers are in, the depart-ment’s Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) said. That would top the 411 who were killed in 2015.

“Disappointing” is how OTS director Donna Berger sized up the numbers. “We have made great strides since our ‘Toward Zero Deaths’ ini-tiative started in 2003 with a 37 percent reduction in traffic fatalities. But over the past five years we have plateaued, and we are concerned about that.”

Traff ic fatalities had dropped significantly each year between 2007 and 2014, falling from 510 to 361. Then they spiked in 2015 and were little changed last year.

A big reason for last year’s high number is that 60 pedes-trians died after being struck by vehicles, making 2016 the deadliest year for those on foot since 1991. The high-water mark came just two years after a low of 17 in 2014.

Minnesota did see declines in the number of motorcyclists who were killed, 53 in 2016 compared to 61 in 2015. The number of bicyclists killed fell from 10 in 2015 to seven last year. The total number of crashes also dropped from 375 in 2015 to 362 last year. Speed-ing, drunken driving and distracted driving were the top factors resulting in fatal crashes, the OTS said.

The state has made prog-ress in seatbelt use (now at 93.2 percent, according to the 2016 Minnesota Observational Seat Belt Survey) and now requires ignition interlock devices for first-time drunken drivers with an alcohol concentration of 0.16 percent and above along with repeat offenders. But dis-tracted driving is a growing issue on the roads, Berger said.

“We have so many more opportunities with technol-ogy in the car and on our phones to be distracted,” she said. “We think we have to and are expected to multi-task , but posting things on social media is not something we should be doing inside a 2,000-pound vehicle. That is a guided mis-sile going down the road.”

It’s not just in Minne-sota where law enforcement has concerns. Data from the National Safety Council show

that motor vehicle deaths were up 9 percent nationwide through the first six months of 2016 when compared with 2015, and 18 percent higher than the same January-to-June period of 2014.

“Our complacency is killing us,” Deborah Hersman, presi-dent and CEO of the National Safety Council said earlier this year. “One hundred deaths every day should outrage us. Americans should demand change to prioritize safety actions and protect ourselves from one of the leading causes of preventable death.”

Berger said that change often comes at the grass-roots level. She pointed to efforts such as St. Paul’s “Stop for Me” campaign to educate drivers about crosswalk safety and the DPS’ campaign to get people to speak up when they see dan-gerous driving behaviors.

“Everybody [should] take responsibility for their safety and that of other motorists and pedestrians,” she said. “You have the right to say something and help change traffic safety culture.”

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State traffic deaths hit a plateau in 2016

Included: Motorcyclists: 53 • Bicyclists: 7 • Pedestrians: 60Source: Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Offi ce of Traffi c Safety

2007: 5102008: 4552009: 421

2010: 4112011: 3682012: 395

2013: 3872014: 3612015: 411

2016: 397 (prelimi-nary)

ROAD FATALITIES BY YEAR

nasty virus for several more months. In addition to pro-tecting individuals who get vaccinated, flu shots can help contain the wider spread of the illness, health officials noted.

“The more people who are vaccinated, the more protec-tion we’ll have in the commu-nity, especially [for] those at high risk for complications from flu,” said Kris Ehres-mann , infectious disease director at the state Health Department.

Flu symptoms include fever, fatigue, body aches, sore throat and coughing, and can emerge suddenly. Most cases are mild, but flu can be serious and even fatal, espe-cially among infants, preg-nant women, people over 65, and those with chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes.

This year’s flu strain is one

that has been particularly problematic for the elderly in previous years, because their immune systems may not be able to fight the infec-tion effectively. Neverthe-less, the flu attacks all ages, so state officials recommend a flu shot for anyone over the age of six months.

The number of flu-related hospitalizations in the cur-rent season, while relatively low, is slightly ahead of last year, when the season didn’t peak until mid-March.

The number of flu cases nationwide is also increas-ing, so state health officials expect Minnesota’s numbers to increase over the next few weeks.

More information on the disease and locations of flu shot clinics are available on the health department’s web-site at mdhflu.com.

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Sheriff wants antidote for ODs to work properly.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is urging a medical supply company to fix applicators used by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to administer the antidote to an opioid over-dose.

Instead of spraying a mist of the medication Narcan into the nose, the applicator sends out a straight liquid stream. This can delay the medica-tion’s effectiveness by several hours.

In a letter Thursday to Teleflex Medical CEO Benson Smith , Klobuchar, D-Minn., cited recent reports that the office was struggling to obtain properly working nasal appli-cators. She demanded Tele-flex take immediate action.

“Law enforcement officers are working hard to combat the devastating opioid abuse epidemic in my state and around the country. It is essen-tial that they are equipped with the tools needed to do their jobs and that they can rely on those tools to work

in an emergency,” Klobuchar wrote.

“For that reason, I ask that Teleflex take immedi-ate action to ensure that its equipment functions prop-erly and defective shipments are replaced, which is cru-cial to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office and other law enforcement agencies in their efforts to respond to over-doses and save lives.”

In Minnesota, abuse of prescription opioid painkill-ers now accounts for more deaths each year than homi-cides, claiming 336 lives in 2015 alone, she wrote.

The Sheriff ’s Office has been trying since October to replace the defective devices. That is when Teleflex recalled the product. In an e-mail Wednesday, Teleflex spokes-woman Susan Denby said the company has been experienc-ing a temporary shortage of the nasal applicator. It has been notifying customers as the product becomes avail-able and been releasing it since Dec. 12, she said.

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went to nonprofits including youth sports, veteran s groups and community charities.

Chari table gambl ing approached the $1.5 billion mark around 2000, but plum-meted by nearly 50 percent over the following decade dur-ing the Great Recession. The state recorded $980 million in gambling sales in 2010.

While all forms of gambling — bingo, raffles, pulltabs, tip-boards and paddleboards — were up in fiscal year 2016, electronic pulltabs saw the biggest percentage gains, increasing by 175 percent to

more than $90 million. About 600 of the 2,800 gaming sites across the state now offer e-pulltabs, where players use a tablet loaded with games.

E-pulltabs debuted in Min-nesota in the fall of 2012 and have seen explosive growth even as many gambling man-agers were initially leery of the new products, Danger said.

“Some were a little appre-hensive about it. The con-ventional wisdom was elec-tronic pulltabs would can-nibalize paper sales. What they’ve found is that they are comple mentary goods. When electronic pulltabs are put in,

paper sales go up too,” Danger said. “What we are hearing is that people are interested in trying both forms.”

North metro operators con-tinued to dominate the top 10 list. Merrick Inc. in Vadnais Heights had $17.8 million in gross receipts, while North-west Area Jaycees of Maple Grove reported $14.7 million and Blaine Youth Hockey reported $14.6 million.

In the south suburbs, Eagan Hockey Association enjoyed a $2 million bump in gross receipts in a year’s time, edg-ing them into the Top 10 . The Eagan nonprofit, which sells pulltabs at four locations, reported $12.1 million in the fiscal year ending in June.

“Part of it is the economy is better than in the past,” said Sue Downey, Eagan Hockey

Association gambling manager. “You can tell people have a little bit more spending money.”

In Eagan, some newer and higher-priced pulltab games are drumming up business, Downey said. There are now $5 games with larger $1,000 pots, compared to the conven-tional $1 pulltab with $200 to $300 pots.

“People like those bigger winners and we can make quite a bit more money on those,” Downey said.

After paying out adminis-trative costs, $10.6 million in prizes and $508,000 in taxes, $474,000 went to the hockey association for ice time, equip-ment, facility upgrades and repairs, and college scholar-ships for graduating seniors.

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that it will cost the U to buy out the contracts of Claeys and most of his coaching staff. “There’s big numbers in play when you fire a coach and hire another,” Pelowski said.

That could be a key topic , he noted, when the U submits its formal request to the Legis-lature this session for an extra $147 million. “If you can pay for people who aren’t coaching,” said Pelowski, “why do you need money from us?”

Dean Johnson , a former state legislator who now chairs the Board of Regents, acknowl-edged that’s a challenge the

university will have to face.“Any time you have a blem-

ish or a misstep, which has hap-pened at the University of Min-nesota, that needs to be cleared up,” he said. “Those questions need to be addressed. This is not going to go away .”

At the same time, he said, “We hope that we will have a compelling argument, and we won’t be penalized for what is happening.”

University President Eric Kaler declined to be inter-viewed Thursday, but he issued a statement noting that the athletic budget draws “only slightly from state funds” and

relies mainly on ticket sales and other revenue. He added that, under state law, state funds cannot and will not be used “to fund termination pay-ments to coaches.”

Rep. Bud Nornes, a Repub-lican from Fergus Falls who chairs the House Higher Edu-cation Committee, seemed sympathetic to the U’s dilemma. “I’m looking at the big picture; I still have high regard for this university,” he said. While the alleged sexual assault and its aftermath “have not been a very good thing,” he said, “I wouldn’t say for that reason we’re going to hold back revenue or do something spiteful. We expect them to get it resolved and to do it the best way they can, and then move on.”

Meanwhile, the turmoil

swirling around Gophers foot-ball was one of the main topics among the 17 candidates vying this week for four openings on the Board of Regents. During the first two days of scheduled interviews, each candidate was asked about the crisis, said Dan Wolter, vice chair of the Regent Candidate Advi-sory Council, which screens candidates for the Legislature.

“No question that it’s some-thing that is on people’s minds,” he said, adding that there is no consensus on whether the U did the right thing. “We’ve got-ten a diversity of perspectives, no question about it.” The council is expected to wrap up the interviews Friday, and to forward its recommendations to the Legislature for a vote.

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The Washington County Sher-iff ’s Office, recognizing that vari-ous forms of multimedia record-ings already are in wide use among law enforcement officers and cit-izens alike, will begin rolling out body cameras this month.

Cameras will be assigned to all licensed peace officers in the Sher-iff ’s Office, including plainclothes investigators and deputies who provide security for the district court in Stillwater.

There has been no discernible controversy among county resi-dents about the body cameras, which deputies see as the latest gen-eration of technol-ogy, Cmdr. Andrew Ellickson said.

“They knew it was coming,” said Ellick-son, who led a nine-officer study group.

Sheriff Bill Hutton said his agency will be the first in Min-nesota to use Visual Lab soft-ware, which provides “all in one device” capabilities for audio and video recordings, still photogra-phy, phone calls, GPS tracking and other uses.

The software, along with the devices that officers will wear, will cost the county an estimated $48,000 the first year and about $62,000 each subsequent year. The Sheriff ’s Office no longer will pay stipends to deputies for using their personal phones on the job.

“The big hang-up on body cam-eras is whether or not, if a criti-cal incident occurs, an officer or deputy can review footage before filing that report,” Hutton said.

In Washington County, they can. The Sheriff ’s Office policy conforms with state law, Hutton said, giving deputies that choice.

Cpl. Mark Caroon, a union leader in the department, said deputies already know they could be videotaped by anyone. He said they welcome body cameras to confirm public interactions.

“There wasn’t any pushback here,” said Caroon, currently assigned to court security. “Offi-cers want to do the right thing. You’ll have proof of it.”

Body cameras are under discus-sion in St. Paul and Woodbury and many other agencies in the wake of the new state law clarifying public access to body-cam data.

Recordings are confidential until active criminal investigations conclude, at which point any video showing use of force by a police officer that results in substantial bodily harm becomes public.

Hutton oversees the largest law enforcement agency in Washing-ton County. His deputies patrol townships and several cities that contract with the Sheriff ’s Office for services, such as Hugo, Mahto-medi and Lake Elmo.

Ellickson said deputies will activate their body cameras two to three hours per shift for traffic stops and “critical incidents” that involve confrontations.

Supervising officers or a dis-patcher can activate cameras in the event a deputy is unable to do so, he said.

Ellickson oversees court secu-rity, a job he got after Cmdr. Jerry Cusick retired last summer. Depu-ties working in the courts as well as patrol deputies will wear body cameras , Ellickson said.

“If the majority of your shift involves dealing with the public, you’re going to be wearing it,” he said. “In a couple of years, every-one is going to have it.”

Caroon, a member of the Law Enforcement Labor Services union, said body cameras will help officers and the public with accountability, eliminating spec-ulation over what happened at a traffic stop or crime scene.

“Each person sees things differ-ently,” he said.

Hutton said of the technology: “Lots of recording going on, and that only continues to be more prevalent.”

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Andrew Schneider’s production takes on quantum physics.

T H E AT E R R E V I E W R O H A N P R E S T O N

Suppose we live simultaneously in multiple dimensions, the way some atoms can be in two places at once.

What would that mean for our per-ceptions and our bodies? Would our experiences be echoes of something happening somewhere else? Would reality itself be just a light show that melts away when we try to grasp it?

These questions, which have vexed quantum physicists for decades, ani-mate this week’s kickoff production in Walker Art Center’s 27th annual Out There series of experimental works. “Youarenowhere,” the title of Andrew Schneider’s heady, disruptive one-

hour production that opened Wednes-day seems declarative enough — like the locator spot on a map. But in this age of irony, the meaning is ambigu-ous. Are you here now? Or nowhere?

Far from offering reassurance about one’s place and direction in the world, this show of loud noises and cutting lights leaves you with a sense of giddy dislocation. The show also

has an inventive ending that is as thrill-ing and surprising.

Schneider performs in a space that is bare, save for an empty picture frame suspended from the ceiling. When he puts his face into it, it buzzes, lights up and blacks out. That portal is charged space, a metaphor for the whole stage itself.

The action begins in darkness and fog. When the lights come up, briefly, we see Schneider, bare-chested with microphone packs on his arms. He looks like a Marine recruit about to have his blood pressure taken. The lights go out again, and when they come back up, he’s on a different part of the stage, in another pose. We get snapshots of him. Our imaginations fill in the movements.

In familiar and conspiratorial tones, Schneider delivers confessional snip-

pets about his life. His words are often interrupted by a scratchy, echoey soundscape — like dub music without the dub. This sense of incompletion, which permeates the show, speaks to a larger yearning. “Youarenowhere” is not interested in the prosaic stuff of life — aside from how the ordinary may be cosmic.

It’s difficult to discuss Schneider’s show without revealing its secrets, but it plays with time as well as space. There’s a “bless you” that anticipates a sneeze. Schneider speaks forward and backward, his words bent as they come at us. It sounds like a recording, spun in reverse, as he tries to reveal human vicissitudes as cosmic phenomena.

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Maria BaranovaAndrew Schneider in “Youareno-where,” at the Walker Art Center.

His wife said Minneapolis police were slow to act, making the situation worse than it needed to be.By BRANDON STAHL brandon.stahl@startribune.com

The owner of the Portland Market in south Minneapolis was put into a medically induced coma, needed five plates put in his face and could lose an eye after a burglar severely beat him with a hammer at his store on New Year’s Eve.

The victim, 53-year-old George Gerges and his wife, Saydee , have owned the market at 3751 Portland Av. S. for about eight years and never before had a problem until New Year’s Eve, she said in an interview Thursday. She faults in part a slow

response from Minneapolis police, who did not arrive to the business until 38 minutes after the security alarm went off.

“If [police] had showed up when they were supposed to show up, this wouldn’t have happened,” Saydee Gerges said. Police did not immedi-ately respond to a request for com-ment.

Andrew Marquis Hodge , 25 , of Minneapolis, stands charged in Hen-nepin County District Court with fel-ony first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and first-degree aggra-vated robbery in connection with the attack. He remains jailed in lieu

of $350,000 bail and was scheduled to make his first appearance Thursday.

She said her husband took five blows to the head with a hammer, suffered numerous fractures and a displaced jaw. Though he’s no longer in a coma, he is still in the hospital and will take at least six weeks before he learns if he will be able to see out of his eye. “It’s awful,” she said. “But thank God he’s alive.”

According to charges, police arrived to the blood-spattered entry-way at 6:47 a.m. as Hodge stood over a bloodied, semiconscious Gerges, who was begging for his life. Hodge ran but was caught after a short chase. In his path police found the sledge-hammer, Gerges’ keys, cocaine and cigarettes.

In an interview at the hospital,

Gerges told police his security com-pany notified him at 6:09 a.m. of a “glass break” alarm at the business. He asked the company to call police, then went to the business himself, arriving at 6:45 a.m. The parking lot lights were off and the front door was broken. When he walked inside he saw Hodge standing in the entryway. Hodge then approached Gerges and began beating him with the sledge-hammer, saying “Buddy, open the safe — I just need the money.” Gerges real-ized the police arrived when he heard them say “Freeze!” and Hodge fled.

Electrical wires to the business had been cut, and surveillance video showed Hodge near the electrical box.

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Lisa Bark struck a yoga pose on Thursday in the 300-foot tunnel at the Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium in the Mall of America. More yoga — an hourlong class on Saturday, Jan. 14 — is scheduled in the tunnel, during which participants

can meditate on the thousands of sea creatures, including sharks, sea turtles and tropical fish.

Meditating with the sharks

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A Colorado man back in his old cen-tral Minnesota haunts for Thanksgiving now has more than a million reasons to be thankful for making the trip.

Shawn Walcheski matched all but the Powerball on one of his three tickets pur-chased in St. Cloud, allowing him to collect the $1 million prize on Wednesday at Min-nesota Lottery headquarters in Roseville.

Walcheski, 42, bought three sets of quick-pick numbers at Coborn’s grocery store, at 2118 8th St. N. in St. Cloud, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the day of the drawing.

“I had bronchitis, so I told my sister I needed to stop for medicine,” the native of Foley, Minn., told lottery officials. “My total was $13 and change, so I said, ‘Powerball is big, give me three.’ ”

After returning home to Denver, Wal-cheski checked his numbers and saw the second set had matched the Powerball number to win $4. But he didn’t check the third line on his ticket .

“It was in and out of my pocket, on the floor, all over the place,” recalled Wal-cheski, who works in sales. “A couple of days later, my sister messaged me on Facebook and said to check my ticket again because somebody won $1 million where we bought our tickets.”

This time, he checked all three lines on the ticket and saw that the last set had the first five numbers, good for the $1 million (before taxes) payout.

Walcheski surprised his family and flew back to Minnesota for Christmas, then claimed his prize a few days into the new year.

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Holiday trip was one big lucky breakPowerball winner thought he’d won only

$4; his sister suggested he check again.

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“She never wanted anyone to su≠ er. … She really touched other people, just out of love.” — son Ramiro Garcia

By DEE DePASS • dee.depass@startribune.com

When counselors at the teen recovery center in Blaine instructed cook Celia Garcia to give each child just one helping of soup, she waited until their backs were turned, then quietly scooped more into the teens’ bowls. She did it again and again for 15 years.

“They were hungry. And she never wanted anyone to suffer. That

would really hurt her,” said Celia’s son Ramiro Garcia. “Her thing was to cook, to feed her family and feed everyone around as much as she could. She really touched other people, just out of love.” Celia, who passed away from liver cancer on Christmas morning at the age of 64, housed, fed and cared for so many people that she became “Mama Celia” to friends and family alike.

Along with her husband, Fernandon, the mother of seven and grandmother of 18 regularly took in friends, nephews and other family and made sure they had food and warmth. It wasn’t uncommon for the five-bedroom house they found in Blaine 30 years ago to shelter two or three families at a time. Sometimes it “was chaos, but there was always love there. She was really an amazing woman,” Ramiro said.

Celia became a master at chili con carne, pork posole, pepper and hominy soup, tacos and other dishes she could stretch. “My kids would bring all their friends here and my wife used to feed them all the time. So after awhile my house was full of kids,” Fernando said. “I used to joke that I would make them eat hot peppers. But my wife was always so friendly, and very happy to have them,” he said, chuckling through tears. “Our life was so good. I am going to miss her a lot.”

Celia, the middle of 10 siblings, learned to love people and cooking while growing up in San Diego, and while visit-ing aunts in Poncitlan, a suburb of Guad alajara, Mexico. It was in Poncitlan 48 years ago that a 17-year-old Fernando

first spotted the 16-year old Celia in flowered pants and sweater outside his father’s fabric store. When he left the shop to say hello, she fibbed, and said her name was Nancy. It wasn’t until he proposed months later that she told him her real name. Against their parents’ wishes, they eloped. “I always joked that I had hopped on my horse and swept her away like Valentino. We never were single. We were always together,” Fernando said.

The newlyweds settled in Guadalajara, had daughters Eva and Teresa, before taking a bus to Tijuana and working at a dry cleaners. In 1977 they decided to join her brother in Minneapolis, where wages were higher. Their car stalled and froze on a highway in Iowa. “It was so cold. I said, ‘I want to go back,’ ” Fernando recalled.

A policeman helped get the car to a garage and soon they were on their way to Minneapolis. Fernando found work in manufacturing — first at 3M’s tape plant in St. Paul and later at Honeywell’s thermometer and metal plating plants in Minneapolis and Golden Valley. As crime rose in their Minneapolis neighborhood, the growing family moved to Blaine in 1986.

There, Celia was thrilled to watch her seven kids safely ride bikes and play from her dining room window. She watched “novellas,” scary movies and laughed hard when Fernando scared their children Eva, Teresa, Celia , Fer-nando , Mauricio , Ramiro and Angelica with a motion-sens-ing Chucky doll that screeched “I see you!” when someone sneaked home after curfew. The teens hid the doll. But the parents took raucous delight in finding and putting Chucky back into business. “She laughed and laughed. But eventu-ally they threw the doll away, and we never saw Chucky again,” Fernando said.

For 15 years, Celia walked 2 miles each day to the Anthony Louis Center , where she cooked nutritious meals for the youth s . She made less than $12 an hour, but squir-reled away enough so her family could drive to Mexico each year to visit relatives and her beloved beaches. ”We had a van and were packed like sardines,” Fernando said. “But, oh my goodness, we had fun.”

Services have been held.

Meals cooked for family, others always came with a side of love

Celia A. Garcia A “Mama” to all

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Duffy, Keegan Andrewage 30, ofMaple Grove,MN, passedaway sudden-ly WednesdayJanuary 3rd,2017.Keegan is theson of DaveDuffy (former-ly of Saranac

Lake, NY) and Jean Duffy (formerlyof Alexandria, MN). Keegan was alife long resident of Minnesota whoenjoyed golf, fishing, snow board-ing, boating and all the many out-door adventures Minnesota has tooffer. He also enjoyed playing gui-tar, which was his natural talent.After graduating from high schoolin Mankato, MN, Keegan attendedNorth Dakota State University andgraduated with a BS Degree in Con-struction Management with a minorin Business. He worked in that fieldfor several years. Later, as the con-struction industry slowed down,Keegan enrolled in Arizona StateUniversity to follow his new passionin computers. He graduating withan MS degree in Information Sys-tems Management. From that pointon Keegan worked for MaximumSolutions, Inc, a specialty enter-prise software company in Edina,MN. He excelled in the IT field, as asystems analyst. He loved his joband loved all his coworkers. He en-joyed the daily challenges of solv-ing major business problems,through enterprise systems soft-ware.Keegan is remembered by his fami-ly and friends as a genuinely lovingand intelligent young man, of highintegrity, with a great sense ofhumor and an enormous heart -especially for the underdog. He hadan instinct for knowing when peo-ple were in need and knowing howto help. He accepted them, as theywere, without judgement. He spentmuch of his life helping homelesspeople, young and old, find theirway back to school, or find employ-ment, or find food, shelter and med-ical care. He had the courage totake risks, to stand up for what hebelieved in and to set and achievehigh goals for himself. Although hewas taken much too soon, his lega-cy of love, kindness and compas-sion will live on in others.Keegan was preceded in death bygrandfather, Ralph Roers; grand-mother, Gisela Duffy; & aunt, KathyRiley. Survived by parents, Dave &Jean Duffy; sisters, Bridget, Alisha(Kim) McAfee; grandparents,Patricia Roers, Joseph Duffy; andmany aunts, uncles, and other fami-ly & friends. Mass of Christian Buri-al 11 AM Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, atSt. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church,9100 93rd Ave N., Brooklyn Park, MN55445, with visitation before themass from 9:30-11 AM at church. In-terment at St. Vincent’s Cemetery.

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Age 83, ofSouth St. Paulpassed awaypeacefully onJanuary 5,2017. Preced-ed in deathby her hus-band, August.Survived byc h i l d r e n ,

Dorothy (Darin) Pluim, Pernella(Charlie) Bull, Audrey (John)Verbout and Norman Heitkamp;grandchildren; great-grandchildren;nieces; and nephews. Mass ofChristian Burial 10 AM Monday, Jan-uary 9th at the CHURCH OF ST. AU-GUSTINE, 3rd St. No. @ 4th Ave. inSouth St. Paul. Visitation 4-8 PMSunday, January 8th at KLECATSKYSOUTHERN CHAPEL, 414 Marie Ave.in South St. Paul. Interment FortSnelling National Cemetery.

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Friedhoff, Barbara A.Age 69, ofForest Lake,passed awaysuddenly onJanuary 3,2017, with herfamily by herside. Barbarawas a proudbusiness own-er of White

Diamond Tours. Preceded in deathby parents, Werner and Ann John-son. She is survived by her hus-band of 35 years, Bart; daughters,Kimberly (Kevin) Mark, Kari Brenes;granddaughter, Mariya Brenes;great granddaughter, Mya Burton;siblings, Jeanne (Brian) Streeter,Dale Johnson, Russell Johnson;and many friends. A Gathering toCelebrate Barbara’s Life will be held2-6 p.m., Saturday, January 14, 2017at American Legion #225, 355 WestBroadway Ave., Forest Lake. In lieuof flowers, memorials may be madeto the family.

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Gaydos, Mary (Jurichko)age 97, passed away peacefully onWednesday, January 4th, 2017 atMaurice on the Commons, EaganMN. Mary was also under the careof the staff of Brighton Hospice.She was born on November 23rd,1919 in Minneapolis to Mary andJohn Jurichko. She was the onlydaughter of five children. Marygrew up in Northeast Minneapolisand attended Edison High Schoolgraduating in 1938. Her parents, lov-ing husband Paul and brothersSteve, Marty, Peter and PaulJurichko, preceded Mary in death.She is survived by her three daugh-ters, Cheryl Anne Morse (Tim), LynnMarie Barnes and Jill SuzanneGaydos; four grandchildren: KristyHerzak (Danny) of Cleveland, ErikMorse (Katie) of Eagan, BrandonBarnes (Neeka) of Bloomington andChase Barnes of Las Vegas; threegreat grandchildren and numerousnephews, nieces and friends.Services for Mary will be held atnoon, Friday (TODAY) January 6th atSt. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral (17thAve & 5th Street NE, MinneapolisMN). A one-hour visitation will pre-cede the service. Interment will fol-low the service at St. Mary’s Ortho-dox Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,memorials to the St. Mary’s Cathe-dral Endowment fund in Mary’shonor are preferred.

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Ferraro, ThomasPassed 12-23-2016. Survived by wifeCharlene; daughter Janine (John)Schweitzer; son, Tony Ferraro; 6grandchildren, 6 great grandchil-dren; brother, Pat (Myrtle) Ferraro;sister, Marlene (Pierre) Chicone;nieces and nephews. Celebration ofLife at Split Rock Bowling Alley inWyoming, MN Friday, January 13,4-7 pm. Memorials preferred.

Cech, Daryl M.age 55, of Coon Rapids, passedaway January 1. Full notice Sunday.

Clough, Glenice ClarineA MemorialService willbe held atthe Elk RiverL u t h e r a nChurch ELCAon Sunday,January 8,2017 at 1 PMfor Glenice C.Clough who

passed away on December 31, 2016at the Elim Home in Princeton. Buri-al will be in Ft. Snell National Ceme-tery, Minneapolis, MN.Glenice was born to the late Cliffordand Gladys (Thon) Jorde in ThiefRiver Falls, MN on November 8, 1933.Glenice married David Clough onApril 12, 1953 in Mason City, IA.Glenice and David were married for63 years. She was a bookkeeper forCargill Research Farm for manyyears and retired in1999. She en-joyed rosemaling, shopping, collect-ing decorative plates, Bible studyand genealogy.Glenice is survived by her husband,David; son Rick (Kathy Preuss)Clough of Hayward, WI; daughterJulie (Ken) Nathe of Elk River, MN;Granddaughters Janae and Janessa;sister-in-law Diane Jorde of Wood-bury, MN; nephew Mike (Beth)Jorde of Redding, CA and their chil-dren Kristan and Sara; niece DianeJorde of St. Croix Beach, MN andLinda (Erick) Aarthun of CottageGrove, MN and their children Ashleyand Jorde. Glenice is also survivedby many other loving family mem-bers and friends.Glenice was preceded in death byher parents & brother Marvin Jorde.In lieu of flowers, memorials prefer-red to Princeton Elim Home.

Bouley, Bernardage 78 of Hopkins (Formerly NEMpls.). Preceded in death by pa-rents Ted & Kate; wife Diane; broth-ers Phillip & Kenneth. Survived byson Andrew; grandson Troy; broth-er James of Shakopee, MN; manynieces and nephews. A memorialservice will be held Mon. January 9,11AM with visitation 1 hr. prior at:Werness Brothers 952-884-8145

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Peterson, Peggy “Peg”Age 48 ofBloomington,passed away12/15/16.Preceded indeath by herfather, C.War-ren Petersonand aunt,Joyce Oaks;Survived by

her mother, Jean; siblings SusanOlive (Michael), David, and Betsy(Dan Nelson); longtime friend, RobJohnson; several nieces and neph-ews and great nieces and greatnephews; dogs, Molly and Lilly.Memorial service Saturday, January7th at 11 am, First UniversalistChurch, Mpls. Memorials preferredto Animal Humane Society, Can DoCanines, or the Pancreatic CancerAction Network. Peg was a gentle,kind-hearted soul who lovedanimals, traveling, and spendingtime with friends. We are all betterpeople for knowing Peg and she willbe forever missed.

Bolla, Charlotte K.Age 91 ofMtka, passedaway Jan. 3,2017. Preced-ed in deathby parents,Meta and BenKrahn andbrother Roy.A belovedwife, mother,

grandmother and friend; her strongfaith guided her life and her actions.She was an avid gardener and birdlover. Charlotte proudly graduatedfrom the Cadet Nursing program in1946 and continued her career intoher 80’s ending as a parish nurse.Survived by John, her husband of69 years, and her children Anne(Peter), Kay (Pat), Jack, Jane, Mimi(David); grandchildren Hunter,Emily, Jeffrey, Kevin. Memorial serv-ice 11 AM on Monday Jan. 9, 2017 atGethsemane Lutheran Church, 715Minnetonka Mills Rd. in Hopkins,with visitation one hour prior. Inlieu of flowers, memorials preferredto ELCA World Hunger.

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Johnson, Vera Annof southMinneapolis.Sunrise:October 19,1940. Sunset:December 30,2016. Daugh-ter of Dennisand MattieJohnson ofHolly Springs,

MS. A memorial service will be heldSunday, January 8, 2017 at 1 pm,viewing at 12 pm at Cremation Soci-ety of Minnesota Minneapolis Chap-el, 4343 Nicollet Ave South 55409.

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Brustad, Richard A.Richard(Dick)Brustad wasborn on Janu-ary 22, 1941,in Bagley, MNto parentsArthur andPhyllis (Nel-son) Brustad.He graduated

from Bagley High School in 1959 andfrom the University of Minnesota in1963.

Dick was married to Janet Bergand they have four children:Timothy (Teri): children Kathleenand Nicole; Thomas: childrenJoseph, Rachel, and Christopher;Elizabeth; and James (Lori): chil-dren Jessica, Elliott, and Mitchell;and two great-grandchildrenEleanor Grace and Etta Loy, daugh-ters of Kathleen.

Dick and Janet grew up in a small-town environment with small-townvalues. He learned to hunt and fishwith his dad and helped in the fami-ly’s small grocery store. He wrotemany interesting essays aboutgrowing up in Northern Minnesota.He never missed a Bagley SchoolReunion and enjoyed catching upwith old friends from high school.He was so excited to attend the Uni-versity of Minnesota and was al-ways a loyal fan of their sportsteams.

Dick’s greatest pleasure was tospend time with his grandchildrenand great-grandchildren. Many funand educational road trips were en-joyed with pairs of cousins at atime. The Brustad family huntingtrip was always a highlight and willcertainly continue and will alwaysbe shared with special familyfriends.

Any occasion would provide areason for a Brustad family event.Many years of attending musicaltheatre performances resulted inproducing their own version ofthese plays. Graduations and holi-days always presented an opportu-nity for theme parties, sometimeswith elaborate costumes and deco-rations and always an abundanceof good food, fun, and laughter. Hewill be sadly missed by the chil-dren, each of whom had a specialrelationship with their Grandpa, andhe always assured each of themthat they were the “favorite!”He was so very proud of his chil-dren and their families and consid-ered their successful lives a greatachievement.

After graduating from the Univer-sity of Minnesota in 1963, Dick’sfirst employment was with the U.S.Housing and Home Finance Agencyin Chicago, working with cities ontheir urban development plans. Hewas a field representative for theCity of Detroit and for the City ofChicago.

In 1966, Dick and his family re-turned to Minnesota and he servedas Director of North Side Redevelop-ment activities for the MinneapolisHousing and Redevelopment Au-thority. He started the grass rootscitizen participation efforts in thatneighborhood.

In 1971, Dick became the HousingDirector of the Metropolitan Councilof the Twin Cities. He was instru-mental in creating the policy thatspread affordable housing into thesuburbs, and created the Metropoli-tan Housing and RedevelopmentAuthority.

In 1972, Dick became the Assis-tant Director of the Greater Minne-apolis Metropolitan Housing Corpo-ration, founded by the businesscommunity of Minneapolis to stim-ulate the production of affordablehousing. Among these develop-ments were the Plymouth AvenueTownhouses, the historic Milwau-kee Avenue homes renovation, andWindslope, the first affordablehousing development in Eden Prai-rie.

In 1975, Dick became ExecutiveDirector of the Minneapolis Housingand Redevelopment Authority,where he oversaw both publichousing management of over 10,000units, and the major redevelopmentefforts of the City. He led the crea-tion of an extensive program to re-habilitate homes rather than de-molish them, and the creation ofthe first city housing finance agen-cy in the country.

In 1979, Dick became Vice Presi-dent of Nationwide Housing Corpo-ration, where he developed afforda-ble housing projects in Greater Min-nesota.

In 1981, Brighton DevelopmentCorporation was formed by part-ners Dick Brustad, Linda Donaldson,and Margaret Lucas. This partner-ship worked with neighborhoodgroups to develop or renovate over6300 high-quality units of housing.Brighton is credited with leadingthe restoration efforts along theMississippi River in downtown Min-neapolis through projects like NorthStar Woolen Mills, Lourdes Square,the Mill City Museum, and manyothers.

In 2000, Dick became President ofCommunity Housing DevelopmentCorporation, which was created toacquire and preserve affordablehousing developments throughoutthe State of Minnesota. Under hisleadership, CHDC has a portfolio ofover 4300 units of affordable hous-ing. A great passion was the build-ing of housing for homeless resi-dents and veterans. The HigherGround Project was applaudedthroughout the country.

Over the years, as each projectwas completed, Dick could be heardto say, “They’re all God’s children.”He truly believed in equitable serv-ices for everyone.

Survivors include his wife, Janet,their four children, eight grandchil-dren, and two great-grandchildren,and several cousins, nieces, andnephews. He was preceded indeath by his parents and a brother,Kenneth.

A service to honor Dick’s life willbe held on Saturday, January 7,2017, at the St. Anthony PaduaChapel at Catholic Eldercare, 813 NEMain Street, Minneapolis. There willbe visitation at 12:30 p.m. and theservice will be held at 2:00 p.m.Burial will take place in Bagley at alater date.

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Blom, Eldora91 of New York Mills, MN, formerlyof Golden Valley. Died 1/2/17. Serv.Sat. 1/7/17 @ 2 pm Apostolic Lu-theran Church in New York Millswith visitation 1 hr prior to service.

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Pine River man jailed and released without bond .

By PAUL WALSHpaul.walsh@startribune.com

A central Minnesota nurs-ing home employee wanted in the rape of a resident has been tracked down and now faces several felony counts.

David E. DeLong , 59, of Pine River, has been charged in Crow Wing County District Court with sexually assault-ing the 78-year-old resident of Minnesota Heritage House in Pequot Lakes in May.

Shortly before Christmas, police turned to the public for help in locating DeLong after he missed a court appearance in October. Police said they were worried that he would commit a similar crime while a fugitive.

Police Chief Eric Klang said Wednesday that a tip from a fellow nursing home employee led authorities to DeLong , who appeared before Judge Erik Askegaard and was released on his own recognizance,

with conditions including that he not have contact with the victim. DeLong remains free ahead of a March court appearance.

Assistant County Attorney Janine LePage requested bail of $15,000 with conditions and $50,000 without conditions. However, “the court did deny our office’s request,” said Lydia Marohn, an official with the county attorney’s office.

“That’s ridiculous,” Klang said, referring to the lack of bail required before DeLong was set free. “He’s a real sick guy. [His victim was] totally helpless and couldn’t protect herself.”

The resident is in the late stages of Alzheimer’s and can only get around in a wheel-chair, the criminal complaint against DeLong noted.

DeLong’s attorney did not return a phone message seek-ing response to the charges.

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Nursing home worker faces charges of raping patient

DeLong

The fleeing vehicle struck a squad car before arrests.

By PAUL WALSHpaul.walsh@startribune.com

One of two carjackers who stole a woman’s vehicle at gunpoint in South St. Paul and struck a police car was treat-ing the chase with police like he was playing the video game “Grand Theft Auto,” according to charges.

Enrique L. Davila, 19, of Maplewood, and Miguel T. Rea, 27, of St. Paul, were charged Wednesday in Dakota County District Court with first-degree aggravated robbery in connec-tion with the carjacking Satur-day evening in the 400 block of Camber Avenue. Rea, sus-pected of being the driver, also was charged with fleeing police.

Both remain jailed, Rea in lieu of $150,000 bail and Davila in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Once he was caught and questioned, Davila largely blamed Rea, the charges read. Davila said it was Rea put the gun to the woman’s head and who drove with

police in pursuit.“When describing the

chase,” the complaint read, “Davila stated Rea was treat-ing [it] like a game [of] ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ ”

“Grand Theft Auto” is a pop-ular video game series that at times includes police in pursuit of criminals.

According to the charges and police:

A woman told police that while she was parked outside a townhouse two men opened each front door and forced her out at gunpoint. One of them pointed a gun at her head and said, “Get the hell out,” the criminal complaint read.

Police from several agencies pursued the vehicle at a high speed “covering many miles” through Inver Grove Heights and St. Paul, at times on the wrong side of the road, until

returning to South St. Paul.The fleeing vehicle struck a

South St. Paul squad car, kept going for a few more blocks before the two suspects jumped out and ran.

The suspects entered a resi-dence back in the same block where they allegedly stole the car.

Officers surrounded the home and tried to persuade the two to surrender. Both were arrested within hours.

A search of the home turned up a pellet gun and clothing that matched what the victim said one of the suspects was wearing.

Both defendants have been approved for appointment of a public defender ahead of court appearances in the next few weeks.

Adding to Rea’s legal woes are charges also filed Wednes-day that allege he was among suspects who shoplifted nearly $725 in items during three vis-its in September and another in December to the Target store in S. Robert Street in West St. Paul.

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Charges say one carjacking suspect was inspired by ‘Grand Theft Auto’

ReaDavila

She was found in her basement and lived alone.

By CHAO XIONGchao.xiong@startribune.com

A 79-year-old woman found dead in the basement of a home on St. Paul’s East Side was identified by neighbors Thursday as police continued to investigate her death as sus-picious.

Officers called to the resi-dence in the 2300 block of Nokomis Avenue at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday found the “unre-sponsive” woman, police said. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene, which is near Beaver Lake, in the Lin-coln Park neighborhood.

Neighbors identified the woman as Myong Gossel . Pat and Dick Kroening , who live next door, said friends checked

on Gossel Wednesday after they hadn’t heard from her for a while and found her dead in the basement. The friends said the home appeared to have been burglarized, the Kroen-ings said.

Gossel was “wonderful,” Pat Kroening said. “She’s never had an enemy that I know of.”

Gossel lived in the home alone after her husband, Tru-man Gossel , whom she met while he was in the military, died several years ago, the Kroenings said.

Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Ernster said anyone with infor-mation is asked to call police at 651-266-5650 .

The Ramsey County medi-cal examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.

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St. Paul woman ID’d, but questions surround death

A broadside crash on a central Minnesota highway Wednesday has left a man from St. Cloud dead, the State Patrol said.

Leodis Gary, 59, was driving east on 190th Street in Milaca Township. As he tried to cross Hwy. 169, a southbound semi-trailer truck struck his 2001 Oldsmobile Alero broadside on the driver’s side at 4:46 p.m., the patrol said.

Gary, who was wearing a seat

belt, was dead at the scene. A passenger in his vehicle, identi-fied as Linda Faye Otteson, 52, of St. Cloud, was taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale with life-threat-ening injuries, the patrol said.

The truck driver, Robert Zer-was, 30, of Zimmerman, was not hurt.

The road was dry at the time of the crash, which remains under investigation.

TIM HARLOW

St. Cloud man killed, woman hurt in collision in Mille Lacs County

The front-seat passenger in a car that crashed in St. Paul Sunday has died, police said Wednesday.

The 25-year-old man was identified as Angel Rodrigo Gil Rodriguez of Minneapo-lis.

Rodriguez was in a car that crashed into a tree about 9:45 a.m. on Eustis Street at Territorial Road . Police said no other vehi-cles were involved in the crash.

The passenger side of the vehicle took the brunt of the collision, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a police spokes-man. Rodriguez died Tues-day evening.

Ernster said excessive speed is one of the main factors in the crash.

The car’s only other occupant, the driver, suf-fered bumps and scrapes. The 25-year-old St. Paul man was arrested and booked into the county jail.

No charges had been filed in connection with Rodriguez’s death as of Wednesday morning.

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Passenger in St. Paul crash dies

A central Minnesota snowmobiler crashed while riding in a watery ditch, got out of the wreckage and walked about a mile before collapsing in the middle of the road, authorities said.

Brian A. Kokesh, 47, of Palisade, Minn. , was in critical condition Thurs-day morning at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapo-lis, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Kokesh was riding in the ditch along County Road 32, about 7 miles west of Aitkin, when he crashed, the Crow Wing County Sheriff ’s Office said. A soaking-wet Kokesh, in snowmobile-riding garb, climbed out of the ditch and walked about a mile north along the road.

A passerby called 911 about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday and reported seeing Kokesh down in the middle of the road and unresponsive. An ambulance took him to a nearby hospital, and he was later flown to HCMC.

“Kokesh’s wife had reported him missing to Ait-kin County authorities ear-lier in the evening as he was overdue from a snowmobile ride,” a statement from the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office read.

PAUL WALSH

Man collapses after crashing snowmobile in wet ditch

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Veronikas, Michael R.Age 76 of Columbia Heights andAlbertville. Passed away peacefullysurrounded by family on December31, 2016. Michael enjoyed metal de-tecting and coin collecting. Preced-ed in death by parents; sister,Lorraine; and grandson, NicholasVeronikas. Survived by children,David (Kim), Paul, Matthew (Michel-le), Mark, John, Robin (Mitchell)Carlson, Mandy, Mitchell; 9 grand-children; many other relatives andfriends. Funeral Mass on Monday,January 9, at 10:30 AM with visita-tion one hour prior at St. AlbertCatholic Church, 11400 - 57th St. NE,Albertville, MN. Interment at FortSnelling National Cemetery.

Watts, Christopher"Chris"

Age 27,passed awayon December24, 2016 at Re-gions Hospi-tal in St. Paul.Chris is sur-vived by hisson, CedricWatts; hismother Sara

Clarkin; father, Robert “Bobby”Watts; sister, Sara Ann Watts; andbrother, Wesley Watts. He adoredhis son Ced and loved working out-doors from installing and pullingdocks to seasonal lawn care. He al-ways had a smile on his face andknew how to break up a seriousconversation with a joke. His serv-ice will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7,2017 at Mary Mother of the Church,3333 Cliff Rd. E., Burnsville, MN55337 (952-890-0789). Visitation willbe at 10:30 to 12:00, Service willstart at 12:00. There will be a cele-bration of his life at Knights of Co-lumbus. 1114 West American Boule-vard, Bloomington, MN 55420 (952-888-1492) Chris you will dearly bemissed by all of us.

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Schulz, Marlys Yvonne(Anderberg)

Age 81 ofBloomington,passed awayunexpectedlyon 12-29-16.Born 10-13-35in Minneapo-lis to parentsFred & TinaAnde rbe rg .Grew up withthe lovingsupport ofher four sib-lings andc h i l d h o o dfr iendsh ipsthat lasted alifetime. Mar-lys met herhusband at askating rink

when she was 12 years old. Theywere engaged when she was 15 andmarried at 17. During the last 64years together, they raised a familyof two sons and a daughter. Marlyswas a gentle loving soul with aheart of gold. She shared her gener-ous spirit with everyone she metand all who knew her were blessedby her friendship and love. Preced-ed in death by her parents, Tina andFred, sisters Fran and Elnore, broth-er Don, and infant grandson Rhett.Survived by her loving husband of64 years, Harry, children, Harry”Rick” (Mia), Cynthia “Cindy”(Hanson), Michael “Mick” (Mary),10 grandchildren, Brianna (Travis),Brittney, Eric, Jakob (Kristin), Sam,Anna, John “Harry”, David, Tina,Elliot, 4 great-grandchildren, Maya,Uzumati, Dax & Adelaide. Furthersurvived by her sister, BettilouKildahl (Scott), and an extendednetwork of family and friends. Serv-ices will be held at Mount OlivetLutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave S,Minneapolis, on Saturday, January7th at 1:00 PM with visitation onehour prior. Memorials preferred toSharing & Caring Hands or SIDSfoundation in honor of Marlys’beautiful and enriched life.

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Seaquist, CarletonJames

Age 88, ofMpls., MN &Cornucopia,WI, died Janu-ary 2, 2017surroundedby his family.Preceded indeath bybeloved wifeE l i z a b e t h

(Betty) and daughter Karin. Cher-ished father of children Betsy(Mark), Susan (Joel), James, Anne,and John (Gina). Much loved grand-father and great grandfather of 15.Carleton loved spending time withBetty at their cabin, sailing Lake Su-perior, & helping youth as a Henn.Co. Social Worker. Celebration ofLife at Lakewood Chapel, 3600Hennepin Ave. S. in Mpls, Sat., Jan.7th, 10 a.m. Interment at Lakewoodto follow. Memorials preferred toFriends of the Apostle Islands www.friendsoftheapostleislands.org.

Petrie, Carolyn WiseOn Friday,23rd of De-cember, 2016,after a three-and -a -ha l f -year battle,Carolyn suc-cumbed tocancer. Shewas bornMay 9, 1945

to Troy Vernon Cox II & JeanMcFarland Cox in Baltimore Mary-land; her father was completinghis residency at Johns HopkinsUniversity.

Carolyn attended St. Anne’s Catho-lic School as well as Porterville HighSchool. Upon graduation from highschool, Carolyn attended UCLAwhere she received a Bachelor’sDegree and Teaching Credentials in3.5 years. She worked as a SpecialEducation teacher; was employedat Xerox Corporation and eventual-ly became a Residential Real Estateagent. In the early 1970’s shemoved to Colorado and continuedher work in Real Estate. It was inColorado where Carolyn was intro-duced to her future husband andher soul mate Arthur J. Petrie – theywere married January 1, 1999. Shebelieved life was a continuation oflearning. Carolyn went on to be-come a Commercial Real EstateBroker, licensed in 5 States, whereshe and Art were active in business.Carolyn was a progressive personwho believed in education andinclusion. She was a nature loverand enjoyed all things beautiful.

Carolyn was preceded in death byher father Troy Cox II and her step-father, Jack Griggs. She is survivedby her mother Jean Cox Griggs, hus-band Arthur J. Petrie, brothers TroyCox (Nora), Ryan Cox (Priscilla),Leland Cox (Andrea), sistersJeannine Barry (Vince) and EllenAnn Cox (Jesse), former husbandMike Wise (Crystal), son Jason Wise(Melissa), stepdaughters KathleenPetrie (Mark Bowden), SusanMichaletz, Cindy Sherman (Jerry),Paula Baker (Charlie), stepsonsArthur Petrie III, Mitchell Petrie(Kristin), grandchildren Blake Wise,Julia Wise, Paula Wilson, EmmaLane, Elizabeth Petrie-Smith, DanSherman, Joe Sherman, Alice Baker,Braden Petrie, Grace Petrie, TheoPetrie, Aaron Petrie, Will Petrie,nieces Elissa Sargent, MaliaNobrega, Anna Cox, Jen Li Berry,Aris Hailey, Lindsey McDermid,Corey Gallagher, nephew Tyler Cox,great-grandchildren Haley Jane andBurke Wilson, many nieces andnephews through marriage, andmany close and special friendsaround the country.

Carolyn loved her family and friendswith all her heart, and was a posi-tive force in all their lives. She willbe interred at the CarpinteriaCemetery in Carpinteria CA, onFebruary 11, 2017 at 11am. Familyand friends will honor her memorywith a celebration of her life imme-diately following the interment, atthe Lions Park (6197 Casitas PassRoad, Carpinteria Ca, 93013). Addi-tionally, a celebration of her lifeceremony will be held in Las Vegas,Nevada on February 18, 2017 from3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Green ValleyRanch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway,Henderson, NV 89052. For hotel res-ervations, please call: 702-617-7777.

Please consider a donation in hername to your favorite local charityor school.

Myers Funeral Service & Crematoryin Porterville is in charge ofarrangements.

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Wilharm, Charles F.age 83, ofBloomington,MN passedaway on Jan.1, 2017.Preceded indeath by pa-rents, Georgeand Gladys.Survived bywife, Terryl;

children, Paul, David (Beverly),Karen (Greg) Toivonen and Nancy(David) Adams; grandchildren,Grant, Matthew, Heather, Mitchell,Lauren and Jack; brothers, George"Rod" (Joan) and Thomas (Anita);sister, Margie (Mike) Lindley; manynieces and nephews. Mass of Chris-tian Burial 11 AM Friday, Jan. 6 atthe Church of Our Lady of Grace,5071 Eden Ave., Edina, with visita-tion one hour prior to service. Pri-vate interment Ft Snelling NationalCemetery. Memorials preferred toMinneapolis Heart Institute Founda-tion (MHIF), 920 East 28th St., Suite100, Mpls., MN 55407.

www.Washburn-McReavy.comEdina Chapel 952-920-3996

Woodley, Justine82 years old,of St. Paul,MN, passedaway peace-fully on De-cember 25,2016. She issurvived byher two sis-ters, son anddaughter, six

grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. A Celebration of LifeService will be held at MinneapolisFirst SDA Church, 2315 Nicollet Ave.,Minneapolis, MN 55404 on Monday,January 9, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

Rademacher, Melvin C.age 89 of Brooklyn Park. Precededin death by his beloved wife,LaVerne and sister, FlorenceRademacher. Survived by daugh-ters, Barbara, Linda and Joan; sis-ter, Alice (Robert) Arantowicz andspecial friend, Gwen Fondow andher family. Private services will beat later date. Memorials are prefer-red to the Animal Humane Society,845 Meadow Lane N., Golden Valley,MN 55422.

Gearty-Delmore 763-537-4511www.gearty-delmore.com

Thomas McCarthy1-06-2012

Little I knew that morning.God was going to call your name,in life we loved you dearly,in death we do the same.It broke our hearts to lose you,you did not go alone,for part of us went with you,the day God called you home.You left us beautiful memories,your love is still our guide,and though we cannot see you,you are always by our side.

Love and Miss You SoRobbin and Rachel

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honorable,

but more useful

than a life spent

doing nothing.

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Thoren, DianePassed away peacefully in herhome on January 1st, 2017 in herbattle against stage four lungcancer. She is survived by her hus-band Torry; daughters Harmony(Richard) Peterson, Jesse Thoren,and six grandchildren (Mercedes,Carter, Avery, Cece, Camden,Cayden). Diane will be greatlymissed by all along with her won-derful sense of humor. May you restin peace Mom (Grandma).

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TWIN CITIES TODAY

A Minnesota January is an acquired taste. Iced lute-fisk — with a Jagermeister chaser. Not for the timid.

And yet, armed with the right attitude (and clothing) these brisk fronts become almost tolerable.

A few things I’ve learned the hard way: If your feet and ears are warm, you stand a better chance of braving the chill. A warm undershirt and socks help for drafty rooms. And warm shoes or boots can go a long way. Research suggests cold feet may cause blood vessels in our noses to constrict, lowering our immune response. Go figure.

The 20s early next week will feel like a revelation; another arctic slap at the end of next week won’t last as long. Models still suggest a moderate, Pacific flow in two to three weeks.

Although no megastorms are brewing anytime soon, a series of clipper-like systems next Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday may drop plowable amounts of snow on Minnesota. The GFS prints out nearly 4-8 inches over a 10-day span.

Meanwhile, Atlanta may pick up an inch or two of slush tonight. Uh-oh. Call out the National Guard.

Arctic blast not done, but some relief is in sight

ø RECESS from B1stations around the school on Thursday.

Lane, a fourth-grader, finds the planking station to be the most difficult.

“It’s really hard, kind of,” he said. “You have to hold your body up with just your arms.”

At another station, students performed 25 jumping jacks and breathed through their teeth for a snake breathing exercise.

“The breathing ones help me calm down because some-times I get stressed out, and I want to hit everything,” said Javion, a 10-year-old fourth-grader.

Bracke said a large part of the exercises is teaching stu-dents self-control and to be courteous while other classes are going on.

“We are all learning it together and figuring it out and seeing what works best,” she said. “The kids have a

good attitude about it.”

From dance to iPadsIndoor recess gives teach-

ers a chance to try out dif-ferent activities. Although some rely on board games and iPads, other teachers like Beth Verkinderen at Eastview Elementary School in Lakev-ille turn to technology to keep their students active.

Verkinderen puts on a “Just Dance” video and has her third-grade students copy the moves of the dancers and bounce around to songs like One Direction’s “Best Song Ever.”

“We try to get as much activ-ity that gets their heart beat up in the classroom without dis-rupting too much of the day,” Verkinderen said.

GoNoodle is another popu-lar indoor option, with videos that encourage students to follow exercise and popular dance moves.

First-grade teacher Dae-aun Messer uses indoor recess time at Birchview Elementary School in Plymouth for stu-dents to practice yoga by using a Cosmic Kids Yoga video on YouTube.

Some schools take advan-tage of open gym time to let their students run around. But that’s not possible at places like Linwood Mon-roe Arts Plus Lower Campus in St. Paul, where the room used as a gym also functions as the cafeteria and perform-

ing arts space. Zach Wilson said his 7-year-old daughter typically draws and plays on an iPad during indoor recess. She really misses being able to run around, he said.

“She just needs to get up and move,” he said.

Students in John Clay’s Eden Lake Elementary School class get excited when they hear about indoor recess. That means his third-graders in Eden Prairie get to play with robots.

On Thursday students used apps to code the robots to play the xylophone in the school atrium.

Indoor recess has been such a hit at L.H. Tanglen that Bracke has incorporated it into daily schooling.

“Kids need a break,” she said. “We are using it as behav-ioral intervention. Some kids just need a quick reset.”

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Photos by DAVID JOLES • djoles@startribune.com A student at L. H. Tanglen worked on a modified yoga pose Thursday. Some schools just play board games.

Some students are calmed by the breathing exercises.

to help mitigate at least some of the ice on sidewalks, drive-ways and stairs. Removing snow and ice from sidewalks isn’t just the neighborly thing to do, it’s the law in Minneapo-lis, city officials said.

Residents can bring a pail and shovel to scoop sand 24 hours a day at four locations: 6036 Harriet Av. S. on W. 60th Street between Lyndale and Harriet; 1809 Washington St. NE.; E. 27th Street, just east of Longfellow Avenue near the Public Works gate, and 2710 Pacific St. , outside the main Public Works gate between 27th and 28th avenues N.

Greg Busker , a registered nurse at HCMC’s emergency department, said there’s defi-nitely been an increase this week in the number of patients with injuries due to falls. He suggested applying salt and sand liberally outside homes and apartment building s and

being extra careful when step-ping out of a car at the grocery store, for example. A layer of snow might seem safe, but there could be a patch of ice under that snow.

Be especially careful — and watchful — about slips and falls that cause head inju-ries, said Dr. Steven Jackson , a HealthPartners physician at Regions.

Jackson said he’s been see-ing more traumatic brain inju-ries due to falls in the past week and just admitted another one Thursday.

“With it being warm and

then being cold, most folks’ driveways are like ice skating rinks, so it’s not surprising for us to have an increase in diag-noses ... and in admissions,” he said.

Some people think the best remedy for a concussion is to “sleep it off,” Jackson said, but in reality, a concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury and can have long-term effects on people’s lives. The major-ity of concussions can’t be detected on a CT scan, yet can cause symptoms down the road such as sleeplessness, emo-tional problems and difficulty concentrating or relating to children, spouses and friends.

“Absolutely, there are a lot of concussions/mild trau-matic brain injuries that go undetected and undiagnosed because of the lack of educa-tion and awareness as well as the lack of respect for compli-cations,” Jackson said.

“Anybody that hits their head can benefit from seeing a doctor. I would rather see more people than I actually need to than not see them and

have them go on to have prob-lems in the future.”

The glimmer of good news in this ice-crusted winter is that ice eventually does evap-orate, even when temperatures stay below freezing, according to Mark Seeley , University of Minnesota Extension clima-tologist and meteorologist.

“Ice evaporates,” he said. “Even on bitter cold days like today, we lose ice due to subli-mation. Sublimation is a word used to describe the phase change that occurs when the air is so dry that it literally causes the ice to lose molecules as vapor to the air. It never goes to liquid and then to vapor. It just skips the liquid phase and goes straight to vapor.

“That’s why lips and throats dry out, eyes and skin get itchy,” Seeley said. “When dew points are around zero like they are now, there’s hardly any water vapor molecules in the air at all.”

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DAVID JOLES • djoles@startribune.com “We definitely see more wrist and ankle injuries this time of year because people are slipping on the ice,” said Dr. Larik Woronzoff. Brain injuries see an increase as well, so tread carefully.

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