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Page 2 The Wedge • Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association Newspaper March • 2004
Neighborhood Notices
March 2004 Meetings and Events
LHENA Meetings are in Jefferson
Community School Room 107
(3) LHENA Neighborhood
Revitalization Program
Steering Committee meets the
first Wednesday of each month
from 7 to 9 p.m. This month’s
meeting is Wednesday, March 3.
(10) LHENA Zoning and Planning
Committee meets as
needed on the second Wednesday
of each month, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Residents and businesses seeking
variances and waivers need
to meet with the committee
before the LHENA Board hears
the request. Requests need to be
submitted to the Z & P committee
at least a week before scheduled.
With questions contact the
LHENA office at 377-5023.
(17) LHENA Board Meeting:
The regular meeting of the
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood
Association is the third Wednesday
of each month. The next
LHENA meeting will be Wednesday,
March 17, from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. Call Board President John
Dietrich at 871-3576 with any
questions.
(25) LHENA Zoning and
Planning Sub-Committee on
Rezoning This Z & P subcom-
LHENA
Annual Meeting
Wed., April 21st
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Jefferson School
Room 107
1200 West 26th Street
(612) 377-5023.
mittee was formed to study and
make recommendations to the
full committee on rezoning
issues in the Wedge Neighborhood.
This month, it meets the
forth Thursday of the month, on
March 25.
N. I. P.
Located at 2431 Hennepin Ave.
S., Neighborhood Involvement
Program (N.I.P.) has several programs
to help persons who are
seniors, youth, and/or low-income
uninsured. In addition, N.I.P. has
weekly support groups, including
some at little or no cost for rape
survivors and people living with
HIV/AIDS. Call 374-3125.
The Men’s Center for
Men and Women
Located at 3249 Hennepin Ave.
S., The Men’s Center has a variety
of support groups for men
and a weekly presentation on
personal growth or well being,
open to both men and women.
For more information, call 822-
5892, send an e-mail to
tcmc@freenet.msp.mn.us, or
check the website at
www.tcmc.org.
Hello from Board Member Ritzman
Hello to all of the neighbors of
Lowry Hill East (aka the Wedge).
The editor thought you might like
to hear a little bit about your
neighborhood board members. So I
thought I’d get things started. I
lived in the Wedge for 17 of the last
20 years, seven as a renter and ten
as a homeowner.
I have recently moved to another
neighborhood because a single
family home in the Wedge was out
of my price range. I still volunteer
in Lowry Hill East though. I
Neighborhood
Zoning Meetings
to be held
By Leslie A. J. Foreman
Two important neighborhood
meetings about the proposed
zoning changes will be
held. On March 25th, at 6:30
p.m. in the Jefferson School
cafeteria there will be a meeting
of all property owners
directly affected by zoning
changes. You will receive a
notice in the mail early in
March if your property will be
directly affected by a zoning
change. In April a Community
Open House will be held.
The neighborhood Zoning
Task Force has been meeting
with City Planners to examine
our current zoning. The
Task Force will be proposing
zoning changes to preserve
historic buildings in our
neighborhood while allowing
positive growth.
Call the LHENA office at
612-377-5023 if you have any
questions.
started my volunteer career last
year around this time.
Before last year I was an armchair
activist. If I saw something I
didn’t like I’d put in a call or email
to whoever I thought could fix it. I
had told myself that I didn’t have
the time to get involved, that my
life was too busy.
Oddly enough, when I finally
decided to jump in to help where I
could, life took a turn for the better.
Volunteering is actually good
for you. It gives you a sense of connectedness.
Doing things for others
gives you a better sense of self
worth and added confidence.
You also meet others in the community
who are committed to
making the world a better place.
When you have all of that good
energy in a room, it really can fill
your heart up.
So, more than a note about me I
would like to offer up volunteer
opportunities to all of you. Take a
chance-get connected. Local classrooms
need volunteers. We could
use some help at the neighborhood
association with building and
maintaining our website.
Become an election judge. (It’s a
paid position, and you definitely
get connected). Consider running
for the neighborhood board. My
seat will be up for election in April,
and I wish that there would be a
host of neighbors to choose from. If
none of these opportunities appeal
to you, just give me a call, and we’ll
come up with something!
I mean it! Ella Ritzman,
377-3806.
Letter to the Editor
I am troubled to see anonymous
letters published in The
Wedge, the Lowry Hill East
Neighborhood Assn Newspaper.
I am referring to the
lengthy letter by An Edgy
Wedgie in the February issue.
I believe that the publication
of anonymous letters to
the editor is something that
should be discussed and
reviewed by the LHENA
Board of Directors, who I
assume provide direction to
this public newspaper. It
would be appropriate to take
a lesson from professional
journalists and editors who
require names and addresses
or phone numbers to verify
the submission. Names can
be withheld by request under
certain circumstances such as
crime victims.
Anonymous letters can lead
to problems that divide communities
not build them.
Anonymous letters are an
invitation to slander and
innuendo and yes fear. How is
a reader to know, for example,
that a neighbor or businessowner
or teacher or even a
local office-holder is the
LHENA
1200 West 26th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone: 377-5023 Fax: 377-5467
E-mail: lhena@thewedge.org
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood
Association Board of Directors
John Dietrich, president, 871-3576
Michael Trebnick, vice president, 377-7556
Sonja Hayden, secretary, 377-7556
Carol Wilson, treasurer, 871-7708
Dave Bosclair, 377-7506
Michael Trebnick, zoning chair, 377-7556
Ella Ritzman, 377-3806
Brad Schaeppi, 730-1549
Destin Nygard, 374-3638
Steve Benson, 374-5456
Steve Fossum, 879-9420
Jim Handrigan, 871-4325
Neighborhood Revitalization Program
(NRP) Steering Committee
Sara Bisson-Ellefson, chair, 823-3580
John Jensen, vice chair, 872-7731
Michael Nelson, secretary, 374-9744
Pauline Hoogmoed, treasurer, 874-7767
Joe Konietzko, 871-5626
Steve Benson, 374-5456
Judy Schwartau, 377-4007
Neighborhood Boundaries: Hennepin
on the west, Lyndale on the east,
Lake Street on the south and
I-94 on the north.
To advertise in
The Wedge contact:
Advertising Representative
Uptown Media Group,
612-822-8533
editor@thewedge.org
For classified ads, political ads and
general inquiries contact
LHENA/The Wedge directly.
author? We don’t—and that is
where problems can begin.
It is precisely because we
have freedom of speech and
the press in this country that
no one should be afraid to
sign their name to thoughts
and ideas they wish to
express. – Margaret Reinhardt,
Wedge resident
Editor’s Note: We agree and
are returning to our ongoing
editorial policy: We welcome
letters to the editor, but cannot
guarantee that they will
be printed. Preference is given
to letters from Lowry Hill
East (Wedge) residents concerning
neighborhood issues.
The Wedge does not accept
any letters that are not exclusive
to the Wedge newspaper,
are unsigned, or do not
include the writer’s address
and phone number. (This
information will be kept on
file to verify the writer’s identity
and will not be printed.)
The Wedge reserves the right
to edit for clarity and length.
Send letters to: Wedge Letters,
P.O. Box 80510, Minneapolis,
MN 55408.
The Wedge is a monthly publication of the
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association.
Distribution is free to residents and businesses
of Lowry Hill East Neighborhood. Mailed subscriptions
are $20 per year.
Articles, opinion pieces, photos and drawings
by neighborhood members are welcome! Call
377-5023 for assignments, or to discuss your
ideas. Payment is made for published
contributions. Contact The Wedge for
guidelines. The deadline to submit items for
publication is the 17th of the month prior to
publication. Display Ad deadline is the 15th of
the month prior to publication. Send publication
items, subscription checks or money orders to:
The Wedge
1200 West 26th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone: 377-5023 Fax: 377-5467
E-mail: editor@thewedge.org
Editor: Jim McPherson
mcphersonjim@msn.com
Office Administrator: Caroline Griepentrog
lhena@thewedge.org
Advertising Sales Representatives
Uptown Media Group
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The Wedge Committee
Jim Handrigan, Chair,
Carol Wilson, Helen Romanishan
The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect
the views of LHENA or its board members. The Wedge
reserves the right to exercise discretion in publishing any
material submitted and further reserves the right to refuse
any advertisement. Questions about The Wedge may be
directed to the editor or to the The Wedge Committee chair.
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