Asst. wrestling coach allegedly provided alcohol to WHS athletes

A Woodbury assistant wrestling coach being investigated for allegedly attempting to supply alcohol to some of the athletes in his charge will not be returning to the team next year, South Washington County School District officials confirmed Monday.

Top cop looks back on first year

In some ways, Lee Vague says not much has changed in the way he approaches his job on an everyday basis.

‘Treat our children fairly'

“Our school is ground zero. The change is on the backs of the students at Middleton, and our children bear the brunt of it.”

Fine-tuning the boundary plans

District 833’s High School Attendance Boundary Task Force was scheduled to forward three plans to the oversight committee that met Tuesday, March 18 at Cottage Grove Junior High School.

Residential growth bears down on hunters

Hunting in Woodbury? It’s an agenda item that may cause you to do a double take, but the Woodbury City Council made it a topic of interest at its recent workshop meeting.

Kids take cancer message to students

Weekends during March, fifth-grader Grace LaPrairie isn’t to be found out in the snow or watching her favorite movie.

International internship

A local hospital is providing its first-ever internship for an international student.

Deaths for the week of Jan. 5, 2005

Denmark Township

Edwin Andrews

Edwin Duane Andrews, 62, Denmark Township, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005.

He is survived by his wife, June; children, Timothy, Todd (Jean), Joan Gerlach, Craig (Kathy), and Tracey (Mike) Anderson; 12 grandchildren; sisters, Mona Davis, Helen (Ron) Bergerson, and Sandy (Jim) Giefer.

A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 8, at Caturia-Smidt Funeral Home, Hastings, with private interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery.

Cottage Grove

Geraldine Hamm

Geraldine K. (Sova) Hamm, 79, Cottage Grove, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005.

Geraldine is survived by her daughter, Beverly (Frank) Kirchner; grandson, Douglas (Denise); great-grandson, Jeff; great-granddaughter, Jamie; brothers, Alvin and Atlen Sova.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Friday, Jan. 7, at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Cottage Grove, with private interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Wulff Woodbury Funeral Home.

Inver Grove Heights

Mary Peek

Mary Peek, 82, Inver Grove Heights, formerly of Grey Cloud Island Township, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, surrounded by her family.

Author, teacher, and civic leader, Peek was a pioneer in the Minnesota Women’s Movement, a long-time DFL Party activist and a founding member of the DFL Feminist Caucus. She ran unsuccessfully for the legislature in 1972, and, with her husband, Rolly, and other residents worked many years to protect Grey Cloud Island from strip mining.

Peek was also a teacher, salary negotiator and educational consultant working to strengthen academic freedom and quality, and to eliminate sexism in Minnesota’s schools. The state’s Council of Quality Education selected her to coordinate a three-year plan to reduce gender bias in curriculum and athletics, and she authored, “What Every Teacher Should Know About the New Right,” for the National Education Association. In 1969 she was nominated for Teacher of the Year and in 1982 Governor Albert Quie and the Minnesota Council on Education honored her “outstanding contribution to education.”

Peek worked as a news editor and reporter and was a member of the Minnesota News Council. She wrote political commentaries and published “The Island Eye,” a community-supported newsletter in Grey Cloud Island Township, where the Peek family lived for nearly 50 years. In 1980, she authored “The Awful Lightning,” a book about her experiences as the lone victim of a 1970 terrorist bombing at Dayton’s Department Store in St. Paul.

Family members said Peek loved books, typically reading at least two or three a week. She enjoyed entertaining friends, writing, travel, swimming, and in her earlier years, other outdoor activities. She loved flowers, wild and tame, and the natural beauties of her long-time island home on the Mississippi River.

Peek was born in Albert Lea, on Sept. 27, 1922. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Rolly Peek, three children, five grandchildren and a brother and sister.

A memorial service was held Thursday, Jan. 6 at Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul. The family requested any memorials to Minnesota Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, People for the American Way, the Minnesota Women’s Consortium, or Unity Church-Unitarian.

Cottage Grove

Wyatt Scheller

Wyatt William Scheller, 3, Cottage Grove, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, from injuries received in an accident.

He is survived by his parents, John Scheller and Angela Eppler-Scheller; sisters, Sierra and Mya; grandparents, Ray and Joan Scheller of St. Paul, and Tim Cutting of Mendota Heights; and many other relatives. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Janice Ewald.

A funeral Mass was held Saturday, Jan. 8, at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Cottage Grove.

Memorials can be sent to the Wyatt W. Scheller Memorial Fund, TCF Bank, 7155 East Point Douglas Road, Cottage Grove, MN 55016.

Arrangements were handled by Kok Funeral Home, Cottage Grove.

South St. Paul

Linda Willard

Linda Marie Willard, 53, South St. Paul, died peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, surrounded by family.

Linda is survived by her husband of 34 years, William; children, Erick (Kelly), Eaan, Emily (Bud); grandchildren, Brianna, Nathaniel, Michael and Adrianna; her mother, Patricia (Wilfred); siblings, Sandra, Therese (David), and John; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, John.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Monday, Jan. 10, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, with interment at Resurrection Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Southern Funeral Home, South St. Paul.

Ready to race

The Woodbury boys swimmers and divers are wet, tired and hungry, hungry for more meets, that is

Viewpoint: Boundaries built by the community

First off, let me thank everyone who has stepped forward to be involved in the District 833 school attendance boundary process. It has truly been a community endeavor.

Finding glee in being number three

New Life Academy girls hoopsters claim third-place finish in first-ever Class A State Tournament.

Warriors wrap Royals' year

Henry Sibley gets the better of Woodbury in Section 4AAAA semifinals.

New Life boys fall to Wolves

Eagles season ends despite putting up a good fight against No. 1 seed in a 58-52 loss at Minnesota Transitions.

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