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CELEBRATING 70 YEARS: The Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount is a landmark like no other – the tall columns, bright lights and steam during cold winter days can be seen from miles away. Generations of workers have helped operate, maintain and transform the refinery, making it one of the nation’s most innovative and efficient energy facilities of its kind. This year, Flint Hills Resources celebrates 70 years of dedicated employees at the Pine Bend refinery who have produced the fuels that help move us forward. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4dRlutF (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources)
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HOFFMANS: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “For the past two years, Yvette Hoffman has worked alongside Fernbrook Elementary’s kindergarten students as an educational support professional. ‘She’s kind of like everybody’s favorite neighborhood mom, auntie, grandma, all rolled into one person,’ said Jeff Zastrow, Fernbrook’s principal . . . When Champagne-Fromme heard the news on Saturday that Yvette and her husband, DFL Senator John Hoffman, had been shot, she sprang into action. ‘The PTO board started texting. We dropped everything we had going on, on a Saturday. We got together and came up with a plan on what we could do to help,’ said Champagne-Fromme.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/43P4JMa
GILBERT: Via Good Good Good, VERBATIM: “On Saturday, June 14, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot when a gunman showed up at their home posing as a police officer . . . While the loss of the Hortmans is devastating, the heartbreak has been amplified by the news that the family’s beloved rescue dog, Gilbert, was also killed in the shooting . . . Gilbert was a trainee of Helping Paws, Inc., a Minnesota-based nonprofit that trains assistance and service dogs to improve the lives of veterans and first responders, as well as people with physical disabilities and PTSD. In the past few days — the organization’s executive director, Alyssa Golob, told Good Good Good — people have shared an outpouring of support through donations in Gilbert’s name.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kOjiWe
TARGET CTR: Via news release from LOLA, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Lynx and LOLA, a pioneer in organic feminine care and reproductive wellness, today announced a partnership offering free feminine care products at Target Center. Complimentary LOLA products are now available for free for all Target Center events, marking the first time the arena will provide feminine care products free to Target Center patrons.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nbHFik
RESOURCES: Via KARE-TV, VERBATIM: “The Trump administration announced Thursday that it would cut funding to specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 Crisis Lifeline. More than 1.3 million people across the nation have used this service within three years. Advocates fear that suicides will increase within queer and trans youth - a population that already reports disproportionately high rates of suicide. So if you are a young queer or trans person — or if you have loved ones who are — here are some mental health resources in Minnesota and across the nation that can provide support.” LIST: https://fluence-media.co/3TybLii
GRANTS: A childcare support organization in Mapleton is among 25 to receive Hometown Grants from T-Mobile. READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lg8nEO
ART: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Todd Lawrence is wedged between a taco truck and a brick wall in Minneapolis. He pats an electrical box across the alley from the Third Precinct police station that burned in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. ‘This is a super active spot for people to put up stickers — lots of anti-police stickers, anti-Trump stickers, protest stickers,’ he says. ‘We pay close attention to stickers. They're the kind of things that people just sort of pass and don't pay much attention to, but we think they're just as important as murals.’ Lawrence is an associate professor of cultural studies at the University of St. Thomas. On this June afternoon, he’s with Heather Shirey, a professor of art history at St. Thomas. They’ve been documenting street art in the Twin Cities since 2018.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/45wfvIp
THIS WEEKEND: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “Jazz musicians, soul line dancers, ceramic figurines and a queer council take over the Twin Cities arts scene this weekend. The Twin Cities Jazz Festival will return for its 27th year, bringing more than 100 local and national musicians to venues across the metro. One artist in St. Paul will piece together Mexican folk traditions through ceramics and quilts, while another will host a soul line dance party at Minnehaha Falls.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3G8sQwd
NEXT WEEKEND: Via Duluth News Tribune, VERBATIM: “Volunteers have been busily preparing for the 20th Annual Rhubarb Festival on June 28. The fundraiser, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is at Asbury United Methodist Church. A group of volunteers worked on baking sour cream rhubarb coffee cakes at First United Methodist Church on Wednesday morning. According to event coordinator Bud Trnka, it takes around 2,000 volunteer hours to create all the various baked goods sold throughout the five-hour event.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nb7rTE
HOMELESSNESS: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Members of a Minnesota tribal group were honored in Carlton on Wednesday morning for their dedication to addressing homelessness within tribal communities. The Minnesota Tribal Collaborative to Prevent and End Homelessness was created in 2014 with the mission to pursue policy changes and fundraising goals to aid in preventing and ending homelessness in tribal communities.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4eakRvf
MATH: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “It’s only June, but a Maple Grove dad is hoping to take care of the summer slump with his interactive football-themed math workbooks. His ‘Football Multiplication’ book came out just a month ago. Author Brett Bernard said it’s a great way to keep kids’ minds busy and engaged. ‘It is a fact that if kids don’t do any math over the summer, they are going to forget over two months of what they were taught the previous school year,’ Bernard said. He would know — he taught elementary school for 28 years. And he’s trying to help engagement by making math more like America’s favorite game.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3HRHpEV
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
LOONS: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Construction on a new nonprofit center dedicated to protecting Minnesota’s state bird officially gets underway on Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The $18.5 million National Loon Center in Crosslake, about 25 miles north of Brainerd, has been a decade in the making. It will include a visitor center and space for research and education.” READ/RENDERING: https://fluence-media.co/4jWlCcr
POETRY: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “On this May night in downtown St. Paul, Naciima Noor channels the crowd’s energy. She’s a reciter of buraanbur, a form of powerful, rhythmic verse performed by women. At her side are fellow poet Ayan Mohamud and drummer Fatuma Jimcaale. Naciima, 27, represents a younger generation of buraanbur performers infusing new energy into this centuries-old poetic tradition. She has a buraanbur channel under the name ‘Naciima yareey,’ or ‘Naciima the younger,’ with more than 225,000 followers on Facebook that she uses to create and send original poems to customers. And she’s in big demand at local weddings — enough to make a living from her craft.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44ov3No
CRICKET: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “The city of Plymouth celebrated the opening of the city’s first cricket pitch on Tuesday afternoon. The cricket pitch is located at Meadows Playfield, a new 18-acre park in the northwest corner of the city. The park includes pickleball and tennis courts, a sledding hill, a hockey rink with basketball courts and a ‘Strider bike course’ for toddlers.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4l06lZq
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