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Celebrating the Wonder Women in West St. Paul
In a year of superhero movies,
Celebrate West St. Paul Days is cele-
brating the superwomen in the com-
munity for 2018.
Part of the inspiration, says Jessi
Keller, the festival’s royalty direc-
tor and secretary, is “our lovely past
royal ladies and how much we enjoy
watching them grow into the lead-
ers of tomorrow,” as well as “some
of our fabulous business women in
West St. Paul.” One of these women
is being honored as parade grand
marshal this year.
“It’s not just a pageant,” adds Jen-
nifer Baltes, festival vice president,
about the royalty program. “We
don’t do pageants in our program.
We are about community service courtesy of Jessi Keller
and volunteerism and giving back to A little bit of rain may have canceled last year’s Grand Parade but the show still went on ... just indoors instead. Some
where we live.” parade participants turned a local school gym into their own parade route when weather put the kibosh on the outdoor one.
Running Wednesday through Sun-
day, May 16 to 20, at various spots
in the city, West St. Paul Days Presi- “Which is good,” says Wenda, Act like a kid again 11 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6
dent Dave Wenda says the event is “because we aren’t compet- There’s a lot more going on at p.m., at Signal Hills Shopping Cen-
the first of the area summertime ing against anybody, so we get a the carnival than food, photos and ter, 1201 S. Robert St.
festivals. lot more of the other cities coming bouncy houses — it’s open Thurs- Ticket deals for carnival rides
“We’re the kickoff to summer,” here.” day from 3 to 10 p.m., Friday from 3
to 11 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to see Parade on page 4
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ets for $20; or on Friday and Sun-
day, pay $20 for unlimited rides.
Stop by Dunham’s, 173 Lothen-
bach Ave., on Friday, May 18 for
the Street Dance. The dancing goes
from 7 to 11 p.m., and the band
MoJo Monks will be playing. While
it is free admission, donations to
Celebrate West St. Paul Days are
appreciated.
Still a Grand Parade
With a rainy Saturday last year,
the parade took an interesting twist.
Those who were already lined up
and ready at Heritage E-STEM Mag-
net School took the parade indoors.
“We had all the people in there
— let’s have small parade,” Wenda
says.
This time around, with hopes of
sunny skies, the Grand Parade is on
Saturday, May 19.
Starting at 1 p.m., the parade
takes a familiar route: Beginning at
Charlton and Butler avenues, the
parade will go down Butler to Smith
Avenue, and then down Smith to
Annapolis Street, and finally end at
the intersection of Annapolis and
Charlton streets.
Before the parade, visit the free,
community-wide workout in the
park. Taking place at Harmon Park,
230 Bernard St. W., it runs from 8
to 8:45 a.m. Bring a buddy to this
free workout; pre-registration is
required and can be done by visiting
try.anytimefitmn.com/free-workout-
west-st-paul.
The workout is geared to those
of all ability levels and will include
a demonstration of exercise and a
full-body, dynamic warm-up.
Let’s try this again
Due to last year’s rainy festival,
the number of grand marshals this
year has grown. The two tapped as
last year’s grand marshals — Neil
Baker and 2017’s Klondike Kate, The 2018 Celebrate West St. Paul Days Grand Parade will kickoff at Heritage
Kristen Oster — will get their E-Stem Magnet School at 1 p.m., before traveling down Butler Avenue to Smith
Avenue where it will head to Annapolis Street and finishing at Annapolis and
chance again to be recognized in the
Charlton streets.
parade.
“They’ll be participating, being contributes to — his Buttonworks honored by West St. Paul. Baker will
at the head of the parade this year, shop moved to Robert Street in 1984 appear with his wife Lucy.
because we would never want any- and does t-shirt and other promo- Oster, a West. St. Paul resident,
one to miss that experience,” Baltes tional products and countless but- was set to be last year’s celebrity
says. tons for city festivals — Wenda says
With all of the festivals Baker it felt right that it was his turn to be see Marshals on page 5

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grand marshal.
“It’s one of those things that
doesn’t happen often, and when
you have a celebrity in your city,
you want them to be there to have
the applause and show them off to
everybody,” Baltes says.
Some new recognition
This year’s new grand marshal
is Pat Link, who, until recently,
owned Signal Hills Barber.
Link grew up in West St. Paul and
attended Henry Sibley High School.
She still cuts hair at the shop and
has been there for 40 years.
She started working there when
she was 20 and bought it 25 years
later. She now works part time.
“I went to three days a week,
which was wonderful,” Link says,
adding she works Tuesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays.
Link says she was surprised by
the invitation to be a grand marshal
this year.
“I think it’s a real honor. I’ve
been in the parade with my business
marshal this year, there will
be a Special Volunteer Recog-
nition. That honoree will be
Wayne Ball, who started West
St. Paul’s fast pitch softball
tournament 50 years ago. He’s
still running it to this day.
“Something like this is such
an accomplishment,” Baltes
says. “Giving back to your com-
munity for one year, much less
Neil Baker Kristen Oster 50 years — it’s a huge thing
and deserved to be recognized.”
Ball started the tournament
in 1968, and for the last half
century, teams from all over
have come to town the third
weekend in July to compete.
“Other people were having
tournaments, so I said, ‘Why
can’t we?’” Ball says. “Once
you get into it, you can’t get
out.”
Ball’s son, Dan, decided to
Pat Link Wayne Ball approach Baltes about his
father being recognized after
over the years, but never as grand
others brought up the idea.
marshal,” she says, adding that her
Ball says his family’s favorite part
favorite part of the parade is seeing
of the festival is the parade. “I’m
so many people she knows.
just debating whether I should come
“Now I’ll have five little grand-
as a clown, or what,” he jokes.
kids of my own there,” she says.
“That will make it fun.”
Instead of another celebrity grand
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Back again
The Harmon Park Festival is back
this year for Saturday, May 19, from
2 to 10 p.m. Done in partnership
with the South Robert Street Busi-
ness Association and the City of
West St. Paul, there will be a variety
of activities for all to enjoy after the
parade.
Stop by the park at 230 Bernard
St. from 2 to 5 p.m. for some bingo
s p o n s o re d by t h e S o u t h Ro b e r t
Street Business Association.
Rather than a band this year,
there will be a DJ at the festival.
“That’s more of a recognition that
we want to reach out to our commu-
nity and have all sorts of music and
not just one kind,” Baltes says. “A
DJ really just gives us that opportu-
nity to recognize that West St. Paul
is really diverse.”
Once again there will be beer,
wine and pull tabs for those of age,
and concessions will be available
courtesy of St. Matthew’s Mens
Club and the Taste of Love Bakery.
There will be a display for kids
to learn about the community and
how to help keep their neighbor-
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2018 Schedule of Events

May 16
City of West St. Paul
Open House
5 to 7 p.m.
Head to City Hall, 1616
Humboldt Ave., for the City of
West St. Paul Open House.
May 17-20
City Garage Sale
To participate in the city-
wide garage sale, send your
sale information to ace_
dickey@hotmail.com. List of
garage sales will be avail-
able at city hall and select
locations to be updated the
week of the festival.
Carnival
Thursday 3 to 10 p.m.
Friday 3 to 11 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m.
Sunday Noon to 6 p.m.
Visit Signal Hills on Robert
Street for fair foods, rides
and more.
May 18 May 19 May 20
Street Dance Grand Parade Kiwanis Pancake
7 to 11 p.m. Starting at 1 p.m. Breakfast
Get dancing to the MoJo Monks Enjoy the first parade of the 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at Dunham’s, 173 Lothenback season, which starts at the Breakfast will be served up
Ave. Heritage E-Stem school; but at the West St. Paul YMCA,
don’t forget to get there ear- 150 Thomspon Ave. E., with an
lier: the visiting royalty pre-
parade will begin at 11 a.m. in accompanying silent auction.
the school’s gymnasium.
Royalty farewell
1 to 4 p.m.
Rock the Barn Please join West St. Paul Days
Farm Festival as they wish a fond farewell to
3 to 7 p.m. the 2017 royalty at St. Croix
Dodge Nature Center, 365 Lutheran High School, 1200
Marie Ave. W. Oakdale Ave., for a cost of
$5 — it’s free with a Celebrate
Harmon Park West St. Paul Days button —
and also enjoy snacks and
Festival beverages following the pro-
2 to 10 p.m.
gram.
Head over to Harmon Park,
230 Bernard St. W., for fun
activities, pull tabs, fireworks
and more.

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hood safe, put on by the city. It will

include a fire truck and police car
for kids of all ages to check out.
The night will end with a fire-
works display at 9:15 p.m., spon-
sored by the South Robert Street
Business Association.

And the barn will rock

Following the Grand Parade on
M ay 1 9 , h e a d t o D o d g e N a t u re
Center, 365 Marie Ave. W., for the
annual Rock the Barn Festival.
From 3 to 7 p.m., join a tour of
the barn where you’ll meet live
animals up close. Enjoy live music
m i xe d w i t h a c t i v i t i e s l i ke f a c e
painting, raffles and more. Your
child will get to experience a day
of farm life by taking part in farm
chores and old-fashioned games.
Get the early bird special ticket
p r i c i n g by b u y i n g b e f o re n o o n
on May 17 — early tickets are $6
per person or $25 for the family.
Tickets at the gate will cost $8 per
person or $30 for the family. This courtesy Dodge Nature Center
event is free for kids 2 and under. Due to last year’s downpour, Rock the Barn at Dodge Nature Center didn’t happen. Staff at Dodge has their fingers crossed
Proceeds from the event support for a repeat of 2016’s sunny weather.
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A royal farewell
she says.
Due to a lack of applications,
Wenda says at the end of last
there is no 2018 royalty program.
ye a r ’ s f i rewo r k s d i s p l ay, w h i c h
“We plan to use this time off to
was moved to Sunday because of
reach out to more young people in
the rain, he couldn’t believe how
the community and let them know
many car lights came on in Heritage
that Celebrate West St. Paul Days is cial
Park’s parking lot. lD ays Spe
all about helping our youth become Pau
the leaders in our community,”
“I couldn’t see the cars up there
until after the fireworks, and 100
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lights came on,” Wenda says. “More

them grow into the best people they
p e o p l e c a m e o u t t h a n w h a t we
can be.”
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photos courtesy of Jessi Keller

The 2017 Celebrate West St. Paul Days royalty from left is 2017 Junior Miss Monica
Malloy, 2017 Miss West St. Paul Amy Patrick, 2017 Little Princess Adrianna Garcia-
Nelson, 2017 Little Miss Norah Malloy and 2017 Princess Ava Courneya.

The life of
royalty
Since being crowned last year, a group of
young women and girls from West. St. Paul has
been living the life of royalty. From giving back
to their community, to traveling to other festi-
vals, the past year has been packed full of memo-
ries to last a lifetime.