In the December issue of Maple Grove Magazine you'll find gifts for the greatest generation, sweet holiday treats, and Maple Grove's most beloved family pets.
Laura Mattioli was out on Fish Lake late in the fall, bringing her boat in to be winterized. “It was very cold out, but we still decided to take it for one last spin around the lake before we said ‘So long’ to summer,” says Mattioli.
Make your visions of sugarplums a reality this December with seasonal specialties from local restaurants and bakeries. From the traditional to the fanciful, our picks are sure to keep you jolly as an elf, and you don’t have to go over the river and through the woods to get them.
Friends of North Memorial and Maple Grove Hospitals gathered to show their support and glam it up for an evening, raising $450,000.
There’s only one job description that requires an appetite for unlimited cookies, the agility to slide down a chimney and a special knack for reindeer navigation. The candidate must look good in red, be free of obligations on December 24, and have an affinity for facial hair.
We love our pets! Whether they greet us with exuberance or totally ignore us, we love them. We’ve asked some Maple Grove residents to tell us about their two- and four-legged friends. These animals have found loving homes, and these owners have found lovable—and sometimes comic—companions.
Every holiday season, there are a few people on the gift list with a question mark by their name—and more often than not, those people are parents, grandparents, or friends in their golden years. What do you get someone who seems to have everything?
Tina Lawson gave birth to a beautiful 6-pound baby girl in April 2010. During her pregnancy, Lawson managed to gain 60 pounds and tipped the scale at 250 pounds. She attributed it to a combination of poor diet and lack of exercise.
Go fly a kite. No, seriously, go fly a kite. That’s what Jim Henry, founder of Air Traffic Kites and Games, says you should do.
“I get energy from the students,” Maple Grove Senior High counselor Janelle Gillis says. “They have an ‘I can conquer anything’ attitude. High school students are fun. If you give [them] the opportunity to be real, they embrace that.
A kid’s bedtime is the worst. Trying to get little ones to go to sleep can be a nightly battle. So much so that Richard Dahlberg based an entire children’s story around a battle he had with his then 7-year-old daughter Allison.
A new dojo has opened in town. Training students as young as 3 years old, Dojo Karate staff stresses self-confidence, respect and discipline while teaching American karate, a westernized version of Korean taekwondo.
More than 150 actors ages 9-17 auditioned competitively from all over the state of Minnesota to be one of 17 youth performers in the Children’s Theatre Company production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Zachery Budde, now a third-degree black belt, started taekwondo in first grade and never looked back. For the past 11 years, he’s trained with Grandmaster Eui Yong Lee, at World Taekwondo Academy in Maple Grove.
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