August 2013

You'll learn about music lessons in Maple Grove, our town's high school all-stars and the ice cream around in the August 2013 issue of Maple Grove Magazine.

Update: the Maple Grove Geo-Cache Adventure has been extended through June 1st. Contact editor Cyd Haynes at cyd.haynes@tigeroak.com with any questions.

 

John Robinette was walking around the Maple Grove Days car show last summer when something caught his eye. “It was a flathead Ford [engine],” says Robinette, who was intrigued by the contrast between the chrome and red paint, and the old-fashioned acorn nuts.

 

Ice cream, along with its extended family including frozen yogurt, sherbet and sorbet, among others, is an icon of summer. Whose childhood memories would be complete without a recollection of some kind of frozen treat?

 

You might’ve heard the recent buzz: Several Minnesota bumblebee species are in an unfortunate decline. If you’ve wondered how these bees live and what you can do to help, join Elaine Evans, a University of Minnesota entomologist, to learn more about bumblebee biology and conservation.

 

Behind every outstanding student is someone influential—a person, key to that young scholars’ motivation to succeed. This year we feature three outstanding area students as well as the people who have “paid it forward” by investing in the success of someone else.  

 

Sounds of spontaneous creativity can be heard in the new Maple Grove Rotary Music Park. Nestled in at Town Green near the library and outdoor amphitheater, this new music park provides a place to meander, relax and create music.

 

When Maple Grove Junior High School opens its doors the first week of September there will be a new face greeting incoming students. Though new to the building, the new principal Lisa Hartman is far from a stranger to the district.          

 

As Maple Grove’s self-appointed “ambassadors” to pickleball, Dan and Gail Hanka have been pleased with their stewardship in the last two years.

 

Maple Grove moms are at the forefront of their children’s education. They know what works at the homework table after school, they know what their kids are learning and they know when their kid’s school needs support.

 

Each morning, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., 12-year-old Haley Briesch can be found on the ice. Donning her Lululemon warm-up jacket, she laces up her white skates and takes to the cool glassy surface to practice two to three hours a day.

 

Bob Simenson has seen a lot of firsts. After 20 years of training, Simenson has become the first student at USA Karate in Maple Grove to achieve Master rank.