February 2012

Weddings | Valentine's Day | Snowboarder Jesse Paul

Jim and Donna Hawley have owned Maple Grove Pearle Vision for a little over a year, and apparently that’s all their locally-owned franchise needed to climb to the top of the national charts.

 

Marty Partoll is a geography whiz-kid.

 

Wesley Kuhnley knows he makes guitar amplifiers and pedals so well that he offers a lifetime warranty. He sells his products—through his company, Resonant Electronic Design—in ten states and internationally in Australia, Japan, Korea and Europe.

 

About four years ago, Chris and Mary Lower expanded their public relations and web design firm – Sterling Cross Communications – into the realm of social media. Suffice it to say, the move was prophetic.

 

Donna Pohlad is taking the home hair color experience to another level. That’s the idea behind dpHUE, a new concept she launched in September that bridges the gap between salon services and do-it-yourself box color.

 

Valley Casting is the first Maple Grove business to go 100 percent solar.

 

Bake Sale by Sara Varon

Recommended by senior librarian Kathryn Zimmerman for children

 

If photography is an art form itself, shouldn’t taking a photo of a work of art be twice as artistic?

 

With the coming of Valentine’s Day, the time is now to start thinking about how to spice things up with your better half. What better way to do this than to plan a special dinner out with drinks, a leisurely meal and stimulating conversation. And why restrict the occasion to Valentine’s Day?

 

A new energy is on the ice at the Maple Grove Community Center.

 

The question has been popped, the family and friends have been told, and now it’s time to get down to business, time to get planning that one remarkable day that will unite you both together.

 

Fifteen: The number of times Jesse Paul smoothly glides down a handrail and solidly lands on snowpack in one YouTube video.

 

Thirty years ago, local food advocate, editor and author Alice Tanghe and her husband missed a flight home from their honeymoon in Quebec. They lingered a bit too long over a delicious crème brûlée in a French-style bistro.

 

When one learns of all that Becky Ringen has accomplished in her relatively young life, one could easily surmise that she is a gal with, well, heart. Ironically enough, she now makes a career out of helping others take care of their own hearts.

 

Julia Levina’s idea about creating a new forum to express ideas received a pensive first response. A bit ironic, huh?

 

Not unlike other boys, Trevor Long liked to kick, punch and carry around a sword when he was younger. So for his sixth birthday, his parents signed him up for Taekwondo lessons.