Puppeteer Brings Diversity to Sesame Street. Former resident contributes to the creation of the first Asian American Muppet.
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Name: Anne Schopen
Hometown: Jefferson, Wisconsin
Occupation: Mother, public relations leader, director of client services at Pineapple Reputation Management
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.
Maple Grove ain’t the Wild West. There are no gun-totin’ outlaws running the streets. A story about the new chief in town doesn’t carry as much panache as an old Western, but Eric Werner prefers it that way. As long as the community feels safe, Werner is doing his job.
Since 1999, the Maple Grove Ambassador Program has awarded more than $93,000 in scholarships to young women and given them the chance to represent their community.
Kelly Eull, an attorney who concentrates her practice in family law, has
joined Maple Grove law firm Henningson & Snoxell. Eull was listed as a Super
Lawyers Rising Star in the 2010-2012 editions. “I was at a firm in St. Paul for
Maple Grove resident and Wayzata High School student Ananya Mishra was named
a national runner-up for the 2014 Aspirations for Women in Computing award.
Presented by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT),
Kelly Eull, an attorney who concentrates her practice in family law, joined Maple Grove’s Henningson & Snoxell firm in December 2013.
While walking on a trail between Eagle Lake and Pike Lake last June, Evan Harlan found himself up close and personal with a winged friend. Harlan says he often brings his Canon T3i with him on walks around the trails in Maple Grove to take photos of anything that catches his eye.