the Friends of Loring Park

2017 Spring Volume 20, No.1

Celebrate the Fall Season

Potluck Lunch October 14
Another great year in the gardens
has come to a close, and it is time
to ready the gardens for winter
and to celebrate work well-done.
We will be preparing the gardens
for winter from 9-11am, then en-
joying a potluck lunch at eleven.
Bring a dish if you wish!
All are welcome.
August volunteers from CorePower Yoga
Marty Harris
Celebrate our Park and the Arts: Two September Events!
Friends is pleased to have expanded the Loring Park Guest Artist Program to two art-
ists this year. Marty Harris, a local draftsman, painter and illustrator created ink brush
drawings, using color and collage to depict our park, its patrons, landscape and wild-
life. Marty was artist-in-residence from early May through July 7th. Abbey Kleinert, a
recent MFA graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Design, took the ba-
ton on July 10th and continued through Labor Day. Abbey created drawings of park
plants, and is exhibiting a suite of botanical prints of the flora of Loring Park. Their work
will be displayed in the Loring Park Community Arts building until the end of October.
Public opening reception: Thursday, September 21, 6:007:30pm.
Friends is also excited to co-sponsor the People for Parks 2017 Poster Competi-
tion. This is the second year for this competition, held by People for Parks, a small
non-profit that helps make parks all across the city be the best they can be. Local
artists will show and sell their park-oriented posters at Lakes and Legends Brewing,
14th and LaSalle, on Thursday, September 28th, 610pm. Fifty percent of profits go
to support Minneapolis parks. Questions? Contact dan@woychickdesign.com

Thank you to everyone who supports our be-
loved Loring Park. As we move into autumn,
I want to highlight some of what the Friends
of Loring Park has done with the generous
financial support you have given us.
Our largest investment this year was dedicat-
ing $4,100 to protect the beauty and diversity
of our urban forest from the emerald ash bor-
er by treating twenty-four ash trees. Dr. Lee
Frelich selected the healthiest of the ash trees
in the park for treatment. The elms need to be
treated every two years and this is the second
treatment. There are smaller expenses for
bench maintenance and plant purchases.
We are trying to build up our treasury for antic-
ipated larger capital projects: the tennis court
reconstruction has an estimated cost over
$300,000, so we may be contributing funds to
a matching grant. We have $33,000 of funds
dedicated for several projects around the pro-
posed Berger Fountain Plaza: reconstruction
of the fountain, creation of an artist-inspired
winter cover, and a raised crosswalk from
Presidents Message
the Loring Greenway. The Berger Fountain
projects are part of the revised Loring Park
Master Plan that has not yet been approved
by the Park Board.
Friends also supports programs in the park.
We co-sponsor, along with The Citizens for a
Loring Park Community, the summer music
festival and the Aquatennial Pre-parade Fam-
ily Fun Party. We also sponsor the Loring
Park Guest Artist program, Yoga in the Park,
Picnic Operetta, and the monthly singalong
with Dan Chouinard. New this year, we be-
came a co-sponsor of the People for Parks
2017 Poster Competition. (See article above.)
I would like to point out what a tremendous
asset it is to have board member and im-
mediate past president Lee Frelich involved
with Loring Park. Director of the Center for-
Forest Ecology at the University of Minneso-
ta, Lee is ranked in the top 1% of scientist in
the world. He is one of the founding members
of Friends, and consults with the Minneapolis
Park Board Forestry Department on tree se-
lection for Loring Park. Lee writes an expert
article for every Friends newsletter, usually
on trees; however, in the last newsletter and
this edition he contributed articles on climate
change. Lee was heavily involved in the push
to rid Loring Parks waters of invasive cattails,
and he is currently developing a list of native
flowering plants that will benefit pollinators.
We are very fortunate to have an expert of
his caliber giving so generously of his time
and knowledge to Loring Park.
Thanks also to Pat Davies for rounding up
MPRB District 4 board candidate state-
ments. There will be a public forum at the
Loring Park Community Arts Center on
October 11th at 6:30pm. Come early or
stay after to meet the candidates!
David Hile, FLP Board President
Dr. Lee Frelich: The Science of Climate Change
Part I of this article, published in the Spring 2017
newsletter, described how rising CO2 concentrations in
the atmosphere cause warming, along with the story of
the discovery of climate change. Part II presents the
changing climate and what it may mean at global
and local scales.
Global circulation models that scientists have
developed can project the effects of future
scenarios on global and regional climates.
Lets consider two scenarios that bracket the
range of possibilities for the 21st Century and
beyond. For the business as usual scenario we
continue to use fossil fuels as the major source of
energy until they run out, while the reduced emissions
scenario would emphasize renewable energy and follow
the Paris Agreement of 2015. These would lead to 1000-
1200 parts per million (ppm) atmospheric CO2 and 6-12
degrees F climate warming or 500-600 ppm CO2 and 2-4
F warming by the end of the 21st Century, respectively.
For the business as usual scenario, tree species, forest
types and the wildlife species dependent on them would
move 300 miles northwards by centuries end, and continue
moving for several more centuries. Minnesota would
become the new Kansas, with oak savanna, even in the
Boundary Waters. Sea level would rise several feet by
2100, but that would just be the start of a 250 foot rise
that would take place over the following centuries, with the
loss of Florida, Louisiana and Delaware, and many of the
worlds great cities. Ocean acidification by CO2 forming
carbonic acid, combined with ocean warming could easily
lead to spread of oceanic dead zones and extinction of
many species. In contrast, the reduced emissions scenario
would lead to a 100-150 mile northward shift in tree species
that would then stabilize, allowing persistence of forest in
the Boundary Waters, including some favorite tree species
like white pine. Sea level, after rising only a few feet this
century, would also stabilize at only 20-40 feet above
current levels several centuries henceforth, with much less
damage to ocean ecosystems.
I leave the potential effects of the business as usual
scenario on societyeconomic loss of ocean shoreline
as the most valuable real estate in the world, loss of the
oceans as a food source and impacts of mega droughts
on the worlds major food basketsto the readers
imagination. Many scenarios could lead to decimation of
food sources, income and quality of life for everyone. For
scientists, the largest difference between the business as
usual and reduced emissions scenarios, with important
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implications for the future, would be the magnitude
of biodiversity losses. The quality of life for everyone
depends on biodiversity. The structure and chemistry
of the geosphere (soils and rocks), hydrosphere
(groundwater, lakes, rivers, oceans) and
atmosphere, their abilities to form ecosystems
that produce food, medicines and most
products that we use daily, as well as the
maintenance of this infrastructure at global
and local scales, has been provided free
of charge by the Earths diversity of life
forms. Recovery from mass extinctiondue
to ocean acidification, habitat loss and inability
of species to keep up with changing climate
associated with the business as usual scenariocould
only occur via evolution of new species and ecosystems,
and would take millions of years. In contrast, the reduced
emissions scenario promises smaller, solvable problems,
and recovery within a few centuries, with the potential
for many new jobs in the renewable energy and food
production sectors of the economy.
Loring Park serves as a microcosm for the effects of
climate change. For the reduced emissions scenario some
of the trees currently growing in Loring Park might survive
into the 22nd Century. Urban trees have more leeway
with climate than forest trees, due to less competition with
other trees, watering at time of planting, and treatments
for insects and diseases. In contrast, for the business as
usual scenario, given the global problems that would be in
play, the fate of the park would be like that of a leaf being
swept down a flooding stream. The changing climate would
likely overwhelm the resilience that urban trees have, lead
to death of all trees currently in the park, and no newly
planted tree of any species would grow to maturity before
the climate changed, possibly enough to exclude the
species. The pond would alternately flood and evaporate.
The diversity of species in the park would plummet as both
natural and human infrastructures crumble.
At this point measures such as annual increases in
CO2 indicate that we are following the business as
usual scenario. However, the scientific knowledge and
technology needed to follow the reduced emissions
scenario exists at this time, and doing so, combined with
helping the planets diversity of species get through the
current bottleneck, could lead to a stable, sustainable and
prosperous planet.
Lee E. Frelich, Director
University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology
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Introducing District 4 Park Board Candidates
Jono Cowgill
I am running for Park Board be-
cause I believe it is time for a
new generation of responsive,
energetic leadership. I want to
help support a park system that
works for everybody; a park
system where we all feel en-
franchised to be stewards of our
local parks.
I grew up in these parksI attended Kenwood Rec Plus
and played park board sports. Today I work as an urban
planner helping lift up community voices in planning and
urban design projects. I went to South High and have a
Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the Hum-
phrey School of Public Affairs.
There are a few core ways I believe we can build a better
system together.
1. We can work together to build a 21st century park
system that is for and by the people. We can foster
greater flexibility and responsiveness in our parks by
breaking down programming budgets park-by-park. As
a former Lowry Hill East neighborhood board member I
know that is local residents who best understand what
our local parks need.
2. We can be forward-thinking on sustainability and equity.
Lets invest in a climate action plan and move towards pes-
ticide free parks! We also need to continue to weave equity
through all decision making. As the the primary author of
a transformative study that brought an equity lens to all St
Paul infrastructure spending, I know what it takes to make
equity work in policy.
3. A better park system also means a safer park system.
It is time we recognize that active parks are safe parks.
Lets activate our public spaces with dynamic, intergen-
erational programming. Im an urban planner who works
with communities to activate public space. I know that ac-
tive parks benefit us all by increasing safety and ensuring
we know our neighbors.
I think we all recognize that now, more than ever, it is criti-
cal we know and take care of all our neighbors. I am asking
for your support today as a neighbor who is ready to be
part of a new generation of leadership.
Meet the Candidates: Public Forum October 11th, 6:30pm
There will be a public forum on Wednesday, October 11th at the Loring Park Community Arts building.
This will be a great opportunity to meet the candidates, hear about plans, and ask them questions.
The official program will begin promptly at 6:30 and run until 8. Both candidates will be available for a
meet-and-greet a half hour before and after the program.
Tom Nordyke
My twenty plus years of experi-
ence in the unique field of Af-
fordable Housing and Real Es-
tate Development for the Arts
has given me a good objective
outlook of what it takes to turn
a development from an idea to
a finished project. My under-
standing of government rela-
tions, along with historic pres-
ervation, and affordable housing financing over the past
twenty years has made me a leader in this field.
I have helped with the revitalization of numerous cities
through historic preservation, and economic development
within various arts. Through this collaboration, and local
partners I have been a vanguard in the field of housing
for the arts for over 20 years. As a candidate for election
my track record demonstrates a history of creating win-win
strategies that benefit numerous communities across the
country. I am committed to building creative communities
that support and sustain the arts.
I began my career in this creative work as Vice President
for Artspace Projects, Inc., the national leader in the field
of developing affordable live/work space that meets the
unique needs of artists. I collaborated with the President
and Board to transform this local organization into Ameri-
cas leading developer of space for the arts.
Since 2003 as W+Noordijk, Inc., I have provided independent
consulting on issues of real estate acquisition, finance, de-
sign and marketing. This has continued my passion and love
for creating affordable live/work spaces for creative artists.
I served on the Minneapolis Park Board from 20062010,
and I was elected Park Board President from 20092010.
If I am elected my main priorities will be:
1. Continue to address funding disparity in traditionally un-
derserved neighborhood parks.
2. Work with the city of Minneapolis to continue the partnership
of infrastructure funding in our parks and Parkway system.
3. Work with the park board staff to resolve issues of cultural
bias in our neighborhood parks recreation and programming.
4. Provide experienced and seen leadership to the na-
tions number one park system! I look forward to serving
Minneapolis again!
Contributions Unique Opportunities to
Friends of Loring Park acknowledges the following
gifts, which were gratefully received between
Support Loring Park
March 17, 2017 and August 21, 2017
The Friends of Loring Park works with the Minneapolis
GENERAL FUND Park and Recreation Board to provide financial and
Richard & Susan Goldman volunteer support for Loring Park so that it will continue
Harvey Sarles in Memory of Janis Sarles
Jane Burns, in Memory of Ione Siegel
to serve the recreational and leisure needs of the public.
Dianne & Leighton Siegel, in Memory of Ione Siegel Friends offers three unique opportunities to honor,
Copenhagen Enterprises, in Memory of Ione Siegel
Donn Saylor, in Memory of Ione Siegel remember, or recognize a special person, event or place.
Jim & Steph Tikalsky, in Memory of Ione Siegel
Virginia Barzan Charitable Fund
Tim & Jennifer Bergman, in Memory of Ione Siegel Donate a brick
Metro Elevator, in Memory of Ione Siegel to the Garden of the Seasons. The
Dottie Speidel, in Memory of Ione Siegel ongoing personalized brick campaign
Jim Kemp, in Memory of Ione Siegel seeks to replace the asphalt outer
Jane & Ogden Confer, in Memory of Bob Anderson walkway of the Garden of the Seasons
Jan F. & Richard J. Sandberg
Mark Gittleman A. Lindemeyer with a beautiful brick pathway.
Sally & Jon Westby Dr. Anthony Thein
$75 donationa 4x8 brick
Jane U. Young Don Ostrom
James & Fran Mullin Jeffrey A. Albrecht
with three lines of print (14 characters
Lila & Harry Jacob Jon & Paula Buckner and blank spaces per line)
Mary & Thomas Beaumont Bernie & Jan Wagnild $120 donation 8x8 brick
Patricia L. Johnson Derek J. Hook
with six lines of print (12 characters and
Mary Ann McGuire Ruth Crane
Hope Esparolini Steve & Vickie Dunn blank spaces per line)
John & Donna Haines Richard Flynn Special characters (bell, star, heart) are available
Joan A. Growe Marsha Zuckerman for $10 per symbol. Custom logos: call for quote.
Karen Bowen
Don Helgeson & Sue Shepard
Patricia H. Rusch Jean Kennedy
Joe Waller Paul Frye Sponsor a native tree...
Linda G. Slarks Steve Millikan
R.L. Rundorff Wallace & Marilyn Small
Friends of Loring Park is working
Robert & Marie Tufford Ken & Betsy Roering closely with the MPRB to support
Jane Nevin the master plan that will
BERGER FOUNTAIN create a vibrant canopy of
Susan & Andreas Papanicolaou hardy native trees in Loring Park.
John & Donna Haines, in Memory of Margo Eckman
Andy Kiorpes, in Honor of Ann Adams $300 donation
Ann Douglas, in Memory of Ashley
TREES
Wells Foundation, c/o St. Marks Cathedral,
in Memory of Ione Seigel
BRICKS Dedicate a Bench
Shiva Mittal, in Memory of Madhur Mittal to a friend, a loved one,
Mike & Beverly Goldberg
Jennifer David in Honor of Mark Vaida your company or family,
Brian Gilligan & Steve Pospisil, or perhaps to remember
for Brent Nelson & Tim Peterson a special event. Your
Brian Gilligan & Steve Pospisil, dedication or message (up to
for Alice Cunningham & Deborah Graves
Kris & Linda Osten, in Memory of Jack n Ranger 37 characters) can be forged
Don Rudrud, in Honor of Martin Luther King on the cast iron armrest.
Greg & Teresa Burnett, in Memory of
Mark Stanfield & Gary Burnett Bench with personalization $3,000
Megan Coughlin, for Flora Coughlin
Chuck & Maureen Kelly Neerland,
Anonymous sponsorship $2,500
in Honor of Martha Head
Sherri Weiss & Marie Schwartz
Les Bendtsen, in Memory of Jim Newstrom
Pat & Jack Davies, for Liz, Ted & Jackson
Please consider a tax-deductible donation
Sue & Alan Sadowsky, in Memory of Tim Outzen For further information,
Debra Ting, for Donald Abbott,
Dorothy Abbott Higgin, and Esther Ting call 612-673-5395
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 Support Loring Park Today! John Watz, for Gretchen Renich Watz
Jase Roe in Loving Memory of
Yes! Id like to support Loring Park with my tax deductible donation! Wayne Scrappy Doo Keezer
Phoebe Dahlquist & Tim Palmquist,
Bench Sponsorship: $3000 with inscription, $2500 without inscription in Memory of Robert & Gwen Dahlquist
Inscription - 37 characters including blank spaces: Adam Boutz & the Reservoir Frogs,
___________________ in Honor of Rob & Natalie

__________________ Winnie Anderson, in Honor of Mort & Rosie Ryweck

Adam Boutz, in Honor of Rob Ward
from the Reservoir Frogs
Bench is being donated ___in honor of ___in memory of : Jase Roe, in Memory of Wayne Scrappy Doo Keezer
_________________________________________________________ Greg Nelson, in Memory of Sandi Nelson
Paige Collette, in Memory of beloved Tedi
4x8 Brick Donation: $75.00 Jeffrey Johnson, in Memory of Nancy Pierce
DeAnne LaValle, in Memory of Eleanor LaValle
Inscription - 3 lines, 14 characters per line including blank spaces:
Tom Rosen for Joyce Palladino
______________ Candice & Kyle McMillan,
______________ in Honor of time with Daisy in Minneapolis
______________ LaDonna Meinecke, in Memory of Tilly
Tom & Mary Beaumont, in Memory of Dickens
Michele Brink, in Memory of Danyalove, Jitters
Scott Mayer, in Honor of Dick Hall & Matt Nolan
Brick is being donated ___in honor of ___in memory of: Scott Mayer, in Honor of Jim Stolz & Michael Graham
_______________________________________________________ Gay Clapp, in Memory of Reba C. Blouin
Ann Linde, in Honor of Robert Linde
8x8 Brick Donation: $120 Rick Hansen, R. & B. Hansen, Soulmates
Inscription - 6 lines, 12 characters per line including blank spaces: Bev & Mike Braman
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mary & Jim White
Dan & Jennie Eurman
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TENNIS COURTS
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Richard Gwynne
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Margaret & Gerald Mullin
Susan Norseng & Mark Lasoff
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CARDS
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nancy Miller
Joyce Page
Brick is being donated ___in honor of ___in memory of: GARDENS
_______________________________________________________ Ruth W. Redhead Alice Lincoln
Allan & Margaret Johnson Anne Munholland
Elizabeth De Baut David & Margaret Bjork
Awakening Notecards ($12.00 per 5 pack) Qty: ___ Total: ____ Joe & Yvonne Mullen
Loring Scenes Notecards ($12.00 per 5 pack) Qty: ___ Total: ____ Bob & Nancy Anderson Family Fund
John & Marcia Stout, in Memory of Ione Siegel
Loring Scenes Postcards ($12.00 per 10 pack) Qty: ___ Total: ____
______________________________________________________
Mission The Friends of Loring Park was
To sponsor the trees or perennials for the park entrance formed to develop financial and programming
improvements, please call 612 673-5395. support for Loring Park. Its purpose is
to implement the vision and master plan
adopted by the Loring Park community and
Your Name_________________________________________________ the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Address ___________________________________________________ The Friends of Loring Park, a tax-deductible
___________________________________________________________ Minnesota nonprofit organization, administers
the Loring Park Restoration Fund.
Telephone ___________________ E-mail ________________________
President Pat Davies
Please send notification of my gift to (name and address):
David Hile Marcia Stout
__________________________________________________________ Vice President Bill Tresch
__________________________________________________________ Todd Miller
__________________________________________________________ Treasurer Past Presidents
Richard Anderson Ione Siegel
Total Donation enclosed: ________ Lee Frelich
Secretary
Ede Holmen
Mail this form with your check to: Friends of Loring Park, P.O. Box 52074, Mpls, MN 55402
Graphic Services, Tib Shaw Webmaster, Bob White
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Loring Park Activities Calendar
Fall and Winter Wont Stop the Fun!
Yoga in the Park Thursdays, 67:00pm, through 11/30
Free. Friendly people in a casual setting. No yoga on 9/26.
Meditation in the Gardens Fridays, 78:00am, through 10/27
Free. Come join us. We always have another chair and theres
enough coffee for all - good friends too.
Community Singalongs Third Tuesdays, 78:30pm
Free. Dan Chouinard leads all in song - all ages and abilities.
Holidazzle Nov 24Dec 24. Learn more: www.holidazzle.com
Loring Park will be hopping during this winter festival!
Questions? Ask the Loring Park Recreation Supervisor!
Email Julie Sandin jsandin@minneapolisparks.org
or call 612-370-4779. To see more offerings, please visit
the MPRB website: https://tinyurl.com/mprb2017

Test Your Loring Park History Knowledge

What famous billionaire spent his first childhood Abbey Kleinert
years living across from Loring Park, in a luxury
apartment at 1676 Hennepin Avenue? Loring Park Guest Artist Show
September 21 through October 31
Loring Park Community Arts Center
Public opening reception:
Holiday Thursday, September 21, 6:007:30pm.
Centerpiece
Workshop
Learn to design a fabulous centerpiece for
your holiday table, using holiday greens,
berries, pine cones, branches, and more!
$35 Minneapolis resident, $52 non-resident.
Ages 18 and up. To register, 612-370-4779
or visit https://tinyurl.com/mprb2017

Saturday, Dec 9th

11-1:30pm

Abbey Kleinert shares her skills with the public

during the Loring Park Art Fair. (More on page 1)

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Enjoy hot cocoa and smores TRIVIA ANSWER: J. Paul Gettys parents, George and
Sarah, lived at the now razed Loring Apartments when he
around the bonfire! All ages. was born in 1892. Their first child, a daughter, died in the
typhoid epidemic that struck the city in 1890. The Gettys
moved to Oklahoma in 1904, where George, a corporate
Tuesday, October 31, 6-8pm lawyer, became an oilman, founding the Minnehoma Oil
Company. The rest is history.

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