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St. Paul Winter Carnival selling 300-pound blocks of ice for $122 apiece to fund ice and snow sculptures in 2008

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20071130_102918_120107_carnival.webp, One by one, the snowflakes atop the ice arches leading to the ice sculptures at the 2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival on Harriet Island melted and fell to, 20071130_102958_071201WinterCarnivalTemperature.webp
By LAURA YUEN / MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO NEWSIce and snow sculptures are the quintessential attractions of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, but they’re a d

Klondike Kates … pinup girls

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20071010__071011Kates.webp, April (umbrellas) Front row: Kim Tsoukalas. Second row: Judy Nelson, Britt Tany Wells, Shar Salisbury, Paula Berends. Third row: Darice Koepke and Wen
By LAURA YUEN / MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO NEWSOf course, they would model half-nude.With these ladies, there’s classy … and then there’s sassy.The Klondi

Gates gone but not for long

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20070402__gates_ajar3.webp, The flower-covered “Gates Ajar” at Como Park, shown in a postcard from around 1907, is being repaired.
By JASON HOPPIN | jhoppin@pioneerpress.com“Gates Ajar,” the Como Park wedding photo backdrop for generations of Twin Cities newlyweds, has vanished.Bu
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