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Perpich High School for the Arts—A mecca for creative teens

By Scott Russell , TC Daily Planet

Breawnna “Bre” Blaesing and a team of her classmates are working on a documentary that will air on PBS. They have followed Mhonpai Lee, a young local Hmong farmer who has struggled to find quality farmland to rent, as more farmers plant corn for ethanol production. Corn-growing depletes the soil of nutrients, Blaesing says. “It is unfortunate the government is endorsing ethanol corn,” said Blaesing, a senior from Minneapolis. “It is not this great alternative resource people think it is.” MORE »

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »