Sailor
ST. LOUIS PARK
Council debate Swim meets
A plan to borrow more
than $22 million prompted
controversy. Nature center
funds are a part of the plan.
Page 6 Swimmers advanced to
state, including a record-
setting Park athlete.
Page 13
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019
Trend line for
JonnyPops
continues to
surge upward
CEO describes
the mission at
TwinWest event
By SETH ROWE
[email protected]
St. Louis Park musician’s words inspire art
(SUN SAILOR STAFF PHOTO BY SETH ROWE)
1-5: St. Louis Park musician Dan Israel performs Feb. 17 for an opening of “Finding the Authentic Self,” an exhibit at the Sabes
Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park. Seventeen artists from across the country created art, primarily in ceramics, based on
lyrics of Israel’s song “Make This Life Mine.” Each artist also provided an essay regarding the theme. The gallery will be on display
through Sunday, March 31. For more photos, see Page 12.
JonnyPops treats have
been popping up in most
states in the country.
The St. Louis Park-based
company that makes fruit-
fl avored treats has been
doubling in size each year,
said co-founder and CEO
Erik Brust at a TwinWest
Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Luncheon Feb.
20 in Plymouth.
Brust currently manages
50 employees in the market-
ing, sales, operations and
production departments of
the company, said Deb Mc-
Millan, vice president of
public policy for TwinWest.
“Erik’s been instrumen-
tal in the success of the
company,” McMillan said.
After audience members
who braved piles of snow
to reach the presentation
tried samples of the frozen
snacks inside the warmth
of the Crowne Plaza Min-
neapolis West hotel, Brust
related the JonnyPops story
See Pops , Page 10
Project team identifi es four options for school schedules
Instead, the team has suggested four
options, identifi ed by shapes similar to
downhill ski run markers.
With the current schedule, St. Louis
Park Middle School begins fi rst, with
the school day beginning 7:33 a.m. and
ending 2:15 p.m.
By SETH ROWE
[email protected]
A project team studying start and end
times for St. Louis Park Public Schools
has ruled out keeping the current sched-
ules.
Park Spanish Immersion School and
St. Louis Park High School are in the
next tier of starting times. The high
school starts at 8:20 a.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays and 8:40 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays. The school lets
out at 3:10 p.m. daily. PSI begins at 8:25
a.m. and ends at 2:55 p.m.
The district’s traditional elementary
schools are in the third tier of start times.
Aquila and Peter Hobart elementary
See Times , Page 9
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