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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Equipment at Woodbury’s Bielenberg Playground Headed for Central America

Volunteers from Kids Around the World removed the equipment Monday as the city makes way for the all-inclusive Madison’s Place playground.

One parcel. Two countries. Plenty of happy kids. Crews from Kids Around the World on Monday removed the playground at Bielenberg Sports Center. The equipment is headed to Central America. And the land will soon be home to Madison’s Place, a playground for kids of all abilities at the Bielenberg Sports Center set for construction this summer. Woodbury is the No. 1 city in Minnesota in terms of donating used playground equipment to Kids Around the World, said Paul Bierhaus, board member, who was at Bielenberg with several volunteers Monday. The equipment at the sports center marks the fourth donated playground for Woodbury, according to Jason Egerstrom, communications coordinator. The first was in 2010, when Woodbury donated equipment from …

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Kris Janisch

10:58 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Somebody on our Facbeook page asked about the splash pad and the playground. If you check out the PDF on this post (pages 28-29), you'll find a view of where both would be sited. (Assuming the city goes ahead with the plans.) And it's a pretty cool PDF. http://patch.com/A-2h7w   more ›

Friday, February 1, 2013

Man Who Accidentally Donated Gun to Goodwill: ‘Pure Panic’

Goodwill officials say they have not found the pistol.

Updated: 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 7. The weapon has been found. See: Man Finds Missing ‘Goodwill Gun’ Previous post Bryan Kendall, the man who told police he may have accidentally left a gun in with recent donations to Goodwill, said it was “probably the most irresponsible thing I’ve ever done.” “Pure panic,” he said. Kendall, of River Falls, Wis., said he had the pistol tucked away in a closet with some items he donated to Goodwill on Jan. 26. He didn’t notice the .22-calliber Smith & Wesson was missing until later, when he went to collect his other weapons for safe storage before a trip. Related: Man Tells Police He May Have Accidentally Donated Loaded Pistol to Woodbury Goodwill He contacted police about the missing handgun, and was …

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