Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The memorial concert is in its eleventh year.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Over a decade after the 9/11 terror attacks, how long should this country continue mourning the victims? The crowd at Tuesday's 9/11 Tribute Concert at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Southwest Minneapolis' Linden Hills neighborhood was around half the size of last year's 10th anniversary memorial concert. But for the hundreds that did show up to perform, to organize the event, and to watch, this anniversary was still worth commemorating. To some, the live television images of jet liners crashing into skyscrapers were still fresh in their minds. "As I was helping hang the scrolls (showing the names of the 9/11 dead) on the side of the Bandshell, a jet flew over, and the sound just made me cringe," said Minnetonka resident Mary Helmbrecht, …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Since 9/11, September has served as National Preparedness Month—the goal of which is to educate the public about how to prepare for all manner of emergencies.
What would you do if Inver Grove saw flash flooding or a Katrina-scale storm? What steps would you take if the Prairie Island Nuclear facility in Red Wing melted down? How about if we found H1N1 in Inver Grove Heights? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), September 2012 marks the ninth annual National Preparedness Month, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the US Department of Homeland Security. The primary goal of National Preparedness Month is to educate the public about how to prepare for emergencies—including natural disasters, mass casualties, biological and chemical threats, radiation emergencies, and terrorist attacks. "We have a city-wide emergency operations plan in place," Inver …
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Patches nationwide contributed to a project to tell local stories of impacts of 9/11.
After watching the terrorist attacks unfold on TV, Terry Pieper served for a year in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard.
Iraq War veteran Terry Pieper happened to flip on the TV the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, only to watch in disbelief and horror as United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the second World Trade Center tower. “I called my wife and said, ‘Hey, did you see that one of the towers was hit?’” said Pieper, an Inver Grove Heights resident. “As I was watching, all of the sudden the second plane hit the other tower, and I just said, ‘Oh my God.” Pieper, a member of the Minnesota National Guard, never expected to be deployed overseas in the wake of Sept. 11. Instead, Pieper thought he and his fellow Guardsmen would be called up to secure national assets. But in 2004, Pieper and his Guard unit were transported to Iraq, where they served as the …
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Patch looks back on the events, people and issues that made the headlines last week.
Jason Redeker and Patrick Ecker have logged more than 600 hours over the last three years creating a video game for the Xbox gaming console. And now their time investment is paying dividends: The game, called "Beware of the Penguins," has struck a chord with video game enthusiasts. An Apple Valley man and an Inver Grove Heights woman are facing prostitution charges after they were arrested last month in an Eagan hotel. Mark David Catlin, 46, of Apple Valley is charged with solicitation of a prostitute and Cara Marie Boehm, 19, faces one count of prostitution. Inver Grove Heights resident Alanna Seppelt is now an award-winning artist, after an afghan she made was ranked fourth of 413 entries on display at a juried art exhibition at the …
Monday, August 8, 2011
Everyone was changed by what unfolded on Sept. 11, 2001. But how were you, personally, changed? Did you join the military? Was your son or daughter born that day? We want to know.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Next month, Americans will pause to remember 2,973 people who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They will pause to honor friends and family wounded by their losses, and they'll stop to reflect on how the attacks changed their lives. Inver Grove Heights: How were you changed? Did you begin volunteering? Did you console a family member or friend? Ten years after the attacks, how do you think the calamity changed this country and its people? I hope you'll be willing to share your thoughts and anecdotes with me, and with the Inver Grove Heights community. You can email me, David Henke, at david.henke@patch.com, or call me at 612-381-6171. You can also contact me via the Inver Grove Heights Patch Facebook page, or the …
Pork Chop Guy
10:53 am on Monday, September 17, 2012
Yes - the memorials are stil worth it. And in response to the first comment, I am all for the Patriot Act. more ›