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Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Congresswoman <br />McCollum visits Gem <br />Lake <br /> <br />• Gem Lake Scholarship <br />Award Recipients <br /> <br />• Gem Lake Loses <br />Lifelong Resident <br /> <br />• City of White Bear Lake <br />Activities <br /> <br />• Spring Yard Care <br /> <br />• City News, Page 7 <br />Scheduled Recycling <br />Dates: <br /> <br />• June 5 <br /> <br />• June 19 <br /> <br />• July 3 <br /> <br />• July 17 <br /> <br />• July 31 <br /> <br /> <br />Gem Lake Receives Visit from Congresswoman <br />McCollum <br /> <br />The City of Gem Lake was honored to receive a visit <br />from U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum, on <br />Monday, May 13. McCollum represents Minnesota’s <br />4th District, which encompasses Ramsey County and <br />most of Washington County. <br /> <br />She and several colleagues stopped by Heritage Hall <br />to tour Gem Lake’s facilities and to learn more about <br />ways she could help the city with major infrastructure <br />goals. The Congresswoman was instrumental in <br />helping the city obtain its first federal grant to help <br />pay for costs of a potential future municipal water <br />system. The city was awarded about $950k in 2023 <br />by the federal government, which is approximately <br />14% of what is needed to build phase one of a water <br />system. <br /> <br />(Continued on Page 2) <br /> <br /> <br />Two Graduates Awarded Gem Lake Scholarship <br /> <br />Gem Lake residents and high school seniors, Dov <br />Nathanson and James Marier were recently awarded <br />scholarships for post-secondary education through <br />the Gem Lake Scholarship Program. This eleven- <br />year-old program is funded by charitable gambling <br />receipts and has helped several dozen students with <br />educational expenses since its inception. <br /> <br />Nathanson is regarded by his teachers and <br />counselors as a highly motivated student who holds <br />himself to high standards. He achieved an Academic <br />Letter as a senior, as well as Honor Roll status and <br />Student of the Month in middle school. As a deaf <br />student, Nathanson has identified barriers and then <br />helped to problem-solve solutions. <br /> <br />In terms of extra curricular activities, Nathanson has <br />been involved in wrestling from 8th to 12th grade, as <br />well as several years’ experience as part of the <br />Academic Bowl team, football and trap and skeet. He <br />achieved a Gold Medal from the World Deaf <br />Wrestling Championship in 2023. He also coached a <br />youth wrestling program for deaf and hard of hearing <br />children from 2022 to 2024. <br /> <br />(Continued on Page 2) <br /> (Dov Nathanson) <br /> <br /> (James Marier) <br /> <br />Gem Lake News <br />June 2024 | Volume 18 | Issue 3 Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />