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1�1s `'�. j�� J J City of Roseville ❖ 2660 Civic Center Drive ❖ Roseville, MN 55113 ❖ FAX.• 651-490-22 76 Date: September 5, 2001 Pages: 2 Contact: Carolvn Curti, 65 1-490-2209 Roseville Central Park Foundation Celebration Honors 1�Turiel SahliR (EDITORS NOTE - PHOTO AVAILABLE Contact Tim Pratt at 65 1-490-2299) The Roseville Central Park Foundation will honor Mrs. Muriel Sahlin at the Septemberfest celebration on September 28. In June 2000, Sahlin bequeathed several hundred thousand dollars to the Central Park Foundation. Other individuals and groups to be honored include the Robert Short Family, Friends and Family of Rob Linder, Friends of Roseville Parks and the Roseville Memorial Chapel. In March 2000, Parks and Recreation Director Bob Bierscheid received a letter from a local bank saying that someone was naming the Central Park Foundation as a beneficiary in her will. Bierscheid provided a tax id number and did not give much thought to it. In 7uly 2001 Bierscheid received another letter from the bank stating that Nlrs. Sahlin had passed away and included a check for $382,000. No one at the City of Roseville, the Central Park Foundation or on the Park and Recreation Commission knew Nlrs. Sahlin. Bierscheid researched to find out why Nlrs. Sahlin made such a generous donation to the Central Park Foundation. Several years ago Mrs. Sahlin, a Roseville resident, received the book Walking in Roseville 's Central Park with Open Eyes, by Central Park Foundation volunteer Elizabeth Roddy. The book lists plants and flowers in Central Park Mrs. Sahlin started walking regularly in the park and looked for the plants listed in the book She soon came to appreciate the beauty that the park offers all visitors. In later years friends of Mrs. Sahlin brought her to watch the construction of the arboretum. That is when she decided to bequeath a substantial donation to Central Park. Copies of Walking in Roseville 's Central Park with Open Eyes, by Elizabeth Roddy are available at the Harriet Alexander Nature Center. Cost is $3. The book was written in 1987 so the Park has gone through many additions, but many of the flowers and plants can be found. On September 28 join your friends to celebrate the many wonders of Central Park. The Roseville Central Park Foundation invites you to 200 1 Septemberfest dinner and program to