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Coon Rapids Hosts Home Renovation Tour, Inspiring Local Homeowners through ‘Home For Generations’ Program
Homeowners and renovation enthusiasts flocked to Coon Rapids on Sunday for a glimpse into the world of local home remodeling. As part of its Home For Generations program, the city showcased six recently remodeled houses, presenting a rare opportunity for the public to walk through private residences and gather ideas for their own projects. The event, which ran from noon to 4 p.m., invited the community to find inspiration in the transformations achieved by their neighbors.
How Kusina brings Filipino family recipes to Mounds View
MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. — The first ingredient in all of Kusina's cooking is love — that's what owner and chef Jailin Tabares emphasizes to her customers that walk through the door.Tabares is a warm, motherly figure who opened the restaurant alongside her husband Scott Zimmer in the summer of 2022. She had experience in the restaurant sphere, having worked in five-star restaurants back in the Philippines and in some hotels in Minneapolis.But when her mother, now 89 years old, gave her handwritten family recipes, Tabares turned to Zimmer and said "we have to do something about this." The pair opened a...
Drive-in book movie theater fun at Cedar Island Elementary
Cedar Island Elementary School Library Media Specialist Kortney Esper is getting students interested in books in a new way with a drive-in movie theater book tasting. The library is decorated with a red carpet and many drive-in movie theater themed decorations, getting students excited about the book tasting. To begin, students learned about drive-in movie theaters. The students then sat at tables, with boxes on them that looked like cars and were filled with books. Each table had books from a different genre, such as...
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