April 2018 Lake Minnetonka Magazine

In the April issue visit Dr. Ralph Bashioum's abundant Wayzata garden.

A photogenic caterpillar and a vibrant color scheme of green earned Mound’s Chris Grace second place in the Nature & Wildlife category of our 2017 Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest.

 

For special occasions like Easter or Mother’s Day, sleep-in days or any old day that calls for a whoppin’ stack of late-morning pancakes, this bunch of brunches will do the trick.

Al & Alma’s Supper Club

 

Easter is on April 1—celebrate with your family around Lake Minnetonka. Find some Easter eggs, choose a front pew and then brunch on pancakes and mimosas.

Community Easter Egg Hunt

 

Evangeline Stacy is one of those people who emits good vibes. She’s a savvy businesswoman, but she’s equally passionate about causes like environmentalism and gender equality. Even better?

 

From The New York Times, November 26, 1992: “Mike Plant, the 42-year-old solo ocean sailor whose disappearance at sea while en route from New York to France produced an extensive two-week search in the Atlantic Ocean, was declared missing and presumed dead yesterday.
 

 

Ralph Bashioum is a plastic surgeon by day and avid gardener and nurseryman by night, weekend—and just about any other time he can escape to his teeming yard. To Bashioum, the hobby is a pleasant respite and a natural extension of his day job.

 

Irene Stemmer, sharp as ever at age 92, is leafing through her book, The Trapper’s Cabin of Wayzata: A Journey to Preservation, when she stops on a page near the back.

 

Sue Hawkes, a natural entrepreneur since she started a business in fifth grade, has a passion for sharing her talents to help others achieve their best.

 

Spring ushers in all sorts of good things, especially budding trees and blooming flowers. But not all new plant life is necessarily good—take garlic mustard, for example.

 

For mom Kate Stevens, choosing childcare for her two young sons was no easy task. “We toured a number of different places, and I left a lot of them in tears,” Stevens says.

 

Tiffany Kokal spends hours behind a camera, but photography hasn’t always been her full-time job. She has always had a deep love of art but was working as a dental assistant when the photography bug bit.

 

Need to hit the reset button on your sleep habits? The Better Pillow might be able to help.

 

Hopkins-based Strom Engineering Corporation has endowed Holy Family Catholic High School with a $100,000 donation to help build science, technology, engineering, arts and math programs (STEAM).

 

Every year, the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce awards one member of the chamber community who goes above and beyond the typical duties of their work.

 

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Molly Wizenberg

 

With the ultimate goal to end lung cancer, A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation, based in Wayzata, keeps busy. Their mission is to aid and increase research, spread awareness and support patients.

 

Minnesotans love ice hockey. And we know—while it’s fun to play and watch, it comes with risk, just like any sport. Jeremy Schmoe, D.C., DACNB, works with athletes, including some pros, to treat concussions and other neurological illnesses and injuries.

 

When the holidays arrive, Andrea Loth’s friends and family can expect perfectly wrapped gifts—complete with a bow or two. While attending Orono High School, Loth worked at the now-closed Toy World, where she was trained to wrap gifts.

 

Since its move to Excelsior from Edina in 2016, Epitome Papers has become a local go-to for adorable stationery. Shoppers flock to find Rifle Paper Co.