--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Chris Rybisky <atkuku@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Chris Rybisky <atkuku@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SPIF] Hmong international sports tournament
> To: "Anne R. Carroll" <carrfran@qwest.net>
> Cc: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <stpaul-issues@forums.e-democracy.org>
> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 10:03 AM
> We went last last year and had a lot of fun (although it was
> a little
> warm for us). We would have went yesterday, but the weather
> was a
> little more tropical than we are comfortable with.
>
> Chris Rybisky
> Cathedral Hill
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Anne R. Carroll <carrfran@qwest.net>
> wrote:
> > I was surprised to see no posts this weekend about
> this incredible festival
> > at McMurray Fields by Como Park this weekend. It
> draws 40,000+ people from
> > all over the US (+ Canada, Laos, and Thailand) each
> year and boasts an
> > amazing combination of great sports events (soccer,
> volleyball, cato,
> > football, top spinning), performances, vendors of
> CDs/medicinal
> > herbs/clothing/insurance/politics/etc., local and
> state electeds
> > hosting/welcoming, and incredible food. The weather
> was gorgeous though
> > extraordinarily hot by Sunday afternoon!
> >
> > My daughter was privileged to be invited to join one
> of the excellent local
> > Hmong women's soccer teams, Cocoon, that played
> one game Saturday and three
> > on Sunday -- and, incredibly, won the grand
> championship! The full roster of
> > Hmong players on that team included many St. Paul
> high school students as
> > well as some in college. They have been working
> extremely hard for weeks and
> > weeks with Coach Vang to get in shape and strategic
> enough to compete at
> > this level, and came through in high spirits and with
> a great attitude to
> > win all the way; this team also benefited
> tremendously from the sponsorship
> > of a local Hmong chiropractor who used to coach the
> team and has since
> > sponsored their participation in the tournament,
> their uniforms, and so on.
> > It's that kind of authentic support for young
> women like this that gives me
> > great hope for St. Paul's future.
> >
> > I have attended this grand festival for a number of
> years because it's just
> > great fun -- how about the rest of you? I have in the
> past parked at the
> > Fairgrounds and taken the convenient shuttle bus, but
> because we went so
> > early each day this year we just parked close by.
> Someone told me they had
> > way too few buses this year and horribly long lines
> -- does anyone know if
> > that was just a point-in-time problem or was the
> arrangement different this
> > year? I also saw more trash than I would have liked
> in the neighborhoods,
> > but I did not see any bad behavior or altercations
> this year. Who else went?
> > Neighbors, what was your experience this year?
> >
> > -- Anne
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Anne R. Carroll
> > Carroll, Franck & Associates
> > Strategic planning, public involvement, and
> communications
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> > St. Paul, MN 55116 USA
> > Phone: 651-690-9162
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> > (School Board: 651-690-9156 or
> <http://www.annecarroll.org/>
> > www.annecarroll.org)
> >
> >
> > "The arc of history is long but it bends toward
> justice." -- Martin Luther
> > King, Jr., adapted from Rev. Theodore Parker, 1859
> >
> > "All too often, men and women in public life
> worry too much about the next
> > election. A true states[wo]man, however, worries
> about the next generation
> > and children yet unborn." -- Rep. Elijah E.
> Cummings, 2003
> >
> >
> > Anne Carroll
> > Highland Park, St. Paul
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> Chris Rybisky
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