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Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Student Intern plus 18 years Jonathan Miller, embellished The Alley Newspaper, “retires” to focus on family and career
Jonathan, Betty, Amy, and Bobby Miller
COURTESY JONATHAN MILLER
By LEON OMAN
After nearly 18 years of dedicated service to The Alley Newspaper and its readers, our Co-Editor and Designer, Jonathan Miller, has “retired”' ”“ he supported The Alley for almost half of its 42 year history! His most recent, but longtime role has been doing the Graphic Design and Layout for the monthly issues, along with managing The Alley”'s webpage. Over the years, Jonathan experienced and contributed to the many facets of publishing a community-owned and operated media source. Jonathan was a joy to team with and his loyalty and hard work were marked by excellence and creativity ”“ he will be sorely missed. Only 38 years old, Jonathan will now be able to focus more on his fulltime job with Center for Urban and Regional Affairs-CURA at the University of Minnesota and family responsibilities with Amy, his wife, and Betty and Bobby, their two young children.
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Phillips Aquatics Center: A dream come true! IS OPEN!
MURPHY BYRNE (MURPHYBYRNEPHOTOGRAPHY.COM) COURTESY OF MPLS. PARK & RECREATION BOARD
Phillips Aquatics Center Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (at entrance to the 6-Lane Pool) These 25 adults represent the Partners for the Center”'s Renovation and Expansion whose support and dedication was a wide range of individuals and organizations in Phillips and the broader community. This includes generous funding support from the Mpls. Park and Recreation Board, the State of MN, Mpls. Public Schools and Hennepin County”'s Youth Sports Grants Program, as well as donations from three Phillips Neighborhoods and Minneapolis Swims. Support coordinated through Mpls. Swims includes funding from the Minneapolis Foundation, Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the Piper Family Fund, East Phillips Improvement Coalition, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Rogue Foundation, Midtown Phillips Improvement Association, and Wells Fargo. The three children pictured here are a reminder of the focus of hundreds of people who spent innumerable hours of conversations, negotiations, planning sessions, and deliberation on scope, fund-raising, protocols, and policies.
The following remarks are five of over a dozen acknowledgements at the Grand Opening Ceremony of this tremendous success story.
Nine years ago
By BRAD PASS
We found an OLD Letter, dating back to 2009. It is from the Park Board”'s Director of Community Recreation Services.… Read the rest “Phillips Aquatics Center: A dream come true! IS OPEN!”
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