New Winter Carnival Klondike Kate to be crowned
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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn.—A new Klondike Kate will be crowned as the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s ambassad
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For Mendota Heights cancer survivor, Winter Carnival work is a royal distraction
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20100819__100820royal_500.jpg, Mike Meents, a King's Guard for the 2010 Winter Carnival, left, holds a box which contains medals for Knighting awards, while his sister, Gretchen Spi
By NICK FERRARO | nferraro@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressMike Meents says his timing is horrible. His cancer keeps coming back just when he wants it
Teatime fit for a queen
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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressI had the unique opportunity of attending the St. Paul Winter Carnival Queen’s Tea on Jan. 17
'I'm a little persistent. I don't give up on dreams,' says new Queen of the Snows Gretchen Spier
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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe fourth time was the charm for the new Queen of the Snows.Gretchen Spier, a 33-year-old
'I don't want them to look at me as an ex-cop,' says new King Boreas Art Blakey Jr.
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By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressArthur “Art” Blakey Jr. is used to being a pioneer of sorts.In his family, he was the first grandson, the first to serve
The Winter Carnival begins with the naming of the Royal Family
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20100121__100122royaltyfinal2nd.jpg, Gretchen Spier 2010 Queen of the Snows gets a hug from the new King Boreas Rex, Art Blakey, Jr. Thursday night January 21, 2010 at the RiverCentre in , 20100121_100638_Queen_and_King.jpg, Gretchen Spier 2010 Queen of the Snows gets a hug from the new King Boreas Rex, Art Blakey, Jr. Thursday night January 21, 2010 at the RiverCentre in
By ANDY RATHBUN | arathbun@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2010 St. Paul Winter Carnival officially kicked off Thursday night with a coronation of
Life is a cabaret
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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe Pioneer Press recently queried Suzanne Leisman, a 47-year-old North St. Paul day-care
It ain't easy being royalty
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By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressHow should a Winter Carnival princess stand on stage?When can the West Wind fire blanks from his pistol?Is it OK for the
Meet the candidates vying for the crown
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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 13 candidates for the title of 2010 Queen of the Snows include a figure-skating coach,
Despite that boa, Klondike Kate is no featherweight
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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressActive members of the Royal Order of Klondike Kates are known as the “mistresses of fun, frivo