Brubaker places in State Masonic Public School Essay contest McKayla Brubaker, a se-nior at Minneapolis High School, has been notified that she placed third in the 2011 State Masonic Public School Essay contest. The title for the 2011 essay contest was "Who is the most prominent Kansas figure from its 150 year history? Explain."…(read full story in the Messenger)  McKayla Brubaker receives the Masonic scholar-ship award from Jim Kay, local Masonic contest coordinator. Attending the presentation are McKayla's parents, Ron and Deb Brubaker and Val Beikmann, MJSHS counselor. Local dogs to take part in Puppy Bowl on Sunday Dog lovers will have an alternative this Sunday if they don't want to be glued to Super Bowl XLVI all day. That alternative is the Puppy Bowl VIII which airs on Animal Planet. According to Deb Blochlinger of SRL Inc All Breed Dog Rescue in Minneapolis, two of the dogs rescued by the local organization will take part in the Puppy Bowl on Sunday…(read full story in the Messenger)  Pipe Creek Shirts is back What's old is new again when it comes to Pipe Creek Shirts. A business that started in 1979 and closed in 1992, is once again promoting t-shirts and various other items that contain original Pipe Creek Shirts designs. Matt and Mary Kline are the key reason for the revival of the business. After several years of living in Memphis, the Klines were looking for a reason to get out of the city and come back to Minneapolis…(read full story in the Messenger)  Matt Kline, John Jagger, Bremer and Mary Kline are ready to print Pipe Creek Shirts.   Copyright and Terms of Use:  ©2012 The Minneapolis Messenger.  All rights reserved.  This site includes materials in many formats, including images, illustrations and text. All of this information is protected by copyrights that are owned by The Minneapolis Messenger.  You may not copy, download, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way materials from this site.  You also may not modify the materials or use the materials for any purpose other than your own personal, non-commercial, home use.  Modifying or using the material in any other way is a violation of the copyrights and other intellectual property rights of the material owner.  You also are prohibited from using the material on any other web site or networked computer environment. City of Minneapolis (785) 392-2176 citympls@eaglecom.net Ottawa County Government ottawacounty.org Chamber of Commerce (785) 392-3068 minneapolisksorg.org North Ottawa County Schools District: 392-2167 Elementary: 392-2111 Jr/Sr High:   392-2113 usd239.org