Week in Review: May 29 Edition

In case you missed something, here's what made news in Oakdale this past week:

• Oakdale’s legislators said they were concerned that House Republicans took time to pass a bill to put a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on fall 2012 ballots late in the legislative session, which ended Monday. 
• Washington County will contract with a company for technology that will allow it to get phone, email and text alerts out fast to residents in the event of an emergency. 
• Hope Church pastor Dave Cupery is joining the city’s Economic Development Commission. He comes to Oakdale after working in Estonia for seven years. 
• Sen. Chuck Wiger said he’s watching a provision in the Senate omnibus transportation bill that would allow MnPASS toll lanes to be added between Interstate 94 and Interstate 694 on Interstate 35E. 
• Last week’s Oakdale Patch Whiz Kids were the members of the Tartan High School Stock Market Game team. 
• Oakdale City Council members said they favored moving ahead with a proposal to add a hotel at Oak Marsh Golf Course, at a workshop meeting Tuesday. 
• Washington County is one of 15 counties in the country this year where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will survey and test residents to identify trends in health. 
• Skyview Middle School held an art unveiling and cultural fair Monday. 
• Criminal sexual conduct charges against Smokedale Tobacco’s owner were dropped, the Oakdale-Lake Elmo Review reports. 
• The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planning to reconstruct the Highway 120/Hudson Road intersection—named one of the state’s top 50 for broadside accidents—in 2012. 
• Instead of placing traffic signals at 11th Street and Hadley Avenue as part of the Oakdale Mall reconstruction project, the city might instead place a signal between the site and Bergen Plaza on 10th Street. 
• The Oakdale City Council approved installing a dynamic sign at Furlong’s Liquor. 
• An Oakdale Public Works truck was recovered Saturday in St. Paul. 
• In sports: Tartan High School held conference track championships.  Tartan’s Rochelle Dotas was named Classic Suburban Conference golfer of the year.