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year. -�v- Vv"V" '[nose close to Karen Hubbard buried her Monday with her baby. • "This is not helpful," said House Majority Leader Tim The Allison for the tragedy remains a myste* , Pawlenty,R-Eagan. "We're try- ing to grow and expand the By Richard Meryhew heartbreak. gone to the bathroom stall l�,etween 8 party, trying to make it attrac- Star Tribune Staff Writer "In my 27 years as a priest,this is one of and 9 p.m. that night complaining that tive to more people. Extermi- my toughest weeks,"Jakubowski told the she wasn't feeling well. When dorm nating people from the party is WEN, WIS. —They gathered in a mourners who gathered Monday at Holy mates checked on her,she told them that not a good marketing plan." tiny church in a tiny town on a Rosary Catholic Church in Owen to mourn she didn't need help. Pawlenty may have a per- clear and cold Wisconsin morning Karen Hubbard,19,of nearby Withee,and When they checked again at 11:30 sonal stake in the effort be- to remember a woman who died too her infant daughter,Julienna Marie Hub- p.m. and she didn't respond, a resident cause of Cooper's early and ag- young and the baby she delivered min- bard,who died five days after her mother assistant crawled under the stall door gressive support for Pawlenty's utes before her death. bled to death after delivering her. and found her not breathing.Emergency chief opponent for party en- Wearing overcoats and parkas and the "I cried and prayed." responders tried unsuccessfully to revive dorsement—Long Lake busi- red-and-black letter jackets of the local Hubbard, a freshman prepharmacy her. When they moved her body, they nessman Brian Sullivan. high school,more than 500 people hud- major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau found the baby. died with sad eyes and sorrowful faces in Claire, was found dead in a dormitory GROUP continues on 86: hopes of finding comfort in the words of bathroom the night of Jan.29 after giving SERVICE continues on 86: —While some oppose effort, the Rev. Al Jakubowski, who struggled birth to the full-term girl. —Parents issue a statement of thanks others react with caution. himself to make sense of the loss and Authorities have said Hubbard had for offers of love and support. Housing LRT plan for walkway scrapped ped for skywayfor Bloomin ton sought will carry an extra$100,000 in construction and design a redesign for the g costs. Hiawatha Avenue Light Proposal urges incentives for developers elude lower-priced units but station-megamall Rail Line staff have recom- offer incentives such as allow- mended paying for it with By Steve Brandt age housing at prices or rents ing more than the usual num- link at 24th V.S. contingency funds. Star Tribune Staff Writer below market averages.But the ber of units to offset the cost. By Laurie Blake The rail line now has about agency said such incentives Last year in Minnesota in- Star Tribune Staff Writer $16 million in its contingency The state's housing agency can't make housing affordable clusionary housing legislation fund, down from $24 million is urging that developers who to the lowest-income house- was approved by the Senate A curving, architecturally at the start of the project propose mixed housing — holds without traditional gov- but blocked by the House,and distinctive walkway that was about a year ago. The Metro- meaning opportunities for ernment subsidies as well. the report doesn't recommend to link Bloomington's 24th politan Council's Rail Transit both owners and renters at a The agency made its recom- reviving it now.Instead it seeks Avenue light-rail station with Committee is expected to ap- variety of prices—be entitled mendations as part of a study to encourage developers by re- the Mall of America has been prove the expenditure today. to regulatory breaks such as al- of inclusionary housing laws quiring cities to be flexible. scrapped in favor of a straight lowances for higher density. that the 2001 Legislature asked skyway that leaves room for LIGHT RAIL continues on B9: • The proposal by the Minne- it to conduct.Such laws,which HOUSING continues on 86: the widening of 24th. —The revised design is sota Housing Finance Agency exist around the country,typi- —Proposals wouldn't apply in The change, made at the fora 208 foot,heated and (MHFA) is intended to encour- cally require a developer to in- counties of fewer than 30,000. city of Bloomington's request, enclosed skyway. - QQT,T ITU,JATf�T T rtn... •..- --- - " ' _ _ .. ., - 'T