By DAVID PETERSON, Star Tribune Last update: May 5, 2009 - 5:54 PM There was a moment of silliness late one afternoon last week at the Minnesota Zoo. On a quiet site emptied of all its guests, the charismatic grizzlies vanished to the bowels somewhere, the sun low in the sky and an evening chill setting in, the zoo's director climbed on top of a 6-foot-tall mosquito and sat there with a mischievous grin. And why not? Life is good for Lee Ehmke these days. Although the state's budget crisis... read more
