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Good day, Wayzata. This is Wayzata Scoop, the local newsletter that gets you through the shorts-or-jacket dilemma.

In today’s Scoop:

• Plymouth's Dog Day: May 16 Event Features Vendors, Pools, and Demonstrations 🐶

• Tidying Tonka Returns to Wayzata: April 26 Cleanup at Klapprich Park 🌳

• Mosquito Season Alert: Metro District Operations Underway in Plymouth 🦟

Let’s crush it.

— Dustin Hart

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📢 TALK OF THE TOWN

Bark in the Park Returns: Three Hours of Dog Vendors, K9 Demos, and Pup Pools

Plymouth's annual dog-focused event packs vendors, rescue organizations, demonstrations, and cooling stations into one Saturday morning at the Hilde Performance Center.

Bark in the Park hits 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 16 at 3500 Plymouth Blvd, featuring dog products and pet supply vendors, dog rescue organizations, photo opportunities, balloon artist, face painter, caricatures, and pup pools for four-legged friends to cool off. Police K9 demonstrations scheduled for 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. show what actual working dogs can do beyond fetch and sit.

Free admission, but bring cash for food, vendors, and products available for purchase. Dogs must be leashed throughout the event – this is structured gathering, not off-leash chaos. The setup accommodates humans shopping for dog stuff while dogs themselves get pools, photos, and demonstration entertainment.

Three hours covers browsing vendors, watching K9 demos twice (in case you miss the first one), letting your dog cool off in pools, and grabbing face painting or caricatures for the kids who came along. May 16 morning handles dog needs, human shopping, and family entertainment simultaneously.

Sponsored by First Class Plumbing, Gateway Fiber, Kyle Vitense State Farm, Plymouth Lions Club, and Renewal by Anderson. Free event, leashes required, cash recommended.

Saturday, May 16, 9 a.m.-noon at Hilde Performance Center (3500 Plymouth Blvd). Free admission, dogs on leash.

Tidying Tonka: One Hour, One Park, Multiple Bags of Other People's Trash

The Minnetonka Minute's monthly cleanup effort proves that six volunteers can collect seven bags of litter in an hour, which raises the question: what could more people accomplish?

Tidying Tonka (formerly Pig Day) returns Sunday, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Klapprich Park (340 Park St E, Wayzata). Volunteer one hour to clean up litter, take a relaxed walk, and meet neighbors who also care about keeping public spaces usable. Last month's Mound event drew six volunteers who collected over seven bags of litter, generating attention from Tonka Living Magazine, Skipper Living Magazine, and Laker Pioneer Newspaper.

Trash bags provided. Bring your own gloves and grabbers if you prefer using familiar equipment. The walking path gets posted before start date, so you'll know the route ahead of time instead of wandering randomly hoping to find trash.

Monthly community cleanup effort organized by Minnetonka Minute operates on simple premise: collective hour of volunteer time produces measurable litter removal while creating space for casual neighbor interaction. April 26 targets Klapprich Park, one hour and thirty minutes total commitment.

Previous month's results suggest this works. Seven bags from six people in sixty minutes translates to roughly one bag per person per hour. May's event aims to match or exceed that output.

Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Klapprich Park (340 Park St E, Wayzata). Bags provided, bring gloves/grabbers.

Mosquito Control Season Begins: Don't Be Alarmed by Helicopters, Drones, and Random Trucks

The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District just launched seasonal treatments across the seven-county metro area, which means Plymouth residents will see unusual activity in neighborhoods, parks, and near wetlands through summer.

MMCD staff work to reduce overall mosquito numbers and protect people from mosquito and tick-borne diseases. Plymouth-specific activities include wetland surveillance (determining if ponds or swamps have mosquito larvae), catch basin surveillance (pulling off grates to inspect neighborhood catch basins for larvae), ground larval treatments (applying control materials by hand or backpack), helicopter larval treatments (applying control materials to wetlands via helicopter), UAS/drone treatments (applying materials via drone), and trap setting/collection for surveillance determining where and what mosquito types are active.

Translation: if you see people pulling off storm drain grates, helicopters hovering over wetlands, drones flying low over ponds, or trucks parked near swamps, that's intentional mosquito management, not emergency situations or suspicious activity requiring calls to authorities.

MMCD schedules planned helicopter activity at MMCD.org, so residents can check timing for specific areas instead of being surprised by sudden low-flying aircraft. Seasonal treatments continue through warm months when mosquito breeding conditions exist.

Helicopters, drones, catch basin inspections, wetland treatments. Spring through summer mosquito control operations across Plymouth.

Active now through mosquito season. Helicopter schedule at MMCD.org. Seven-county metro area treatments.

📖 QOTW (QUOTE OF THE WEEK)

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Marcus Aurelius

🌪️ WEATHER WATCH

Sunday's sitting pretty at 68° before Monday tanks it to 54° with rain – one last good day before the soggy reset.

Thu 23 72°/43° PM Thunderstorms ⛈️ | 💧51%

Fri 24 62°/41° Mostly Sunny 🌤️ | 💧0%

Sat 25 60°/45° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧3%

Sun 26 68°/50° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧24%

Mon 27 54°/39° Rain 🌧️ | 💧78%

Tue 28 57°/38° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧24%

Wed 29 56°/37° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧12%

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