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Good day, Wayzata. This is Wayzata Scoop, the local newsletter that's sweeter than finally seeing green grass again.

In today’s Scoop:

• All-You-Can-Eat Waffle Breakfast: Plymouth Fire Fundraiser May 17 🧇

• May 1-2: Plymouth's Drop-Off Days for Items Too Big for Regular Trash 🗑️

• "Fur Trade in Minnesota" Arrives May 2: Plymouth's First Traveling Exhibit 📍

• Wayzata's Spring Splash: Summer Programming Fair Meets Restoration Preview 💦

Let’s move.

— Dustin Hart

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📢 TALK OF THE TOWN

Plymouth Fire's Waffle Breakfast: Where All-You-Can-Eat Supports Community Safety

Firefighters cooking unlimited waffles to fund crime and fire prevention initiatives makes breakfast about more than just carbohydrates.

Plymouth Fire Department and Plymouth Crime & Fire Prevention Fund host a waffle breakfast fundraiser Sunday, May 17 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Fire Station 3 (3300 Dunkirk Lane N). All-you-can-eat waffles served with sausage, juice, and coffee, plus gluten-free option available. Tickets $9 advance/$10 door for adults, $4 advance/$5 door for ages 10 and younger. Purchase at link provided.

Proceeds benefit the Plymouth Crime & Fire Prevention Fund – a nonprofit volunteer organization of Plymouth residents and business owners established in 1978. The fund raises money for special initiatives enhancing community safety, which means your waffle consumption directly supports programs beyond standard city budgets.

Four and a half hours of service, unlimited waffles, firefighters cooking, community safety funding. It's the kind of fundraiser where the product (breakfast) and the purpose (enhanced safety initiatives) both deliver actual value rather than asking you to buy overpriced cookie dough or wrapping paper you don't need.

May 17, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Fire Station 3. Eat waffles, fund safety programs, support volunteer organization that's been working since 1978.

Purchase tickets here.

Plymouth Drop-Off Days: Your Annual Chance to Legally Dump the Awkward Stuff

Every household accumulates items that don't fit normal trash pickup – too big, too specific, too regulated. Drop-Off Days exists to solve that problem in one concentrated weekend.

Plymouth's annual event hits Friday, May 1 from 3-6 p.m. (free items only) and Saturday, May 2 from 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (free and pay items) at Plymouth Maintenance Facility (14900 23rd Ave. N). Plymouth residents only – bring identification to prove it.

The structure: Friday handles free disposal items without payment hassle. Saturday opens both free and pay categories for comprehensive decluttering. Prepay discounts available online through 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1 for Saturday's pay items, which means planning ahead saves money.

This is the one weekend where you can finally address that pile in the garage/basement/shed of items too specific for regular collection. Electronics, appliances, hazardous materials, bulk waste – whatever's been sitting there waiting for "someday" gets handled in five hours of Saturday morning or three hours of Friday evening.

Full accepted items list, prepayment information, facility maps at plymouthmn.gov/dropoff.

Two sessions, Plymouth residents only, identification required, prepay discount ends Friday night.

One weekend annually to clear out the accumulation. May 1-2 at Plymouth Maintenance Facility.

Plymouth History Center's First Traveling Exhibit: How Beavers Created International Trade Networks

The fur trade gets romanticized in historical narratives, but the actual mechanics – how beaver pelts connected Native people, explorers, and global commerce in 1800s Minnesota – rarely get examined at ground level.

Plymouth History Center hosts its first traveling exhibit, "Fur Trade in Minnesota," from Saturday, May 2 through Monday, Aug. 31 at 3605 Fernbrook Lane N. The Minnesota Historical Society display showcases Great Lakes region and Minnesota fur trading during the 1800s, highlighting how abundant beaver and other furbearers created connection points between Native people, explorers, and international trade networks.

The exhibit includes goods from around the world that were traded for furs and crafts, plus demonstrates how furs transformed into clothing like hats. It's the tangible economics of historical trade – what people actually exchanged, what they made, what crossed oceans because Minnesota had beavers and Europe wanted fancy headwear.

Free admission during Plymouth History Center's normal hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and first Saturday of each month. Four months to view, limited weekly hours, zero cost to attend.

First traveling exhibit for Plymouth History Center represents expansion beyond permanent collection. May 2-Aug. 31 gives summer visitors and fall browsers multiple chances to catch it before it moves on.

May 2-Aug. 31 at Plymouth History Center (3605 Fernbrook Lane N). Free. Open Tuesdays/Thursdays/first Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Info at history.plymouthmn.gov.

Spring Splash Returns: Where Lake Camps Meet Restored Section Foreman House Vision

The Wayzata Conservancy and City of Wayzata are throwing a two-hour preview party for summer programming while also building anticipation for what's coming after the Section Foreman House restoration completes.

Spring Splash hits Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to noon on the Panoway on Wayzata Bay, showcasing Lake Exploration Camps and various summer programming opportunities through activities hosted by YMCA, Three Rivers Park, Wayzata Community Ed, and other organizations. McCormick's and Ben & Jerry's provide food and beverages, because community events go better with actual refreshments people want.

The dual purpose: celebrate immediate summer options while exploring the vision for post-restoration Sandvold Lakeshore Learning Center. Once Section Foreman House restoration finishes, the center becomes a hub for STEAM-oriented programming with indoor and outdoor classrooms providing education and community gathering space. Spring Splash offers a chance to understand what's coming – not just abstract future plans but tangible programming vision.

Two hours on the Panoway, multiple organizations presenting summer camps and activities, food provided, future facility vision shared. It's part summer camp fair, part community celebration, part "here's what we're building toward" preview.

May 2, 10 a.m.-noon, Panoway on Wayzata Bay. Free event, family-friendly, summer programming showcase plus restoration project anticipation.

Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.-noon on Panoway on Wayzata Bay. Free. Hosted by Wayzata Conservancy and City of Wayzata.

📖 QOTW (QUOTE OF THE WEEK)

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - Pablo Picasso

🌪️ WEATHER WATCH

We're climbing from 45° to 78° in five days – this forecast is a temperature escalator heading straight to summer.

Fri 17 64°/27° Scattered Thunderstorms ⛈️ | 💧79%

Sat 18 45°/29° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧0%

Sun 19 48°/27° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧2%

Mon 20 63°/43° Partly Cloudy 🌤️ | 💧2%

Tue 21 73°/45° Sunny ☀️ | 💧3%

Wed 22 78°/56° Partly Cloudy 🌤️ | 💧3%

Thu 23 76°/52° Scattered Showers 🌧️ | 💧51%

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