Obituary: ‘Mr. Positive’ was West End neighborhood’s guardian angel

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Obituary: ‘Mr. Positive’ was West End neighborhood’s guardian angel

Every neighborhood should have a Carl Bentson. Bentson, who lived in St. Paul’s West End, was the neighbor who made sure everyone’s yards got mowed and sidewalks got shoveled. He weeded. He picked up trash. He kept an eye out for speeders and abandoned cars. Ice forms in Carl Bentson’s beard and mustache on Dec. 12, 2016, as he clears sidewalks near Colborne Street and St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul as the temperature dipped below zero for the fir…