A big thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the third annual Dragon Boat Races! A special thank you to the Starbuck Chamber of Commerce and to all the individuals and committees who worked to hard to insure the rest of us had a good time.
Remember, it’s not too early to sign up a team for next year (several have done so already).
Thank you to all the organizations and individuals who worked on promoting and serving food at Thursday Night on the Town. Thank you also to the individuals who brought such great produce for us to enjoy!
Circle the date of September 15th (Wednesday) for the annual Harvest Fall Supper at Fron. Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and the works-yum, yum!
Call the office at 239-2289 for take outs.
If you’ve recently retired or are about to, you are welcome to attend a meeting of the Retired Educators Association of Minnesota (REAM). Our first meeting of the year will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Meetings consist of a program that is of interest to retired educators. Come and join us for conversation and refreshments!
As a reminder, the MAHS (5 – 12) Open House will be held Tuesday, August 31st, from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. For those families who purchased books on line, through PaySchool, please remember to bring your receipt with you to the open house. Enstrom Studios will be taking student photos in the Media Center from 3:00 – 8:00 during Open House. Enstrom’s is looking for 4 volunteers to help with picture day. They are offering to provide package #2 at no charge ($22 value) for those willing to help. Anyone interested please let me know as soon as possible.
Don’t forget the meeting tomorrow night at 6:30 at Glacial Lakes State Park! That’s Tuesday, the 24th.
For over one year we’ve been talking about implementing the Voices of Rural Minnesota program. We are happy to say that the application materials are available and the program will launch this fall!
Purpose Statement
The Voices of Rural Minnesota program seeks to increase awareness of the rural and tribal experience by educating key stakeholders on the realities of small rural and tribal communities through storytelling and information dissemination.
Program Goals
The Voices of Rural Minnesota Program will engage a group of up to 30 individuals from across Minnesota to:
- Identify and develop individual public presentation skills
- Recruit and train a diverse group of speakers representing all regions of MN
- Provide speakers with accurate information to use to move audiences to action
- Educate, motivate, and empower community members to play a larger role in community issues
- Identify and collaborate with partners to identify and research impact of current policies on rural issues
- Identify venues for speaking engagements
- Create powerful public presentations that highlight life in small rural communities
- Create and implement evaluation processes to access impact of program
Please forward this post and the attached application materials to anyone you think would be a good candidate.
The General Federated Woman’s Potpourri Club (GFWC) Fund raiser is Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, from 11 AM to 3 PM. Proceeds will go to Juvenile Diabetes and Pope County Charities. Two homes and 4 gardens in the Long Beach and Starbuck area are on the tour. Tickets $6 which will be sold at Samuelson’s Drug, Starbuck, Curves, Glenwood and by some club members starting July 24. Tickets will also be sold the day of the event at Morning Glory Gardens.
Sites: *Morning Glory Gardens (MGG), Long Beach, will have two master gardeners present to talk about the setting or answer your questions. *The Terry & Ruth Duhn’s log home next door to MGG on N. Ridge Dr. and *Mark & Sue Schumann’s Gander Garden across road from their home at 19199 260th Ave.,Glenwood. There are three sites along *N. Shore Dr. at 27649, the Christine Jensen’s home and landscaping illustrate excellent use of space. Take a break and proceed next door up the *Femrite’s wooded garden walk for refreshments. Conclude the tour at the *Mike and Mert McCarthy’s garden just west along N. Shore Dr. at 27777.
The Cross Wind Parish team is looking for a couple guys who would like to row in the Dragon Boat races tomorrow.
If interested-e-mail
mona@hcinet.net asap
