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LOCAL BRIEFS Looking for Christmas lights?
Homes and businesses in the Brainerd lakes area are decorated for the holiday season. Hop in the car, take a drive and enjoy some sights of Christmas.
The list to date:
James and Minna Wallin, 401 Kingwood St., Brainerd. (Driving through the alley also provides a different view).
Nick Underwood, 22703 Foley Street, Deerwood. Take County Road 31. House is located behind the Woodtick Inn in Cuyuna.
Randy and Lori Schweitzberger, 4514 Fairview Rd., Baxter. (One mile west of Baxter Elementary on State Highway 210).
The Sertoma Winter Wonderland may be enjoyed from 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays until Dec. 30. The entrance is located on Northwest Seventh Street, next to the former World on Wheels. Cars exit on Conservation Drive. Cost is $8 per car or $5 with discount coupons available from participating businesses.
What do you think?
Once again, the Brainerd Dispatch will look at 2007 with its top 10 stories in Wednesday's Neighbors section.
If you'd like to vote on 2007's top local story, visit BrainerdDispatch.com.
Brainerd post office to close at noon Monday
The U.S. Postal Service office in Brainerd will close its window service at noon Monday for Christmas Eve. Mail delivery will continue on a normal schedule.
Airport commission to meet Jan. 2
The Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission will meet at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 2 in the airport conference room.
Employees donate cash, turkeys to food shelf
Members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees Local 1601 recently inaugurated an outreach event dubbed "Turkey Trot" that produced a donation of $500 and 300 pounds of frozen turkeys to a local food shelf.
The MAPE Turkey Trot originated as a unique means to reach out to its membership during the holiday season. Approximately 225 frozen turkeys were purchased and delivered to MAPE members in and around Aitkin, Baxter, Brainerd, Camp Ripley, Deerwood, Little Falls, Motley, Pierz, Staples and Wadena. Many of those members in turn donated their turkeys or cash to the food shelf.
In partnership with the Salvation Army, the MAPE initiative became a means to help families in the region served by Local 1601.
"With the Red Kettles less prevalent and thus fewer donations for the Salvation Army, we wanted to show our support as stakeholders in the communities where we live and work," said Ron Rardin, president of MAPE Local 1601. "The Salvation Army makes a difference in the lives of so many people day in and day out. We wanted to do our part. This was a fun way to partner and connect with our membership."
Members organizing the Turkey Trot, along with Rardin, were fellow human services professionals Mary Welliver, Carol Rose, Pat Jacobson, Dan Davidson from MnSCU and Joe McMahon, MAPE business agent.
Grant aids Mid-State Education District
LITTLE FALLS - The Mid-State Education District's $219,675 grant in 2007 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program benefited the district and 10 school districts, USDA Rural Development officials said this week.
Steve Wenzel, state director of USDA Rural Development, spoke at an official recognition ceremony of the grant in Little Falls.
The money will be used to continue the district's interactive television program.
Through Mid-State's ITV classroom network educators from Central Lakes College, St. Cloud State University and other Minnesota colleges and universities offer college courses to daytime students in high school and non-traditional adult night courses.
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