The Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Kick-Off Party will be held on
Friday, Feb 10 from 6 – 9pm at Grand View Lodge. There will be a beer and wine
tasting, appetizers, live music, silent auction & more. Tickets: $20 in advance (online @ icefishing.org., at an outlet or by mail), $25 at the
door.
Partners
for a Healthy Wadena Region, a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, will once
again be holding its annual Evening of Wine and Chocolate fund- raising event
to benefit The Depot on Saturday, February 11th at 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
The event will be held at the historic Wadena Depot. It’s a fabulous evening of eclectic wine
tasting, gourmet chocolates, decadent desserts, appetizers and ales. Tickets are $25 per person in advance and $30
at the door and are available by calling 218-849-6087.
17th annual MN Vikings Arctic Blast will be Fri & Sat., Feb 11
& 12th for the Vikings Children’s Fund. Register online at Vikings.com. For more info call 952-828-6577.
Linden Hill in Little Falls presents "Minnesota Homefront, World War II," a traveling
exhibit, will be on view from now through
March 11. Hours are 9:00am - 3:00pm daily. Minnesota Historical
Society Traveling Exhibits Programs are made possible by the Arts &
Cultural Heritage Fund.
The Lakes Area Youth Soccer Association (LAYSA) will host open gym sessions on
Sundays in January, February and March for all interested soccer players who
want to learn skills and play pick-up games.You do
not have to be a LAYSA member to participate. All skill levels are welcome. Session
One will run Sundays in January and session Two will
run Sundays, Feb. 26 and March 11 and 18, in the Forestview
Middle School gym. Ages 7-12 will play from 1-2 p.m. Ages 13-17 will play from
2-3 p.m. Cost is $2 per day, paid at the door. For more information, go to laysasoccer.org.
The Cass
County Economic Development Corporation has new, shorter workshops for the
winter! The lab is open Monday –
Thursday from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM daily.
The workshops are offered to get new users over to the Central Lakes
College Outreach Site in Pine River. The
following workshops available through January:
“Excel worksheets and formatting,”
“Creating newsletters and brochures,” “Writing a resume,” “Microsoft Outlook,”
“Saving/scanning photos” and “Creating a mail merge database” are new
workshops. Give a call for specific
times and to reserve a spot for the free workshops – 218-947-7523 or
218-587-2474. Central Lakes College
students are invited to use the computer lab for internet based classes. Check http://www.clcmn.edu/
for their class listing.
New shorter workshops are available for winter months at the
computer lab. Excel, Website Development
and Outlook are some of the choices to introduce new users to the CLC Outreach
Site in Pine River. Call now to reserve
a spot for one of the free workshops – 218-947-7523 or 218-587-2474. Limit of 5 participants.
Pine River – Backus
Community Education is looking for instructors and new class ideas for the
Winter season (Jan -
March). Contact the Pine
River – Backus Community Ed at 218-587-2080.
The 15th annual Pierz Knights of Columbus/American
Cancer Society Buffalo Raffle will take place on Sat., Jan 28th at
8:15pm at the Pierz Ballroom. The Buffalo feed will be held from 4:30 –
8:00pm. Raffle tickets for great prizes
are available for purchase at $10 from any KC Members. Half of the proceeds benefit the American
Cancer Society
The Brainerd Family YMCA
is holding a Red Cross Lifeguard Training class. The course will meet Friday
Feb. 17, Saturday Feb. 18, Sunday Feb. 19, Saturday Feb. 25 and Sunday
Feb. 26. Stop by the Brainerd Family YMCA at 602 Oak St. for a complete class
schedule and to register. Course
includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid Training. Cost
including books and CPR mask is $210.00. Register soon, class size is limited.
Deadline: February 3rd. For more information, stop in the Brainerd
YMCA (602 Oak St) for an informational flyer, see flyer online at brainerdlakesymca.org
or contact Jane at (218)
829-4767.
THINK! Trivia Night will be held on Fri., Feb 24th at Grand View
Lodge. Cost is $30 per person, includes
trivia, prizes & snacks. Event is
hosted by Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, Inc. For more info call
218-825-2308 or check out the website at 222.jaum.org.
Are
you, or someone you know, in need of a new roof, furnace, windows, insulation
or other essential housing repairs? Do
you live in the city limits of Hackensack or Walker? Do you have low to moderate annual income? If you answered yes to these questions, you
may be eligible for grant funding for these repairs through the Small Cities
program. Grants of up to $20,000 are
available for a limited time. Eligible
applicants must own and live in their homes and be low income households. A
healthy housing stock will help in recruiting new business to the area, so the
Cass County Economic Development Corporation and Bi-Cap have partnered on this
project. If you are interested and
would like to apply, please call Danette at Bi-Cap,
218-333-9848. (through Feb 29)
Special Olympics Minnesota Polar Bear Plunge: Brainerd
Date: Saturday,
March 3, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: Breezy
Point Resort, Pequot Lakes, MN
Website: http://www.plungemn.org
Register now for
the Lakes Area Youth Soccer Association's summer travel program and you'll have
the option to pay in three installments. The travel program is for children who
turn 8 on or before July 31, 2012, to17. Participants practice 1 to 3 times per
week from April through mid-July. Teams play in up to 4 out-of-town weekend
tournaments; ages 9-11 will play in the second annual Brainerd Lakes Area
Soccer Tournament on June 30-July1. Registration fees, which include coaching
fees, are $99 for ages 9-12, $199 for ages 13-14, and $299 for ages 15-17.
Registrations submitted by credit card by January 31 will have the option to
pay in three installments. There will be an additional $60 fee for new uniforms
this year. Participants are responsible for own travel expenses. Go to www.laysasoccer.org to
register and to take advantage of the installment payment option!
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Jodi Schwen, editor-in-chief of the Lake
Country Journal Magazine, will share insight from her award-winning, 14-year
writing career Tuesday, Jan 31st at 3:30 p.m. at Central Lakes College in
Brainerd. “Sparking Your Creativity,” is part of the
series hosted by the Center for Lifelong Learning based at CLC. The program
will be held in room E151 near Entrance No. 6 (Business and Industry
Center). The speaker series hosted by the
Center for Lifelong Learning is offered at no charge to those who become
members of the public enrichment enterprise. Otherwise, admission is $5. For
information, contact Bill Brekken, coordinator, at (218) 855-8146
Cass County
Childhood Immunization Clinics:
02/01-Wed at
the Pine River Family Center from 9:30 – 11:30am
02/08-Wed at the North Alliance Church in Remer from 10 – 12pm
02/21-Tue at the Family Resource Center in Pillager from 10 -12pm &
1-2:30pm
**For more info call 218-547-1340.
There will be a Crow Wing County Voting Rights Forum on Thur., Feb 2nd
at the Central Lakes College Students Cafeteria from 6:30 – 8:30pm. The purpose of this forum is to help you
better understanding of the law concerning a person’s right to vote. Sponsored by the Crow Wing County Attorney & Crow Wing County
Auditor/ Treasure’s Office.
MN Dental Association will be sponsoring the 10th year of free
dental care for children on Thu, Fri & Sat., Feb 2, 3 & 4th
with Give Kids a Smile. People interested in scheduling an
appointment for kids 18 & younger can call United Way at 2-1-1,
or statewide toll-free at 1-800-543-7709.
To see a list of clinics providing care go to MN Dental dot org.
UCare knows that Medicare can be
confusing, so we have designed our free seminars with you and your questions in
mind. We’ll break down the information and provide you with the facts, so you
can make informed healthcare decisions that are right for you. Let us know you’re coming. Because seating is
limited, your RSVP is required. Please reply online at www.ucare.org/registration or call toll-free to register or
for more information: 1-877-523-1518.
WHEN and WHERE:
Thursday, February 2nd: 3:30 p.m. Lakes Senior Center, 803 Kingwood
St., Brainerd
Tuesday, February 7th: 5:00 p.m. Carnegie Library, 108 3rd
St. NE, Little Falls
Brighter
Days Foundation Social & Silent Auction will be held on Fri., Feb 3rd
from 6 – 11pm at the Legacy Golf Course Club House. The evening’s theme ‘Give from the Heart’
will include a silent auction, social hour, dinner, live auction and a DJ with
dancing. Help support sick kids in Crow
Wing County. Tickets for the event are
$50 each (including dinner) and may be purchased by contacting Jeanni at 218-330-8682 or Holly at BrighterDaysFound@gmail.com
There will be a benefit for Eva Mudgett on Sat., Feb
4th. It is a free will
offering. From 1 – 4pm, spaghetti feed
& silent auction which will be held at the Pillager School. From 4 – 8pm it’s a live auction and live music
along with a bounce house and games for the kids at the Pillager Community
Center. Proceeds will go to help Eva and
her family offset the cost of medical bills and expenses incurred from
traveling to and from the cities for Chemo.
The Cuyuna Range Ice
Fishing Contest & Cuyuna Range
Scorpion Snowmobile Homecoming will be on Sat., Feb 4th
from 12 – 3pm on Serpent Lake. Tickets for the Ice Fish Contest are $10 which
entitles the holder to two holes and some great prizes. Tickets are on sale at
Oars N Mine, C-I Courier and the Cuyuna Lakes Chamber
office. For more info call the Cuyuna Range Chamber of Commerce - 218-546-8131.
The Crosslake Firemen's Relief Association will hold a
pancake breakfast on Saturday, February 4 from 7:30am
- Noon at the Crosslake Lutheran Church. Adults $7.00
with children under 10, $5.00. Proceeds used to update firefighter
gear and equipment.
Please join the
Eagle's Nest Baptist Church as they celebrate moving from a mission to an
official church at our Constitution Service on Sunday, Feb.5th at 2:00pm.
There will be refreshment following the service. Eagle’s Nest is located at 6714
County Rd. 11, just across of the Eagle's View Elementary School.
Wk of Feb 6 – 12
There will be a Men’s Club Spaghetti Supper
at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd on Tue., Feb 7th from
4:30 – 7pm. Cost for adults $8 &
under 12 will be $5.
In observance of Black History Month, the Central Lakes College Diversity
Leadership Council and Minnesota Department of Human Rights on Tuesday, Feb. 7
will host a free, public presentation, “The Dream Alive,” as a tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. The 90-minute
presentation starts at 10 a.m. in the Brainerd campus gymnasium at CLC. Joe Rogers, who served as the youngest
lieutenant governor in the United States during his time in Colorado, presents
the moving remembrance.
The
Acting Company will make Central Lakes College the first stop of its 2012 tour
to perform Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 8 in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. Ticket prices for “Julius Caesar” $10, $20,
or $25 depending upon location of seating. Tickets are for assigned seats. For
full ticket details and seating charts, visit www.clctickets.com. For information call (218) 855-8199 or email clctheatre@clcmn.edu
Lamplighter Community
Theatre’s winter production “A Night of Theatre” to be
presented at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 9, 10, 17 and 18, and at 2:30 p.m. Feb.
12, at the Landmark Inn, 631 3rd Ave. NE, Staples. All seats are general admission and a limited
number are available for each performance. Doors will open one hour before each
show. Tickets include a glass of wine or juice, cheese, crackers, cookies,
coffee or water. Tickets are available at Miller True Value, the Staples World and from
cast members. For information call 218-894-1112.
The
Grassroots Concert Series will present the first spring concert on Friday, Feb
10th at the Live Well Nightclub & Coffee Bar at the Journey
North Church in Nisswa. Enjoy Steve Kaul & The Brass Kings.
Admission is $10 at the door for adults and kids $5, ages 12 &
under. Doors open at 6:30pm with the
show starting at 7:30pm. For more info go to Grass Roots Concert dot org.
The
Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Kick-Off Party will be held on Friday, Feb 10 from 6
– 9pm at Grand View Lodge. There will be a beer and wine tasting, appetizers,
live music, silent auction & more.
Tickets: $20 in advance (online @ icefishing.org.,
at an outlet or by mail), $25 at the door.
The 33rd Annual Holy Family Parish
Fishing Derby will be held on Bulldog Lake on Saturday, February 11 from
12:30pm - 2:00pm. There will be on-ice prizes during fishing, a log
sawing contest and in general, fun for the whole family. Holes will be
drilled at no cost.
Billy McLaughlin and Electric String Quartet will perform on the Staples
Motley Area Arts Council’s concert series at Centennial Auditorium in Staples
on Sat., February 11, at 7:30 PM.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students in advance, $15 and
$7 at the door. For more information, check out the Arts Council’s
website at www.staplesmotleyarts.org
or call 218.894.2497.
There will be a used book sale, soup & luncheon at Park
United Methodist Church in Brainerd on Sat., Feb 11th from 10 –
2pm. Books for all
ages.
Partners for
a Healthy Wadena Region, a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, will once again
be holding its annual Evening of Wine and Chocolate fund- raising event to
benefit The Depot on Saturday, February 11th at 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. The
event will be held at the historic Wadena Depot. It’s a fabulous evening of eclectic wine
tasting, gourmet chocolates, decadent desserts, appetizers and ales. Tickets are $25 per person in advance and $30
at the door and are available by calling 218-849-6087.
17th annual MN Vikings Arctic Blast will be Fri & Sat., Feb 11
& 12th for the Vikings Children’s Fund. Register online at Vikings.com. For more info call 952-828-6577.