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History museum to host free open house Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud will host an open house Monday, Aug. 5 during which visitors will be able to tour the museum for free. Visitors will also have a chance to meet the museum’s new director, Tim Hoheisel. The open-house hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. All of the museum’s exhibit galleries and its research center will be open during the
open house. Anyone who is a member of the museum is invited to a luncheon from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with Hoheisel as the honored dinner guest. Members should respond by calling the museum at 320-253-8424 or emailing info@stearns-museum.org. To become a museum member, visit www.stearns-museum.org, or fill out a form and join at the museum.
Police Academy accepts applications St. Joseph residents are welcome to submit an application to join the next Metro Citizens Police Academy, which will run from 6-10 p.m. every Thursday from Sept. 5 to Oct. 24 at the St. Cloud Police Department. The annual academy is an eightweek course in which participants learn about police work and have a chance to experience many aspects of it. The classes are similar to actual police-training courses.
Police Academy is strictly an informational course and does not give participants the right to act as officers away from the classes. Other cities involved with the Police Academy are Sartell, Sauk Rapids, Waite Park and St. Cloud. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older and have no criminal record. St. Joseph residents can apply by calling 320-363-8250.
Friday, Aug. 2, 2013
Humane society hopes facebook will boost feline adoptions by Dennis Dalman news@thenewsleaders.com Facebook posting just might be the cat’s meow. Members of the Tri-County Humane Society, based in St. Cloud, are hoping so, anyway. They are promoting “Cat Marathon: A Race to the Adoption Line.” Each adoptable cat and kitten will be posted on the humane society’s facebook page. Viewers should click “SHARE” to promote favorite cats and kittens on their own facebook walls. As soon as the creatures are adopted, humane-society volunteers will announce the adoption dates and the time it took to get them adopted from facebook posting to final adoption. The goal is to
get each cat or kitten adopted within a week from the time of the posting. The need for adoptions is crucial. The Tri-County Humane Society is currently caring for 107 felines, 52 of which are available for adoption. As if that’s not crucial enough, there are 59 felines scheduled to arrive at the society in the next week or so, but there is no extra room to put them. Foster homes could help, but adopters could help even more. Organizers of the adopt-thecat program via facebook sites do not themselves have to be cat lovers, but they can help save cats’ and kittens’ lives by posting them on their facebooks. The current adoption promo-
tions at the Tri-County Humane Society are these: Kittens under 6 months are two for the price of one. Cats that are 6 months or older can be had by adopters naming their own price. Cats 2 years old or older are free for seniors, veterans and any military personnel. For more information, call the Tri-County Humane Society Shelter at 320-252-0896 or stop in for a visit. To participate in the facebook adoption effort, visit the society’s facebook at www.facebook.com/tricountyhumanesociety. Then follow directions to get your favorite cats shared on your own facebook pages.
Early Childhood Assistant
Assist the Cold Spring Head Start classroom. AAS Child & Adult Care, CDA or willing to obtain one of these credentials required. 14 hrs/wk, 9 mos./yr. Wage scale starts at $9.17/hr. Applications available at Reach-Up Inc., 350 Hwy. 10 S. or download from www.reachupinc.org. 320-253-8110 Deadline is noon Friday, Aug. 9.
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Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival
August 8-11, 2013
El Rancho Mañana, Richmond, MN The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival has been nominated three times as Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Nashville.
Performances by: The Claire Lynch Band Junior Sisk & Rambler’s Choice Darin & Brooke Aldridge Bigfoot AND International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year The Gibson Brothers And many more!
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Pork chops, potato salad, chips, coleslaw and all the corn you care to eat!
Tazer is a neutered, 9-year-old Black Lab mix. He knows the commands sit, stay, lie down, outside, treat, car ride and who’s at the door. Tazer has a history of living with dogs, cats and older children and was friendly with them all! He loves going for rides and does well in the car. Tazer has been at the shelter since June 26 and is still waiting for the right person with a soft spot for older dogs to fall in love with him!
800-635-3037 • www.MinnesotaBluegrass.org
“Helping one animal won’t change the world … but it will change the world for that one animal!” Dogs - 13 Cats - 31 Rabbits - 4 Puppies - 2 Kittens - 31 Doves - 2 Guinea Pigs - 2 Fancy Mouse - 1
Tri-County Humane Society 735 8th St. NE • PO Box 701 St. Cloud, MN 56302
252-0896
www.tricountyhumanesociety.org
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