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The primary responsibility of this position is to work collaboratively with the kindergarten and first grade teachers and work with the students in those grade levels to help reinforce or enrich skills in a variety of subject areas.

The position is for six hours per day during the 171 student contact days.

Hourly rate of pay is negotiable with experience and insurance benefits are a part of the compensation package.

A practicing Catholic with experience working with children is preferred. Application deadline is August 12, 2011. Interested candidates must send cover letter and resume to Troy Sladek, Principal, St. Mary's School, 421 Hawthorne St., Alexandria, MN 56308.

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Looking for energetic Implement Parts person, full time.

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Morning Stock Crew 5AM-9AM Monday-Saturday Apply in person at: Menards 215 50th Ave . W Alexandria New Beginnings Inc. is hiring in Alexandria for part-time and on-call positions. We are looking for caring individuals to provide assistance and supervision to children and adults with developmental disabilities in a home setting. Experience is not necessary. We will provide the training. Afternoon, evening, and sleep night hours available, must be willing to work every other weekend. If interested in applying, please call 320-239-4955 between 9AM-3PM. Must be at least 18 years of age.

NOW HIRING Part-Time Cashiers. Apply in person at any of our 4 locations or online at holidaystation stores.com.

Parkers Prairie Public School is looking for a Girls Tennis Head Coach. Season begins Monday, Aug 15th, 2011.

Deadline to apply is Friday, August 12th. Please contact Lisa Nori for an application at lnori@pp.k12.mn.us, or you pick one up at the District Office. Questions may be directed to Kelly Mesker, Activities Director 218-579-0494.

Hennen's Furniture is looking for a motivated individual for a part-time delivery-warehouse & repair position.

30 hours per week This individual needs to be able to interact well with customers, do heavy lifting, drive a stick shift truck, have a clean driving record & be able to repair furniture. Cleaning driving record is a must, work some weekends & some nights until 8 pm. Includes medical benefits. Apply in person.

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Peoples Small Loan has immediate opening in Alexandria for part time office work. 20-25 hours/2 weeks.

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Traverse Care Center is currently seeking a Clinical Coordinator/RN to join our nursing team. We are looking for an energetic individual who is going to demonstrate the clinical knowledge and judgment to utilize the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, provide, supervise and evaluate each patient's nursing care. Apply in person at 303 7th St. S., Wheaton, MN 56296. For more info, or any questions please contact Misty Wittnebel, DON at 320-460-0202, or Stefan Stamenkovic at 320-460-0257. You can also email your resumes to misty.wittnebel@ traversecarecenter.com

FT/PT Caregiver

Galeon of Osakis is accepting applications for FT night and PT evening caregiver positions in our memory care assisted living. Duties include assisting tenants with activities daily living, assisting with medications, meals, activities, laundry, and promotion of our ongoing Wellness Program. Will train to assist tenants in swimming pool and Wellness Center. Applicants should be comfortable with or willing to learn computer programs.

Friendly, flexible individuals who are willing to learn may submit an application to Sheila Roering at sroering@galeonmn.com, fill one out online at www.galeonmn.com, or pick up an application at our 410 West Main St campus.

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Stevens County, located in Morris, Minnesota, is accepting applications for the position of Legal Secretary/Office Manager in the County Attorney’s Office.

Responsibilities include administrative duties in support of the County Attorney’s Office.

Work will involve many areas of law, including criminal, juvenile and CHIPS, civil, child support and judicial commitment. Frequent contact with witnesses, victims, law enforcement, county and state officials and personnel. This is a full-time, 35 hour per week position. Salary range has not yet been determined.

Stevens County offers an excellent benefit package including, but not limited to, paid vacation, sick leave, and a pre-tax monetary allowance to purchase individual health insurance. Applicants must have an education and experience equivalent to high school diploma or GED with vocational or technical school training as a legal secretary with a minimum of 5 years of experience; or as an administrative assistant with 5 years of legal or court environment experience, or 4 year degree in criminal justice, communications, management or equivalent, or any equivalent combination of education and experience; advanced word processing and dictation ability and basic knowledge in Excel, Power Point and case management systems. Must be able to work independently and handle highly confidential data.

Excellent written and oral communications skills essential. Application and complete job description may be obtained from the Stevens County Human Resources Office, 320-208-6556 or on-line at www.co.stevens.mn.us.

Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m., August 12, 2011, at the Stevens County Human Resources Office, 400 Colorado Avenue, Suite 302, Morris MN 56267 or by email at jangomer@co.stevens.mn.us Stevens County is an EEO Employer.

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Villard Implement/Tanks Appliance now hiring a PT Appliance Delivery/Installation person.

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The number of establishments in Alexandria that have some type of alcohol license – on-sale liquor, on-sale beer/wine, club licenses and set-ups.

Individuals will need to qualify on a skilled craft series of tests.

For a complete description, and to apply for consideration, go to 3M's Careers Web Site (http://3m.com/careersus). Click "Search Jobs" and enter job number 1105742.

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Randy Stodola, the owner of Bug-A-Boo Bay, listed a variety of reasons why bars should be allowed to stay open until 2 a.m.: • Numerous workers in the area are coming off late shifts, including those from 3M, Henry’s Foods, Brenton Engineering, Alexandria Extrusion, Doege Precision Machining, ITW Heartland, Central Specialties, Tastefully Simple and Donnelly Custom Manufacturing.

These workers, Stodola said, represent a good portion of the local workforce and should be accommodated with a later bar closing.

• The Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association has been approached by several groups and organizations that said they wouldn’t bring their meetings and conventions into Minnesota unless it allowed a 2 a.m. bar closing.

• The 1 a.m. closing causes people to quickly down their last drink and then leave in swarms, Stodola said. In towns that have adopted the 2 a.m. closing, the crowds tend to dissipate over the last hour at a more leisurely pace, often ordering food with their last drink.

• 48 states currently allow for a 2 a.m. closing or even later, Stodola said.

• Alexandria is in competition with many communities for tourism dollars, Stodola said. To remain competitive, it must cater to a society that is eating later and vacationing where all options are available.

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By Al Edenloff editor@echopress.com Leaders from at least 15 churches in Alexandria are encouraging residents to attend a “Walk for Life” this Sunday.

Their goal: To get people more aware and active in not only stopping abortion but also making sure the health needs of the elderly and disabled are being met.

They’re hoping to draw a crowd of 1,000 or more.

It’s been five years since a Walk for Life has taken place in Alexandria. The event was previously held in January to coincide with the Supreme Court decision, Roe

The Production Manager is primarily responsible for the People, Processes, and Planning for the Tank Shop manufacturing facility. We are looking for an individual who has strong abilitities in the following: promoter of the company’s core values, team development skills, project management skills, long term relationship building, stewardship mindset, swift execution and strong work ethic. Manufacturing management experience and a track record of personal development and growth is a requirement.

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By Celeste Beam of Natural Resources at the University – bottom dwelling fish – in the on County Rd. Heights gh. and native grass ewa stop turn north to walk throu celesteb@echopress.com of Vermont, it was discovered that 50 Alexandria chain of lakes that are open (County Rd. 82) four way miles, turn west on Chipp percent of the pumpkinseeds and about to make a dent in the At Brandon on County Rd. 7, travel road, travel 3/4 mile.

Could there be a possible solution for 40 percent of the sheepshead collected zebra mussel populaturn east on stop turn north had zebra mussels in their guts, which tion. half miles, the pesky zebra mussel infestation? two miles; one and a In contrast to 58 and go aboutGarfield on A study of the aquatic invasive suggested that these fish commonly County Rd. consume zebra mussels as prey. lakes in the miles west of gravel road species in Lake Champlain in the state OR go two However, one factor determined dur- northeast, like ROAD turn north on of Vermont points to the possibility. east on 11949 ALDRICH County Rd. 82, Chamtwo miles. Turn NW, BRANDON The study, titled, “Will fish become ing the study is that because the con- Lake 109 and go and go half a mile. lakes ng a significant predators of zebra mussels centration of calcium in the water of plain, County Rd. 58 A hedge frami innce in Lake Champlain?” examines the use Lake Champlain is very low, the zebra around here are clasdriveway entra garof predatory fish, such as sheepshead, mussels have very thin shells. The thin sified as hardwater lakes troduces a lavish raised pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow perch and shells make the zebra mussels more due to relatively elevated den featuring vulnerable to predation. concentrations of calcium nial T, peren rock bass, to decrease the number of 4016 5TH STREE rustic rock According to Dean Beck, supervisor plants, a zebra mussels in a lake.

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But now with the political season in full gear, organizers hope the walk will lead to action at the polls. They came up with a catch phrase: “Walk for life, vote with God.” Four of the leaders stopped at the Echo Press Tuesday to talk about the walk – Pastor Darryl Knappen, Nevin Smith, Gerry Hoelscher and Pastor Mike Bartolomeo.

They said they want to wake people up to the fact that 50 million babies have been aborted since the 1973 Supreme Court decision.

Standing before Kiwanis members during their noon meeting Monday, Harvey Tewes assured them they had nothing to worry about.

“I’m not running for commissioner and I am not Paul [Anderson], but he approves this message,” Tewes joked.

Tewes was at the meeting on behalf of Anderson, who was supposed to take part in the “Meet the Douglas County Commissioner Candidates” forum.

Anderson was injured in a fall at his home October 3 and was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. Tewes spoke with Anderson this past Sunday and was told that he’s expected to return to Alexandria this week.

Five other commissioner candidates were at the meeting to answer questions from moderator, Echo Press Editor Al Edenloff.

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ou may soon be able to drink a little later at Alexandria bars.

And one of those places may be a Zorbaz that will be taking over Bug-A-Boo Bay. At its Tuesday meeting, the Alexandria City Council gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would extend the 1 a.m. bar closing time to 2 a.m.

The owners of Bug-A-Boo Bay and Garden Center (Fat Daddy’s) requested the change.

The later closing was approved on a 3-1 vote with Cindy Bigger, Dave Benson and Owen Miller voting yes, Sara Carlson voting no and Elroy Frank abstaining. The ordinance must still go through a public hearing and a final reading at the next meeting before it could take effect.

The council also requested city staff to find out how the later closing time has worked in other cities and whether there are problems such as drunk driving and the added expense of extra law enforcement patrols.

If approved, the ordinance would give any of Alexandria’s existing 12 beer, wine, set-ups and

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Minnewaska Area Schools has an opening for a Special Education (EBD) Teacher for the Minnewaska Area Day Treatment program. This position will serve as a resource for the Minnewaska Area Day Treatment teachers and mental health practioners regarding due process and educational programming. Considerable knowledge of due process is required. Conflict resolution and problem solving skills are necessary. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: conduction evaluations, maintaining student transcripts and schedules, assisting with new student referrals, coordinating transitions of students to home districts and serving as district representative for IEP/ITP meetings.

A minimum of 3 years of SPED experience is required, EBD experience is preferred.

This position is open immediately until filled. Please send a letter of application, resume and credentials to Superintendent Greg Ohl, Minnewaska Area Schools, 25122 State Highway 28, Glenwood, MN 56334.

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Douglas County is accept3M is seeking qualified Minimum 4 yrs college and/or ing applications for two posiSt. William's Living Center in applicants for maintenance 2-4 yrs related work experitions in its Building MainteParkers Prairie has an immeditechnician positions at the ence. We offer an excellent, Cloud Drive nance department. Position I ate part-time position available Alexandria Plant. We are PRESS Plus, get Charter comprehensive benefits pack- Custodian/Groundskeeper in ECHO first 90 days in their Foster Home(s). Position looking 6for candidates who 2011 age which includes medical, FREE for the the Douglas County Services JULY available for a caring adult to are self-motivated and work ESDAY dental, 401(K), paid vacation, Center, Tuesday - Friday from ing,WEDN work with disabled individuals for socializ well in teams. 3M provides an more! Candidates may 10 am to 6 pm studyin and Saturday g or want itand (does include every other weekbe subject to excellent wage and benefit be downlo subjectading to a criminal backfrom 6need am it tofor 2 pm. Position address and may , which is end).

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liquor license holders, including clubs like the Eagles and VFW, the option of applying for a state license to extend their closing time to 2 a.m.

The extra hours could be a differencemaker for Bug-A-Boo Bay, according to owner Randy Stodola.

He told the council that the restaurant has been struggling financially and that a new potential buyer, Tom Hanson, founder of the Zorbaz chain of restaurants, could take over the management of Bug-A-Boo immediately if the 2 a.m. time was approved.

Stodola said that without the later time, he’d have no choice but to close the restaurant until Hanson planned to buy it in January, which could mean the immediate loss of 60 jobs. About 20 of those workers attended the council meet“[A 2 a.m. ing as a show of support for the closing time] is an important change.

“It [a 2 a.m. tool for us to closing time] is make it in these an important tool for us to make it tough times. in these tough Without it, I’ll times,” Stodola told the council. have to close “Without it, I’ll Bug-A-Boo have to close Bugand all the peo- A-Boo and all the people back there ple back there will be looking will be looking for jobs.”

Charlie Meyer, for jobs.” owner of Garden Center, told the Randy Stodola council that the BUG-A-BOO BAY OWNER bar business is very competitive.

He noted that customers start leaving Alexandria bars at 12:30 a.m. to hit bars in Osakis and West Union, which already have 2 a.m. closing times.

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BAYER BUILT WOODWORKS IS NOW HIRING FOR ROUTE DRIVING POSITIONS JOB REQUIREMENTS: •Must be 23 years of age or older •CDL class A License with at least 1 year driving experience •Must be able to lift 50# to 100# throughout the day •Must be able to work 10-12 hour days JOB INFORMATION: •No HazMat required •Route includes 7 state area with some overnight stays BENEFITS: •Top wages •Paid health & life insurance •Paid vacation, holidays, personal days •401-K retirement plan with employer match •Profit sharing Please call Melissa Bayer at 320254-2235 (Belgrade, MN) to set up an appointment for an interview.

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CentraCare Health System-Melrose Alexandria Radiation Oncology Clinic has 2 part time dayshift openings for a Registered Nurse. This position provides direct nursing care for individual patients 18 years to geriatric.

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Alexandria will usher in the change of seasons with of events on a variety Memorial Day weekend as part of Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of merce’s “Awak ComLakes” celebr e the ation.

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HELP WANTED: Rainbow Rider Transit System is taking applications for bus driver positions. Opportunities are available for full and part time drivers. Interested persons may obtain an application form at the Lowry office, or by calling 320-283-5065, or at the Rainbow Rider web site www.rainbowriderbus.com. Completed letters of interest and application forms must be returned

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ALEXANDRIA COMMUNITY PROFILE Located on a growth corridor between St. Cloud and Fargo, Alexandria’s population of 12,415 has increased 43% since 1990. In fact, it’s the second fastest growing “micropolitan” in Minnesota.

The surrounding cities’ and townships’ populations are also up 23%. Douglas County’s current population is projected to increase 32% to 46,960 people by 2035.

According to the latest figures from 2004, median household incomes in our area are increasing.

Families make just under $44,000 a year in Douglas County. That ranks 31st out of the 87 counties in the state, and is an 11% increase in four years. The county still lags well behind the state average household income of just under $56,000, but the higher metro area wages skew the figures.

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The county’s industries are generating top dollars – $1.45 billion in sales and use taxes and $592 million in retail sales in 2005.

Of the 17,348 jobs in Douglas County last year, 24% were in retail trade, transportation and utilities services; 22% were in education and health, and another 16% were in manufacturing.

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