August Community events
"Community Events"08/05/2008
Posted by Dianne Hellie
There are many community festivals in August so wear your favorite candidate shirt to a festival to promote our great candidates!
The LWV candidate forums for the primary election are tentatively scheduled for Aug 26 and Aug 28. Additional information will be posted when it is available.
* Sponsored by Olmsted County DFL
+ Sponsored by other DFL unit
@ Key election date
Running Start for School
Wed Aug 6 Peace Lantern Ceremony
Thurs Aug 7 Author Gary Holthaus to talk agriculture in Dodge Center
Thurs Aug 7 Thursdays on 1st and 3rd (all Thursdays)
Fri Aug 8 Movies on the barn
Sat Aug 9 Downtown Farmer's Market (all Saturdays)
*Sat Aug 9 Chatfield Parade
+Sun Aug 10 Kasson Parade
*Mon Aug 11 Darn Fine Ladies
Mon Aug 11 Speak Your Mind (sustainable agriculture)
Tues Aug 12 Car Seat Safety Clinic
Wed Aug 13 iFilm (International Film)
Wed Aug 13 Rochester Area Spanish Conversation Group
Thurs Aug 14 Rock and Stroll for Epilepsy
+Thurs Aug 14 Fundraiser for National Convention Delegation
Sat Aug 16 Community Health Fair
+Sat Aug 16 Ashwin Madia Fundraiser
+Sun Aug 17 Plainview parade
Tues Aug 19 Honor Flight Benefit
*Tues Aug 19 DFL Monthly meeting
@Tues Aug 19 Voter Pre-Registration cutoff for primary, 4:30
Fri Aug 22 Movies on the Barn
+Fri Aug 22 1st CD day at the State Fair DFL booth
Aug 22-24 Greek Festival
Sat Aug 23 Saturdays at Slatterly Park
+ Aug 25-27 Democratic National Convention (Denver)
@Tues Aug 26 Candidate filings for Municipal and School board opens
Tues Aug 26 Back to School Rally
Tues Aug 26 LWV candidate forum for primary election
Tues Aug 28 LWV candidate forum for primary election
Sat Aug 30 Rochester Mosque Open House
Sept 6 Education Summit
@Tues Sept 9 Primary Election date
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Running Start for School
Running Start for School provides school supplies for Olmsted County students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch. You can drop off school supplies for the drive-- including pencils, erasers, spiral notebooks, pocket folders, glue sticks, backpacks, scissors, loose leaf paper, and more--at a variety of locations, including First Alliance Credit Union, Best Buy, Olmsted Medical Center, St. Pius Catholic Church, and the Rochester Area Family Y.
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Peace Lantern Floating Ceremony
Wednesday, August 6 (rain date August 10)
Silver Lake Park, East Shelter
7 p.m. Lantern making (kits & instruction provided)
7:45 p.m. Ceremony and lantern floating
The annual peace lantern floating ceremony commemorates the dropping of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Music, drama, and special speakers.
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Thurs Aug 7 7:00PM
Author Gary Holthaus to talk agriculture in Dodge Center
Free and open to the public
Gary Holthaus, author of From the Farm to the Table: What Every American Needs to Know about Agriculture, will be speaking and leading a discussion on August 7th at 7:00 PM in the Dodge Center City Hall Community Room (35 Main Street East, Dodge Center). The event is sponsored by Citizens for a Healthy Dodge County, the Dodge Center Garden Club and the University of Minnesota SE Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (Experiment in Rural Cooperation). This presentation is free and open to all people
interested in learning more about how our agricultural system works locally and worldwide.
Mr. Holthaus will be discussing topics from his book, From the Farm to the
Table: What All Americans Need To Know about Agriculture such as:
. Farm policies, and the farm practices they encourage, need to change
. Ties between small farms, small towns and urban areas
. The impact of large transnational corporations and free trade
agreements endangers the agricultural economy of many nations
. Changes in agriculture are possible and there are sound alternatives
available
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Movies on the Barn: E.T.
Friday, August 8
Olmsted County Historical Society, Stoppel Barn
The popular outdoor movie series is back for another summer. No charge. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets. Movies start at dusk.
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Rochester Downtown Farmers Market
Sat Aug 9, 2008 7:30am - noon (All Saturdays)
Rochester, MN
Website: http://www.rochesterdowntownfarmersmarket.org
Fresh local products brought to market weekly by neighboring growers, music, demonstrations and special events throughout the season.
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Chatfield parade
Sat Aug 9 1:00pm
Chatfield, MN
Please join the Fillmore/Olmsted/Wabasha DFL for the Chatfield parade Saturday August 9 at 1:00PM. We are unit number 82 and will be lining up on Grove street just past Fillmore Street. For additional information please contact Diane Hellie, (288-7616 (home), 398-6329 (cell)).
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Kasson Parade
Sunday Aug 10 1:30PM
Kasson MN
On Sun August 10, please join the Dodge County DFL unit and House Candidate Jim Jensen in the Kasson parade. Set up time is 12:30 pm. Parade starts at 1:30 pm. For additional information please contact Lance Peterson, Chair at (507) 634-7671.
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Speak Your Mind
Monday, August 11, 6 - 9 p.m.
Ramada Conference Center
The Experiment in Rural Cooperation offers you an opportunity to get involved with local projects to build a sustainable future for Southeast Minnesota. Come give your two cents. Dinner is free. RSVP by August 4 to Erin Meier at 507-536-6313 or .
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Darn Fine Ladies breakfast
Mon Aug 11 7:00AM
Old Country Buffet
$6.00
Please join the Darn Fine Ladies for breakfast at Old Country Buffet.
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Car seat safety clinic
Tues Aug 12
Rochester Fire Station #4
1875 41st St NW Rochester
By appointment only, call to reserve a place. 255-5066
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International Film
Wed Aug 13 6:00PM
Rochester Public Library
Description: CHOKING MAN
For mature audiences only
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this intense blend of drama and magical realism from famed music video director Steve Barron. Newcomer Octavio Gomez Berrios gives a quietly effective performance in the "title" role. Also starring Mandy Patinkin.
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Rochester Spanish Conversation Group
Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:00PM - 8:30pm
Meeting Room A, Rochster Public Library
Telephone: (507) 288-6333
Everyone is welcome to participate in a Spanish conversation group. This is not a class. All skill levels are encouraged to attend. Admission is free.
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Rock & Stroll for Epilepsy
Thurs Aug 14, 2008 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Silver Lake Park
Website: http://www.efmn.org
Featuring food, fun for kids, prize drawings music and more!
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Fundraiser for National DFL Delegation
Thurs Aug 14 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Home of Brian Melendez
Please join National Delegation Co-Chairs
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Mayor R.T. Rybak
For a fundraiser to help send our Minnesota Delegation to the National Convention in Denver!
At the home of Brian Melendez
1777 Dupont Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
$25 per person, more if you can, less if you can’t!
Please RSVP to Sarah Helgen at
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Community Health Fair
Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:00am - 4:00pm
Riverside Central Elementary School
506 Fifth Ave. SE
Rochester, MN
Telephone: (507) 284-6654
Website: http://www.mayoweb.mayo.edu/divdng-african/
Sponsored by the African Descendants Support Network. Featuring health information, resources, screenings, prizes, giveaways and activities. Free and open to the public.
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Ashwin Madia fundraiser
Sat Aug 16 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Home of Sankar Bandi
Please Join Sankar Bandi, Sagar Malisetti, Vardhini Mohan,
Chris Caffes
For a reception benefiting
Ashwin Madia
Candidate for US Congress, Third Congressional District
Bandi's Residence
3021 Scanlan Lane NE
Rochester, MN 55906
Ph:507-358-1319
Snacks and drinks are served
Suggested contribution levels:
$500 - $250 - $100 - $50 Other
((More if you can, less if you can't)
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Plainview parade
Sunday Aug 17 1:30PM
Plainview, MN
The Plainview parade is Sunday August 17 at 1:30PM. Additional information on the unit number will be posted next week. Questions contact Diane Hellie (288-7616 (home), 398-6329 (cell)
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Honor Flight Benefit
Tues Aug 19, 2008 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Shorewood Senior Campus
2115 Second St. SW
Telephone: (507) 993-2414
Silent auction, guest speakers and presentation, proceeds go to Honor Flight to send WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 8
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Movies on the Barn: Gone With the Wind
Friday, August 22
Olmsted County Historical Society, Stoppel Barn
The popular outdoor movie series is back for another summer. No charge. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets. Movies start at dusk.
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1st CD day at the State Fair DFL booth
Fri Aug 22 (or volunteer other days)
State Fair, St. Paul
While we're in the midst of working at our own county fairs I want to encourage DFLers in the 1st CD to also volunteer some time in the Minnesota DFL booth at this year's state fair.
You can simply sign up at the state DFL web page: http://www.dfl.org
Since Congressman Walz plans to be there on Friday, August 22, I would encourage many of you to volunteer some time on that day, but if there are other days that work better, go ahead and schedule yourself on whatever day works. It would be great to have DFLers from southern Minnesota wearing their Walz shirts at the fair as many days and shifts as possible. (Lori Sellner)
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Greek Festival
August 22 - 24
Saint Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church
(703 W Center St)
Authentic Greek food and dancing, live music, silent auction (Saturday & Sunday), kids carnival, and bake sale. Hours are 5 - 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Saturdays at Slatterly Movie and Music in the Park
Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:00pm
Location: Slatterly Park Shelter
Rochester, Minn.
6 p.m. concessions open, 7-9 p.m. live music by Out of Time, 9:30 p.m. outdoor movie "Ratatoulille." Free. Bring blanket or lawn chair. No coolers.
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P.A.C.E. Back-to-School Rally
Tuesday, August 26, 4 - 7 p.m.
East Park (Heintz Center in case of rain)
P.A.C.E. (Parents and Children Excel) invites the community to come out for food, activities, and information.
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Candidate filing opens
Date: Aug 26, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: MN
Filing opens for candidates in municipal and school district elections in which a primary is not held. This include school district candidates in Rochester. Filing closes Sept. 9.
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Rochester Mosque open house
Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:00am - 12:30
Location: Masjed AbuBakar
17 N. Broadway
Rochester, MN
Telephone: (507) 529-1478
Meet your Muslim neighbors and hear answers to your questions on Islam. No appointment required. Refreshments. Event scheduled the last Saturday every month. For information, call 529-1478 or email .
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Rochester Education Summit
Saturday, September 6, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
University Center Rochester
The purpose of the Rochester Education Summit is to inform, inspire, and engage parents, the community, and educators as equal partners in the education of every child. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Crystal Kuykendall, author of "Rage to Hope." For more information, call 328-4800 or contact .
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