Community Bulletin Board Channel 21

Community announcements and messages can be seen on a 24-hour basis on Community Bulletin Board Channel 21 in the communities of Inver Grove Heights, Lilydale, Mendota, Mendota Heights, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, and West St. Paul. To qualify for placing a message on the channel, a person must live, work, attend school, or belong to an organization that serves or has interests in these cities.

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Current Announcements

Girl Scout Cookie Booths open February 26th

(St.Paul, MN) Girl Scouts throughout the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys jurisdiction will begin delivering pre-ordered cookies to customers. But those who missed the Girl Scout at their door will have time to get their Thin Mints and Samoas through face-to-face meetings at Cookies Booths.

Starting February 26, Girl Scout cookies can be purchased in person at Cookie Booths throughout the southern part of Minnesota, the Twin cities, and western Wisconsin.
Sales continue through March 28. Varieties include Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Lemon Chalet Cremes. Dulce de Leche, and the brand new cookie Thank U Berry Munch. To find a cookie both near you, visit www.girlscoutsrv.org, or call 800-845-0787.

Cookie Booths are great learning experiences for girls. Not only do Cookie Booths help troops in achieving their goals, they also give girls valuable experience in working with the public, money management, and teamwork and they have fun!

More than 76% of the purchase price stays with the Girl Scout, her troop, and the council for high-quality leadership development programming that builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

A few ways council cookie proceeds support programs, activities, properties, and volunteer services:

1) providing Welcome Kits to new Girl Scout troops

2) providing recruitment materials for service unit teams

3) increasing the accessibility of training through technology

4) developing and maintaining program kits and equipment for troop use:

5) maintaining beautiful camp and program facilities

6) hands-on training for adult volunteers;

7) underwriting hundreds of unique council-sponsored program events

For more information about the Girl scout Cookie Program Activity, contact the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys at 800-845-0787, or visit www.girlscoutsrv.org.

About Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
In partnership with 18,000 adult volunteers, the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys helps nearly 45,000 girls each year - in all or portions of 49 counties in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin - to discover new abilities, connect with new friends, and take action to improve their communities. Girl Scouts is the world's preeminent leadership development organization for girls, building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. For more information, call 800-845-0787 or visit www.girlscoutsrv.org.

 

Vacunas para adultos - Gratis O A BAJO COSTO

Si es que Ud. no tiene seguro o tiene que pagar las vacunas de su propio bolsillo, podria ser elegible parra recibir cacunas.

Gratis O A Bajo Costo:

Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
HPV
Sarampio'n, paperas y rube'ola
Neumoco'cica
Te'tano, difteria, y tos ferina
Varicela
Herpes zoster

iPara saber como puede recibir sus vacunas gratis o a bajo costo llame HOY a la li'nea de
Informacion sobre Inmunizaciones al 952-891-7999!

Dakota County Public Health Department


Be an Election Judge!

Election Judges are officials who staff local polling places, administer election procedures, and ensure that the rights of voters are protected on Election Day.

Election judges are essential to our democracy. Serving as an election judge provides an opportunity to learn more about the election process and is a great service to our community.


Duties of an Election Judge:

- Set up the polling place
- Operate voting equipment
- Direct voters to the correct line
- Register individuals to vote
- Ensure qualified voters are permitted to vote
- Demonstrate how to vote
- Distribute ballots to voters
- Assist voters
- Close down polling place
- Determine results after polls close
- Certify the polling place results

If you are interested in being an election judge, attend your political party's precinct caucus and request to be placed on a list to be an election judge, or contact your city clerk, township clerk, or county auditor.
Further information on becoming an election judge is available at: www.sos.state.mn.us or
c
all 651-215-1440 or 1-877-600-8683 (toll free).

Dakota Electric Offers Students Free Trip to Washington D.C.

Dakota Electric Association will provide five high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's (NRECA) Youth Tour, June 12-17.

Each June, more than 1200 junior and senior students from across the country travel to Washington, D.C. for the NRECA Youth Tour. During the trip they learn about electric cooperatives and government, meet elected officials and tour national monuments and sites, including the Smithsonian, the FBI building and more.

We are happy to be able to offer this educational opportunity to our local students, Dakota Electric's President and CEO Greg Miller said. "This a a great way to teach our young people about our national government and electric cooperatives."

To apply, students can pick up an application form from their high school guidance counselor, download it off the web at www.dakotaelectric.com or pick one up at Dakota Electric's Farmington office.

The application deadline is March 1. Interviews are scheduled for March 11 and 16. For more information, call Peggy Johnson at 651-463-6110 or 1-800-874-3409. ext.110.


Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 2:00PM - 5:00PM - Free Concertina Jam

At Croatian Hall, 445 - 2nd Avenue South, So.St.Paul.
Modern and Old Time music, great dance floor, refreshments available. Great fun!

Sponsored by the North Star Concertina Club
If you have questions,
call 651-451-3379 or 651-451-0120

Pancake Breakfast - Sunday, March 21, 8:00AM - 12:30PM

At Lincoln Center Elementary School, 357 9th Avenue North, South St. Paul, MN
Sponsored by the Lions Club of South Saint Paul.

Pancakes served with sausage, juice and milk.

AARP Drivers Safety Class 8-Hour Refresher Class, 5:30-9:30PM

AARP Driver Safety Class for Seniors 55 and older

This 8-hour class is for people 55 and older who have not yet taken AARP Drivers Safety Class to receive a 10% discount on their insurance premiums for three years.

Pre-registration for class is necessary along with fee payable to AARP.
For information call 651-306-3690

4-Hour Refresher Class, 9AM-1:00PM

AARP Driver Safety Class for Seniors 55 and older

This 4-hour class is for people 55 and older who have previously completed the eight hour class. AARP Drivers Safety Class to receive a 10% discount on their insurance premiums for three years.

Pre-registration for class is necessary along with fee payable to AARP.
For information call 651-306-3690

 

South Saint Paul Public Schools

6th Grade Exhibition - Volunteers Needed

As part of the International Baccalaureate program all 6th grade students participate in a final project that pulls together all the skills they have learned in the elementary program. Students at both Kaposia Education Center and Lincoln Center Elementary will present these projects to peers, parents, and interested community members this spring.

We are looking for volunteers who would act as mentors for small groups (2-5 students) of 6th graders. Each group would be formed around a topic the students have chosen. Volunteers would be "the guide on the side" helping the group stay focused, encouraging them, helping them with organization, and keeping track of project deadlines. It is not the job of the Mentor to do the research or to be the "expert" on the topic. Nor is it your job to deal with discipline issues that may arise. The 6th grade teachers will provide support for you as you work with your small group.

What is Exhibition?

A required, culminating project for the Primary Years IB Program
A group inquiry into a topic of interest to the students

Students will develop a plan, determine the focus questions for their research, decide how best to present the information, and then take some action to educate or contribute to a solution to the problem they chose to research.

What is the Mentor's Responsibility?

To meet with your group on a regular basis(see timeline on back of this flyer)
To act as a guide for the group giving feedback and encouragement
To keep a journal of group activities and to share this with the 6th grade teacher
To help the group rehearse their presentation

If you are interested in Mentoring or would like more information, please email or call:

Kate McCarthy, PYP Coordinator, Kaposia Education Center,kmccarthy@sspps.org(651)288-6888

Aric Babbitt, PYP Coordinator, Lincoln Center Elementary, ababbitt@sspps.org
(651) 457-9426

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

In 2008 Dakota County Traffic Safety Project partners stopped 3,604 vehicles, issued 1,380 citations and made 151 DWI arrests.
Why? because we want you to get home safely. That is why you'll find us four times a month
targeting both impaired drivers and traffic violators. "Don't let it be you!

Patrol Schedule: (Focus is on DWI)
You'll find extra law enforcement officers on:

Saturday, March 13 --- County Road 42 and Cedar Avenue within the city of Apple Valley.

Wednesday, March 17 - Highway 13 and Highway 3 within the city of Mendota Heights.

Saturday, March 20 ---- Highway 13 and Highway 3 within the city of Rosemount, with an emphasis on the area of Highway 3.

Friday, March 27 --------I-494 and I-35E within the city of Eagan.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

The Minnesota bureau of Criminal Apprehension(BCA)announced that a new automated fingerprint identification system(AFIS)will enhance the ability of law enforcement to match people to criminal activity based on fingerprints. This new system will provide more rapid matching of fingerprints submitted to the system and has greater storage capacity than the previous database. Agencies can submit fingerprints and receive a match within a few minutes, a process which previously could have taken several hours. The technology in the new AFIS makes it possible to match more fingerprints of lower quality; such as those captured at crime scenes, enhancing the capabilities for investigating crimes.
The new AFIS also stores and matches palm prints, among the ost common pieces of evidence left a crime scenes. In addition, new electronic fingerprint capture devices, called Live scans, can capture fingerprints and palm prints at booking, and takes a digital photograph. This expands the information in a database that can be matched against evidence collected from crime scenes and can potentially help solve crimes more quickly.
The new features are a key piece in system-wide effort to link more criminal justice information to fingerprints, and to expand submission to the state's digital booking photo database.
The new AFIS will have a dramatic impact on law enforcement's crime fighting efforts. Rapid identification of suspects and persons of unknown identity is a major step toward making our state a safer place.

Community Action Council

CAC Ways to Work Vehicle Loans Available for Families with Tarnished Credit. If you have no credit history, tarnished credit that has since been repaired or have been turned down by traditional lenders, a Community Action Council's Ways to work low-interest loan may be the solution you are looking for. To qualify, you must live in Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Rice or Scott Counties and have a child(ren) under 18 years in your care. You must be at least 21 years old and be employed 30+ hours per week for six months minimum. Loans are available to help with a vehicle purchase or for vehicle repair.

All applicants must supply current credit report dated less than 30 days old at the time of application and must have enough verifiable income to repay the loan. For more information, call Community Action Council at 952-985-4050 or visit us online at www.communityactioncouncil.org

 

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