Community Calendar
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
AN AFTERNOON OF POETRY AND MUSIC will be presented at 2 p.m. at Pope Art in Terrace Athena Kildegaard will read works of Bill Holm, William Blake, Jane Hirshfield, Gertrude Stein, and Walt Whitman, and Ann DuHamel will play pieces by J.S. Bach, Lowell Liebermann, Joseph Dangerfield, and Alberto Ginastera. Both artists are faculty members at the University of Minnesota, Morris. For directions and a complete schedule visit www.popeart.org s34
MONDAY, AUGUST 22
TOPICS IN EMS SERIES continues at the Stevens County Ambulance Service in Morris with Dr. Anne Lambert from Hennepin County Medical Center speaking on the topics of burns, burn care and environmental emergencies. Presentation begins at 7 p.m. There is no charge, but registration is requested by calling 320-589-7421. s34
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
The Board of Directors of West Central Minnesota Communities Action, Inc. will hold its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. at Long Lake Lodge, Brandon. s34
WORK NIGHT at the Threshing Bee grounds will be held at 6:30 p.m. to get ready for the Threshing Bee in Donnelly. A second work night to take things down and put them away will be held on Aug 30 at 6:30 p.m. For more information call 795-2437 or 246-3337 or e-mail donnellythreshingbee@runestone.net s34
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
TEST DRIVE 4 YOUR SCHOOL will be held at the Morris Area Elementary parking lot from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Licensed drivers age 18 and older are invited to take a test drive of a new Ford vehicle. For each test drive, the Morris Area Schools will receive $20. Sponsored by the Morris Area High School Student Council and Valu Ford & Chrysler of Morris. s34
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
WEST CENTRAL JUNIOR SPORTSMAN DAY will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 9-F Sportsman's Club in Morris. Free for all between the ages of 9 and 17. Registration at 8:30 a.m. s 35
MONDAY, AUGUST 28
WEEDS IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE will be presented by Dr. Jose Gonzalez-Andujar (CSIC, Cordoba, Spain) at 10 a.m. in the Conference Room at the USDA-ARS Soils Lab, 803 Iowa Avenue, Morris. Dr Gonzalez-Andujar is a biometrician) who has been interested for a number of years in the spatial variability of weed populations across agricultural fields and landscapes. Such variability greatly impacts the efficiencies of practical weed management, as well as federal, state and local policies regarding weed eradication programs. s35
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
OPEN HOUSE FOR KIDS IN CHRIST PRESCHOOL will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 315 S. Columbia Ave., Morris, MN 56267. (320) 585-5067. Now registering fall sessions. s35
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
The West Central WordAlone Meeting will be held at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home Commons in Starbuck on September 10th. Fellowship and coffee at 9:30 a.m. Program will be a DVD by Rev. Steve King on "Law and Gospel". s35